Happy Days

Materials used:-JGS434 Flowers in a Row

JGS390 Bubble Bloom Carol (sentiment only)

Woodware punches;-

Heart & maple leaf (peach) circle(green)  mini butterfly

Sakura Koi water brush pens

S/A ladybug embellishments

Stickles stardust

Glossy Accents

Red & green card

A5 card blank

All available from:-

www.woodware.co.uk 

Your local Exmouth stockist is:-

Liberty Craft

33 Exeter Road

Exmouth Ex8 1PT

01395 273238

libertycraft33@yahoo.co.uk

Our theme this week has the rather ambiguous title of "Happy Days!" So what makes you happy? For me it's sunny summer days full of blue skies & time outdoors after the long, long winter months & I hope that I've been able to capture that in this card design.

I have constructed the card blank by  cutting a piece of flat white card in half (portrait). Then scored approx 2.5" at the left hand edge of the top piece & this has been attached at the back of the other piece. 

To set the countryside scene I've punched a circle from card & attached the punched piece  in place with some re-positionable glue to mask a "sun".  Using a piece of torn paper I have then softly brushed some blue ink at the top to form the sky & then some shades of green inks for the grass. Now place the negative that was created from the punched circle over the masked circle (mask now removed) & apply some lemon ink.Repeat stamp the "Flowers in a Row"  across the bottom of the card & colour with the Koi pens.  Print the sentiment from the Bubble Bloom set at the right hand of the card front. The strawberries are made with the heart & maple leaf punches & I think they're quite cute! Simply punch the hearts & sculpt with a ball tool on the wrong side, add some "seeds" with a black Micron pen & attach to the right side of the card with some 3D foam pads. Now add the Glossy Accents & this will be your glue to affix the maple leaves in place to form the leaves & stalk of the strawberries. I've also added a little white detail with a Sakura gel pen before adding the Glossy Accents. To finish I've punched some mini butterflies from some dark blue paper with Stickles on their wings (it's the law!!) & the ladybugs among the flowers.