Hello my friends! How are you today? I hope well. I am so happy with the spring weather and seeing all of the bees out pollinating the flowers and the honeysuckle smells amazing. Can you tell I love all things Spring and Summer? Anyhow I have a clean and simple design to share today using the Extraordinary digital stamp set from Joy Clair Designs. I love the encouraging sentiments and three images that accompany this stamp set and find them perfect for Spring! I used the Joy Clair Designs‘ May Board for inspiration, and interpreted it quite literally this time.
Keeping with the colors of the mood board in mind, I used 1/4 inch strips in three different shades of yellow to create a diagonal pattern on the bottom right hand corner of the focal panel. Using the Extraordinary sentiment, I sized and printed it so that it would be in the top left corner and then applied the strips of yellow. I also printed the bee image from the same stamp set onto heavy weight vellum so that it would measure approximately 3.5 inches in length and then fussy cut it.
Originally I planned on leaving the image black and white allowing the yellow strips to shine through the wings only, but ultimately decided to add yellow to the flowers and bee images. Definitely color the image on the backside of the vellum so that the color shows through, but is muted showing the frosty effect of the vellum. After trimming the panel down to 3.75 x 5 inches I applied it to a black A2 sized card base and then added a few sequins.
Tip: Apply glue on the thick areas of the black print to avoid it showing through.
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