we all scream for ice cream! so ice cream it is for day five of the papertrey ink march countdown. i have two cards today, both created with the same color scheme - my go-to ice cream colors of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry, plus the added pop of teal. a lot of times, i sit down to stamp and start playing with things to see where i'll end up. other times, i know exactly what i want to make. these two cards had been slowly coming together in my brain as i worked on the other designs, so i was particulary excited to make them a reality...
the more i stamped the sentiments on other projects, the more i kept thinking of this card or something like it. it features 6 of the 12 stamps in the mini set! after testing out a couple of layouts, i settled on creating a banner. i used all of the colors on the ice cream carton, and then repeated them with the other elements for a balanced, colorful look. the card fits in a standard 6-3/4 envelope. it doesn't work for every design, but i really like the narrower proportions of this size. and the banner fit perfectly! sweet! hooray! i did it! let's celebrate!
like the banner card, this design kept calling out to me, too. as soon as i settled on the color scheme for that one, i knew it had to be the same here! the ice cream carton was perfect as is, so i just copied what i did first, and then using trajan monogram, i stamped the letters of "surprise" with the same colors. notice that i swapped out a lighter brown for the p, which helped soften the pattern and makes it look a little more spontaneous - it was too short a word to be completely random. while the first card uses many sentiments, this one uses only one. a partial one at that! i selectively inked it to leave off the "for." when i designed the set, i was torn about whether to have it separate or not. finally i decided that it's more trouble to line up the smaller words perfecly, than it is to selectively ink the shorter phrase on the edge of your stamp pad, which is exactly what i did here. doesn't the spoon make a great exclamation point? and the sequins definitely add just the right bit of a festive flair, the perfect finishing touch! i scream, you scream, we all scream surprise!
well, we made it. tomorrow's the day! comfort food additions mini set will be available for purchase at papertreyink.com - for $5 you get 12 new sentiments that coordinate with and give new meaning to my previously released comfort food. i believe i've shared all but two of them! while waiting, be sure to visit nichole's blog for another group post day and lots o' links - melissa is sharing with her new sets, too! i might be back with another card in the morning (we'll see how it goes!), but i'll definitely be back with my usual round up at some point later in the day...
get your lists ready!
:) lexi
