More Color!

My friend Jeannie runs "Dragonfly Journeys," a challenge blog, and her challenge this week is called "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." It sent me looking for rainbow paper so that I could play along.  I found a perfect sheet in an American Crafts 6x6 pad called "#Summer" that allowed me to make two cards. This first one uses a strip of the striped paper, along with a sticker I found in my stash, which I popped up on dimensionals.

My second card uses the same paper:

This time, I added a tag with a die cut "hello" (Hero Arts), and stamped a sentiment below from Hero Arts' "Everyday Sayings" clear set. This is perhaps my most used set in my card ministry, because it contains nearly every saying I need, including "thinking of you" in 3 different fonts. Inside this card, I added a verse from Hampton Art's "Hope & Faith" set:

I AM truly glad, because today is the first day of June, and summer break is just around the corner. "Wonderful Joy" indeed! Wishing you joy as well!

A "Pulitzer" Prize?

I was flipping through a Love Nicole "Bouquet of Color" 6 x 6 paper pad, and mixed in with all of the pretty florals were these loud and proud designs that look like Lilly Pulitzer threw up all over them. At first I wondered how in the world I would use them, because each sheet was a little overwhelming, but then I came up with this idea to mix and match strips. The colors coordinate, and I think the white space in between the strips helps tone them down a bit.  This card is a little wilder than most of the ones I make for my card ministry, but there are lots of people in my church with lots of different tastes and styles, so why not offer a little something for everyone?

At first when my daughter saw these papers on my stamping table, she turned up her nose, but my finished card won her over, and I have to say, I surprised myself as well by how much I like how it turned out. I could put any kind of happy greeting on this, but I was short of "Get Well" cards, so I used this old Stampin' Up! stamp. How could these bright colors not make a person feel more cheery?