STAMPIN' UP! MASCULINE THANK YOU CARD FOR PP506

I'm joining in the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge at The Paper Players this week.

I've chosen the diagonal elements of Stitching - Embossing - Wood (although now that I look at my finished card, I see that I've also incorporated Die Cut and Thank you ... that wasn't intentional!).

I knew I wanted to make a masculine card, with a woodgrain look.  I have several stamps, papers and embossing folders that work for this theme, and I did end up throwing a few of them at this card!

I cut a panel of dark woodgrain-patterned paper from the In Good Taste pack, and dry-embossed it with my Pinewood Planks 3D embossing folder.  After sponging the edges of the paper with Early Espresso ink, I adhered it to a piece of Very Vanilla card.

On the larger of the two Crumb Cake stitched rectangles, I stamped a couple of images from the Pallet Thoughts stamp set.  First I stamped the wooden texture in Crumb Cake ink, then added "screw heads" in Early Espresso ink.  In addition to dry-embossing some texture on my card, I heat-embossed the sentiment.  I inked up the sentiment stamp in Versamark ink, then straight onto my Early Espresso inkpad, before stamping it onto the smaller Crumb Cake stitched rectangle.  I used clear embossing powder to bring out the ink colour more.

From another sheet of woodgrain paper (also from the In Good Taste pack), I die cut a few "thanks", using the Well Written dies.  I like that they're a bit subtle when you look at the card face-on.  The photo below shows the extra detail they add:

... and the nice dark, shiny, sentiment:

Because my card base is dark, I adhered a Very Vanilla panel inside, to allow clear space for writing.  I got a bit carried away with the screw head stamp on the little strip of woodgrain-stamped card inside ... it's just a fun little detail, that tickles my fancy!

Listed below are all the products I used to make this card.  They are available to purchase from my online store, if you live in Australia.  If you would like to shop with me, you can get to my store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Pallet Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [153217] $38.00	Clear Block A [118487] $7.00	Clear Block D [118485] $14.00	Clear Block E [118484] $20.00	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $15.25
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	In Good Taste Designer Series Paper [152494] $37.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $13.00
Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130] $10.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder [152320] $17.50	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Well Written Dies [151816] $70.00
3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808] $12.25	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00