Good Morning! The past few days, we have been enjoying some warm (at least for us :-) days...and finally seeing the results of Spring (green grass coming, leaf buds starting on all the trees, & all the birds starting to return)...it's been wonderful!! Yesterday, I sat down to stamp my card for Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge...and I had my window open by my stamp desk, enjoying a warm Spring breeze. I was so inspired by it, that I decided to cut out and mount my "Life's a Breeze" set and make a fun, Summer-themed type of card!
Weeeeelllll, THIS is what I woke up to this morning!!! We have definitely had the strangest weather this year!! I'm just glad that while I was in town yesterday, I resisted the temptation to buy these GORGEOUS potted flowers! We are a good 1000 feet higher out here, and usually we wait until after Memorial Day to plant anything anyway...but MAN, these flowers were pretty! Hopefully the snow won't last...
So, this is the card that was inspired by our warm (although short) weather yesterday! When I saw the sketch (see below), I kept thinking that the bottom strip would be perfect for water! :-)
I kept my layers to a minimum (for me, anyway :-) , and sponged some of the edges with Cool Caribbean to help "pop" them out a bit. For my sailboat, I first embossed it onto White c.s. using Pumpkin Pie ink and Clear e.p. I stamped it again onto some coordinating patterned paper (all the patterned paper is from the We R Memory Keepers "White Out" Collection)...once onto the the red patterned paper (for the bottom of the boat), and once onto the dotted paper (for the sail). After I cut out and glued the different pieces onto the boat, I used one of my Oval Nestabilities to cut out and emboss the oval.
Like I've mentioned is a previous post, I'm not normally a huge fan of bright colors....but I was just so taken by this fun paper!! I LOVE stripes...and thought it went perfectly with my card, but I didn't want to cover it all up with the rectangle layer...so, I used some vellum c.s. for the main layer and added a strip of turquoise patterned paper for the water. I cut out a "frame" from Pumpkin Pie c.s. and then sponged it a little with some White craft ink.
This is Beate's sketch for this week! I hope you get a chance to play!
To see more gorgeous cards made with this sketch, check out what Beate, Cambria, Charmaine, Jenn, Lori, & Mary Jo have made!
I hope you all have a wonderful Friday!
Recipe Stamps: Life's a Breeze Paper: White c.s., Pumpkin Pie, Vellum c.s., We R Memory Keepers (White Out Collection) Ink: Versamark, Cool Caribbean, Pumpkin Pie, White craft ink Other: Clear e.p., White e.p., Oval Nestabilities, White grosgrain ribbon, Large decorative eyelet, Craft knife
