When you live in Texas, Summer does indeed seem to come early...we pretty much bypass Spring with a handful of comfortable days and straight into warm, warmer and HOT! {Summer Fresh} evokes the feelings of a perfect Summer: calico sundresses, catching lightening bugs in mason jars, sipping lemonade on the back porch and watching pinwheels spin on a southerly breeze. I wanted to bring some of that {Summer Fresh} feeling indoors so that I may enjoy it even when the dog-days-of-summer have settled in. I took a whimsical wooden frame and created a fun shadowbox for hanging on my kitchen hutch!
I first painted the frame a beautiful Cardinal Red. After measuring the inset of the frame, I cut the desired patterned papers to size and then machine-stitched together. Strips for the sides of the inset were cut from the Sunshine & Happiness patterned paper. I love the "keep calm" sayings, so this particular 4x6 vertical journaling card was perfect for the focal point.
Next, I wanted to add some dimension to the collage. I hand-cut the sweet air balloon and cloud motif from one of the 2x12 border strips. I then embellished with a couple of wooden buttons, layered flower and leaves. Because I cut the balloon away from the basket, I thought adding a bit of baker's twine for the ropes would be just the right touch :)
I applied the pieces to the collage with foam squares.
From the same 2x12 border strip, I hand-cut the sun and clouds and grouped them to the top left of the collage. In finishing, I made a generous bow and attached it to the top. I also included a jute hanger so that I may hang it from a hanger or knob!
Simple Stories Products:
-Summer Fresh #2414 2x12 Border Strip Elements
-Summer Fresh #2406 Sunshine & Happiness Patterned Paper
-Summer Fresh #2405 Country garden Patterned Paper
-Summer Fresh #2408 Easy Breezy Patterned Paper
-Summer Fresh #2412 4x6 Vertical Journaling Card Elements
I also created this {Summer Fresh} Card in conjunction with the brand new {Summer Fresh} stamps by Unity Stamp Company!
What a fun time I had making this card! I used a scrap of burlap from my stash to dress up the jar stamp from Unity. I then embellished with {Summer Fresh} cardstock stickers, a sunny yellow button, felt flowers and jute.
Simple Stories Products:
-Summer Fresh 6x6 Paper Pad
-Summer Fresh #2419 Sky Blue Daisy/Notebook Patterned Paper
-Summer Fresh #2406 Sunshine & Happiness Patterned Paper
That's all I have for you today...hope you've enjoyed the projects!
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Wow such fabulous projects Shellye!:)
Posted by: Cassandra | May 16, 2012 at 06:59 PM
absolutely AMAZING my friend, the frame, the card, all of it is WOW.
Posted by: danni reid | May 16, 2012 at 10:41 PM
Awesome projects Shellye!! Love your sense of detail!
Posted by: Monique | May 17, 2012 at 01:34 AM
they are both perfection!
Posted by: rebecca keppel | May 17, 2012 at 10:13 PM
Tried to leave a comment with my phone earlier, but that didn't work .... LOVE your projects Shellye! Your frame is beautiful and I think your card is really awesome! Love all the details!
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