Apple Harvest – You’re the Best

Hi again!  Like I said, a week full of possibilities…

So, there are several challenges with a “FRUIT” theme about at the moment.

As You See It (#331) is a speed challenge – make a card in 10 minutes or less.  The trick is to think about your design, keep it simple, assemble your materials and your necessary tools and then go for it!

Inspired By (#300) has Apples as their themed Fruit and a Sketch to boot! Double Trouble (#174) is partnering with Festive Friday (#167) and I chose Apples as my Fruit, Red as my Fruity Color and Gingham for my third item.

Here is the result:

Materials: Real Red cardstock (8½” x 5½”); Basic White cardstock (4¼” x 5½”); Designer Series Paper (2” x 6”); and (2” x 2½”) Basic White cardstock scrap.

Tools: Paper Trimmer; Bone Folder; Paper Snips; Ink Pad; Stampin’ Blends Markers (in chosen colors); Stamp Sets (with chosen images already on the Blocks).

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Real Red cardstock folded in half and burnished with a Bone Folder.
• Background Panel: (4⅛” x 5⅜”) Basic White cardstock.
  • The greeting, You’re the Best, from the Hooray for Surprises stamp set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then the Panel was trimmed and adhered to the card base.
• Center Strip Panel: (2” x 4⅜”) Black and White Gingham patterned piece of paper from the retired Pattern Party Designer Series Paper pack trimmed and then adhered to the Background Panel.
• Focal Image – Apple: The Apple image from the retired Apple Harvest stamp set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers.  Colors chosen: Apple – blended Light Real Red, retired Sweet Sorbet, Poppy Parade and Pecan Pie with the Color Lifter; Leaves – Light Granny Apple Green and Old Olive; and Stem – Light Pecan Pie.
  • The Apple was then fussy-cut with Paper Snips and popped up with Dimensionals.  For me, I am faster with fussy-cutting and like a closer trim than I would get by using the coordinating die.

That is all, folks!  Stop the Timer…and it took me Four minutes and Thirty-one seconds.

That seemed awfully fast, so I made a second one to check that it was a true time and I was just a little bit faster the second time around.

A bright, fresh fruit card for the “Apple” of my eye!

Thanks for spending some more of your time with me today.   Cheers,  Jolanda!

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