fresh & fun

When I first saw Lori’s sketch, I wasn’t so sure I would like it.

I don’t know what you guys do when you see a sketch, but me, I start doodling extra layers and scallops and what not until I have an idea on how my finished image might look like.

Then I pick colors, then the sets. Once my doodling was done, I knew I would like the card that would come out of the sketch. I knew right away that I wanted to add the Medallion background as backdrop for this card. I have been itching to use this stamp.

Colors, colors were harder. I wanted to play with the new in-colors, but their vibrance still scare me. So I just picked Soft Suede with Melon Mambo. I toned it even more down with Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla and was ready to go. I tell you…the hardest part was picking a sentiment that would work with the sketch as well as the Medallion.

The card base is a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock piece folded in half.

Next comes a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Very Vanilla. All four corners were punched with the ticket corner punch.

The 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of Melon Mambo was stamped with the Medallion background stamp in Melon Mambo. Again all four corners were punched with the ticket corner punch.

I adhered the Melon piece to the Vanilla layer and paper pierced a border. Next I taped a 1 1/8″ x 5 1/4″ strip of Very Vanilla for my horizontal layer after punching it with the Eyelet Border punch. Soft Suede Polka Dot ribbon was tied above the strip.

The Chocolate Chip rectangle in the center measures 3″ x 3 1/2″ and was topped with a 3/8″ smaller piece of Soft Suede Pattern Designer Paper. I paper pierced all four corners and attached the layers to the card base Vanilla/Mambo layers with dimensionals.

For the sentiment I chose a saying from the set Full of Life. I stamped it in Chocolate Chip on Very Vanilla Cardstock and stamped the Medallion background over it in 3rd generation Melon Mambo. It was cut out with Oval Nestabilities and layered on a slightly bigger scalloped Oval in Chocolate chip. These layers were attached to the center rectangle with dimensionals.

To finish off the card front, I added three brads from the Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware kit to the right side of the card.

As always, the inside of the card mirrors the card front.

I added a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Very Vanilla and a 1/4″ smaller piece of Melon Mambo to the inside.

Both layers were punched with the ticket corner punch.

The horizontal strip measured 1 1/4″ x 5″ and was punched with the Eyelet border punch.

A 3/4″ x 5″ piece of Soft Suede Pattern Designer Paper was taped above it.

Now that I see the card uploaded, I think with a different sentiment, it would make a great unconventional Christmas Card.

Have a great weekend. Hugs and smiles