Sunflower Thanks

 Hi all!  Today's card is for the new challenge at Freshly Made Sketches, where Jacquie Southas came up with a very versatile and fun sketch.  Here's the card I made:

When I sat down to make a card for the sketch, I wasn't feeling very "stampy" so glanced over at my stamp storage and saw this Sunflower set which, coincidentally, has matching washi.  I already had this image die-cut so it was reasonably simple to come up with the rest of the card.  

I have been inspired lately by 3D embossing folder backgrounds on coloured cardstock - most notably this card by fellow teamie Jen Timko.  So I found some bright green cardstock and embossed it with a Spellbinders folder before adhering it to a white card base.  I hot-foiled the sentiment onto black, positioning it so it would be visible in the wreath and then added gold foil strips on either side of the black panel.  I have to say that the Pitch Black cardstock by Hero Arts hot-foiled beautifully as I haven't had great luck with hot-foiling on some other black cardstocks in the past.

Thanks so much for visiting.  The DT have some gorgeous cards, so I hope you'll check them out.

Products used:  

Cardstock:  Prickly Pear (MFT), Pitch Black (Hero Arts)

Dies:  Sunflowers (Pink Fresh), Classic Frame (Waffle Flower)

Accessories:  Fall Sunflowers Washi Tape (Pink Fresh), Gold Hot Foil, Four Petal Floral Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

Cheers

Karren