Stampin' Up! Leaf Collection ~ Sketch Saturday

 Hello & welcome!  Today's card was created for Sketch Saturday's Challenge 760.  This is the first day of the challenge and you have two weeks to play along.  The optional twist for this card challenge is to make it masculine.  I tried the optional challenge, not sure how well I succeeded on that part!

The background is one large stamp.  I didn't want it all to be one color, so I inked it with the lighter Lost Lagoon ink pad first.  Then, I went back over some of the leaves with the Pretty Peacock Stampin' Write Marker. 

I used the Deckled Rectangles Dies to create the borders, using the one slightly smaller for thinner border.

The leaves from the Unbounded Love Dies were the perfect accent to add above the sentiment. They are also great placed on the corner of the white cardstock inside the card. 

This was a fun layout to try.  It stretched my creativity a bit and I can't wait to see what others do with it!  

For more inspiration and to play along, visit Sketch Saturday's original post for this sketch HERE.

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