The Card Concept #8 - Umbrella Weather

Happy Friday!  Do you have all your plans in place?  I faced the crowds and got my groceries for Easter Dinner.  I'm Polish so we'll be having traditional ham - of course there needs to be rye bread with caraway seeds, horseradish, and some pierogies too.   I'm thinking maybe cheesecake for dessert, but that's still up in the air.  I might cheat and send some one to Bakers Square for pies.   

I'm playing along at The Card Concept challenge today.  How cool is this inspiration photo?  I wanted to copy it exactly as is, but couldn't find too many umbrella dies in my stash.     I love the cool mix of patterns and colors on each panel - they just look so cheerful against that cloudy background.  I made my background by cutting a scalloped border on some white card stock.  Then I layered it on my card base and using a dauber I inked up the edges with distress ink. You just keep moving the template and inking for each stripe of clouds.   I die cut and stamped the umbrellas in a rainbow of colors and attached them with adhesive foam tape.

 I hope the weather is holding up for you and that the sun is shining wherever you are.  Maybe you got out of work a little early today?  Well Enjoy!!!  I hope you have a great day!












Supplies Used:  Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps:  WPlus9 Pretty Patches Umbrella
Dies:  WPlus9 Pretty Patches Umbrella
Ink:  Ranger Distress Tumbled Glass, Memento Tuxedo Black, Rose Bud, Angel Pink, Tangelo, Morocco, Grape Jelly, Lulu Lavender, Dandelion, Danube Blue, Summer Sky, Love Letter, Cantaloupe