Soaring by to say hi! Sweet Summer Kites card for Feature Friday!

Hey everyone! Soaring by to say hi today with a fun and colorful kite card! Hope you had a good week. I feel like this week went by so fast. Lots going on here in my craft room! So excited about the ink and paper launch from Concord & 9th this week and lots of other good crafty things. It's really hot here and I'm trying not to melt. Haven't even left the house in a week. Isn't that strange?? I usually have just been going out one time a week for errands, groceries etc. I wonder if life will ever return to normal?? 

I'm super honored to be part of the launch team for Concord & 9th's Color Collection!! I'll be sharing projects every Friday this month featuring the new colors. The team has been given certain topics to feature each week. This week we're talking about some of our favorite color combinations of the new inks!! Well, that was easy and hard! Easy because I love so many color combos…and hard because I had to choose one! I decided upon a bright and happy Summer Color combination: Buttercup, Honeysuckle, Aqua Sky and Midnight! I used the awesome new Kite Turnabout stamp and this card happened!! 

My finished card is a 5×5 inch square. I've been making lots of square cards and odd sized cards lately. I let the layout speak to me and then build my card base/card size around it. This one just felt like a square! 

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I LOVE Turnabout Stamps! Do you have some?? This kite one is SO nice!! It's my first time inking it up… You can see how nicely the inks did on a brand new stamp. Perfect! This was my first try at this turnabout. I stamped the background kites first with my MISTI and my four colors. I trimmed it into a 4.5 x 4.5 inch square and set it aside.

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Here is my fresh color combination today!!! I love it!!!

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To build my card I stamped two kites, one Buttercup and one Honeysuckle. I die cut them with the matching dies. Then I die cut a white stitched circle and stamped the sentiment directly onto the circle. I also stamped some little hearts onto the circle.

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Here are my four colors – in the matching cardstock!

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To finish the card I did a layer of Aqua Sky paper, then my kite stamped paper. I wrapped those two layers with a strip of vellum and attached it to a white card base with foam tape. I affixed the circle in the center and then put the kites on, again with foam tape.

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I hope I've inspired you to try a summer project with these colors!

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Just a reminder that all the new inks and papers are available now for purchase! There are some great bundles on the Concord & 9th website. These are all of the colors. The directions for my cute swatch book are on my post from earlier this week. 

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Thank you for stopping by on Feature Friday! YEAH! Did you get some of the new goodies?? CLICK HERE to shop the Concord & 9th Store!! I'll be back next week with a brand new release from The Greetery!!! You're gonna love that too!! XOXO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies I used for today's card. (Affiliate Links Used).

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4 responses to “Soaring by to say hi! Sweet Summer Kites card for Feature Friday!”

  1. Michele F Avatar
    Michele F

    Wanda this is adorable! Love the colors you’ve chosen for your Quartet – and those darling little kites! I’ve had a tiny little Clearly Besotted set that hasn’t ‘caught a breeze’ in the longest time! Maybe it’s time for an updated version!
    =]

  2. J Mike Cruz Avatar
    J Mike Cruz

    DAMN, girl! LOL This came through my email and I literally said that in my head. LOVE what you did here! Way to go!

  3. Anne Sturgeon Avatar
    Anne Sturgeon

    Such gorgeous colors. I love that the paper matches the inks. I do have a heart set in the turn a bout stamps. Works really good. Love this so much. Stay cool!

  4. Suraj Roy Avatar

    Wow buddy you’re sooooo creativeee. I really like your work… Thanks, dude for sharing this kinda thing…

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