Sweet Strawberry Thanks for FabFri216

When I started playing with the super-sweet colors for  the FabFriday color challenge (Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, So Saffron and Fresh Freesia), I knew I’d make sweet flowers with the Fresh Freesia, So Saffron and Granny Apple Green colors. I wasn’t sure how Flirty Flamingo would play into my project – until it took over and accepted a starring role. Here’s a my thank you car for the FabFriday challenge that goes live today:

And here’s the banner for the color challenge that inspired my card: I really wanted to play with the soft tones in this color combination – I hadn’t yet played with the sweet flowers in the Sweet Strawberry Bundle, so I just started making flowers and leaves. Such fun! Here’s a look at the Sweet Strawberry Bundle I used to create the flowers and leaves on this project:

I needed to incorporate Basic Black in my design to ground the soft colors (or they’d just float right off the page). The gorgeous “thanks” at the center of my card is from a new, super-fun stamp set in Stampin’ Up!’s 2021 Annual Catalog. Lighthearted Lines is a mix of funny and sweet sentiments for many occasions. I masked the sentiment from the set to isolate “thanks” for my card. Here’s a look at this stamp set:

I wanted a So Saffron center for my Fresh Freesia flowers, so I stamped the flowers with So Saffron on a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock. I used the largest circle on the Turtle Punch to crop out the center That little turtle circle is coming in handy! Here’s a a look at how I used the circle to crop the center of my flower:

Here’s a closer look at these flower centers on the flowers:

Now, let’s talk about all that pink in the background of my card. Like I said above, I wasn’t sure how I’d use Flirty Flamingo (a frequently-used color of mine) on my card. I’ve showcased bold stripes several times this week (see here and here), so stripes were on my mind. I was bummed there are no Flirty Flamingo stripes UNTIL I remembered there are! Yay! The Flirty Flamingo stripes on my card are from the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper. Here’s a look at the colors and patterns in this incredible pack of papers:

The larger panel of tone-on-tone Flirty Flamingo paper on my card is pulled from the Sweet Symmetry Designer Series Paper – the tiny patterns formalize this card a bit. Here’s a look at the colors and patterns in the Sweet Symmetry Designer Series Paper:

Bundles: Sweet Strawberry  Stamp Sets: Lighthearted Lines, Sweet Strawberry  Papers: Sweet Symmetry Designer Series Paper, Pattern Party Designer Series Paper, Basic Black, Fresh Freesia, Basic White  Inks: Fresh Freesia, Granny Apple Green, So Saffron, Versamark  Accessories: Layering Circles Dies, Strawberry Builder Punch, Turtle Punch, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Sweet Strawberry Bundle (English) – 159523

Price: $32.25

Lighthearted Lines Cling Stamp Set – 155042

Price: $21.00

Sweet Symmetry 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper – 155605

Price: $11.50

Pattern Party 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper – 155426

Price: $18.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 121045

Price: $8.75

Fresh Freesia 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 155613

Price: $8.75

Basic White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 159276

Price: $9.75

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin’ Pad – 155611

Price: $7.50

Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147095

Price: $7.50

So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147109

Price: $7.50

Versamark Pad – 102283

Price: $9.50

Layering Circles Dies – 151770

Price: $35.00

Turtle Punch – 155372

Price: $18.00

Basics Embossing Powders – 155554

Price: $18.00

Heat Tool – 129053

Price: $30.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

I hope you’ll pop over to the FabFriday challenge blog 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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