Hello crafty friends. The sun’s still shining here (although the temperature has thankfully dropped back down to the seasonal norm after the recent heatwaves) and we’re celebrating ‘summer days’ with our new theme at Sparkles Challenges. I pulled out another piece of the fab backdrop prints from Clarity and once again just added a few images to a quick and easy card, this time using the birdhouse garden (which I don’t think is currently available) and stamp pen birds sets.
There’s a few challenges around at the moment with summer themes, including The Four Seasons, plus this works for the ‘anything goes’ theme at We Love Stamping
Once again, I chopped up one of the 7×7 backdrop prints – I went with the top left piece for today’s card.
I added the birdhouse in the corner using ‘watering can’ Archival ink (sad it’s not longer available, it one of my favourite – and oldest – sets) followed by two of the swallows from the stamp pen birds. If you’re wondering why they’re called that (‘stamp pen birds’, not ‘swallows’!!), it’s because they’re designed to fit perfectly on Clarity’s stamp pens – obviously!
No surprises here on my finishing technique – ran a black Sharpie around the edges, embossed a frame onto a 5×5 card blank with an embedder, attached the topper in the centre and finished with the sentiment from the Bijou Entwined Summer Wreath. Perfect!
And obviously there are two swallows soaring on this card because of the quote (attributed to Aristotle) ‘one swallow does not a summer make’…!
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Such a pretty card Deborah! I love the swirl of colors on your background and your summer scene is just perfect! Thanks for the lovely theme this month!
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Thanks Vicki x
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Deb, this and everything else I’ve just caught up with after a few days with family are beautiful xoxo
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thanks so much Em x
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Such beautiful stamps and the card is gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing at the Four Seasons challenge!
Ellie
Ellibelle’s Corner
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One of my all time fave clarity stamp sets – you did a beautiful job with this as always
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thanks so much x
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So beautiful! Such a serene scene!
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Thanks Leslie x
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Swallows love bird houses and this card is a perfect hang out for them.
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Thanks Johanna x
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A very effective CAS creation, many thanks for joining in at We Love Stamping challenge.
B x
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Oh Deb … this is absolutely beautiful and SO creative!! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Four Seasons Challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back again soon.
Darlene
Four Seasons Challenge Co-Owner
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