DCM - Pearls of Wisdom

Good morning!

Inspired by the gemstone for June, Joanne is challenging us to feature pearls on our projects for this week's Daring Cardmakers challenge.

Like many a crafter, I have quite the stash of adhesive pearls from back in the day when this product arrived on the market in many, many colours and was a big trend.

But then came along enamel dots, and well... my stash of adhesive pearls got overshadowed.

However, for this week's challenge, I went with a very clean and simple design that can be embellished with just a couple of pearls, gems, or indeed enamel dots!

Stamps: Avery Elle - Simple Sentiments, Concord & 9th - Brighter Days
Dies: Pinkfresh Studio - Diagonal Stitched Squares, The Stamp Market - Little Rainbow

The Little Rainbow die from The Stamp Market cuts 6 arcs in one pass, so 6 colours = 6 cards...

I started out by backing the 6 pieces of cardstock with Stick It to make it easier to assemble the rainbows later on.

What a time-saver!

I then die-cut all the other pieces - the rainbow outline piece, the square backgrounds, and also cut and scored the card bases from grey cardstock.

Once the rainbows were assembled, I checked my Evernote inventory for some sentiments that would work.

One is the "Have a beautiful day" sentiment from Concord & 9th Brighter days, the others come from the ever-versatile Simple Sentiments set from Avery Elle. I use this set so much, as the wording is always great and the font and size is just right.

Once all that was done, I just needed to assemble the cards (using the offcuts of cardstock to add dimension instead of using foam tape), and add those finishing touches with pearls, gems, and enamel dots.

Six bright and cheery rainbow cards added to the card basket! :)

Make sure you check out the pearly creations from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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Avery Elle - Simple Sentiments stamps Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Concord & 9th - Brighter Days stamps Shop at: MISC | SHC (UK)	Pinkfresh Studio - Diagonal Stitched Squares dies Shop at: SBC	The Stamp Market - Little Rainbow dies Shop at: MISC
Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Bazzill Cardshoppe - Marshmallow Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	The Stamp Market - Fresh Pink cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Golden cardstock Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market - Julep cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Melon Orange cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Minty cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Rosy cardstock Shop at: MISC
Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Stick It Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK)	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC
Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

Comments

[Angelnorth]

The slightly wonky rainbow is charming Nat, love the simplicity of these!