Sometimes it works out that a color challenge and a sketch challenge are a perfect match for each other. That's what happened with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge. I had fun putting this card together with such fun elements. The For the Books stamp set is perfect to show off these colors as bright book bindings!
I started with a Lemon Lime Twist card base. Using the largest of the Around It All wonky circle dies I cut a half circle from a piece of Summer Splash. I stamped a few small hearts in Summer Splash ink and then embossed the sentiment in white.
Both stacks of books are stamped in Basic Gray and then colored in with the challenge colors using Blends markers. It's fun to mix and match and try to get a balanced look with a limited color palette. The books are fussy cut and then adhered to the card front with the one in the foreground popped on dimensionals.
On the inside I stamped and colored another stack of books and added a "let's Celebrate" sentiment. This would be a great card to congratulate someone who has graduated or finished an advanced degree/training program.
And I again hit up my retired embellishment stash and came up with these retired white sequins for the finishing touch.
Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today?
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Stamps: For the Books
Ink: Versamark, Summer Splash, Basic Gray
Blends: Calypso Coral light & dark, Lemon Lime Twist light & dark, Summer Splash light & dark
Paper: Lemon Lime Twist, Summer Splash, Basic White
Accessories: Around It All dies (Online Exclusive), white embossing powder, dimensionals, white sequins (retired)
LOL, this is delightful! And I just realized that my submission for the Hand Stamped Sentiment uses the wrong "lemon"! OOOPS! This one is so fun with all those cute books. How come our books in school didn't look like that?!
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