Lemon Love

I love this lemon stamp.  Its so easy to emboss in white over colored cardstock, shade with some watercolor, and make it look fab!  It is from an old CTMH set which remains one of my favorites.

 

This card combines two clean and simple challenges:

Less is More: Sewing

CASology: fruit

With the close up shot, I tried to show you that the lemons were curled and then foam mounted, but I'm not sure the picture is the best.  However, it was the best of the bunch I took.  What it does show well are the three layers of embellishment:  white 1" tied with yellow 1/4" and topped with a clear button tied with embroidery floss.  Thank goodness for Liquid Glass which secures all of it!

Though I usually limit my sewing to edges, I thought it might be fun to create a border using yellow and green stitches.  My trusty sewing machine sits right next to my art table so all I have to do is swivel in my chair to access it.  Though this would have been a fun time to experiment with poking holes and doing hand stitching with thicker embroidery floss.  Hmmm, maybe I'll do that next!

Off to get my writing done.  I am only 15K words from having this novel completed.  Then, since I am a "skip to the action" kind of writer, I will go back and add detail.  If all goes according to plan, I will have this thing done in time for the writer's conference in September.  I had a brief conversation with another writer who, like me, has finaled in the Genesis Contest and is desperately trying to get her novel done before the big announcement of who won.  I do love that all of us finalists are connected on Facebook and cheering for each other.  No matter who brings home the award, we all win!

Until next time,

Becca