Sweet Summer

I saw a cute card using the Sweet Summer stamp set and really wanted to CASE it but I also wanted to change it up a bit so that it was my card.

I went through lots of color combos but ended up with Old Olive and Vanilla. Getting the flower heads lined up with the stems was more challenging than I thought it would be. I ended up cutting off just a tad from the top of the stem stamp so that it would be easier to line it up. And that is using clear stamps!  I popped up the flower panel on dimensionals and layered it on the Old Olive layer that I embossed with the SU lattice embossing folder.  I just got some Baker's Twine and was itching to use it and this yellow worked perfectly with the Daffodil Delight flowers!

Stamps: Sweet Summer

Paper: Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Ink: Black, Markers in Old Olive, Daffodil Delight and Cajun Craze

Accessories: Lattice EF, Baker's Twine, dimensionals

Sweet Summer

I saw a cute card on SCS by Bar. Check it out here.  I just got the SAB set Sweet Summer and thought it would work nicely to CASE that card.  I also wanted to do this week's SCS color challenge CC310 which uses Pacific Point, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi and a neutral.

I stamped the middle flower in Pacific Point and then used the marker to fill it in. I also used a So Saffron marker to fill in the centers of the flowers.  The flower on the right was stamped in So Saffron and then filled in with the Saffron marker. It was too light and so I stamped over it with Soft Suede and think that looks much better. The leaves were stamped with Wasabi Green and then I used an aquapainter to watercolor the leaves.  I put a light wash of Saffron around the bottom of the flower stems.

Stamps: Sweet Summer, Just Believe

Paper: Kraft, Black, Confetti White (ret.)

Ink: Black, Pacific Point, So Saffron, Wasabi Green, Soft Suede

Accessories: Twine, aquapainter, Pacific Point & Saffron markers

Techniques: watercolor