Do you need a fantastic color combo for creating a card this week? These colors are so fun and vibrant and perfect for a cheerful hello card or a bright birthday card. Berry Burst, Melon Mambo, Lemon Lime Twist and Coastal Cabana are courtesy of the As You See It challenge. As soon as I saw them I knew I had to turn them into a card!
I had fun pulling in a bunch of different products for this design. I started with going through my DSP and finding this retired Melon Mambo pattern from the Friends of the Ocean DSP. Once a DSP has retired I feel it's so much easier to use a big panel of it. Am I the only one that feels that way?
Next I used a strip of Coastal Cabana and die cut the little circle details in it using the Nature's Symphony dies. The Basic White Spotlight on Nature die cut is where I add more elements. The sentiment from Cutest Crew stamp set is stamped in Coastal Cabana ink.
The flowers are from an upcoming die set called Summer Happiness that will be released with the July 2026 Online Exclusives (it has a coordinating stamp set too!). I cut 3 in Basic White then again in 3 of the challenge colors to make the centers. These flower shapes (when the centers are empty) remind me of those classic flower butter cookies that always seemed to be around when I was a kid. Do you remember those? Thinking about them gives me dry mouth lol! Anyway...I added the centers using a dimensional on the back to get them to stick.
Lemon Lime Twist leaves are cut for each flower and then the flowers are added around the sentiment. The final detail for this card is the Wink of Stella on the flower centers which doesn't show well in the photo. Thanks to the As You See It team for a great combo!
Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today?
All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE. Items marked with a * will be available in the July 2026 Online Exclusives release.
Stamps: Cutest Crew
Ink: Coastal Cabana
Paper: Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Coastal Cabana, Basic White, Friends of the Ocean DSP (retired)
Accessories: Spotlight on Nature dies, Nature's Symphony dies, Summer Happiness dies*, dimensionals, Wink of Stella
So gorgeous and fresh, Amanda! You are speaking my love language on the retired DSP, lol, this is def my thought process, too, lol. So many fabulous little details, I have go take another look at these flowers, and how cool the Symphony die looks like this! So smart! Thanks so much for playing at As You See It!
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable! I have finally been convinced to get that Summer Happiness bundle!! And so happy that you used up some of that retired DSP---I do not even remember that pattern, but it's perfect here for our challenge colors! So happy you played along!
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