The Best Thing...

What a fun "natural alarm clock" we woke up to yesterday, the last day of our holiday weekend - the first rain since the end of June (not unusual around here) peppered with loud, rolling thunder (a bit more unusual around here this time of year).  It was a most welcome break from the high heat of late, that is supposed to continue for another 3-4 weeks.  As much as I love this area where we now live, and the better quality of life we're able to have, the one thing I do miss about the Silicon Valley area where I grew up was the more moderate temperatures and shorter hot summers. :)

Today's card is one where the color scheme pretty much happened after I prepared the sentiment block using one of Lili of the Valley's Quotables/Friendship stamps.  After I stamped the sentiment in black onto one of the papers in LOTV's new Beach Bliss paper collection , and distressed the edges exposing the white paper core, I knew the color combo I wanted to use...aqua, contrasted with black, and brightened and accented with pure white...

One of the most fun things about my rose die set is that I can custom create roses to match just about any color, especially handy when I want to use a monochromatic, or mostly so, color scheme.  This time I was lucky that I had one sheet left of a pale aqua that was a perfect shade to match the aquas in the patterned papers. I used some ready-made mini roses in slightly different hues to complement the large rose...

I used a couple different mini heart dies to create a chipboard open heart lightly sprinkled with German glass glitter, to sit behind the roses inside the cluster...

Supplies:

Patterned papers:  "Beach Bliss" collection, Susan Darter/Raspberry Road Designs for Lili of the Valley

Sentiment stamp:   Lili of the Valley, Set 62, Quotables/Friendship

Dies:   Spellbinders Rose Creations;   Memory Box Elegant Scrollwork;   Papertrey Ink Heart Prints;

Sizzix Flowers, Branches, & Leaves

Small roses & flower stamens:   Wild Orchid Crafts          Doily:  Wilton          Pearls:   Recollections

Thank you for visiting today...I hope your week started with a smile!