I adore cherries! The cherries stamp from the Shady Tree Studio Fruit Basket set and the Graphic 45 Times Nouveau Bees Knees paper coordinate beautifully. Today I have a cheery-cherry vintage card to share with you. I haven't added a sentiment inside yet, but I was thinking along the lines of "Cherry-o" or "Cherry up!" as an encouragement card.
I started by stamping the cherry image on Natural White cardstock in Tuxedo Black Memento ink and coloring it with the Copic markers shown below. (Only the R24 is unavailable in the store.)
Next, I die cut and embossed the focal image with the Spellbinders Labels Three die, one of my new favorites, and sponged Vintage Photo distress ink lightly on its edges. I cut a mat for the image from Dill cardstock and sanded its edges before attaching the colored image to the mat.
For the background, I cut a piece of the cherry paper and then tried a different twist for the edging on the red piece: I had tried the Polka Dot Frames Die a couple of days ago and noticed that the negative shape--the leftover piece after I had my frame out--was interesting enough to be a decorative edge. So I cut two of those negative shapes, one from the red dotted paper (Times Nouveau Lollapalooza, out of stock at the moment) and one from the Dill cardstock.
I finished with moss green twill tape, buttons from my stash, and string. Hint: when you tie those little bows on buttons, it helps to place a small dollop of Ranger Matte Accents in the center of the bow. This will keep it from coming untied, and since it isn't reflective, it won't be noticeable. Thank you for visiting the CLASSroom today!
