I have a fun mix of products for today’s card. The “sweet” treats of watermelons and cherries is mixed together for a perfect blend.
Stamps
The cute little watermelon, along with the stem and the slice of watermelon, are from the Sale-A-Bration set Watercolor Melon. This set has different images and no sentiments. Personally, I love the shaded and distressed look of the images. A great example of this is the whole watermelon. I stamped it using Garden Green on to Basic White card stock. That was all I did and the variation in colors is perfect! For the slice I stamped the rind with the Garden Green and the flesh with Sweet Sorbet. The addition of the seeds is with Early Espresso.
The sentiment is from the Annual Catalog stamp set Sweetest Cherries. The Sweet is stamped with the Sweet Sorbet and the other sentiment part with Early Espresso. I think it fit great with the watermelon. To make it fit my layout, I fussy cut the sentiment and adhered it with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Papers
The card base is Early Espresso to match the sentiment and the watermelon seeds. The Basic White layer helps the red DSP layer to pop and matches the focal layer. The red DSP is from the Sale-A-Bration paper Most Adored Designer Series Paper. And the green is from the Poetic Expressions Designer Series Paper from the Mini Catalog.
Finishes
To add some earthy texture, I used Linen Thread to wrap around the layers. I love how great Linen Thread is to work with and it goes with anything. The other final touch is a bit of bling. Except this bling is some more sweetness. I added a trio of red hearts from the Adhesive Hearts & Flowers embellishments.
Measurements
The card base is 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4. The Basic White layer is cut to 5 1/4 X 4. Another White strip for stamping is 5 1/8 X 2 1/4. For the red DSP, it is 5 1/8 X 3 7/8 with the green DSP at 5 1/8 X 2 3/4. The Linen Thread is wrapped around all of the layers with a bow added with a glue dot.
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