Summer Lantern
I wanted to create a quick summer card with some of the supplies I got from Kat Scrappiness. The lantern shaker die is intended for Christmas cards. But with some ink blending I thought I could make it work for a summer night too.
The inks I chose for my summer sunset blend were Pinkfresh inks in the colors Sunshine, Candy Violet and Stargazer. In hindsight I wish I had added some splatter to simulate stars. Next time!
The lantern die set has lots more details you can add, but I wanted to keep it quick and simple.
I added skinny foam tape under the lantern. Then I placed the shaker bits in the center of the card, and adhered the lantern. The firefly clay embellishments are from Trinity Stamps, but they seem to be out of them right now. I think the confetti is Glazed Gumdrop.
The sentiment is also by Kat Scrappiness. It’s from a big stamp with lots of sentiments called Simple Sentiments. I heat-embossed it in gold on vellum.
Unfortunately,I don’t have the coordinating die for this stamp. But I cut out the background with my Tim Holtz Deckle Edge Trimmer, so I just did the same for the sentiment. It’s sandwiched between two layers of the handle, so no glue is showing through.
