The hot summer garden

Hello, crafting friends!

Is there any pleasure like sitting in your garden at the end of a long hot day, admiring the fruits of your labours, chatting with family members and/or friends and perhaps sipping a glass of something cold, clinking with ice? That was the thinking behind this card!

I started with a panel of semi-coated white card stock and three SU inks. The top two thirds of the panel was masked off and the remaining third was sponged with Real Red ink. Then I swapped over, masking off the Real Red section and also adding a circle punched out of a sticky note with a 2 1/4" circle punch. The top of the card was sponged with Flirty Flamingo ink. Finally, I used the outside of the punched circle as a mask and sponged Daffodil Delight into it.

Once my sponged background was completely dry, I cut a smaller panel out of it with a Heffy Doodles die. Then came the stamping: I used black Stazon ink to stamp the beautiful silhouette from Uniko's Just Because. I stamped it several times on the bottom corner and then just once on the corner opposite.

The card was finished with a sentiment from the same set - we all need lots of 'miss you' cards these days. I embellished with an enamel heart and mounted the panel on foam strips for a bit of dimension.

EDITED TO ADD AN AWARD

I was thrilled to see this card was chosen as the winner at Inspired By!

CHALLENGES

The photo inspiration at Inspired By this fortnight blew me away and I couldn't resist joining in! I'm also linking up with Uniko, where the theme for July/August is In My Garden with the optional twist of Hot Summer Colours. I used the beautiful sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch and am also playing along with Festive Friday, choosing Red, Black and Heart from the inspiration list.

AND IN OTHER NEWS

Crazy hot temperatures here today. I am trying to imagine building a snowman. And failing!

Eva tells me she is Too Hot, poor love. It may well be time for a cool shower!

I hope you are keeping safe and well.

Hugs,