Sunshine & Smiles!
Hi bloggers! Happy Friday! I thought it would be a nice treat to the end of the week to have special guest Jess Larsen share with us yet another beautiful card! Below, Jess explains her inspiration behind the card.
Enjoy!
Our nice sunny days are numbered, so I decided to create one last summery card, before it is decidedly fall outside! One of my favorite things to do is look at a stamp set and see how the images could be used in an unconventional way. As soon as I saw the flowers in the Simon set Petal Pieces, a sun and cloud jumped into my mind! I used the spikey flower from the set for the outline of the sun. To fill in the middle I used one of the mid-sized circles from the Hero Arts Circle set. This set is so handy and very versatile. It’s one of my all time favorites! The clouds were created with another puffy flower from the Petal Pieces set.
I also switched things up by using my Simon Flat Bottom Cloud dies as a little green hill for my wooden bicycle. My favorite thing about this card is the stitched trail leading to the bicycle. Stitching on a card takes almost no extra time and packs such a punch! It was just the finishing touch this card needed. The sentiment comes from an older Hero Arts set Sending Smiles. Happy end of summer! :-)
fun card!
Sandra ltb
I noticed the sun! Before I even read the text, I thought it was a clever idea to use a circle stamp for some tone-on-tone enhancement.
I love when artists share ways to use stamps in a new, unintended way. It helps us use our supplies lots of ways. Thanks Jess.
Love the stitched trail with the wood veneer bike.
What a happy little card…love that patterned paper!
Love the idea of using clouds as hills… awesome!
Love that sun and the hill with the bike is a great idea!
What a fabulous card and so many wonderful special techniques :)
Awesome Card,Thanks for sharing
Very pretty card. I love the layers and the bright cheery feel.
Love this bright fun card, such pretty colors too!!
Fabulous, cheery card! Love everything, and especially the bike!!
c
Love your card,Very pretty,Love the scene!!!
Very cute and I like how the flowers were used to make the sun and clouds.
I love stitching on the card)
So cute! Love the clouds as hills and flowers as clouds!
I was looking for a way to use my bycicle die more and here I find this beautiful inspiration card… Inky greetings, Gerrina
I need some sunshine today—it’s rainy and dreary here in Georgia
That is a great idea to just stare at some stamps and dies and see what comes to mind. It would be nice not to have to buy something for a change. : )
Great card! Thanks for the tips and inspiration. ;-)
This card is so lovely, the stitching is amazing.
Flowers as sun and clouds and clouds as hills, I wouldn’t have thought of that! I need to learn to look at stamps as random shapes, not specific ones. Stitching, that I do. :)
You’re right the stitching does give this card that extra bit of wow!
Such a fun card. Love how Jess has used her supplies in a different way and I love the stitching to finish the card off.
Love the stitching detail!!!! :)
Brilliant card! Love the little bicycle and stitched trail! xx
Bike just wonderful!))
Fun card! Love that bike!
lovely little card today thanks for sharing
great card today than you for your talent and inspiration.
Lovely card today tfs !!
that little bit of stitching behind the bike makes such a big difference! love it! :)
What a cute and cheerful card! The stitching really adds to it. Thanks for sharing.
What a happy and bright card!
Great card. Love the stitched trail.
What a nice and fun card!!
Wonderfully creative use of the dies, etc!! Such a sweet card. Love the stitching for the bike trail!
<3 J
What a wonderful card full of Sunshine & Smiles.
I definitely need some of those wood veneers! Bikes are my fave!
It’s great the way you made your sun and hill — love the card!
Jen is so talented…love everything she creates, i.e., had no idea the Petal Pieces set was so versatile. Now I have to have it.
love the little bicycle
Super cute! Love the stitched trail!! Very creative! TFS
Such a really cool card here and in sooo lovely colors too.
Have a great week-end everyone and lots of great fun too.
What a fun and cute
card. The stitching
adds so much to it!
Carla from Utah
Cute card! Love the creative use of dies.
What a fun card!
Very fun card! Love it!
Cute card. Love the bicycle on the clouds.
This is so creative…I love the hill made from “flat bottomed clouds” and the sun made from flowers! :)