Thank You Berry Much

My birthday was over the weekend, so I needed to put together a few thank you cards to give to people who were thoughtful enough to remember my special day. This one is based on the current Deconstructed Sketch.

I used the “thank you berry much” sentiment from the Papertrey Ink Strawberry Patch Sentiments set for the sketch’s large round panel. My original plan was to accent the panel with a pair of berries stamped and die cut with the Fruit Fusion-Berry stamps and dies, but the berries proved to be a little too big for the design. So, plan B was to use the smaller berries from the WPlus9 Fresh Picked set. With their smaller size, they worked perfectly!

The color scheme for the card was inspired by the strawberries. I used a green card base, layered with a lighter green cardstock panel that I topped with a piece of green dotted patterned paper. For a little contrast, I adhered a solid aqua cardstock panel over the panels on an angle, then added the image panel and berries on top. I tucked a red gingham cardstock panel underneath the right side of the sentiment panel to bring in a pop of red against the green papers. The strip of lace under the left edge of the aqua panel was a last minute addition. I like the bit of texture it adds to the design.

Materials Used:
Strawberry Patch Sentiments stamp set, Simply Chartreuse, Spring Moss, and Aqua Mist cardstock, Simply Chartreuse and Pure Poppy patterned papers (Papertrey Ink); Fresh Picked stamp set, Fresh Picked dies (WPlus9); Memento Love Letter and Pear Tart inks, Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko); stitched circle die (Lil’ Inker Designs); cream trim (Hobby Lobby); foam tape