you are strong

 hello stampers!

Today I have a clean, green card. I was inspired by the big Melia tree in our garden which is covered in new bright green leaves at the moment and wanted to capture that dewy greenness (is that a word?). I used this week's challenge at CAS(E) this sketch CTS #402 as inspiration for the design.

I think this design lends itself to many interpretations, but I thought I'd stick fairly closely to the elements. 

  

The Forever Greenery DSP from Stampin' Up! has some lovely papers so I used some as the background and then layered some fussy cut leaves on top to make it like a bouquet. A little shaded spruce card cut into leaves and intermingled gives it some dimension.  I added a few dew drops for that fresh dewy look and finished it off with bright white twine.

Green and white I think is my favourite colour combination - so clean and fresh. I hope you can find the time to spend relaxing in a garden today.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

cardstock: whisper white, shaded spruce

ink: balmy blue, shaded spruce, Altenew Sea Glass

paper: Forever Greenery DSP

stamp: Stampin' Up! Loyal Leaves

I know you have the strength

Today I made a happy card. 

I will enter it in the Just Add Ink challenge #530. 

Just card, paper, stamp and ink. No die cuts, no embossing, no embellishments.  Simple and happy.

Positivity through colour, and hope using bright beautiful bunting.  Don't you just love bunting? I aimed to convey positivity shining out from the rain, through myriad colours and a positive affirmation.  

I hope you find some joy today.

Stampin' Up! supplies:

cardstock: shaded spruce base, coastal cabana, pumpkin pie, cherry cobbler, garden green, rich razzleberry, cajun craze, crushed curry, real red

paper: Forever Greenery DSP

ink: Shaded Spruce

stamp: Queen Anne's lace stamp set

you made my day

I made a card to put in the Try Stampin on Tuesday challenge, because guess what?  It's Tuesday!  What better reason to spend the afternoon with paper and inks! 

 

The TSOT #482 challenge provided a calming, pleasing template, and I was happy to go along with the feeling. 

Don't you just looove the colour combination of Coastal Cabana and Shaded Spruce?  So pretty, so positive. I couldn't just have the banner in Coastal Cabana so I punched out some leaf fronds, and fussy cut the leaves from some Forever Greenery DSP (I just love that paper!) The circle is lifted on dimensionals and the sentiment finished with a few rhinestones. A simple but distinct card, I find the colours and sentiment lift my spirits. 

Stampin'Up! supplies:

cardstock: Coastal Cabana, Shaded Spruce

paper: Forever Greenery DSP

ink: Shaded Spruce

stamp: So Much Love stamp set

here for you

Today I used the Freshly Made Sketches challenge FMS460 as inspiration for this card. Love the simplicity and boldness of the design, so I thought I'd go with a 'dependability' theme. 

'here for you' uses a cardstock base in Whisper White. Old Olive and Garden Green strips were added as the top of the banner,  and some fronds from Forever Greenery DSP were fussy cut to make a leaf bouquet (is that a thing?) which forms the pointy banner ends.  The sentiment is stamped with Garden Green on a Whisper White strip. Dimensionals highlight the fronds and the sentiment.

I think the simple leaf fronds effortlessly posit themselves in the banner shape, conveying a dependability and generosity echoed in the sentiment. Just as leaves change from bright green to softer hues, the sense of the changing seasons is as dependable as an old friend.

Edit: Thank you so much for the "Honorable Mention" for my card - I enjoyed making it and look forward to the next challenge!

Stampin' Up! supplies:

cardstock: Old Olive, Garden Green, Whisper White

paper: Forever Greenery DSP

stamp: So Much Love stamp set

ink: Garden Green

dimensionals, stampin' seal

Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you got some inspiration today!