Weekender with Wanda – Hero Arts Summer Release!
Hi crafty pals! It’s Saturday, and that means it’s time for another edition of Weekender with Wanda here on the Simon Says Stamp Blog! Welcome and happy weekend! I think it’s safe to say Happy Summer too since it’s the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend! Hope you have lots of fun things planned. Today I am sharing a really bright and sunny card that reminds me of Summer…. I’m using new products from the Hero Arts 2016 Summer Catalog too. I think that’s the perfect theme for this weekend. We all love Hero Arts, right?
For today’s card I used the fun and fabulous Fancy Fruit Salad Dies and the beautiful “You’re So Lovely” stamp set. Then I paired those with the most perfect Gingham Background Stamp that is a Simon Says Stamp exclusive product. This card reminds me of a picnic!
I started this card by stamping the beautiful Gingham background stamp onto nice, crisp white paper. I used the Mega Rocker Block from Impression Obsession to get a good image. If you haven’t tried that yet, I really recommend it! Then I die cut my strawberries out of red and green papers and trimmed the green to place on top for the leaves. I cut a Stitched Rectangle out of the same white paper and stamped that gorgeous sentiment in black. (Isn’t that sentiment just so perfect?)
I stamped the leaves from the You’re So Lovely stamp set multiple times and cut them out with the matching dies. I wanted to layer them underneath the strawberries so I made a lot of them!
As the final touch for this card, I placed the strawberries on the card using foam squares. Then I used some Pretty Pink Posh droplets and a couple of green enamel dots. Just makes it all look fresh and juicy!
Here is a close up of the strawberries and leaves. I am loving this color combination!
So now I want strawberry shortcake! LOL. It’s one of the best things about summer – strawberry everything! We are lucky enough to have awesome farmers’ markets where I live and we can eat fresh all summer long. I hope you have a fantastic day and I’ll see you back here next weekend!
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What a yummy strawberry card! So bright, cheery and perfect for summer.
Love the strawberries!
Sweet card Wanda. It does indeed remind me of a picnic, with that great background, awesome sentiment and those yummy looking strawberries. Thanks for sharing.
Such a pretty layout – love the gingham with the berries!
A wonderful card Wanda.
Awesome card! Love the bright colors & those real-looking strawberries. I want shortcake too!!!
LOVE your strawberry card!!! Made me hungry:)
CUTE card!!
Great summer card.
I love how much it reminds me of summer!
Such a fresh card! Love those strawberries!
Looks like a picnic to me. I already follow by email.
Lovely bright summery card. Oh man I would love to win the Hero Arts stamp! I have my eye on the calendar stamp.
Love the colors and gingham just like my grandmas kitchen table.
I love the crisp yellow and red combination, great card!
Love strawberries and
your card is delightful!
Carla from Utah
What a great summer-y card! I love those adorable strawberries. Great start to the weekend.
Cute card! Love the strawberries!
OH MY!! I love strawberries!! Strawberry Shortcake is our family’s favorite traditional summer dessert!! Your card is beautiful with those bright pink strawberries against the yellow checkerboard!!
The strawberries on this card are very cheerful and reminds me of a summer picnic.
I love the look of those fun die cut strawberries on the gingham background!
What a bright and cheerful card! Just in time for summer!
This card is so yummy. Great work.
Love this card! Yellow is my favorite color and I love gingham!!
Super card – love the strawberries and that very special gingham background !!!
Happy card to celebrate the arrival of summer. Can’t wait
to harvest the black raspberries my beloved husband has
So lovingly planted for us. Will make some cards too with
Friends. Cheers
Strawberries and gingham… awesome!
Your card is yummy! I like the gingham background.
I always look forward to your pretty cards!
super pretty card! so summer-y, it made me smile and think of fresh delicious strawberries. thanks for sharing it!
Sweet card. Love the design….and oh those strawberries are simply scrumptious!! ♥
Fabulous card! So fresh and so sweet (literally…as in strawberries). I have just placed the gingham stamp into my shopping card!
Your card is so cheerful and pretty Wanda, i feel i wanna eat strawberries now :) hugs, zsofi
There are so many adjectives that I could use to describe this card…fun, fresh, vibrant, cheerful, sweet…AMAZING!
Fabulous card – I agree, I love strawberries!
Oh strawberries! Now I want some hahaha… lovely cheerful summery card – would cheer anyone up if they got it in the mail!
I love that cute card with the die cut strawberries. What a perfect design for summer!
That gingham paper with the cute strawberries have such a summery fresh look! Love this design!
Gorgeous picnic themed card!
Such a sweet card!
Awww!!!! What a yummy strawberry card!!!! Absolutely cute!!!
Love this card. So bright and summery
This card definitely makes me want to go on a picnic! Love it!!!
Awesome card, such fresh colors
Such a pretty card! Love your unique style Wanda!
So cute! Now I’m hungry for strawberries!
SUPER CUTE card Wanda, I will definitely have a BEAUTIFUL day now :)
LOVE your PRETTY gingham panel, LOVE your CHEERY colours, LOVE the fonts of the sweet sentiment … LOVE IT ALL!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your INKY INSPIRATION!!!
Such a lovely, bright summery card!! Those strawberries look fabulous!!!
Sweet card.
Such a sweet card! Yummy too!