TSTR #76: 'Sweet Days of Summer'

Sweet days of summer -- the jasmine's in bloom
July is dressed up and playing her tune
And I come home from a hard day's work
And you're waitin' there
Not a care in the world -

Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze

Are you old enough to remember that song? TSTR’s #76: 'Sweet Days of Summer' challenge this week had that song constantly running through my head! This week, we are supposed to create a card or project with handmade flowers and the colors of pink, peach, green and neutrals. The inspiration photo….

So I had a pretty song along with a pretty photo to inspire my creation this week! I had never made handmade flowers before I made this card, so my first task was just learning how to make them.  Can you believe what a newbie I am? hehe

Well, I certainly learned new stuff this week and had so much fun making my card.

I started with a soft green textured cardstock with a white core. I embossed one edge using a Cuttlebug embossing border and then lightly sanded the embossing so that the white core shows through highlighting the design. I embossed a pretty green patterned cardstock from The Mariposa matstack to form the next layer.

The Spellbinder’s medallion has a stamped border using Rubber Stamp Tapestry’s Natures Path set and is backed with a contrasting cardstock that I hand cut because I felt that the next larger one in the set was just too big.  The butterfly is colored with Copic markers.

The strip uses the same RST set but with muted colors.

 

I made two types of flowers for this card; two from paper and 4 with rolled rick rack. The green “leaves” are a lacy ribbon that I sprayed with green alcohol ink.

Well that is my card for this week. I hope you enjoyed it!

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