Thursday, May 17, 2012

Fresh Summer Days - DS52


It was love at first sight the moment I saw the Summer Fresh line by Simple Stories. I dug in right away for this week's Deconstructed Sketch sample. Number 52 -- can you believe?



I have to confess that symmetry usually wigs me out, but I really enjoyed working with this one. For the circle panel, I created a sweet, summer scene using the Grass Border, Pinwheel, and Clouds Border CutUps dies from The Cat's Pajamas.



The sentiment is just a layering of printed elements from the Summer Fresh pad. Not even a speck of stamping today. Two other TCP CutUps dies play supporting roles ... the red oval in the sentiment stack was done with one of the Circus Labels dies and the ivory scallop borders along the top and bottom of that blue floral horizontal band were done with the Queen of Hearts border. All of the TCP CutUps can be found HERE.

More sketch inspiration:



To play along, link up to Jen's Deconstructed Sketch #52 post.





Paper: Papertrey Vintage Cream, Kraft, and Enchanted Evening card stock; Simple Stories Summer Fresh dp
Ink: Ranger Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain, Vintage Cream
Accessories: The Cat's Pajamas Grass Border, Clouds Border, Pinwheels, Circus Labels, and Queen of Hearts CutUps dies, Spellbinders Labels Three and Classic Circles Nestabilities, Divine Twine, Papertrey button, distressing tool, foam adhesive, paper piercer/needle/thread
Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

17 comments:

Judy Rozema said...

Amy, I love your sweet little scene! The clouds and grass just make me glad for summer!

Sheri Gilson said...

Super cute, Amy!! Love the little pinwheel!! Perfect summer time card.

Crestajune said...

Completely fabulous! I love all of the details on your card, especially that little pinwheel, it is so adorable. I can't wait to get my hands on some of that Summer Fresh paper, it looks wonderful. Have a fantastic day, Amy!

April said...

Wonderful card! I love all the elements! Great job!

Armande said...

Lovely ! beautiful card...

Lisa Fowler Windsor, CO said...

Any--you are such an inspiration for me! Love this card. Thanks for leaving a nice comment on my blog today! =-)

Jen Shults said...

This is just so amazing Amy! I love the scene you created... it's gorgeous and there is so much fabulous texture and dimension... just wow! Gorgeous girl!

carole (TruCarMa) said...

Sooo fresh and fun, Amy! What a sweet, scrappy, summery scene you've created. :)

Anonymous said...

love your card its so cute.
Carol x

Dawn Easton said...

Amy, this is wonderful! I love making cards that have no stamping. Dies are such fun to use! Love that little pinwheel die!!! Must get that! Thanks for enabling!

Sandy said...

Amy you card is incredible!! The papers are perfect and love the pop up scene you have created. It looks like happy to me!!!!
Sandy

Anne Tussing said...

Your card is gorgeous! SO beautifully detailed:)

Unknown said...

Beautiful, Amy! LOVE the sweet scene you've created here!

dpkennedy said...

That tiny pinwheel is adorable! Very sweet card Amy!

Heidi said...

Love the elements on this card and that paper line- so darned cute. I think that I saw this line but it looks much better on your card than I had imagined.

Alma de la Rosa said...

Oh my. This is just gorgeous! Simple, but not. Sweet, but sophisticated.

Kelly said...

Amy you are so talented! This is another wonderful creation. Xxx