Summer Soiree Card Making IG Hop - Week 8

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