Pear Pizzaz

Sheltering Tree

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Who doesn’t love the look of the beginning of fall?  The leaves are just starting to turn in my yard.  Some bright, some darker, and then there are those lovely dark ones that look almost burgundy.  Those would be my favorite.

Sheltering Tree

The tree is stamped in tip top taupe, the leaves in pear pizzazz and the turning leaves in perfect plum.  The card base is also in perfect plum with a slight framing in tip top taupe.  Very clean look for sure.  A few wraps with some linen thread and it was nearly done.

Sheltering Tree

I did a little echo stamping inside the card with the accent leaf color, just a bit in opposite corners.  I like to have enough there to connect to the front, but not so much that it interferes with the writing room.  It is still a card after all.  The front is popped up on dimensionals and that is all there is to it.  the outer dimensions are 4 1/4 x 4 1/4, a little different for me.  I am not prone to square cards, but I was working with my scrap pile, and that is what I had at ready.

Sheltering Tree

Have a creative day!

Moana

It’s Your Day

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I think I am ready for summer to cool off.  Looks like I am thinking of a spring day here.  My daughter told me this looks like a dress.  Would be a cute one.

It's Your Day

I thought it would be fun to use a stamp in a different way than intended.  This leave bouquet is in a thanksgiving themed set. Also, I hadn’t used pink pirouette for quite some time and decided to put the two together.  At first I wanted to use the flower punches as if they were a flower at the end of each stem.  Well, looking at them they created stripes of flowers.  Not so good.  They looked much better placed randomly.

It's Your Day

I used glue dots to secure them.  I didn’t feel like it, but I did sponge them all.  It made a difference, really.  Plenty of basic rhinestones to go around and I loved the sparkle it gave.

It's Your Day

The sentiment came from the endless birthday wishes set.  I really had ignored this one, but it is so great!  I love, love, love how you can partner the typeset phrases with pretty cursive ones.  A tiny tag with a bow in the middle and it was all done.  Of course I had to echo stamp the inside to match the front though, then it was really done.

Have a creative day!

Moana

Kinda Eclectic Ray of Sunshine

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Eclectic is the true nature of this card.  A little bit of everything coming together to create something beautiful.  With these colors, stamped images, punches, and a perfect Walt Whitman quote, how could you go wrong?

Kinda Eclectic Ray of Sunshine

Of course I had to layer in the 1/8th” fashion as is my thing these days.  But it makes me happy, even if it seems a bit wasteful.  I often punch or cut out underneath anyway, so it isn’t too bad.  I didn’t think I would notice if I inked the edges or not in such a narrow border, but you totally do.  It looked almost plain otherwise with this combo.  Interesting.

Kinda Eclectic Ray of Sunshine

When I stamped inside I used just the corner of the sunburst, it was just right.  It made me think of a quilt block I have never been brave enough to try.  I think I have seen it called New York beauty and it involves paper piecing to keep those points just so.  Beautiful, but daunting.  Maybe someday.

Well, today is workshop day, so I had to keep it brief.  No time for a second variation of the card and a matching bag.  I still have to get to the store before I go!

Have a creative day!

Moana