Sweet, Sweet Friend with Dawn

Hello! We are 2 weeks from school starting back. I don't know about you, but I'm holding onto summer with both hands here and not letting go!

That of course means I'm still loving our newly release citrus themed sets.

This card is a bit different from my usual, but still keeps with my "go-to" method of creating a strong focal point and then building the rest of the design around it. I started by stamping and die cutting the word "sweet" using the Whimsy Alpha stamps and die. I stamped and die cut a pineapple and orange from Summer Citrus along with a couple of blossoms.

To complete the sentiment I die cut the "hello" from our Basic Greetings Die and stitched it to the card panel using my sewing machine, and stamped "sweet friend" from Hand Lettered Hello.

The background felt like it needed a little something-something, so I stamped the outlined pineapple in Fairy Dust Ink and added a few splashes of color using the Ink Splats stamp set.

I added a thin strip of cardstock that I colored with Wild Mango Ink to the left side and mounted the panel to a Dove Grey card base.

I hope you enjoyed today's project. Are you already dreading the end of summer, or are you ready for fall?

Featured Supplies

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