Looking For Some Island Vibes? These Products Make It Easy!

While we are still seeing snow everywhere, I'm reading that many of you are dreaming of some sunshine and warm weather. So let's skip looking outdoors and bring some sunshine into our crafting rooms with these two coordinating products from the new Spring Mini (Artfully Composed Suite) and the Sale-a-bration flyer (Island Vibes)!

My inspiration today came from Freshly Made Sketches and it allowed me to use some of the Artfully Composed Designer Series Papers in the Spring Mini (p 33) and pair the papers with one of the images in the FREE Island Vibes stamp set included in this years Sale-a-Bration offering.  Here's the sketch:

And here's my interpretation of the sketch - all the patterned papers come from the Artfully Composed DSP which has some great tropical colours for you to have lots of fun with while you are dreaming of the beaches and ocean waves! The artfully Layered Bundle has such a variety of tropical leaves and images to stamp and die cut that you'll be able to create so many great cards. And if you can't visit the tropics right now, at least you can create layouts with the photos and memories of your past trips!

My card base is Thick Basic White with a layer of Designer Series Paper 4" x 4". I added a 3 3/4" square of Basic White Cardstock to the DSP, after scoring lightly on all four sides for some texture. The rectangles from the sketch were punched using the Rectangle Postage Punch, then I cut 1 1/4'squares from the  DSP strip I used for the punch. I stamped the "thank you" greeting in Evening Evergreen, which is the main colour in the dark squares. 

The potted plant was first stamped in Sahara Sand, but seemed too neutral so I inked up the leaves in Just Jade, and the pot in Pale Papaya, then stamped off before stamping lightly over the Sahara Sand. I then added Wink of Stella and was quite happy when my picture actually showed it!

There are so many great coordinating products in the Spring Mini and Sala-a-bration flyer that you'll have lots of inspiration no matter which ones you choose! Can't wait to see what you come up with!

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Happy stamping!

Ginny