Perfectly Pears for CAS Colours & Sketches 570

I celebrated the end of class week with a little craft room tidying and then, as a reward to self, a playtime to enter the latest challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

I do like a sketch challenge and I thought this one was lovely. For some reason, I wanted to use Perfectly Pears for this card and although I got out several other sets, the Pears just wouldn't let go!

So, quite a simple card really. Two strips of DSP from Painterly Pears DSP Collection: two sides of the same page.

Then I stamped the duo of small pears, coloured it with the fill-in stamp with Darling Duckling and Old Olive along with Old Olive and Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends for the leaves before die cutting it out. The same image is stamped on the inside of the card.

I added a die cut lattice behind the pear, which was popped up on dimensionals. Using Secret Sea ink, I stamped the sentiment in two halves and die cut each one before adding them over the pears. 

I finished off with a trio of Secret Sea Sparkle Dots. Being me, I just couldn't leave the Basic White card front completely plain, so I got out an old retired favourite - the Subtle Embossing folder. I've always loved the way it just adds a quiet texture and turns the plainest card into a linen-look paper instead. 

The card base is Secret Sea. 

This is such a great sketch, I'm going to tuck it away for future use. 😀

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