Sunny Farm Days

Hey there - I'm back from Kansas City where I competed with my chorus in the Sweet Adelines International contest. We came in 12th - yay! Would've liked the top 10 but we weren't far out of it & this with 30% new members!

I watched Craft Roulette Episode #239 from Friday night on replay when I got home since I was too busy at the convention. Also, both Mary Gunn & I were too busy to get together even though I was in her neck of the woods, oh well... Here's my card:

Supplies: Paper - Neenah white; many scraps;

Spellbinders Betterpress Porcelain; Paper Studio kraft;

Authentique, MFT and Lawn Fawn patterns

Stamps - My Favorite Things Aug18 Freebie

Dies - CREAlies On the Move #18;

Yvonne Creations Country Life Farm Border

Press Plates w/dies - Spellbinders A Little Message Sentiments 

Hot Foil Plate w/die - Spellbinders Summertime Sentiments (GOM-Jun24)

Hero Arts Celestial (HERE at Frantic Stamper)

Other - Copic Markers; foam tape; May Arts ribbon

Mary had Jenn Gross (Journey Coach Jenn), who's on the Design Team for Pear Blossom Press, as her guest. Jenn also serves as a Brand Ambassador for Rabbit Hole Designs. The wheel spun another interesting set of parameters for us:

• Project - Interactive: I used a CREAlie flip diecut & tied it with a ribbon.
• Colors - Picnic: Red/white for a common tablecloth & wine, watermelon, etc. Brown for a basket & whatever colors for picnic foods!
• Element - Farm: I used a farm animal stamp set.
• Random - Paper Strips: one sentiment was a strip plus I used a few cut strips.

I have several different die sets which could be considered interactive. The flip card set was closest so I went with it. Die cut the card, then adhered it to a white panel covered with a picnic tablecloth patterned paper. I sandwiched the ribbon between these layers. It's a white sheer sparkly ribbon that catches the light with different colors (looks a bit purple in the photo...). Die cut the various layers to the card and adhered. 

Die cut a farm silhouette and adhered to the main inside layer. Cut strips of green papers, solid and patterned for some "grass". Stamped and fussy cut the farm animals & colored with Copic Markers. Die cut a sun and added to the card with foam tape, leaving room for the ribbon to slide through for closing the card. Chose a couple Betterpressed sentiments, one of which I cut into two pieces (that was pressed with a hot foil plate). Adhered the main sentiment with foam tape and glued the strips flat. Here are a couple more views - standing & pressed flat:

That's it for today. My farm animals got first play here so I'll add my card to Darnell's November NBUS Challenge #68.

Thanks for stopping & have a crafty day!!