barefootin' it

Here’s another card made with those adorable Lawn Fawn stamps.  This one didn’t turn out quite the way I’d originally envisioned it.

A few years ago, I received some very tiny wooden clothespins from a secret sister.  They were small enough to be used as embellishments on cards – in fact, probably the perfect size for the images on today’s card.  Unfortunately, I have no idea where they are.  I looked everywhere in my crafting supplies that I could think to look, but I couldn’t find them anywhere.  So I went to Michael’s and browsed through their entire papercrafting department and found nothing.  I had better luck in the section where they have miniature wooden items, like for dollhouses and such, so I bought a pack.

They would have stuck up from the card’s surface about 3/8 inches  – much too big to put on a card and still be able to easily mail it.

So I looked all over my craft room again.  Still no sign of the secret sister gift.

But the card must go on, or something like that.  I ended up using brads where I wanted to use the clothespins.  This card was for a challenge where the colors were red, green, and yellow with a hint of purple, so that’s why I chose the colors I used.

I think it’s still a pretty cute card.  It’s a nice little addition to the shipment for Operation Write Home that I’m putting together.  But it would have been so much better with the itty bitty clothespins.  *sigh*  Oh well.

Supplies:
Stamps: My Silly Valentine (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Whisper White, Kraft (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Other: markers (Copic); mini brads (Making Memories); twine (Really Reasonable Ribbon); corner rounder (EK Success)