Stampin' Dymonz Grand Give-A-Way: Gift Card Tag

It's day 6 of the Tim Times Ten Grand Give-A-Way Challenge at the Stampin' Dymonz blog:

• Gift Card Holder Tag created with one sheet of cardstock
• The gift card pocket must have at least 2 of its corners punched with a corner punch
• At least 3 handmade flowers
• The background of the tag must be made using an inking technique

Hmm, the gift card holder is something I love to do (and need practice with!), but the inking and flower-making are a little new to me. I was going to use my beloved spray-inks, but I don't have the colors I wanted, so I ended up using the Sponging technique on white paper with Marigold and Mustard distress inks. I stamped the tree image in Peeled Paint (green); I stamped it twice to create the layering.

I just happened to have some scrap from a project I'm working on that was perfect for the flowers: shades of orange printed on vellum. In the spirit of the challenge, I didn't use a template and hand-cut them. They're affixed with ZipDry and hope, both of which seem to be working.

I added an embossed sentiment at the bottom, in clear yellow.

Although I'm 33, I've somehow gotten on the AARP mailing list (the American Association of Retired Persons, a lobbying/informational group for persons over 50), & in between the constant mailings advertising HoverRound and Not Being A Burden To My GrandChildren, I've amassed a small collection of plastic AARP membership cards. Honestly, they come in so handy for projects like this, as they're perfect dummy gift cards. And because the Universe works this way, I just received a brand-new one in the mail today, which is featured in the photo!

Supplies: Foreground Forest clear stamp set from Raisin Boat, Recollections and Hammermill cardstocks, ZipDry glue, Offray ribbon, MS detailing scissors & border punch, Versamark watermark ink, Stampendous clear Lemon embossing powder, Marvy heat tool, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Fiskars corner punch & papercutter