Sweet as a Peach

 Hi there!  Happy June to you.  Just got this new Sweet As A Peach Bundle and I couldn't wait to play with it  For the first card I made today, I wanted to keep in nice and sweet and pretty simple.  So that's just what I did.  Don't you love it when a plan comes together with no fuss or muss?  It doesn't happen often, so we need to appreciate it when it does occur.  *grins*

See, nice and sweet and fairly simple too.  Can't go wrong with that.  I did have a bit of trouble deciding on the peachy colors to use, so I mixed them up a little.  Therefore, it might not be quite what you think I used.  I started with a base of Basic White cardstock cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded in half.  I tend to use Basic White for my card bases quite often because I like to write alot inside my cards - kind of long-winded you could say.  But I digress here...

The next layer I chose to use Petal Pink instead of Pale Papaya like I had intended.  And I think it looks gorgeous with these lovely peaches if I do say so myself!  This is cut to 5 1/4" x 4".  Just enough for the white border to show all around.

The next layer is Basic White that was die-cut with the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.  I just love the stitching which sets off the scalloped edges.  So pretty.  I used the largest size so there'd be plenty of room for stamping and a sentiment too.

I figured the easiest way to stamp and get the peaches nicely nestled in the leaves would be to use the Stamparatus.   This one stamp set alone is an excellent reason to have this tool in your 'toolbox'.  It was so easy to stamp the leaves on scrap paper and then line up the peaches to fit right in there.  After a test trial, I switched out the scrap paper and tucked in the die-cut white cardstock piece.  The leaves were stamped using Pear Pizzazz ink.  The peaches were inked with Pale Papaya ink, then lightly blushed using a Sponge Dauber and Calypso Coral ink.  Don't you love how the color just blends in together when stamped?  So yummy!   mm-mmm   They look good enough to eat!

Back to the card here and quit thinking about eating those fresh peaches.   OK?  

The sentiment comes from the Sweet As A Peach stamp set.  There are all these 'sweet' sentiments with two different fonts tucked together and they work so nicely with the peachy stamps.  Gotta love what Stampin'Up! puts together for us.  So coordinated and this one is a winner in my humble opinion.  I used the Double Oval Punch which is a carryover from the last January - June Mini Catalog.  So happy it's in the new catalog for us.  I stamped the sentiment with Calypso Coral ink onto a Basic White scrap and punched with the smaller oval.  Then I used the larger scallop oval to punch Pear Pizzazz cardstock to give it a good accent layer. 

It needed a little something else and my Pale Papaya & White Woven Ribbon was sitting there saying "pick me, pick me!"  I tried it out and it was just what was needed.  A 5" piece was attached to the card and wrapped to the back.  It wasn't quite enough yet, so I cut a piece about 3 or 4" and folded it to lay nicely.  This was attached with some Mini Glue Dots.  Then this whole layer was attached to the card front using regular  Dimensionals.  The sentiment layers were put together with adhesive and then attached to the card with Mini Dimenisonals.

I sincerely hope you like this clean and simple card idea.  Sometimes less is more and I think that's what worked here.  

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Even though the weather is warming up and you want to spend time outside, take a little time to stamp and create.  It'll put a smile on your face.  And when you send the card, it'll put a smile on someone else's face too!  That's a win for everyone!!

Creative hugs to you!

Sharon