Give Thanks! New Richard Garay Red Rubber!

Hello there inky friends!  Today I'm sharing a Fall/festive card featuring two new red rubber sets from Richard Garay Designs (now 88andClear!). I had a ton of fun playing with the yummy new Tight Plaid background and the pretty leafy set Thankful Blessed.  

To create my background, I kept the background stamp on it's carrier sheet and used some Vanilla Cream ink directly from the pad onto the stamp.  I didn't completely apply ink all over the stamp image- just in some areas so that the edges and parts softened up.  I then took some sugar drops reinkers (Tangy Gum and Rich Tangerine) onto a  clear sheet and used a dry baby wipe to dab it over the inked stamp in random locations.  After that, I pressed some Powdered Sugar Cardstock onto the inked stamp and peeled it off.  I added some clear embossing powder to it before adding a bit more blending.  

After creating the background, I cut it at an angle so that I could create a space for the sentiment.  After stamping the give thanks sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock,  I glued the background panel onto another piece of white cardstock so that the sentiment could peek through.  I then attached two strips of machine stitched cardstock onto the edges to finish that off.  I splattered some black ink as well as Dazzling Pat mixed with reinkers to complete this panel. 

To finish things off, I stamped the leaves from the Thankful Blessed set onto a piece of cardstock that had the two ink colors blended on it.  I fussy cut these leaves and then assembled them onto the card with an array of fun embellishments and some yummy twine.  I mounted this panel onto a Rich Tangerine panel and then popped it up onto a Tangy Gum card base (topfold).

Thanks so much for hopping over to my blog.  I hope this card inspires you to get inky too!  See you again next time!