Tuesday 12 July 2011

You are my sunshine!

Hello and happy Tuesday! I have dragged myself out of my sick bed to share this card with you! It's my entry into the HSS sunshine theme challenge!




It was inspired by a stamp I saw in the new US SU catalogue which features a sunflower. This is as near as I can get! I covered the medallion background stamp with Daffodil Delight ink, then a layer of Pumpkin Pie around the edge and then ran a Tangerine Tango pad around the very outsides to give them further definition.


I was not happy with my original stamping as I thought that the centre wasn't yellow enough so I stamped the centre again and punched it out using the 1 3/4" circle punch. The sentiment came from the set, Something Sweet, and was stamped in Tangerine Tango also. I cut it out freehand to keep the swirly-ness as it reminds me of rays of sunshine.


Tangerine Tango is soooo overlooked in my projects. I love the colour so I aim to use it more!

4 comments:

  1. Gorgeous color on the medallion. Great idea to use different colors to color it. It adds so much dimension. Thanks for playing at Hand Stamped Sentiments.

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  2. Cate, gorgeous card! I really do like how you stamped the center again. It really does make it "pop". Very pretty! Thank you for joining us at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week!

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  3. The medallion is one of my favorite stamps. Love your card.

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  4. Wow! This is gorgeous, Cate! Beautiful mix of color (I often overlook Tangering Tango, myself) and I love the detail of the center of the Medallion. Very, VERY pretty! Hope you are feeling better and thanks for joining us this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments! :)

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