A week off and back to normal....

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I hope your weekend was wonderful and relaxing!

After taking most of a week off the challenges I was working on have all been closed. Bummer!!! But tonight I put together a card for this week's Sketch Frenzy Friday and Fab Friday Stamp Challenge.


I love the clean and simple layout!  Good thing because the color combo is very unusual.  I had a hard time balancing the starfruit with the cantaloupe.  Fruit salad, anyone?? The pattern paper is from soon-to-be-retiring Venetian Romance designer paper. I fussy-cut 3 of the filigree and layered with Summer Starfruit (I will never love this color, but it does make a striking focal for this card).   The stamp is from Sale-a-Bration See You Later stamp set. It still needed a little something so I added a few flowers.

 Here are the challenge graphics.

I wish you a blessed week!
Jean

Comments

Amanda Mertz said…
I love your sweet little flowers and the cut outs of the DSP is a great idea for that part of the sketch! Thanks for sharing at Fab Friday!
April 30, 2014 at 9:00 AM
Bada-Bing Creations said…
What cute little flowers and the two accent shapes down below are very visually interesting! Thanks for playing at Fab Friday!
May 9, 2014 at 1:46 PM
Brenda Myers said…
Very pretty card!! Love the fussy cutting on the DSP!! Thank you for joining us at Fab Friday!!
May 12, 2014 at 9:23 AM
Patrice Herrera said…
What a fun card. I really like the DSP Banners and your flowers are a perfect compliment to the card. Thanks for joining us over at Sketch Frenzy Friday.
May 16, 2014 at 10:24 AM
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