Welcome to my crafty blog and another outing for Stampin’ Up!’s ‘sweet citrus’ set. It was the obvious choice for me when I saw the colours at Color Hues – what else was I going to use for ‘lime’? I paired it with the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches
Not too much to talk through with this step by step, but I have got a handy little tip that I picked up! I started by gluing a strip of SU’s ‘dandy designs’ paper across a 5×7 card blank, then stamped the sentiment above it in ‘parakeet party’.
I stamped two of the citrus fruits in ‘parakeet party’ to then cut out and emboss. Now here’s a neat trick I spotted on social media (and hadn’t worked out before) – the die for the fruit pieces fits into the embossing folder so that you can do both at the same time! Up til now I’ve been cutting them out first and then lining up the pieces in the folder.
Having cut out both limes, I attached them to the card front and finished with a few ‘parakeet party’ matte resin dots.
I do love this colour combination – right in my happy zone!
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Love this color combo! And that stamp set, dies and EF… oh my! 😉
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thanks so much!
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Cute, cute card, Deborah! The texture on the lime looks wonderful! Great use of the colors too! Thanks for joining us at Color Hues!
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Thanks Nancy!
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That’s so cool, Deborah!! I love the embossing on the fruits, they look so realistic! Great take on our sketch, thanks so much for playing along with us at CC&S!
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Thank you!
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Love your limes, Deborah and great tip with the embossing! I’m getting thirsty looking at your card – those little drops are so juicy! haha Thanks for sharing with us at CC&S!
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Thank you!
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Deborah, yes a lime for lime green! This is a fantastic CAS card and what a neat trick to cut and emboss the fruit at the same time. Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Color Hues!
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Thanks Tracey!
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This is one of those ‘so simple yet so effective’ cards Deborah – those embossed limes really pop! Great discovery re the hybrid element (FYI the tree rings work the same way, in case you missed that one too 😉 ) Thanks for playing along with our current sketch challenge over at CAS Colours & Sketches!
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Thanks Joanne!
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