From the moment I first laid eyes on A Happy Thing, one of the amazing options during Stampin’ Up!’s Sale-a-Bration, I knew I was in love. Complementing a big, bold lemon and a chubby, little bird are two amazing sentiments in beautiful fonts. Let’s see – beautiful images, great sentiments and gorgeous fonts – sounds like the perfect combination of elements for a wonderful stamp set. Even better – it’s free with a $50 purchase (starting in January 6). Woo hoo! Here’s my card:
Tips, Tricks and Reminders
- Snippy, Snippy. This lemon (or I suppose you could make it a lime) is PERFECT for a fun paper-piecing project. The bold, sketched lines make it super easy to snip around the edges – even if you aren’t an avid snipper. Lining up the pieces over the stamped images is really easy – doesn’t have to be perfect to be amazing.
- An Angled Backdrop. With all its big, bold shapes and colors, this card needs a little pattern and texture. The small piece of Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper, another great option during Sale-a-Bration, gives me the right balance of color and pattern I wanted to support the bold, bright lemon. I angled the top of the paper to add intrigue.
- Color Combination. I love this fresh, bright combination of colors. The bright yellow and the mellow green pair well for a fresh pop of Spring. If you like this combination of colors, too, feel free to save this:
Stamp Sets: A Happy Thing Papers: Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper Inks: Jet Black StazOn Accessories: Stampin’ Dimensionals
Please come back tomorrow. I’ll be offering some tips and tricks for recreating this card, along with layer measurements and some more great information about this fresh, Spring card.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
Don’t forget about all the items in the Clearance Rack. With new items added over the past week, there are SO MANY great items currently available on the Clearance Rack – even great items from the Holiday Catalog! To check out the entire list of items still available (they are only here until they sell out), click here.
Very clean and fresh! Colors are beautiful together. Thanks for sharing!
I love this stamp set, too! And your color choice is yummy. Love this card!
Great card. Love the lemon/lime image. Where ‘s the paper-piercing? Can’t see it on my iPad. Oh, yes, also love the angled top of the DSP!
Dianne, Thanks! Glad you like it. No paper-piercing. This one’s a paper-piecing project. 🙂
Too bad I can’t read. Thanks, I was confused.
OOOH , love it BRIAN!! I like the back ground with yellow , it makes it pop,
Vary nice job , so refreshing look !!!
Tfs,
Hugs Frenchie,
Nice color combo.
So pretty and fresh!
Like you Brian, when I turned the page and saw that “lemon” I knew I had
to have it. But then I like lemons, so it was a no brainer.
Just love your card here using the lemon. It’s so fresh, clean and springy looking.
Thanks for sharing. Here’s to a great new week, the will end in a New Year.
Love this card! Sale-a-Bration is my favorite time of the year!
Brian,
For ink you mention the StazOn, but what colored the fruit and leaves? What am I missing?
GL
Hey Gay Lynn, The lemon and leaves are stamped in black on colored cardstock – Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzazz – and then cropped and added to the card base. Does that make sense?