Happy Memorial Day!! And in honor of those who this day is for, I have a simple Gratitude card. My city holds a Memorial Day Parade every year. And my card sort of reflects the Hometown feel of that.
Stamps
There is a real mix of stamp sets for this card. My first idea was for a flag. The only thing I could find was the Sending Love stamp set and the post mark wavy lines. I got creative and made a flag from that. I added the stars square and cut out just a section of the lines. My stars are dabs of White Craft Ink dotted on the blue with the tip of the smallest scoring ball from the Take Your Pick tool. It is not perfect, but I thought it was pretty good.
Then it was figuring out what to place the flag on. With the Sending Love set out, I thought why not a mailbox. And so the card was born. The mailbox is from the same set. I added flowers, sun, and clouds from the Bright Skies stamp set. And the Grateful is from the Layers of Beauty set. I masked of the “for you” which is underneath grateful, inked, removed the tape, and stamped only the one word. Not sure about you, but I always hold my breath for that stamping, afraid more than what I want will stamp!
Colors
The colors used are the traditional Red, White, and Blue. But with the added green grass and yellow sun. Real Red and Night of Navy are beautiful traditional colors and help this card to pop. And you know I love to color, so the red and blue mailbox was an easy choice for me.
Thank you for stopping in today! I hope you can have an enjoyable family and friends gathering.
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Today’s card is a Summer Fun challenge card. A day at the beach is my idea of Summer Fun! And the Paradise Palms stamps and dies are the perfect way to create that image.
The Make My Monday Challenge, which goes live today, is titled Summer Fun. My idea of that is sitting on the beach simply reading and enjoying the breeze. You can join the challenge as well. Siimply click on the image below and it will take you to the challenge page.
Colors
The beachy scene was created using Blending Brushes and Ink pads. There were a few stamps used from the Paradise Palms stamp set. But the majority was created by playing with the Blending Brushes. For the horizon line, I simply used a scrap of cardstock and brushed below it. The sun image is a bit of a 3D look. There is a die in the matching Palms Dies which makes a sun or moon. I used that and then adhered the circle to the layer. By coloring over top of that it gave the extra dimension.
Dies
The dies and blended colors used on this card are much more the star than any stamps used. To create the look of a peaceful beach I wanted a large palm tree. The die in the Palms Dies was perfect. This tree is larger than my focal layer. And that is perfect. It allows it to be a real focal point.
For the sentiment I had some difficulty in deciding where to place it. Not wanting to disrupt the peace of the Horizon was an important consideration. So in looking for a die shape I found the half circle die in the Splendid Stems Dies. (These dies coordinate with the Splendid Thoughts stamp set.) By placing it on the sandy area, the cute die shape doesn’t disrupt the view.
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