Mornin’, y’all! Hope you enjoyed the long weekend! We had a great day – smoked some ribs that turned out so good they should be illegal! Spent the afternoon with Scout and her family and a few additional folks. I sort of blew the diet – but…man, oh man, it was worth it!
I have a pretty, clean and simple card to share with you today, made with the Painted Harvest stamp set and the (also new) Count My Blessings stamp set. Take a look-see:
I let two challenges give me inspiration for this one. The first, CAS(E) This Sketch, helped with the layout.
And then the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge helped with several elements…I went across the diagonal from top left to bottom right!
I started with a plain piece of Whisper White card stock and, using the pretty flower image in the Count My Blessings stamp set, inked it in Versamark and stamped it four times. I made the sprays come from a central spot and made them so they’d extend beyond the Painted Harvest flower I was planning for the middle of the card.
I sprinkled the four flower-sprays with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heated them up. When it was cool, I used my Powder Pink Stampin’ Write Marker to lightly color each of the flowers.
For the flower, I stamped the larger image in Painted Harvest several times in Powder Pink on Whisper White. With each stamp, I rotated the image slightly. Then I stamped the second, smaller, image in Sweet Sugarplum – twice – rotating the stamp.
I stamped the middle of the flower twice in Daffodil Delight and then added the small three-dot image in Daffodil Delight multiple times.
Then I fussy cut the flower. 🙂
I dry fit the flower over the gold-embossed sprays, and then stamped the sentiment from Painted Harvest in Versamark and heat embossed it in Gold.
I put a few Glue Dots on the back of my fussy cut flower and used them to wind multiple loops of Gold Metallic Thread round, then I popped the flower onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish off the card front, I added a few Gold Metallic Enamel Shapes.
On the inside, I added another Powder Pink and Sweet Sugarplum flower from Painted Harvest. And I finished the middle with more Daffodil Delight.
I Fast Fuse’d the panel on a Powder Pink mat and into my Thick Whisper White card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got another of the Painted Harvest flowers on the front…
…and some more Count My Blessings flower sprays – stamped in Pear Pizzazz and colored with my Powder Pink Stampin’ Write Marker – on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Painted Harvest brings yet another gorgeous flower to life, this time accented by the pretty and delicate flower sprays in the Count My Blessings stamp set. Hope you like! 🙂
TTFN
Mary
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PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Whisper White Thick Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card front, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
Powder Pink Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)
Whisper White Card Stock: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front and inner liner); fussy cut Painted Harvest flower
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Finn-Fan Fix
We had a good time yesterday at Scout’s house!
Matt’s girlfriend, Kaitlin, brought her female Aussie, named Hannah.
That’s right – 3 Aussies – and Finn was the youngest.
And – biggest!
He had a total blast.
There were sticks involved…
Hannah played referee.
This particular standoff lasted quite some time, with both of them just staring at each other. Their expressions were so serious and intense. Getting the stick is important Aussie business. Please note that Hannah is ensuring that no stick-tug rules are being broken.
At the end of the day, he was tired but really happy. And quite ready to go home! 🙂
TTFN
M
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Awesome card Mary! I love your clean design, perfect colors too! Glad that you and Finn had a great day playing! 🙂
We did! Thanks so much, Amy! 🙂
Beautiful take on the sketch!
Thanks, Leigh – appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Beautiful card! You just keep crankin’ ’em out! Glad you all had a great day, with the dogs as high entertainment!
Thanks, Julie! Appreciate that! Hope your day was good as well! 🙂
Lovelovelove this card! I will definitely be CASEing.
Finn with the two “girls”, what fun! 😁
Yes, he had a ball!! Thanks, Pat – CASE away! 🙂
Beautiful card!
Quite the Aussie rendezvous. Labs safely asleep inside…😃
Yes, it was! Thanks, Mom!😊
That is beautiful, Mary! Super design and lovely colors! Love it😀
Thanks, Jari! 😊
Love this card Mary! The little “leaves” from the Count My Blessings are adorable. Thank you for sharing your card with us this week at Tic Tac Toe Challenges!
Thanks Peggy – I appreciate you stopping by to leave a comment! 🙂
Love your card! I just can’t get enough of the Painted Harvest set! Thanks, Mary.
I know! It’s just too pretty. Thanks so much, Pam! 🙂
Another lovely card, Mary. I hadn’t thought to partner powder pink with sweet sugarplum but I will soon. I cannot wait to get Painted Harvest. – Ellie
Thanks so much, Ellie! And…your bundle shipped today! Whoo-hooo! 🙂
Very Pretty card.. Look at them.. They all looked happy!
Thanks, Tam! And they were having a blast! 🙂
So pretty. I like your take on what I would consider a hard design challenge. Thanks for continued beautiful card ideas for Painted Harvest. (Did my bundle ship today too?)
Thanks so much, Susan! Appreciate the kind words – and yes! Your Bundle DID ship today!! Whoo-hoo! 🙂
I absolutely adore everything about your entire post!
Thank you so much, Karen! 🙂