Today's card was created, as part of the Design Team, for...

TSOT (Try a Sketch on Tuesday) Challenge #652.

For my "Sending Love" card, I used Stampin' Up! Wild Ferns Stamp Set, Country Flowers Bundle & Dashing Designs 3D Embossing Folder, along with Sandpaper/Sanding block.

Misty Moonlight was used as my card base with the next layer Shy Shamrock.

The strips behind the focal image are Misty Moonlight and Shy Shamrock and were embossed using Dashing Designs 3D Embossing Folder.

The mats behind the flowers are Misty Moonlight, Shy Shamrock & Basic White. A light coloring was added to the Basic White with a Blending Brush and Misty Moonlight ink. There layers were adhered to the center of the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

There are different ways to achieve this faux linen technique.

The first one I tried was using glossy paper, but I really didn't like the final results. Plus, a lot of my stamped images ended up being sanded too much. And while I could see the sanding lines, I really didn't like it.

The next one I tried was with tissue paper. Stamp your images and sponge Multipurpose Liquid Glue over the entire cardstock, crumple up tissue paper and smooth it out over the cardstock, leaving the wrinkles in the tissue paper. While this was pretty cool, it wasn't what I was going for. This is a great way to add texture to any card though!

So, I decided to do my own thing and just use regular Basic White cardstock.

And, I loved the final results! It makes the paper so soft and actually feels like linen! It does require a lot of sanding, but oh so worth it!

How did I do this?

I started by stamping a fern image on Basic White with Misty Moonlight ink. Next I sanded the paper in one direction and then again in another direction. The next fern was stamped with Shy Shamrock ink. The sanding process was repeated.

The final fern image was stamped with Pecan Pie ink and repeated the sanding process.

A light coloring was added around the edges with a Blending Brush and Misty Moonlight ink. And finally, I sanded around the edges a bit more.

Inside my card is Shy Shamrock layered with Basic White. A scrap of the faux linen was adhered on the right.

The flowers were stamped with Memento ink and colored with Daffodil Delight, Shy Shamrock, Berry Burst & Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Markers.

The leaves behind the flowers were die cut using Shy Shamrock.

The flowers were die cut and adhered on the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from Country Flowers Stamp Set, stamped with Misty Moonlight ink, trimmed and flagged on each end. The sentiment was adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Linen Thread was wrapped around the center layers twice and tied in a bow.

The finishing touches are the 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems (Shy Shamrock).

I loved this technique, and had to give it a try on the envelope flap as well!

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