I swear my brain is leaving me. My posts are usually completed the evening before posting. And it totally went out of my brain last night. So today’s post is a bit late. Not that it hasn’t happened before! So today’s card uses one of the hidden gems in the Annual Catalog. This is the Penciled Pear set.
STAMPS
The Penciled Pear stamp set is towards the back of the Annual Catalog. It is placed with watercolor products. There are some simple sentiments like Just A Note, and Thinking of You, along with a line of pears. I opted for the single large pear as the artists had done in the catalog. Actually I copied a bit of their color choices.
The artists used ink pads with a water painter for their coloring. My pear is stamped using Basic Gray Ink. I took the easy route and used Stampin’ Blends. But I did use some of their ideas. My colors are light Daffodil Delight, both Wild Wheat, both Lemon Lime Twist, and both Granny Apple Green. The light Pool Party outline is something I do fairly often but generally only at the bottom as a shadow. I love how this one turned out.
PAPERS
To pull the brightness of the pear colors, I used Lemon Lime Twist as the card base. And then a thin layer of Basic White to help the pear panel pop. The beautiful textured coloring of the gold layer is from the Splendid Autumn Designer Series Paper stack. The front of these sheets are beautiful water color paintings and the backs are like watercolor washes. Finding a gold one fit my needs perfectly.
EXTRAS
The pear panel is cut using a Deckled Rectangle Die. This is the 5th from smallest. The size works out great with the layers on the card for even spacing. And just that bit of an edge the Die leaves is enough of a design I think.
To finish the card I wanted to add one of the simple sentiments. However with the layers as they are, there was not really a good place for it. So I decided on leaving it as is. Now it’s almost like a painting. (Maybe a rough looking one!) And I added a trio of the Faux Glass Dots from the Mini Catalog. There are a couple of different colors. I thought the green would look best. But as it turned out it was the gold that seemed to fit just right.
Measurements
The card base is Lemon Lime Twist cut 4 1/4 X 11 and scored at 5 1/2. The layer of Basic White measures 3 7/8 X 5 1/8 and the gold DSP measures 3 3/4 X 5. For the Die cut panel I used a scrap, but for that size a piece at 3 X 4 1/4 should be large enough.
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Jackie
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This card is great, you did a wonderful job coloring the image too!
I really like this card, Jackie. Even though it is simple it is so striking. I will definitely CASE this one. Thanks for sharing.