Juicy Fruit Cards for Spellbinders

I have a pair of cards for you today for Spellbinders that simply make my heart sing. I love pairing black and white stamping with focal colors. The Sketched Citrus peel apart background stamp from Simon Hurley and Ranger Ink are perfect for this! I was totally inspired and love the sketchy look of those stamps. Scroll down for more on my creative process. You'll find a full supply list of clickable shopping links at the end of this post as well, 'cause I know you are going to want some of these goodies!

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To begin, I stamped a couple A2 sized white card panels with the Sketchy Citrus stamps, then trimmed both card panels at an angle. I'm only using the bottom portion of my trims and will save the tops for another day.

I also ran a pair of A2 sized colored cardstock through my Platinum 6 using the 3D embossing folder, Circle Illusion. It's important that both the stamped card panels and the embossed card panels are the same size, for this project since we'll be laying the angled stamped cardstock on top of the embossed panels. 

Also, the lime colored card panel was from one of my Spellbinders card kits so I'm not sure of the color. I did find Peridot on the Spellbinders site which is close in color and linked it in my supply list. I thought these colors best complimented my colored fruit.

Next, I stamped and colored up some of the pull apart stamps from the Sketched Citrus stamp set. Yes, these pull apart! I think it's so clever that Simon does this with a lot of his stamp designs. It gives you so much versatility.

I broke out my Copic markers to color up these juicy oranges. They could be peaches too, it's totally open to interpretation. When finished, I used the coordinating dies to cut out 4 of the oranges and four of the leafy stems.

My sentiments are from the Simon Hurley/Ranger Ink Watercolor Flowers stamp and die set that was released at the same time. I stamped and die cut the "Hello" and Thank You" words, but hand trimmed the word "friend".

Most of my images and sentiments are popped up on adhesive foam, for added dimension. I did tuck one of the leafy stems behind my angled stamped cardstock, adhering it directly onto my embossed cardstock.

I thought about adding some sequins as added embellishment but honestly, I really don't think it's needed. Sometimes less is more!

I'm so happy that my lovely friends at Spellbinders sent this to me, as it has really sparked my desire to get on the fruit bandwagon, so to speak, haha. I hope you'll give these techniques a try. I know you will love this stamp set as much as I do.

See you later and stay crafty! Terri

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Melon Love Gift Set for TPD Stamps ~ New Release!

It's day one of the June release at Two Paper Divas Stamps and I'm sharing a fun gift set today, featuring the brand new "Melon Love" stamp set.  I'll share a few quick technique tips but don't forget to scroll to the end to see the fun coordinating envelopes as well, along with prize info and the new challenge coming up.  Oh, and did I mention all stamp sets for the new release are 20% off today and tomorrow only?

I recently came back from a craft retreat and while I was there, I won a door prize that included these fun papers from Pink Paislee, called "Fruit Stand".  I thought they were perfect to showcase the TPD melon stamps.  I also wanted to get as much bang for my buck out of these papers, (yeah, I know, they were free....) so I made 4x4 cards, getting 3 cards out of one piece of 12x12 paper.  Bonus!

I chose to keep this card set simple, without any added adornment, so the focus is on those amazing sentiments and adorable slices of watermelon.  So cute!  

All of the images are colored with Tombow dual brush pens and I used my Tim Holtz waterbrush to move around some of the color.

A scrunched up paper towel, dipped in white pigment ink, gives those melon rinds that speckled look.  I really love how the water brush gave me that marbled color that watermelon sometimes has, as pictured below.  I've also used my LaLa Land stitched circle dies for the sentiments and sponged Hero Arts ombre distress ink around the edges.  The circles and melon slices are all popped out with foam squares.

Lastly, I created coordinating envelopes with the same paper, using my We R Memory Keepers 123 Punch board.   Wouldn't it be fun to stamp and color the coordinating melon slice onto the front corner of your envelope?  

Click here to purchase Melon Love.  Be sure to leave comments on day 1 and 2 of the new release on the TPD blog to be entered to win a one of two new stamp sets!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! JUNE 13TH - The next challenge at TPD Stamps is a sketch challenge and it's easy peasy, plus..... it's coffee/tea themed!  So break out your coffee or tea stamps and get ready.  There will be a fabulous prize up for grabs.

Visit the Two Paper Divas Blog for daily project inspiration and on Wednesdays for the Design Team Roundup.  Check out the new June release right here:

http://www.twopaperdivas.com/product-category/whats-new/

Also linking to:

Amusing Challenges- Fruits/Veggies

Crafting With Friends- Anything Goes #22

Classic Design Team Challenge June #03- Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper June Anything Goes

Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #239 Inspiration Challenge

Shop Two Paper Divas for a wide selection of clear stamps, digital stamps and accessories.

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