Inspiration: As You See It #201
So this card took a very long detour before ending up as a fairly simple card. I've been wanting to make a card with the avocado image from the Let's Toast stamp set because in French, the word for avocado and lawyer is the same (avocat). One of my good friend is a lawyer and I wanted to make a card using the avocado image and a sentiment that reads, "To my favorite lawyer." I've been sitting on this idea for a while and I decided to put it to paper today. I started with the color combo from As You See It and a past Mojo Monday sketch and I kept struggling to make the pieces work. I finally gave up, went to do some other things around the house and when I came back to it, I turned the card 90 degrees, scrapped the sketch and made something that instantly felt much better. I initially put the avocados directly on the card front, but I felt it might look better if they were on a strip of patterned paper or cardstock. I had two new Nuvo shimmer powders sitting on my desk, yet unused, and out of curiosity, I have the one called Golden Sparkler a try. The powder looks brown in the bottle, but it turns to green, yellow and a hint of pink when you add water, which suited the card beautfully. The fun die-cut alphabet is the Alphanumeric Cutout Lower alphabet from Tim Holtz released last year. The background yellow piece was embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder from Stampin' Up! for a little bit of texture. The images were colord with Copic makers, although you'd think they were watercolored, basedo n the result.
Supplies
Stamps: Let's Toast, Thanks a Bushel, Sweet Friends (Lawn Fawn);
Stay Colorful Alphabet (Dear Lizzy for American Crafts)
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Calypso Coral (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Calypso Coral, Mellow Moss Classic Ink (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: A2 Avocado Envelope (envelopes.com); Markers (Copic); Golden Sparkler Shimmer Powder (Nuvo);
Alphanumeric Cutout Lower Alphabet Dies (Tim Holtz for Sizzix); Subtle 3D Embossing Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals,
1/8" Gold Ribbon (Stampin' Up!); Let's Toast Dies, Sweet Friends, Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn)
Nice touch of humour, Cindy! Your little avocat with his bow tie is adorable. Thank you for joining in with us again at As You See It Challenge.
Posted by: Jan Clothier | June 19, 2019 at 16:35
Oh my gosh, how funny is this....love it and it's a perfect way to use those AYSI colors! I just keep looking at it, so cute! Thanks for playing!
Posted by: LeAnne | June 19, 2019 at 19:37