Monday 28 February 2022

You Are My Sunshine

Hello bloggers!  I started by cutting the Square Aperture out of a piece of Pixie Sparkled card from my stash.  I used Beyond Blue and Groovy Grape and then used a paintbrush to combine the colours a bit.  I lined up the aperture with a piece of white card and taped the inner scalloped dies into place then cut it.  I glued the white scalloped piece to the pixied aperture and added mounting foam to raise it.  I added a white backing piece to it.  Using the Double Stitched Squares, I added a white frame on top of the pixie sparkled aperture too.  Next I used the Springtime Frame and cut it out of various colours (silver, tan. rust, green and wisteria).  Rather than cutting the entire frame each time, I just used a small piece of card over the area that I wanted.  I nipped apart the images and used them in three of the four apertures.  I used the You Are My Sunshine in the fourth aperture, cut out of a leftover piece of the pixied card and shadowed in black.  The card was completed with white mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/4"  x  7 1/4"  in size.  All for now, Sue x





 






















                                                                            
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47 comments:

kittyedavies47@gmail.com said...

Morning Sue.
A lovely happy card to start the week so pretty thank you.
Take care and have fun Kitty.

Steph Cotterill said...

It's a beautiful start to the day, in reality it's dark and damp here just now, but like the rest of your audience of bloggers we sit and wait for the warmer days. Whilst going through my 2 storage boxes of dies wondering how much my new idea for storage will cost I eventually got to my shadow dies and my other gardening dies and couldn't remember how long it's been since I cut them,I'm in the process of doing the easiest CAS 6x6 - 1 die cut, 1 sentiment and thanks to your dies it's all looking really quite nice, these sweet little springtime dies would be perfect in your Shadow dies too. Off to the farm cottage for a week of doing nothing and thinking about nothing to be ourselves again so I hope I have enough data saved to pop in,if not I'm sure 'my keeper' will help lol.
Keep well, be safe xxx

BridgetCG said...

Morning Sue, such a lovely card this morning, everything is just perfect and another of my favourite sentiment dies. Take care and stay safe everyone. Bx

hazel young said...

Beautiful card Sue xx

June Smith said...

Morning Sue and all Wilsonettes, a stunning creation, what I always like about your dies are the amazing depth of the embossing on them and this is shown on all the little elements cut out for this sample, I don't know any other dies like these, thank you xx

Stay safe, healthy and happy, hugs, June Smith xxx

cr@fty said...

Good morning Sue
Fabulous card, the details are gorgeous!
Hugs x
Heather T

Barbara Gosden said...

Hi Sue
A lovely cheerful card.
B xx

NannaShaz said...

Morning Sue and all the Wilsonettes
What a beautiful card today

Sending love and healing hugs to all that need them xx

Hope you all have a good day and stay safe

Love
NannaShaz54
xxx

Crewe Trish said...

Hello Sue
This is a lovely card on this horrible rainy day. I don't have the garden dies so must look out for them. Steph enjoy your week away.Take care everyone x

dj from kettering said...



Love the colour on this card, other little
bits n bobs would change it to suit anyone.

Stay safe,

Doreen x

Marion Scott said...

Hello Sue, a lovely happy card, love it
Marion S x

Owlish said...

Hi Sue
What another fantastic card
Loving your inspiration.
Owlish Xx

Scottydog said...

A lovely bright, spring looking card today, just what we need on this dark, wet, dreary day. You must have so many pixied papers in your stash collection Sue! I make a batch then use them almost straight away! Thank you for the inspiration Sue.

Ann Topp said...

Good Morning Sue. A lovely card today Sue. I always love your pixie powder backgrounds. I keep promising myself some pixie sparkles ... But other things keep getting in the way. A great card this morning for all the gardeners ... and this design can be made into anybody's favourite things because of all your versatile mini accessories that fit into those lovely aperture dies. Thankyou Sue. Sending hugs 🤗 and best wishes to everyone who needs them today.
PLEASE STAY SAFE 🙏 🙏 🙏
Kind regards Ann Toppcards in Leeds.

BenteS said...

Such a sweet card, love the "windows" :))

Crafty Vonnie said...

Good morning Sue,
A beautiful card today & one that someone into their garden will really love. Yvonne xx

Deb E Isle of Wight said...

Again, love it... the apertures are so useful and the accessories definitely give you choice to finish off....

Beryl said...

