Happy Hump Day Peeps,
This morning I received a box of happiness in the mail, my order from Gina K's latest release. As I was putting the stamp sets into the storage pockets, I thought that the Lemons & Sunshine set would be perfect for Claire's Paper Players Challenge, Tic-Tac-Toe this month. I used the left side vertical option of Sun, Yellow, Die Cut.
After finishing the card, I realized that it also works for the GKD August Monthly Mix Challenge. Sheri is the hostess and her challenge is to have texture on our projects. I've used dies, foam squares for dimension, an embossing folder, and pearl embellishments, all help to add texture.
I used Copics to color the lemons. All of the other supplies are from GKD.
I started by using the Sun Stencil and blended the rays coming down from the top left corner with a mini blending brush. I moved the stencil down to get the rays to go all the way to the bottom of the card stock panel. Using a larger blending brush, I added more color to the large sun hole in the stencil, removed the stencil and stamped the small sun image and greeting, both from the stamp set. On a separate piece of card stock I stamped the lemon images, colored them with Copics and cut them out with the corresponding set dies. The stenciled panel is cut out using ML2. I lined up where I wanted to place the lemon images on the stitched die and cut those so when I taped them on the card, the stitching matches. The card base is dry embossed with the GKD Swiss Dots EF.
Here's the inside of the card. This greeting is super cute substituting "zest" for "best."
Colleen
Supplies
Stamps: Lemons and Sunshine stamp set and dies
Paper: Gina K Designs Layering Weight and Heavy Weight White and Black Onyx card stock
Ink: Gina K Designs Black Onyx, Lemon Yellow, Wild Dandelion and Copic Markers
Other: Gina K Designs Sunshine Stencil, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Master Layouts 2, White Pearl Mix embellishments, small and regular blending brushes, foam squares, Connect glue, Misti, Gemini Jr
Colleen, this is so refreshing! I absolutely LOVE the sun behind those gorgeous lemons! Such a happy card full of so many details. Love the embossed background, too! So happy you joined my challenge at The Paper Players this week!
ReplyDeleteColleen your sunny lemons are indeed perfect for this week's board. Love the background and punny sentiment too! Thanks for playing with us over at The Paper Players this week!
ReplyDeleteWhat a bright & cheery card! Love the lemons with the Swiss dot background! Thank you so much for playing along with Gina K. Designs August Monthly Mix Challenge!
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