Hello Friends,
Today’s card was inspired by Color Challenge #789 over at Splitcoast Stampers. The three colors were: Poppy Parade, Cajun Craze, and Mango Melody; with dessert option to add a frame.
I don’t think these three colors would’ve been my first choice in a color combo, but given a challenge, I do my best to rise to the occasion!
I look at these colors and my first thought is Fall. But, I’ve been in such a Spring mode lately, I couldn’t bear to jump all the way to Fall. So, I landed on more of a Summer note!
I actually went and bought flowers for my yard yesterday…YAY! I love springtime and planting flowers. The deer like it too…. they’re like “The salad bar IS OPEN!” I try to be very careful to buy “deer resistant” flowers, but they still like to sample everything in the yard. We’ll see which, if any, the deer will leave alone. Our deer don’t seem to be picky eaters!
I love geraniums and petunias, they just spell S-U-M-M-E-R to me. Unfortunately, they spell Y-U-M to the deer!
I used to try planting them in whiskey barrels on the outer edges of our deck – surely the deer wouldn’t be bold enough to eat out of the barrels right by the house right? WRONG!
Last year I had to try again, I planted just a single geranium in a small pot placed in the middle of our patio table on our front deck. SURELY the deer wouldn’t come right up on the deck and eat off the table! WRONG AGAIN! A little doe just stepped right up there and nibbled away in the middle of the day. When I went outside to shoo her off, she seriously hesitated before bailing off the deck. And then she just went to the edge of the yard and watched me, only running off when I stepped off the deck and walked toward her yelling and waving my arms! The next morning, yep, the geranium was eaten down to the potting soil!
But, back to the color challenge!
Here’s what I came up with:
Let’s Get INKY!
Colors and Measurements:
Poppy Parade card base 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ – score at 4 1/4″ and fold in half
Basic Black Mat 5 1/4″ x 4″
Whisper White Image Panel – 4″ x 3 3/4″
Cajun Craze Frame using Ornate Layers Dies
Mango Melody for the sentiment tag using the Timeless Label Punch.
Inks Used:
Cajun Craze, Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, and Tuxedo Black Memento.
To create the background for the image panel, I sponged the ink onto the Whisper White CS.
Start with your lightest color, in this case Mango Melody, and sponge over the entire panel.
Next I used Poppy Parade, starting at the bottom and sponging about two-thirds of the way up the panel, getting lighter as you get higher and blending into the Mango Melody.
Finally I sponged Cajun Craze along the bottom and up about one-third, getting lighter the higher up I sponged, blending into the Poppy Parade.
I used the stamp set “Dandelion Wishes” for the image, stamped in Tuxedo Black.
Stamp the sentiment from “Dandelion Wishes” on a piece of Mango Melody CS and punch out with the Timeless Punch.
Run the die from “Ornate Layers” through the Big Shot on a piece of Cajun Craze CS and then use the appropriate-sized “Stitched Rectangles Dies” to cut out the center to create a frame.
Adhere the layers as shown.
Okay, it’s going to be a beautiful day today… time to get planting, the deer are salivating already! Hopefully the nursery lady was correct and after a quick sample, the deer will decide my flowers aren’t so tasty after all!!!
Until next time,
Janet
Product List
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
