Sweet Berries

Hello, sweet friends! It's nearing the end of summer, but today we have a newly remixed digital image for you from Power Poppy by Marcella Hawley called Berry It. And is it ever sweet - and with a great sentiment!

Raspberries are a mid-summer treat, and I was surprised at the variety of colors. I took a little artistic license and made mine a bit darker than most - so they look ripe and really sweet! I don't know about you, but I love fruit year-round. 

For some of my dear digi-phobes, this card was an easy one - really! I opened Microsoft Word, pulled in the image, resized it, did a "copy and paste" for another digital image, positioned them top and bottom, and printed the page on Neenah Solar White paper. (Remember, I always try to print two so I can easily color with the same markers and make another card - which I actually finished yesterday.) I found a piece of "raspberry dots" designer paper and used a die set to make a frame. I cut two extra white "frames" to layer under the designer paper frame to give some depth to the frame. 

After coloring my image and die cutting it, I used my MISTI to make sure my sentiment was stamped correctly. I can't tell you how many times I've messed up a card after spending hours coloring, but no more thanks to my MISTI. I picked one of the sentiments from Farmers Market that works perfectly with these berries for the person I made this card for. After adding the sentiment, you know I looked at it and decided it needed something more, right? And you guessed it, piercing won out. But when I placed it on the card (I always "audition" a card before I glue anything), the piercing did not show very much. So I pondered some and decided to tape some small strips of black paper behind the piercing, so now it shows better. Cool, eh? I adhered my "frame" to the card base with red tape. So once again, print, color, die cut, pierce, and adhere to the card base - and it's done - well, two are done now! Smile!

Now it's time to visit my amazing teammates! Be sure to visit Power Poppy to get this new digital release to use today. While you are there, check out the entire digital collection. 

Tosha Leyendekker
Debbie Olson
Jennifer Dove

Cheryl Scrivens <me>

Marcella Hawley

I wonder what your favorite fruit is and how you like to eat it. For me, I love mine over ice cream - yum! And it can be almost any kind of fruit. I am so thankful God provides us with a wonderful variety of fruit, and fruit is not only tasty but healthy too. How sweet is that? Just another reminder for me of how God gives us good things.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father of lights....

James 1:17a

Thanks so much for "stopping by" and sharing a comment, thought or question. I am always happy to answer questions, and I've shared some tips for using GIMP and Word with several friends - so don't hesitate to email me. I hope you have a wonderful week! (I've also entered this into the Word Art Wednesday challenge.)

Blessings,

Stamps:  Berry It, Farmers Market (Power Poppy) 

Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Back to Backs Raspberry Dot (BoBunny), White and True Black (PTI)

Tools/Accessories: Copic markers, Stitched Rectangles dies (Simon Says), MISTI, Tombow Multi Mono Liquid Glue, piercing tool, red tape

Techniques: Digital images using Microsoft Word, paper-piercing

Card Size:  A-2
Copics used:  Berries - RV00, RV00, RV52, RV17, RV55, RV19, RV02, R81, YG11; Leaves/Stems - YG11, YG13, G43, YG17, YG01, E31; Flowers - Y02, R81, 0; Background Shading - RV0000, RV000, V000, C2, 0