Summer Time!

I am still playing with the 2007 June stamp of the month, Summertime. I wish I would have had enough time to create a layout for this stamp, but I had to settle for making a card. I need to have something created for all four stamps that come on this set by Thursday night.

I thought this card could be sent to someone just to say "Hello" during the summer wishing them well. I finally used the CTMH color guide on the sidebar of my blog. That site is an awesome tool, when you have two colors and need some ideas to finish the project. I had Star Spangled Blue and Orange and the site gave me multiple combinations. As you can see I chose Clover Meadow and Sunflower. You can barely see it, but on the border of the Clover Meadow cardstock, I used Basic Backgrounds stamp set (retired) to stamp the edges.

I have been getting a lot of use out of my background stamp sets. I use Speckled Backgrounds on the Star Spangled Blue and Sunflower cardstock. On the Sunflower cardstock I used just the edge of the background stamp to stamp the border of the paper. This is the first time I tried this and like the effect. The Orange cardstock is stamped with the Weathered Backgrounds stamp set.

In addition, I used For Every Occasion stamp set (2007 April stamp of the month) for the Hello, Sunflower and Holiday Red organdy ribbon, Orange ink, Star Spangled Blue ink, Clover Meadow ink and a Topiary large Spiral. I used a tab punch (non-CTMH) where I stamped the Hello message.

The markers I used to color the Summertime image are all CTMH: Holiday Red, Kiwi, Ocean, Brown Bag, Orange, Hydrangea, Star Spangled Blue, and Sunny Yellow. I daubed the edges in Star Spangled Blue ink.

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Happy Stamping!

You're invited

Okay, I am back to summer. Here is a card I made with the 2007 June stamp of the month Summertime. Right when I saw this stamp I thought of a BBQ invitation. We all have parties in the summertime, when we invite friends over for a little conversation and a great cookout. What could be a better way to spend the summer?

All products used are from the CTMH collection. I stamped the image in black and colored it in with the following marker colors: Holiday Red, Topiary, Chocolate, Cranberry, Bubblegum, Sunny Yellow, Ocean, and Dutch Blue. The card base is Holiday Red cardstock where I used Basic Backgrounds (retired) to emulate a picnic tablecloth and then I used Speckled Backgrounds on the Hydrangea cardstock for detail. I used a paper piercing tool to pierce the edges of the Ocean cardstock and I used Tim Holtz paper distressing tool on the Hydrangea, Ocean and White Daisy cardstock to rough up the edges.

I rubbed the edges of the White Daisy cardstock along a Holiday Red ink pad and added Cranberry brads to the corners. I added cranberry polka dotted ribbon from the Cranberry Ribbon Rounds to the Hyrdrangea cardstock. I topped it off with a daubing a dimensional element with Holiday Red ink, stamped you're invited from For Baby stamp set and added Cranberry brads. On the inside, I stamped date, when, time and please come. Doesn't this card just make you want to go to a BBQ?

Hope your are having a great summer!