Lovely card.

Anonymous said...

Hi Sue

Lovely card. Love the aperture dies and the way you have used them. The accessories are lovely too.

Barbara V

Anonymous said...

Another inspiring card. WakeyL

BucksGirl said...

Morning Sue - I love this card so much! And it just goes to show - yet again! - the versatility of your dies, in that many of the frames can be cut up to use as inserts for these new squares collection. Genius! Colleen xx

Pat L said...

Hi Sue
Such a beautiful card to remind us spring is on its way, love the pixie colours you’ve used and I need to get the square aperture Die

Steph enjoy your week away and relax

Love and hugs to everyone
Pat

Pauline Austen said...

Morning Sue, a lovely way to begin the week by giving us all a beautiful card to admire instead of looking outside at this dreary weather. It reminds us that Spring isn't too far away and we can get back into our gardens once more. Crafty Hugs Pauline x

Lisbeth said...

Hi Sue. What a lovely card to remind us all that spring is on the way. Apparently, the weather is supposed to cheer up towards the weekend which should encourage the crocuses which are just trying to peep through the soil.

Lisbeth

ursula said...

Beautiful card, I love these little aperture cards, you can include so much on them....my garden is full of crocus and daffodils at the moment, sadly the snowdrops are on their way out.....luv Ursula xx

Pawprintx4 said...

This is a bright, cheery card to start the week off.
Gorgeous.
Stephanie K

jean.phillips1 said...

Morning Sue, love the colours of this card. It is absolutely beautiful. Love Jean xxx

Maria said...

Hi Sue
Sorry to say but the two last cards were not to my liking but today's card is Beautiful ! Lovely spring colours, love it.
Maria x

Fikreta said...

so nice card!

Fluffycat said...

Hi Sue, I love this gorgeous card and it has given me ideas for a 70th birthday card for my cousin who is a keen gardener. I thought I had the Springtime Frame but my database says no. I do however have lots of your other gardening themed dies so maybe I can work something out.

Steph - enjoy your week away and come back with your batteries fully re-charged.

Frances

Tres said...

Hi Sue. I love today's beautiful card. You have created a lovely colour combo of Beyond Blue and Groovy Grape Pixie powders.
I love the cute little dies you have used to. Your Aperture dies look
fab !!! I think they are very Elegant. This is a lovely Spring time
card !!! Thank you. Sending lots of love to you Sue from Tres x x x

Eunice Astle said...

Fabulous card Sue, love the Pixie Powder background! This is a definite card that is hoping for spring like us all!!!

Lynne L said...

Hi Sue Todays card is beautiful and reminds us that Spring is on its way! I love all the little die cuts in the apertures

Rose in Chester said...

Hi Sue,
love that card, and the pixie background
Hugs
Rose

June Horrocks said...

Hi sue beltter late than never I love this card says to me spring is on its way love the colours and the little dies are so pretty thank you sue love always stay safe my friends xxxxxxxx Steph have a lovely break xxxxx

sued99 said...

Lovely card. I’ve always loved cards like this with lots of little details. X

Judy Hollers said...

This is precious card. I love all the embellishments you have added to the card, along with the Pixie Sparkles background that you used. Hugs.

theresa w said...

Hi Sue and lovely wilsonettes x
Beautiful card Sue x I love the spring elements x thankyou Sue x
Steph have a lovely break x
Theresa w in Berks xxx

Anonymous said...

Hi Sue,
Beautiful spring like card.
Thank you for sharing.
Véronique L

Anonymous said...

A lovely card to start our week, thank you Sue
Marlene O

lindyloo12Somerset said...

Another great card, I love seeing all the bits and pieces you come up with to put inside the scalloped squares!

CCM said...

I love this card. So many beautiful details. Thank you, Sue, for sharing how you created this card. Nice to see how I can use the Springtime Frame ( I have it) with the new dies.

Hugs from Toronto to you all.
Stay safe and healthy.
Carmen-Dorothy

Handmade by Donna x said...

Hi Sue and everyone, a stunning bright and summery card for our inspiration today. I love all the little details, I do love to colour all the bits that make our cards so fun and personalised.
Hopefully I will be earlier tomorrow 🙏 🙂
Hugs
Donna xx

Clai01 said...

Welcome to March and always love a gardening themed card x

hazel young said...

Gorgeous card Sue xx

DeCor said...

A really cute card

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