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After the lukewarm summer we experienced in my area, I'm just not willing to accept that colder, rainier days are coming. Today's card is a shout-out to the sun... I think I'll make a stack of these, as they might be welcome once it gets dreary around here.
Disclaimer: Don't get me wrong -- I love fall. In fact, it's one of my favorite things about living here (we got loooooooooong falls and looooooooooong springs here). I just need a coupla more weeks of sun...
With this particular card, I was also entering a challenge for 365 Cards for which we were to create a card with three pieces of patterned paper for the background. I couldn't quite cover the entire card face without letting a little of that vibrant Poppy Parade peek out, so I used my Five Petal Flower punch to give me the "negative" effect. It's a super-quick, easy way to add "punch" to your project and the added bonus is that I have three punched flowers from the Sunny Garden DSP to use in a future project (which is like having six, as the DSP is double-sided, giving me six options!)!!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAweCW6zhbOzMmJ2PUG5RPpOVsF-kI64RgKU3lrzd3-y8V0eykYbG-aSsLpuQUxre57vg3CWUhZlP6l7bHKMsh_twP2cOMyz9hyphenhyphen-BxKvbCZ5fLtzD1ac6DYSkr3OO6UxMhzZHXHt4Ss1W/s400/Stamp+It+Out+CU+negative+space.jpg)
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I used my favorite new photo corner treatment, too, with the Modern Label Punch...
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Finally, the flowers that I stamped in Daffodil Delight and Peach Parfait are "stamped off," which means they've been inked, stamped on scratch paper and then stamped on the project. I chose to do this because I wanted a slightly more subtle effect.
Stampin' Up! Supplies:
Stamps: Cottage Garden
Papers: Sunny Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP), Poppy Parade and Whisper White card stocks
Inks: Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight and Peach Parfait Classics (In Color!)
Accessories: Modern Label, Five Petal Flower and 1/16-Inch punches, white embroidery floss
Hope your week has gotten off to a good start! Thanks for your visit!
3 comments:
Great card! And I LOVE that photo corner treatment. So different and pretty.
I'm with you about the sun and summer! I don't think we've seen the sun in about a week now!!! UGH!
Too much rain from the tropical depressions coming out of Mexico I guess. I'm ready to see sunny weather again.
Lynn
This is a beautiful tribute to warmer temps! i love Fall and Spring, but the are our two shortest seasons in MN, winter being the l o n g e s t!
Lovely choice of colors. Love the photo corner & twine but the way you make your paper & embellishments work is great.
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