this week is theme week over on the pebbles blog, and it's all about layered embellishments. pebbles recently came out with 24 different sets of layered felt embellishments, in a wide variety of themes.
i chose the fruit set to work with. right away, i knew i wanted to use these on cards.
i knew i was going to use the banana, the orange, and the lemon. so i dug through my pebbles papers, and found tone-on-tone patterns in both yellow and orange. the felt pieces had a touch of green on them, so i used the green backside of one of the pattern papers, for my stamping. some brown ribbon, and a few candy dots finished them off.
i used the polaroid stamp from the "say cheese" stamp set from lawn fawn. i stamped the image with brown ink, onto the green cardstock, and then trimmed around the edges. I cut a small piece of white cardstock, and adhered it to center of the polaroid frame, and then stitched around the edges. these made cute little frames for the fruit, and gave them a fun little spot to hang out on the card.
i adhered the frame with pop dots, to give it a little lift on the front of the card. i added a small piece of brown ribbon along the bottom of each card. and some yellow or orange candy dots to each card as well.
then i tried to come up with some fun sentiments, based on the fruits. the banana was pretty easy. the orange was super easy. obviously, when i see lemons, i think of "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade". but that's the expected. i googled lemon sentiments (the wonders of the world wide web ;)), and found this one.
wouldn't this be so much more fun to receive in your mailbox ;)
I absolutely love these cards! There is something about puns that gets me every time :) And the combination with those adorable felt fruits?! Excellent.
Posted by: Natalie (QSOgirl) | April 28, 2011 at 07:27 AM
Some of my favorite cards from you!!!! Love the lemon one the most :)
Posted by: Deneen | April 28, 2011 at 07:56 AM
Really really cute cards!
Posted by: Teka Cochonneau | April 28, 2011 at 08:38 AM
Love the way u made ur own sentiments! How creative r u?!!
Adorble set of cards! I have been dying for that stamp. Where did u get that?
Posted by: UR friend Carla | April 28, 2011 at 11:02 AM
Those are so stinkin cute! Love em all!
Posted by: Stephanie Buice | April 28, 2011 at 12:05 PM
these are so cute and fun colors for summertime. I love what you did on them. would look great in my kitchen.
Posted by: dawn | April 28, 2011 at 12:13 PM
These are so cute!
Posted by: Jana | April 28, 2011 at 05:19 PM
Seriously so cute!!!
Posted by: Rhonda Steed | April 28, 2011 at 07:53 PM
Yes, I would love for them to show up in my mailbox.
Love the Lemon one
Posted by: {vicki} | April 29, 2011 at 05:51 AM
These are so cute, they must have been super fun to make!
Posted by: wendy | April 29, 2011 at 06:35 AM
These are so stinkin' cute! You're so creative and I just love them!
Posted by: katemeri | April 29, 2011 at 08:07 AM
Darling Laura!!!
Posted by: Sarah Klemish | April 29, 2011 at 10:37 AM
LOVE the sentiments Laura. SO Adorable! These cards remind me of those fruit frames you did some time ago? Didn't you place them in your kitchen...Love all the stitching too...Smiles!
Posted by: Janet | April 30, 2011 at 05:34 PM
awh girl, these are so cute! love em!
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Posted by: danni p | April 30, 2011 at 08:58 PM
super duper cute cards!! your stitching gave them such a nice touch! "when life gives you lemons, throw tham at your enemy and run" never heard that one before ... love it! :)
Posted by: Jamie | May 01, 2011 at 08:15 AM
those fruit stickers are super cute! and your cards are so full of sunshine! love them!
Posted by: Krista Lund | May 03, 2011 at 11:40 AM
Those cards are too stinkin cute! Really like how you used the Say Cheese stamp. I'm sure anyone finding these in their mailbox would have a great day!
Posted by: Sara Rossi | May 12, 2011 at 07:14 AM