Fruit and Sunshine Card for Scrapbookcom

Hello friends. I have a juicy card today that I've created for Scrapbook.com. This card reminds me of summer picnics on my Grandparent's farm in upstate New York - fresh lemonade, watermelon and hot charcoals firing up for the grill! The patterned paper even looks like a tablecloth, don't you think?  This A2 Fruit Slice Die (from the Market Bloom Collection) that I'm using is part of today's Livestream deal at Scrapbook.com. It's a good one so be sure and check it out! I'll also have clickable affiliate links at the end of this post, if you'd like to shop or browse for more information.

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I wanted to watercolor the flesh part of the lemons but didn't want to fool with a ton of little die cut bits. The solution? Emboss with the die plate! I used my Scrapbookcom White Mixed Media cardstock for this, with my Platinum 6 die cut machine. It embossed beautifully and it's so convenient that the sandwich settings are right on the base plate of my Platinum 6, for embossing and die cutting.

I watercolored just the flesh portion of the embossed fruit, using Ranger Distress Fossilized Amber ink. I just press the ink onto my craft mat, spritz with a little water, then use my waterbrush to pick up the inky mixture to paint. You don't have to be precise here. When dry, I added white paint splatters. I diluted a bit of paint with a drop or two of water, then splattered with a damp paintbrush.

The image below is a little bright due to my lighting. The Fossilized Amber ink is actually a tad darker.Take note of all the white space around the lemons because I'm going to do some paper piecing with die cuts!

When I came up with the concept for this card, I had a vision in mind but decided to switch it up mid-way in the creative process, and I'm so glad I did.

I was going to frame my lemons with a dark yellow Fruit Slice die cut, however, when I placed it over my lemons there was way too much yellow.

So I switched up and cut my Fruit slice die with white cardstock, punching out all the bits to have a frame around my embossed, watercolored fruit panel and it looks so much better! 

I also cut a 2nd piece with my fruit die and Platinum 6, using patterned paper from the SBC Joyful paper pad. I used the negative pieces to fill the white space around the fruit and I think it turned out great!

I used my SBC Artis glue to adhere everything down, particularly since there are so many detailed lines to adhere. 

Lastly, I created my sentiment using a coral colored paper from the SBC Playful Solid Paper Pad, as my outline die cut, along with the SBC Hello Sweet Sentiments Die Set from the Market Bloom collection.

My top sentiment layer was die cut using white cardstock and adhered to my outline. I've used the SBC 

3 mm adhesive strips to pop up my sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by. If you missed the Livestream which usually features card tutorials every Thursday at 12 pm ET (using the Livestream deal of the week), you can catch the replay here.

Come back tomorrow, I'll have another card to share!

Terri

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