Beautifully Simple Big Branches with Laurie

Hello Greetery friends!  It’s Laurie Willison here.  I have a super simple card to share using The Greetery’s Big Branches: Ruscus Die.  I love that the Big Branch dies are big enough to cover a card front.  Using the greenery is gorgeous but using the negative is a lot of fun too!

To create today’s card I simply grabbed a white card panel and die cut the Ruscus branch right out of the center.  I laid it on a white card base to give me an idea where to add in some ink blending.  Using a blending brush and my favorite green ink, I added in color directly to the card base.  Using a heavier hand, I added ink to the bottom of where the branch would lay and then blended out with lighter coverage at the top. 

I attached the card front to the card base with foam tape for the perfect dimension.  Last, I grabbed some black fun foam and die cut the Let’s Have a Word:  Beautiful die.  I love that fun foam works so well for a dimensional sentiment!

Tips for adding in more detail:

I said this last time….I love all the white space (it’s my favorite) but you could also add in some more detail on the card base by adding a stamped image on the ink blending.  That way a little more detail shines through.  You could also make that card front into a shaker card by layering some acetate behind the branch creating a little window.  Adding in some fun bling in behind would really shake things up!  (pun intended) 🙂  One more thought would be to add in some flower die cuts or leaves to the branch.  This would add in lots more color to your card front.  

Hope you are inspired by today’s card!  Keeping it simple is so much fun!  Thanks so much for stopping by and I will see you next time!