Lets Get Hopping 42 – Vintage Sweet Strawberry |

This month the Let’s get Hopping team are focusing on returning favourites. These are stamp sets or bundles that have carried over to the new catalogue and I thought I would highlight the Sweet Strawberry bundle which is STILL available with 10% off! I wanted to show you a different look to this bundle by creating a Vintage Sweet Strawberry patch.

So here is my card, I think you’ll agree that it’s a very different look to the zingy strawberries you may have seen created with this set, but hopefully equally as beautiful.

Tips and Tricks to create this look

Firstly I stamped on Very Vanilla instead of Basic White – this totally changes the look
By stamping in Early Espresso instead of black, and using Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green as the main colours, the strawberries also take on a more vintage look
I sponged some Crumb Cake onto the Very Vanilla which ages the card almost immediately

The card base is Garden Green and there is a hint of an Early Espresso layer just to continue the vintage look. I also heat embossed the greeting onto Early Espresso cardstock. Some of the elements are punched out and raised to create some texture and depth on the card and I added a few little epoxy embellishments as a finishing touch.

As strawberry season approaches, this is the perfect bundle to embellish your own strawberry themed gifts whether it be jams, jellies or tarts. Nothing better than home-made in bakes and cards! And nothing better than getting 10% off your purchases too.

Do hop on to our Shelly, our next contributor, I can’t wait to see what Shelly and the rest of team has in store for us today.

This vintage card part of my Cards and a Cuppa class recently where the Sweet Strawberry stamp set was our stamp set of the month. If you’d like to learn more about my Cards and a Cuppa classes, then check out my Class Calendar. We would love to welcome you to our online classes.