TGIF – Quick & Easy Summer Inspiration with Laurie

Happy Friday! Laurie is here for this week’s TGIF with a bright and summery (and quick!) card that will have you wanting to grab an ice-cold glass of lemonade and head into your craft room. It’s so hot here…sounds like a great plan to me!

Hello friends!  It’s Laurie here with today’s TGIF!  If you know me, you know I love a good quick and simple card.  I adore white space and I love tossing in bright colors!  Two of my favorite Greetery stamp sets are Just Mason Around and Lemon Blossoms.  They were made perfectly for each other….and for a clean and simple card!

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This card was so simple to make.  Using washi tape, I masked off the edges of the card front.  I grabbed a light teal ink and just lightly blended around the edges with a little heavier hand in the top left corner. I love how this technique frames the card but leaves the white space.  

Next, I stamped out the mason jar.  If you ever have any trouble lining this up, start with the darkest ink first.  Basically, going backwards in your stamping order makes each of the top layers super easier to line up.  Then using the open faced die, you can die cut the jar for the perfect result every time!  I actually did the same thing with the lemon slices.  Seeing that dark ink detail in the center made the other layers easy to line up.  

After everything was stamped out and die cut, I arranged the lemons around the mason jar and added in the little bloom for a pop of pink.  The last step was adding in a sentiment.  A little tip….stamping out several sentiments from any of The Greetery’s Sentiment Suite Sets and die cutting them ahead of time makes for quick card assembly.  I usually have a pile of sentiments to pick from whenever I sit down.  It’s nice to look and see which sentiment fits with the card before adhering it down.  

That’s all from me today!  Hope you have enjoyed today’s cards and tips!  Have a great day!