Lemonade Card

The idea for this card came when I won my first Sheri Baldy image in a Scrapbook Stamp Society challenge recently. I just loved the whimsical feel of the woman lounging in a glass of lemonade! I happened to have some cute paper in my stash that had a fruit motif on the front and a fun pattern on the back that I thought would match the theme of the image nicely. Plus I had a Close to my Heart stamp set with a pun about lemons, so I was excited to get this card going.
I decided that I would need a larger card base than usual in order to use the Marianne dies I wanted on the front behind the image, so I made an easel card that's 8 inches high by 6 inches wide. I used a trick I learned on Becca Feeken's blog "Amazing Paper Grace" (and it IS amazing what she does with her cards on her blog!) and cut a piece of 6 inch wide pearlescent blue cardstock 8 1/2 inches long. Then I scored the top 1/2 inch and folded it over. I cut another piece of 6 inch wide pearlescent blue cardstock 8 inches long and then used glue tape to adhere the second piece to the folded over "flap" on the first piece.

My next step was to arrange the die cuts I had chosen as a mat behind my digi stamp. I cut out 2 squares from the Marianne Dies set "Anja's Square Dies" and cut one of them in half lengthwise. I used the 2 halves for the outside edges of the mat.

Then I used the square I had left uncut for the center.

This arrangement allowed me to cover the whole center of the base card.
Then I cut out 2 Marianne Dies "Rectangle Frame and Elements" rectangles and placed one on top and one on the bottom of the squares

I had already used my Silhouette Design Studio software to size up my image before printing it out. I colored it with colored pencils and then cut a couple pieces of vellum to cover the glass part of the image to make it look a little more like a real glass. This was the first time I used vellum tape, and I think it did a good job of disappearing behind the vellum. I decided to add a few extra touches to make it more visually appealing, so I played around with a few different ideas and decided on a 3 buttons tied with twine and one of the flourishes from the "Rectangle Frame and Flourishes" set. I also used some green Pebbles cream chalk to paint the embossed part of the frame so it showed up better. Now I just needed to adhere my digi (which I had cut out using Marianne Dies "Rectangle Frame and Flourishes"), so I used foam squares to pop it up.

Here's a close up showing the cream chalk effects and the vellum on the glass.

Now for the inside! I had already planned to use the lemon sentiment from the "Pun Fun" acrylic stamp set by CTMH. I also wanted to use some of the other squares in the Marrianne Dies "Anja's Squares" set, so I cut out a few different possibilities and decided on this arrangement:

I wanted a little something more on this, so I added a flourish from the Marianne "Frame and Elements" die set and some print and cut lemons I made with my Silhouette Portrait. It looked like it needed a button to tie it in with the card front, so I used some twine to tie a knot on the button and adhered it with a glue dot.

Here's a close up of the beautiful embossing on the 2nd square:

This card took awhile to create, but it was fun playing with my dies and breaking out the cream chalk. I hadn't used that in an age! Plus, it always makes me happy when I have just the right sentiment for a card, and I like the unexpected advice on this sentiment! It goes so well with the digi stamp, don't you think?
I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create: ATG or follow the chart they have this week (image, die cut, embossing, buttons, twine)
http://avenue613.blogspot.com/

Come and Get It: Buttons and bows
http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/

Glitter N Sparkle Challenge: ATG
http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: ATG
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/

One Stitch at a Time: What are you thankful for? I'm thankful for friends and laughs!
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/

Quirky Crafts: Home Sweet Home (this digi makes me think of having a glass of lemonade out on the front porch!)
http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com/


Scrapbook Blessings Club: ATG with twist--favorite technique (mine is die cutting)
http://www.scrapbookblessingsclub.com/2015/09/september-challenge-anything-goes-with.html

That Craft Place Challenge: ATG
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/new-challenge-mixed-media-anything-goes_30.html

Sunday Stamps: Color Challenge
http://sundaystamps.blogspot.co.uk/

Allsorts Challenge: Lots of Layers
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/

Scrapper's Delights: ATG
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/

Art By Miran: ATG
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards: Fancy and Feminine
http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.com/

Crafting with Friends: ATG
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/

Crafty Catz: ATG
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/

Jo's Scrap Shack: ATG
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/

My Besties 3D and More: ATG
http://mybesties3ddecoblog.blogspot.com.au/

Stemplesonnen Challenge: ATG
http://stempelsonne.blogspot.com/

Crafting with an Attitude: ATG
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/

Time Out Challenges: Make your mark
http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.fi/

City Crafter: fruit or jam
http://citycrafter.blogspot.ca/

Cuttlebug Mania: ATG
http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/

Fan-Tastic Tuesday: ATG with a twist--make it cute
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.com/

PaperTake Weekly: ATG
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/

Tuesday Throwdown: Cool Treats
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/

(PIN)spirational Challenge: being silly
http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.ca/

Crafting for all Seasons: Tic Tac Toe--flowers (in the digi), die cuts, patterned papers
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/

Crafty Gals Corner: embossing

Crop Stop Blog: ATG with something Crop Stop sells: I used Pebbles chalk
http://www.cropstop.com/blog/uncategorized/cropstop-linky-party-7-and-a-give-away/#comment-7367

Inspiration Destination:ATG
http://carriescustomcards.blogspot.com/2015/09/lemonade-card.html

The Paper Shelter: Embossing
http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/

Simon Says Stamp: Make it colorful
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

Word Art Wednesday: ATG
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/

Marianne Design Divas: ATG with 3 Marianne Dies
http://mariannedesigndivas.blogspot.com/

My Besties Meet At Scrapper Corner: ATG with a Bestie
http://meetatthescrapperscorner.blogspot.com/

2 Creative Chicks: ATG
http://www.2creativechicks.com/2015/09/2-creative-chicks-showcase-2.html

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper: ATG with patterned paper
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/

Heart 2 Heart: coloring
http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com/

Besties Challenge: ATG
http://www.bestieschallenge.blogspot.com/

DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - 2W (2nd and 4th Thursday of the month  3E –  (W1 of 2)  #164 Coffee Tea Or Any Beverage --- Monthly Challenge Anything Goes 

Whoopsi Daisy - M, SIO - (September) Add Embellishments

Silhouette Challenges (M,P1,E3,SIR) # 29 Anything Goes

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