Hello friends; I hope you've had a great start to your week. I can't believe it's Wednesday already. It only seems like 5 minutes ago I was posting last week's card!
We are now up to Week 8 of our Summer Soiree IG card hop, which has been organised by my lovely friend Kelly. This week's theme is 'you are my sunshine' so think sunshine, sun-rays, yellow, encouragement etc.
I decided to take the theme very literal this week and created and fairly clean and simple but at the same time super cute card (I think so anyway lol!). I hope you will like it.
Here is my card:
A close up of the cute sunshine:
I also decorated the inside:
I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" from smooth white card and ran it through my die cutting machine with a sun-rays embossing folder. I didn't actually have a sun die (I know shock horror) so used a pinking edge circle and matching smaller circle die that I found in a set from MFT. I cut them from some orange and yellow offcuts that I had in my scraps bin. I also die cut some clouds from white card. I used the same yellow card to die cut the word 'sunshine' and also 2 more from white card so that I could glue them together for some dimension. I did some stamp surgery on one of my stamps and used part of it to stamp 'you are my' in black ink onto white card; which I then cut with a sentiment strip die. I added the circles together with liquid glue and added them to my panel with double sided tape. I added the larger cloud with foam squares and the smaller cloud with a mix of foam squares and liquid glue as it overlapped the larger cloud. The die cut sentiment was added with liquid glue and I added the stamped sentiment with foam squares. The panel was added to my card front with foam tape. I didn't add anything else as I thought it was cute as it was. For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and cut a white strip 2" x 4" and again ran it through my die cutting machine with the embossing folder. I die cut another 'sun' and one small cloud. I added the embossed strip, sun and cloud with double sided tape. I stamped a sentiment in the upper centre of the my panel with black ink. A really fun card I think.
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
AAA Cards challenge - anything CAS goes optional twist holidays/travel
Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - any occasion
Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - anything embossing goes option things with wings
CAS on Friday challenge - two colours (with white or cream) - I used yellow and orange with white
CRAFT challenge - summer
Die Cut Divas challenge - wet or dry embossing (I used an embossing folder)
Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - romance/friendship
If You Give A Crafter A Cookie challenge - be happy (inspired by smiley face/colour)
Double Trouble challenge - what makes you happy/include a smile and/or smile sentiment
Moving Along With The Times challenge - summer fun
My Time To Craft challenge - summertime fun
PINspirational challenge - die cuts
Simply Clean and Simple challenge - anything CAS goes option off centre
The Four Seasons challenge - anything goes summer
Try It On Tuesday challenge - keep it simple
Word Power challenge - make the sentiment the focus of your card
If you would like to follow the hop over on Instagram please use the hashtag #summersoireecardmakinghop2024 to find us or alternatively visit my profile and you will find the list of participants in my post. We would love it if you would give the summer soiree challenges a try and again use the hashtag and we will find your projects.
I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge but until then enjoy the rest of your day and thank you for stopping by.
Love and hugs,
card ingredients:
MFT - blueprints 13 (for circles) - retired
W Plus 9 - sunshine layers die set (for sunshine word) - retired
Clearly Besotted Stamps - sky's the limit (for clouds) - retired
MFT - beach bunnies stamp (for 'you are my' sentiment)
MFT - Polynesian paradise (for inside sentiment) - retired
Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies
Lawn Fawn - you're the zest (for face on the sun)
We R Memory keepers 6" x 6" embossing folder (unsure of the name)
Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card
Versafine - onyx black ink
coloured card from my scraps bin
17 comments:
Ohh, your card is adorable. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Die Cut Divas :)
Such a happy card, I love all your die cut elements!! Great design! Lots of fabulous work here, thanks for playing along with us over at Can You Handle the Pressure, I hope we see you back again soon!
Judy~ CYHTP DT Designer
Such a fun and cheerful design, thanks so much for sharing at the Four Seasons challenge!
Such a cute card!
...and thanks so much for participating in my IF YOU GIVE A CRAFTER A COOKIE... challenge!!!
Denise: the texture on your friendship card is fantastic!!! The song that goes with that sentiment is one that I've sung to a sweet little girl that we're honorary grandparents of since I first held her at 2 days old! She's now 29 months. She just beams like your smiling sun each time I sing it! :) Thanks for sharing at Halloween And Other Occasions! --Becca, DT
How cute, love background embossment of the rays and then the smiley sun on the outside and inside... cute sentiments. Thanks for sharing your smiles with us at Double Trouble and If You Give a Crafter a Cookie.
Denise, what a happy card! I love how you added dimension to your card using embossing and layering with foam tape!! Thank you for sharing your card with us at Double Trouble!!! -Donna
What a fun and happy card Denise and this is sure to brighten the day of whoever is lucky enough to receive it.
Thanks for sharing with us at Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge.
Simple, but oh so captivating. Love it. So glad you joined the Die Cut Divas for our challenge to use either wet or dry embossing.
Hé is very cute, Thank you that you being with us on Cas on Friday!
Hi Denise,
what a wonderful card and such a brill design.
Thankyou for joining the MAWTT Challenge.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L. DT
Love your summery design. Thanks for joining the CRAFT Challenge GDT x
This is such a perfectly sweet and happy card! I love it! Thanks for playing along with our happy challenge at Double Trouble! :)
Such a happy card ! love the smiley sun
Thanks for joining in at Try It On Tuesday challenge
Hi Denise! What a fabulous Summer card. Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Four Seasons. We always enjoy your art and hope to have you join us again soon.
I would also LOVE to have you come play along with us at Word Art Wednesday for a chance to WIN some fabulous prizes. You can find this Anything Goes challenge here:
www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com
Blessings,
Karen L, DT
Your card is super cute. I love the texture of the embossing folder and the sun is adorable! I like how it's peeking out from behind a few clouds. Thanks for joining us at AAA Cards.
sue n.
Post a Comment