Priscilla's Papercrafts: Friend Like You

Time to relax. And what better way to relax than in a chair on a beach, under palm trees?

This card uses one of my favorite die sets, Friendly Silhouettes. I had no idea where I was going when I started this card; I had merely taken some Blueberry Bushel cardstock(a retiring In Color) and cut the edge with the dies, creating two palm trees in a sea of blue. Where to go from there?

So I adhered it to a piece of Sahara Sand, dotted with the "sand" image from Waterfront, and started building my card. I stamped "water" with the White Craft pad and a stamp from High Tide, then sponged Balmy Blue ink onto a strip of Balmy Blue cardstock for "sky".

Now I learned something when looking at the palm tree cutouts. I realized that the stamps from Friend Like You are the exact size to fit in the cut-out area. So I stamped them, and cut them with the die, then paper-pieced each frond and trunk into the cut out area. Crazy huh? My husband thought so too when he was watching me painstakingly drop each little piece into the open hole. 😏
But I love the effect!

The birds are from High Tide, and that great chair is a die in the Seasonal Layers set (retiring!!!). All I needed was a greeting, which is from another retiring set, Thanks for the Laughs, and punched with the Classic Label punch.

Aahhh...Now all I need is a Pina Colada!

Don't forget to look at the retiring list (here), and get what's left on your wish list. Many items are deeply discounted!

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