We made this card last night in our team meeting. It is a CASE of a card I saw on the Stampin’ Up! idea boards at OnStage. Something about the bright Watermelon Wonder/Cucumber Crush combination appealed to me – and of course, who can resist a fun fringe?
My pre-order box came yesterday afternoon, so I had just enough time before the meeting to cut strips from the new Affectionately Yours designer paper collection. The new papers will be available when our 2016-2017 Annual Catalog goes live on June 1. In the meantime, I think this is a fun layout for any designer papers – you may have some other coordinating patterns lying around 🙂 The thick twine in Cucumber Crush will be part of the new catalog as well.
Here’s a quick tip to make your flower centers look dimensional. Distress the edges with your stylus against a 1/2″ circle on the pierce mat. I pressed with a tiny circular motion around the edge of each circle on the back of the designer paper to make my raised centers. The curved edge that is created hides a dimensional nicely.
The birthday greeting is from the extra stamp set included with the April 2016 Paper Pumpkin kit – you’ll be seeing more of that set here. I think it is fabulous!
Have a great day!
