Thanks A Melon

 

Hello crafty friends. Today I have a card that was featured on the Gerda Steiner Designs Blog, which is so exciting! This card is so bright and colorful and who can't just smile at that watermelon slice with his attitude?

The watermelon image is Gerda's Thanks A Melon Printed Greeting Card. It is a digital file so no stamping needed.  I printed and cut it as the same size of the digital file. However, since it is a .jpg, I could have adjusted the size also. I used my Brother Scan and Cut to cut out the cute little watermelon.

The coloring was done with Copic Markers in the following colors:

• RV11, RV13, RV14
• YG06, G07

For the background, I wanted to kind of simulate the green strips on a watermelon.  I tried to ink white cardstock freehand, but I wasn’t getting the look that I was after.  I dug through my stencils and decided to use the Sunray Background Stencil from Lawn Fawn.  I used Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink to cover the entire piece of cardstock, then  I used the stencil with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink.  I watered down some Mowed Lawn Ink and spattered the entire background.  I used a 4” x 5 ¼” die with stitched edge detail to cut out my background. 

I loved the sentiment that was on the printable but I thought I would mix it up just a little bit.  I used the Giant Outlined Thanks from Lawn Fawn and then I heat embossed “A Melon” using white embossing powder on black card stock. 

This was a really fun and quick to make. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Sandy