Of all the In Colors from the current catalog, I am going to miss Baja Breeze the most. In fact, my guess is that many of you are going to miss this color -- it was the first color to sell out the coordinating print patterns! I'm not sure if it was demos buying it up or customers -- but I know that whomever bought it will love using it until it runs out!
This card started as a sketch challenge, but I can't tell you what sketch challenge it was. This past week has been a huge challenge at work, at home with the remodeling and with my phone drowning (it has been resurrected, praise God!). I completed this card about a week ago but just didn't have time to post it.
I started with a Baja Breeze card base. Because I still have quite a bit of the Walk In the Park Designer Series Paper, I decided to use it as my color inspiration. Who would have thought that these colors -- Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Cameo Coral and White -- would look good together?
I layered the DSP onto Basic Gray strips. Next, I stamped my image (Friends 24/7) in Cameo Coral (love this image!) on to Shimmery White cardstock. If you haven't tried this, see me for a sample. Once you see it, you will know YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT. It is absolutely beautiful and I've got some great techniques coming up that will use this fabulous paper! At any rate, I layered Basic Gray, Baja Breeze and Shimmery White cardstocks, ripping the bottoms of all the pieces individually. I took a look to see what this card needed and decided to add the Basic Gray corduory button brads on the strips. Then I adhered those strips to the basecard. I popped up the image piece with dimensionals and then stamped my sentiment in Basic Gray. I love the different textures from the ripping to the corduroy and the layers. I find it hard to do flat, simple cards because I don't do them well. I'm still working on that!
Enjoy your day celebrating your fathers and dads! I hope everyone has a blessed, God-filled day and that you get to celebrate with your loved ones!
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