Hi friends! I have to laugh at myself today...when life gives you a lemon stamp...make a lemon card! Gosh, I'm moving at a snail's pace today and barely got a card made to share. Have you read in the news about the big recall of Romaine Lettuce in the United States?? Turns out I'm a victim of this shady lettuce! Wednesday night I was stamping with some friends at our local pizza place and I helped myself to a ginormous salad at the salad bar. Being careful to choose all the Romaine, because, that's my favorite of course! Just as described on the news, 3 days later I was sick as a D-O-G and spent most of the weekend in bed (or in the bathroom). I had to cancel all our plans for the weekend. Today I'm so wiped out and tired. Trying to drink a lot of water and eat some toast. But, geez, I gotta get back into the swing of life. I'm not leaving the house though... It's been horrible!! The moral of the story is: I shoulda just got the pizza!! That's what I get for trying to eat some vegetables! I hope that you had a wonderful weekend - not like mine! LOL. And, I hope you got in some crafty and creative time over the weekend too.
Today I'm sharing a bright and cheery card made with some new wood-mounted stamps I got at my local stamp store recently. Yes, I still totally love wood stamps. And my friend owns the store, so I like to support her too. The store is called Paper Garden, and if you're ever in Sactown you must meet me there! I'm also using the brand new designer gingham from Sunny Studio Stamps. It's DELICIOUS! I used Copic Markers as my coloring medium and a clean and simple card layout.
The lemon stamp is from Impression Obsession and the Hello Sunshine stamp is from Impress Rubber Stamps! I stamped the lemon stamp four times and cut them each out by hand. I layered the yellow gingham across the bottom of the card base and then trimmed the card slightly to get my edges all even. I used Solar White for the card base. I bit of twine wrapped around the card and tied in a little bow marks the border between the two papers.
Here's a close up of the lemons/coloring. I used several shades of Copic Yellow Markers and just kept working the color until I got what I wanted. To make that really bright highlight, I used the Copic 0 Colorless Blender Pen and removed all the color in that one area on each lemon. As a general rule, the whiter and sharper the highlight, the shinier the object appears. I used three shades of green for the leaves and kept it really fresh by using colors from the YG Yellow Green family.
LEMME TELL YA! This new paper from Sunny Studio Stamps is wonderful. The color is so pretty in person and SO vivid! They just came out with four new 6x6 paper pads and I'm super glad I bought all of them! I definitely recommend this 'neutrals' in your patterned paper collections. CLICK HERE to see all of them.
The lemons were lined up in a graphic pattern and attached with foam tape. I added a few Nuvo Crystal Drops in the color called Key Lime.
Thank you for stopping by to visit me today! I hope your week is going to be spectacular! XOXO
SUPPLIES FOR TODAY!
I'm pretty sure this would cheer anybody up! Love the sunny colors.
Posted by: Rosa M. Vasquez | 05/07/2018 at 11:06 AM
Amazing card...again! Sorry you got sick honey...and yes stick with pizza!
Posted by: Mark | 04/25/2018 at 03:57 AM
This card makes me Happy- Feel better soon.
Posted by: Nancy Hassan | 04/24/2018 at 06:12 AM
Wanda so sorry you were so sick! Hope you checked in with your MD as this contamination is nothing to fool around with.
This card is darling! Love your color combo.
Please take good care! Julie
Posted by: Julie L | 04/24/2018 at 06:01 AM
Such a lovely yellow. It will make someone's day extra special. Gingham is one of my staples. I definitely will check these out. So sorry you weren't feeling so good. Hopefully your energy level will rebound soon. Thanks for sharing this lovely.....
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 04/24/2018 at 05:53 AM
Oh dear, that sounds awful. You managed to create a cheery card, though. I’m so happy for Stephanie that as all the other stamp stores have come and gone, her store has survived.
Posted by: Julie | 04/23/2018 at 08:12 PM