Pebbles: Happy Watermelon Day Card Set

Hi Friends!

Happy National Watermelon Day!

Yep, watermelon day is a thing! & why not?! Who doesn't love watermelon?!!!

I thought we might celebrate this fun day with some super cute cards!

Think melons, lemons, berries & cherries - it's a fruit salad of My Bright Life inspiration!

Oh-so-pretty! & SO many fruity possibilities within this collection! Love it!

Here's how I created those sweet watermelon cards....

Use a metal die, digital cut file OR fussy cut your own watermelon die cuts from white cardstock. Paper piece the melons with patterns from the 6 x 6 Paper Pad.

Take a 12" x 12" sheet of white cardstock and trim it 10" x 7" to create the 5" x 7" card, as well as 10" x 5" to create the smaller square card. Score down the centers, and fold to create the card bases.

Trim the reverse side of pattern paper Retro Stripe to 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" & adhere to the front of the 5" x 7" card. To soften the vivid lime green paper (so it doesn't distract your eye from the watermelons) cover it with a 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" sheet of clear vellum paper. Repeat this process for the smaller 5" square card.

Foam mount a watermelon to the center of the card fronts.

Add Thickers for the card sentiments.

Embellish with a gold foil Accent Sticker & for finishing touches use black sequins, gemstones or beads to make the melon seeds.

Voila!

Super simple, but oh so effective! You're 1 in a Melon, indeed!

Using the same card bases, and other fruit pattern papers from My Bright Life, I was able to create a series of fruity cards.....

Aren't these berry cards the sweetest?! They feature pattern paper Strawberry Picnic, as well as the 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Ephemera & Puffy Stickers. Cute!

These lemon cards are full of sunshine and include pattern papers Fresh Picked and Lemons, as well as the 6 x 6 Paper Pad, and Ephemera. Adore!

And last but by no means least, these pretty cherry cards are pink perfection! They include pattern papers Sweet Cherries and Little Thoughts, as well as the 6 x 6 Paper Pad, Ephemera, Puffy Stickers, Accent Stickers, and that fabulous Dimensional Sticker too!

Deliciously sweet & fruity cards to share with family & friends!

Happy Watermelon Day!

I hope I have inspired you to make some fruity-liscious cards!

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo

MY BRIGHT LIFE SUPPLIES:

733865 Retro Stripes

733892 6 x 6 Paper Pad

733888 Bryn Thickers

733882 6 x 12 Accent Stickers with Gold Foil

733873 Strawberry Picnic

733886 Puffy Stickers

733860 Lemons

733875 Fresh Picked

733878 Sweet Cherries

733870 Little Thoughts

733884 Ephemera

Pebbles: My Bright Life: Happy Layout!

Hi Friends!

 I just love it when Jen Hadfield releases a new Pebbles collection! 

And the gorgeous new My Bright Life will make you sigh!!! SO beautiful!

Today's creative assignment for the Pebbles DT was to share something that 'makes you happy' - so you'll spot quite a few happy things in my layout!

Here's what I'm sharing with you....

"So Precious"

Oh.my.heart! SO precious, indeed! And so many elements that 'make me happy' too!

Obviously, my children are my world and had to form the main feature of my project, but then you'll also notice the 'little things' that make me happy! Like butterflies and hearts, twine bows, pom poms, florals, & all the pink and blue. Happy days!!!

Here's how you can recreate this pretty page...

1. Start with 2 sheets of pattern paper Flower Rows & a heart shaped cut file. The one I used is from the Paper Issues store called Butterfly Heart Love.

2. Prepare the layout base. Trim a sheet of white cardstock to 11" x 11" and adhere to the reverse (blue) side of one of the Flower Rows papers.

3. Back the cut file. I use a pretty pink pattern from the 6 x 6 Paper Pad  to back the butterfly.

And the other sheet of Flower Rows to back the heart with!

So pretty already!

4. Use American Crafts Double-Sided Super Sticky Red Tape to adhere pom pom trim to the heart edge.

5. Position the heart file onto the layout, and lightly trace around it with pencil. Remove the cut file, and blend Metallic Cream Chalks around the outline.

 

These are super fun to play with and have a really soft result! I used the light pink and blue for my layout. Once complete, adhere the backed cut file to the page.

6. Take pattern paper Tag, You're It and cut out the 'I Love You' tag.

7. Embellish the heart with 2 Dimensional stickers and add an Ephemera butterfly to the center of the cut file butterfly.

8. Embellish photo with the I Love You tag (& twine), Ephemera, & a Dimensional Sticker. 

9. Add a few layers of pink tissue wrap beneath the photo cluster, and attach to the layout.

10. Add a title with gold foil Thickers.

11. For finishing touches embellish with 6 x 12 Accent Stickers, Ephemera and even a Puffy Sticker.

So beautiful! THIS makes me happy!!!

Here's a few close ups for you....

That photo cluster is just divine!

Gah! So precious!!!

Love, love, love! 

I hope you do too!

Thanks so much for visiting today,

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days,

 Amanda xo

MY BRIGHT LIFE SUPPLIES:

733862 Flower Rows

733892 6 x 6 Paper Pad

733861 Tag, You're It

733883 Dimensional Stickers

733884 Ephemera

733882 6 x 12 Accent Stickers

733866 Puffy Stickers

733888 Thickers Gold Foil Alphas

OTHER SUPPLIES:

742007 Pebbles Metallic Cream Chalks - Precious Metals

342055 AC Sticky Thumbs Double Sided Super Sticky Red Tape