A Sweet Summer Case

I found this design on Wendy Todd's blog and immediately wanted to try it out.  This is my first card using any of the 1.6cm Satin Ribbon - it's so lovely to work with.  Although this SAB set is now retired, this is a design that would be easy to adapt using another floral image.  This colour combo is Perfect Plum and Old Olive.

I tried it with Rose Red and Old Olive too.

Sweet Niece

I have made a box to match the card I blogged the other day.  This is for my niece's birthday.  We are giving her a necklace and a charm so I made a box to fit round them.

The colour combination is Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi and Daffodil Delight.
See the matching envelope?  This is very easy to make by adhering a piece of DSP into the envelope flap then trimming it to fit.

My Sweet Summer

I played a little more with Sweet Summer and flipped the vine around to hang the flowers.  Agaiin, bright colours were the go and the Aqua Painter gave the black line image the lift it needed.

Stamps:  Sweet Summer, Happy Moments
Card:  Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie, Brights Designer Series Paper Patterns Stack
Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black
Tools:  Aqua Painter, Scallop Edge Border Punch

Sweet Summer

Bliss has been the favourite free stamp set as far as my customers are concerned but as some of you are placing a second order during SAB, Sweet Summer is emerging as the dark horse.  Its simple line images are a joy to colour and I have been experimenting with my Aqua Painter and i stamped the image on Watercolor Paper. 
Our demonstrator forum, Stampin Connection is a place to share photos of your card designs and Kerry Bunting, a very talented demonstrator, featured a card similar to this.  Her use of Daffodil Delight against Cherry Cobbler was stunning so I gave it a go myself.

Even when I had the card stock laid out on my work bench, the combination kept catching my eye.

Stamps:  Sweet Summer
Card:  Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Brights Designer Series Paper Patterns Stack, Watercolor Paper
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Concord Crush, Bashful Blue, Old Olive
Tools:  Aqua Painter (great fun!)

Sweet Summer Sympathy

I have CASEd this card from Stampin' Connection our demonstrator forum.  Paula Dobson designed this card and used Early Espresso colours.  I chose Night of Navy.  I was trying to work out which stamp she used then realised it was one of the images from Sweet Summer, one of our Sale-a-Bration sets, which she had coloured in using her Stampin' Write markers.

I am enjoying using sponging on many of my cards lately.  Do you like the way the design is reflected inside the card?

Don't forget that Sale-a-Bration finishes at the end of March. 

Stamps:  Sweet Summer, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Card:  Whisper White, Night of Navy

Ink:  Night of Navy

Tools:  Scorer, Sponges