Pear Line-up Card

Hello there!  So good to be here with you tonight posting another card.  I'm visiting my sister this week and we've stamped ourselves ragged.  Who would believe it?!  We've been trying to do our regular thing of starting out with the same basic idea and then seeing where we end up with our ideas.  I actually thought I would have a pair of cards to share each night.  Last night I was just too worn out to type, so this will be the first one.  Let me know what you think of the designs.

The card we worked on first is using the Penciled Pear stamp set.  It's a lovely set with sketched pears and several sentiments which I do not own - yet.  I'm so glad Connie owned it so I could give it a try.  After working with the set, it just might be appearing on an order soon!  

We decided on using Basic Beige for the card base and add a strip of pears going across the card.  This is my version of her design.  The Basic White strip measures 1 1/2" x 5 1/2".  There is a stamp of 4 pears in a row.  Two of these rows were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink across the center of the strip.

The pears were colored using Stampin' Blends as follows:

Pears - Soft Sea Foam Light on 7 of the pears.  Then a layer of Granny Apple Green Light sketched on the where the shadows are.  The yellow pear has a layer of Lemon Lolly Light, with both Light & Dark Daffodil Delight added for the shaded areas.  A light touch of Soft Sea Foam was added to this one on the bottom left edge so it blends with the other pears better.

The shadows for the pears was added with Gray Granite Light Blends

The sentiment is from the Penciled Pears set also.  It's stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink near the bottom right of the card front.  The Basic White strip is layered onto a Basic Black strip that measures 1 3/4" x 5 1/2" using adhesive.  Then these layers were added to the card front just above the sentiment  

Here are our two cards hanging out here so you can see both of them together.  As you can see, Connie and I decided on totally different colors for our pears.  Which do you like better?  I'd love to hear from you on this.  And if you like hers better than mine, I promise I won't be too dejected.  😢

We do agree that the new Basic Beige color is delightful.  It's an awesome neutral color that is very versatile.

We also agreed that there was no need for any bling added to these cards.  They are nice and simple just as they are.  But of course, if you feel the need to add bling, bling away!

The colors she used on her pears are:

Light Petal Pink, Light Peach Pie, Light Pumpkin Pie, with Light Gray Granite for the shadowing.

The sentiment she chose is a non-SU! stamp, but doesn't it match this nicely?

I find it amazing how just changing a few colors on a card give it a totally different look.  I have to admit, I still like my D'Anjou Pears better than hers.  But which one will you choose?

I doubt if you need a reminder of the extra 10% off Stamp & Die Bundles Sale at Stampin'Up!  The sale will run through the month of June.  It's best to shop early because some of the more popular stamp and die bundles are already on backorder.  Plus, the Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machines are both on sale for 10% off during this time too.  Now is the perfect time to get one of these if you don't own one yet.  You really need one for all your embossing and die-cutting projects.  Talk to me if you have any questions.

Back to the creating room!  Talk soon...

Happy stamping and creating,

Sharon