Wildlife note card set

Last week I wanted to make a set of note cards for the parents of one of my friends. They have a lake home surrounded by trees and truly enjoy nature and wildlife, and I think this set is perfect for them:

Supplies (all Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Wildlife Friends (Inkadinkado), Artisan Textures
Paper: Crumb Cake note cards and envelopes, Very Vanilla card stock
Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits dies, Early Espresso seam binding ribbon, twine, Dazzling Metallics sequins (Craft Medley), Glue Dots, Dimensionals

I had bought the Wildlife Friends stamp set (from Inkadinkado) months ago, and I knew right away that I wanted to make a card set like this. I have to say that I love how it turned out.

To compliment the images, I used a neutral color pallet of Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Very Vanilla. For the background, I stamped the "scratchy" image from the Artisan Textures set twice using Crumb Cake ink on the Crumb Cake note card. It adds just a little bit of texture and depth without being distracting. I adhered a piece of Early Espresso seam binding ribbon across the stamped background and then a bit of looped twine over the ribbon. (If you look closely at all the cards in the photo above, you'll notice that I had to use two different kinds of twine. I started with one and then realized I didn't have enough. That seems to be happening to me a lot lately ...)

For the focal point, I stamped an animal on Very Vanilla card stock using Early Espresso ink and then die cut it with a stitched circle die. I used Dimensionals to adhere the circle over the ribbon and twine. A few brown sequins add a simple embellishment.

I purposely didn't add any sentiments to these cards, because I know the recipients like blank cards that they can use for any occasion. I did, though, stamp the animal images on the envelopes so each card has a matching envelope. Cute!

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