The recipe challenge at As You See It required 6 items and I think I’ve managed to incorporate them all. I have 3 different patterned papers, all in shades of yellow, several die cuts, a vellum circle, the sentiment and enamel dots. It also fits the summer challenge at Four Seasons, partly due to the colour in the upper left corner along with a slightly tropical look reflected in the sunglasses. I began by die cutting several layers of the words and sunglasses and glued the layers together for more depth and stability. Setting these aside I searched for another patterned piece that wouldn’t detract from the MFT die cuts and found a piece in my stash that has faint sunrays on it. Unfortunately even the vellum hides that pattern more than I wanted but it is there. I used a tiny stamp from a Stampendous set to get the palm tree reflection and went over that with Nuvo Crystal drops. The thank you is from Hampton Arts and the enamel dots are Gum Drops from YNS. I also added a few extra dots in gold using Nuvo Crystal drops, but I think they are a mistake. Too late to change it now but a lesson learned.
All in all I’m pleased with the result and happy it works for two challenges. We are back in a heat wave this week and it is already very hot outside. The house painters are finding the paint dries as soon as applied even working in the shade. We had a good boating trip and met up with close friends who wined and dined us a few times. There was a day of heavy much needed rain but it cleared up and was nice without being too hot. Right now even on the water it would be too hot.
Thanks for taking a look it is appreciated.
Lavender House Creations 
Oh, I LOVE the reflection in the glasses! Also love the bling along the side of the sentiment strip. Great job on this very summery card!
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Thanks Golda – it is reassuring to know my feeling about those dots isn’t as bad as I thought.
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I think your card looks great! The reflection in the sunglasses is a huge hit. I didn’t notice the dots you were referring to till you mentioned them. Lovely card!
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Thanks Lisa – I’m glad you like it. I thought it was quite a summery looking card once I had it finished.
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Very summery! I especially like the reflection of the palms in those very lovely sunglasses. Thanks for joining us again at As You See It.
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Thanks so much. It is fun to play in your challenges as they are often really interesting and make me think about what to do.
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Great summer card. The sunglasses are very cool and love the color, the word letters and your bling completes this fun card.
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Thanks a lot. It came together nicely once I had all the elements ready.
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I love those sunglasses – perfect for a summer themed card! You did a great job in combining the elements from our recipe. Thanks for playing along again at As You See It challenge
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Thank you. I had fun with this challenge. I do like the challenges at As You See It.
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LOL … LOVE these ‘shades’ … your card is just awesome! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Four Seasons Challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back again soon.
Darlene
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Thanks Darlene. It was a fun one to create.
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Super cute ideas, Johanna – I LOVE the palm reflections in the shades! Genius! Great play on our recipe! Thanks so much for playing at As You See It!
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Thank you so much. I love playing in your challenges.
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Such a fun summer themed card. Perfect for this month’s Four Seasons challenge! Thanks so much for joining us this month!
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Thanks so much
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LOVE this! Love the different yellows, and the palm fronds reflected in your glasses. Great summer card!
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Glad you like it – thanks.
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Such a fun and fabulous card – great that you have managed to incorporate all the elements – but that reflection in the glasses really takes the biscuit. xx
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Thanks, I’ve seen others add scenes to their sunglasses so can’t take credit for the idea.
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Johanna, I, too, love the reflected palm branches in the glasses, but what’s so cool about them is the reflected glare on the left lens! It makes them so realistic! I love how you combined all the elements of our challenge! Thanks for cooking up our recipe at As You See It Challenges!
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Thanks so much. I had a lot of fun making this card and the glare on the glasses came about because of poor stamping. I was going to try to fix it and then took another look and thought reflections are like this so leave it alone. I do enjoy playing in your challenges as you make them interesting.
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Joanna this is lovely – so many fun, summery elements! I actually thought those gold dots made the sentiment look like it was stamped on a beach towel – I like it! Thanks for playing over at As You See It this week!
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Thanks a lot. You just helped me to think differently about those dots so thanks for that too.
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