Sweet Summer

The sweetness of summer is here! Celebrating my favorite days with a new summer release from Taylored Expressions this week.

This Shady Shores Split Background is a favorite. The single-panel background stamp easily releases either the water or the sand to great beautiful two-tone backgrounds that align perfectly. Across the bottom, I created movement in the ink by gently swiping a Confetti Cake ink cube across the water portion of the panel. I repeated this process several times to create wave-like ripples.

The top half of sand has divots in the impression that make it easy to imaging digging your toes in and building a sand castle. New Under My Umbrella dies create cute, quick scenes to remind people of calm, sunny days. Who doesn’t like to crash under a colorful umbrella with a good book? I finished the panel with clear Drip Drops and a fun sentiment from the Hello Sunshine set.

Fluttering Friends is a new favorite, and I resisted the urge to show you how stunning the impressions of this 3D embossing folder are in a simple Sugar Cube cardstock by creating this panel using Toffee cardstock and coordinating inks with the Fluttering Friends stencil set.

I added ink in the trio of Toffee, Chocolate Truffle, and Sugar Cube with the coordinating layering stencils to create this stunning backdrop before running the muted panel through my Spellbinders Platinum machine with the coordinating 3D Embossing die. The impressions are so crisp and deep. I love the look!

I splattered the finished panel with metallic watercolor and added a simple sentiment from the Hello Lovely stamp set. A little sprigg of metallic thread from my sewing stash ties everything together.