Mediterranean Moments for FMS269

Earlier this week, I told you how much I adore Linda Callahan as I was her guest on a Fusion Challenge – you can see that post here.  Linda is also a Design Team member with Freshly Made Sketches, and today I’m playing along with her FMS sketch challenge.  Like me, Linda is a super-fan of clean-and-simple, so her sketches are deliciously simple.  This one just had two stripes.  I filled the remaining blank space with the simple of a gorgeous image from Mediterranean Moments.  Here’s my card:

And here’s the banner for Linda’s challenge that inspired my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Mediterranean Moments.  We don’t often get to know the history behind our favorite stamp sets.  This stamp set, new in the 2017 Occasions Catalog, was designed with inspiration from Susan Nygaard.  Not only is Susan a $1 Million Achiever, but she’s a wonderful friend of mine.  Susan has a dry, intelligent sense of humor – and I love that.  I was with Susan when the set was revealed to demonstrators in the new catalog – and she may have signed my catalog.  🙂  Each of these four images showcases a sweet scene from Europe.  While these images are perfect for watercoloring, I decided to let the sketched scene stand alone. I don’t know that the cafe scene is in France, but I thought it would pair perfectly with “Bonjour, Beautiful” from Happy Happenings.  Check out the European vignettes in this set:
  

  Mediterranean Moments, Stampin’ Up!

• Color Combination.  Blue looks good with any other color, but light blues always look so great with browns.  I certainly could have chosen any colors for this sweet scene, but I love the light, airiness of Soft Sky.  Early Espresso is so perfectly rich and dark and looks great with Soft Sky.  I added Crumb Cake as a medium ground for these two, polar-opposite colors.  The three are perfect together.  If you like this combination, too, please save this:
• Just Add White.  Yes!  Browns and Blues look great together, but there was something missing on my card.  While the Crumb Cake helped to marry the Early Espresso and Soft Sky, there was neither white nor black on the card.  I added the single strand of Whisper White Baker’s Twine and tied in in a small bow.  Not only did the pop of white help to balance the colors, but the placement of the bow helped to balance the images on the card.  That added accent made it all work for me.

Stamp Sets:  Mediterranean Moments, Happy Happenings  Papers:  Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Softy Sky  Inks:  Early Espresso  Accessories:  Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Mediterranean Moments Clear-Mount Stamp Set – 143191

Price: $20.00

Happy Happenings Clear-Mount Stamp Set – 139381

Price: $20.00

Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine – 124262

Price: $3.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 119686

Price: $8.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 120953

Price: $8.00

Soft Sky 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 131203

Price: $8.00

Supply List

I hope you’ll pop over to the Freshly Made Sketches site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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