Sunday, June 29, 2014

A Stash of Sunshine

Made a card to send to granddaughter Bailey (along with an iTunes card). She is still hobbling around after foot surgery. One of my favorite songs that I sang and hummed to her when she was a wee one was "You Are My Sunshine". Luckily she doesn't appear to be too traumatized by my horrible voice! My very limited repertoire also included "A Bushel and a Peck". I'll have to give that some thought as far as card making goes!

In the process of making this I reconnected with stash while reorganizing!
1. I forgot I had the 'watercolor' looking paper used below.
2. I used a stamp that I had never before used
3. Reconnected with a long unused stamp (the sun's swirly center).
4. Put a rarely used embossing folder to work.
6. AND embossed the 'sun' layers with embossing powder that I frequently glance at and think "why did I buy THAT!?"


Sunshine
~Base card - PaperTrey Ink - Lemon Tart card stock
~Layer of Colorbok Watercolor Painted Rainbow design paper (rediscovered this pack of paper while reorganizing)
~Sun created with two layers of stamps: My Acrylix Close to my Heart and Paper Studio Plenty of Paisley stamped with Versamark and embossed with Ranger Enchanted Gold embossing powder die cut using Spellbinders scallop circles
~Rays created using Tim Holtz Mini Rays embossing folder and colored with Distress Inks Rusty Hinge and Mustard Seed
~Sentiment printed using laser printed punched with Stampin' Up Word Window
Challenges | Inspirations
Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards - summer
Amusing Challenges - anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge - for a child
Addicted to CAS - sun
Crazy 4 Challenges - summer
Cute Card Thursday - circles
Shopping Our Stash - favorite color

Here's to reconnecting with your stash, sunshine, and rocking babies to sleep.

Nancy in Iowa

6 comments:

  1. Fun idea with the sun and rays...I love it! Thank you for playing along with my Amusing Challenge this week!

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  2. Hi Nancy. I'm sure Bailey will adore this card made with love from her grandmother! :) Beautiful layering of different elements that all come together to create a pretty card for someone special. Thanks for joining us at ATCAS.

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  3. Wow, that is some MAJOR stash shopping -- kudos to you! Thanks for joining us at Shopping Our Stash!

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  4. Gorgeous card, I love the sunny colours and beautiful detailing.
    Thank you for taking part in A Gem of a Challenge.
    Sue xx

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  5. She's going to have a really hard time deciding which she likes more - the card or the gift card! Absolutely love the way you did the sun on here! Bright and beautiful.
    Lynn

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  6. This really does look like youve brought the sun to the paper :) x Thank you for joining us over at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge. Good luck, Hugs Samantha K x

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