Have a Grape Day!

 A few weekends ago I drove to my Favorite Craft store to meet my friend Robyn (My Pink Stamper) in person. we have chatted over the years on SCS  when she first got her Cricut.  and if you don't know of who I speak you should follow the link to her website on my side bar.   Robyn now carries a line of stamps to go with Cricut Cartridges and so during my trip I picked up the Fruit and Veggie Puns Set to go with the Preserves cart because I know I will get more use of the cart having some great sentiments to go with it. The Have a Grape Day sentiment came from this set and is stamped in Chocolate Chip Ink.


I wanted to participate in SCS's Color Combination last week because I had finally purchased some of the new In Colors from SU this year. The color Combo use three of the new colors.  as I stared at the three colors I couldn't get the name Concord Crush out of my head so I thought I can make grapes.  so thus the inspiration for this card began. the other colors used are Peach Parfait and Pear Pizazz. I began by using my Assorted Leaved Spell binders another goal on my mind since I have had them for weeks I can finally say I have used a Spell binders Die. Loved using them and I will again.  next I punched out several 3/4" circles using my SU Punch.  I then embossed the base piece of Peach using Cuttlebugs D'vine Swirls EF.  I laid the leaves out on the card where I wanted and then eyeballed where the grapes needed to go on the card. I then attached the grapes one at a time starting on the bottom making a set up like bowling pins using glue dots. leaving them abt 1/4 " apart.  I went 4 across and then started bringing them back closer together for a row.  then I placed some covering 1/4 "gaps about 4 or 5 overlapping the others.  I then scattered some apart on 1/16" EK square dimensionals. Then about 3 more on 1/8" Square dimensionals by Zots.   I filled in any open areas with more circles just on glue dots.

I attached  the partial leaf in the center, flat on the Grapes and then one leaf one 1/16th Dimensionals and the last opposite on 1/8" DImensionals.   I cut 3, 1/8th inch strips, at 4 1/4" long of the Pear CS and wrapped them around the piercing tip of my paper piercer.  I added a glue dot to the end of the strip and using the piercer to positioned the curls under the leaves. lastly I cut the ovals for the sentiment and a mat for it using my CM oval cutter. 

Until Later...Happy Stamping!