Freshly Made 131

Good morning, Friends! Well, what a surprise! A nice one, too! It's raining! We really need the rain. And it even thundered!! A spring storm! However, the mountains will be getting the snow and that's good, too! Things will really start to green up now. I guess it is supposed to get below freezing tonight and perhaps tomorrow night which isn't great for the fruit trees around here. So I hope that their crops aren't affected too much. I do love the peaches!! I will be meeting Becky for some brunch and then it's off to a full day of stitching! I haven't done that in a long time so that will be nice! Maybe I can get something done.

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made. I am always trying to think of ways to incorporate the new foil designer vellum. Love that stuff! And I think today's card really goes with the weather outside right now - lol!

• Card base is Very Vanilla
• Adhere a piece of Very Vanilla to card base with dimensionals
• Adhere a strip of gold foil designer vellum to layer
• Make a tag from Very Vanilla card stock by cutting off the top corners and flagging the bottom and then punching a hole at the top
• Stamp the sentiment from Rain or Shine onto the tag using Basic Gray ink and the umbrella handle in Basic Gray
• Thread a piece of gold twine through the hole and tie a knot
• Punch a strip of gold foil card stock using the dotted scallop ribbon border punch and then adhere to right side of tag then adhere tag to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the umbrella top onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock using Calypso Coral ink and cut out then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Punch a flower from Soft Sky using the itty bitty shapes punch pack and adhere to umbrella top
• It's hard to tell from the photo, but for the flower center I adhered a gold sequin and then a pearl on top

There you have it! Have a super day and thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Rain or Shine; Paper- Very Vanilla, Soft Sky, gold foil card stock, gold foil designer vellum; Ink- Basic Gray, Calypso Coral; Accessories- gold twine, itty bitty shapes punch pack, dotted ribbon scallop punch, gold sequin, pearl, dimensionals