I was sitting at my desk with Stampin' Up!'s new stamp set called Tropical Party that is in the Summer Mini catalog and I was thinking about all my stamping friends we have share many tropical vacation spots with over the years because of Stampin' Up!'s incentive trips and decided to create a quick card to send to a couple of them just letting them know I was thinking about them. This is the card I created.
I love the way the sun looks as it goes down and the shadow the palm trees become. I am sure this happens at home with the trees in our area but I don't very often take the time to notice. It seems that about the time the sun reaches this stage we are busy with homework, dinner, last minute work things or me hurrying to a workshop or preparing for one here at home so I miss the feeling this card reminds me of.
To create the sun I punched a 1 3/4" circle from a piece of scrap cardstock (keep this larger than the card so you don't sponge over the edges on accident). I then sponged the full circle opening with So Saffron ink, then 1/2 of the circle opening with Pumpkin Pie ink, then 1/4 of the circle opening with Bravo Burgundy ink. I then stamped the Palm tree with Black Stazon ink. The card is Pumpkin Pie, layered with the Island Oasis Designer Series Paper (new in Summer Mini), Black cardstock with a linen thread accent.
To create the layered look for the Modern label punch I cut a black accent piece using the Mover's and Shapers Big Shot die and the Punch window accent dies. I love how you can create frames for a lot of Stampin' Up! punch shapes using the Big Shot Mover's and Shapers Die and accent dies. I think I use it more this way than as a window opening.
I like your blog, because we have similar outlook and outlook on life!
Posted by: Ajf 6 | July 02, 2010 at 10:08 PM