Summer’s here! This card is meant to be looked at whenever we have an overcast, sun-less day during the summer. It is a reminder that the clouds are only temporary, and the sun will come out tomorrow, tomorrow! (Please excuse the reference from the musical Annie.)

I wanted to create a cheery summer sky and sentiment to imitate those bright sunny days in the summer when the sky is so blue and only broken up by the occasional puffy, billowy cloud.

These flat-bottomed cloud dies are so cute. They add an interesting graphic shape to the card and are the perfect size for stamping a small sentiment. Unfortunately, these cloud dies are by Simon Says Stamp and are no longer available. However, you could use another cloud wafer die set by SSS or many other cloud dies made by other companies. Also, you could even cut out your own clouds from white cardstock!

How I made this project:

• Stamp the sun circle with the stamp from the stamp set onto white cardstock using yellow ink.
• Die cut the stamped sun circle.
• Die cut and it sun rays using coordinating solid and patterned yellow card stock.
• Adhere/assemble the sun circle and the sun rays together, forming a sunburst.
• Die cut the clouds from white card stock.
• Die cut the stitched sun rays cover panel using blue cardstock.
• Cut an A2 sized mat in coordination yellow card stock.
• Trim the stitched sun rays panel 1/8-inch on all sides (panel with be 4 inches x 5.25 inches).
• Adhere the trimmed stitched rays cover panel to A2 yellow card stock mat.
• For the sun and rays, adhere the sun circle and rays to each other as shown in the card.
• Stamp sentiment onto the larger of the two puffy, flat-bottomed cloud.
• Adhere the clouds, sunburst image as shown in the image of the card using foam tape to give the pieces added dimension.
• Mount the entire card front onto an A2 portrait-oriented card base.

Supplies used in making this project:

• Stamps: Reverse Confetti: My Sunshine stamp set; Simon Says Stamp: Four Seasons stamp set (sentiment).
• Dies: SSS: Flat-Bottom Clouds (no longer available), but there are so many other cloud dies on the market that could be substituted; Reverse Confetti Cuts: My Sunshine coordinating dies to the My Sunshine stamp set; Reverse Confetti: Stitched Sun Rays Cover Panel.
• Inks: Catherine Pooler Inks: Tiki Torch (for the sun); Versafine Ink: Onyx Black.
• Cardstock:
  • For the sun rays: Papertrey Ink: Summer Sunrise for solid rays and Papertrey Ink patterned paper in Summer Sunrise.
  • For the stitched sun rays panel: Papertrey Ink: Hawaiian Shores.
  • For the mat under the sun rays panel: Papertrey Ink: Summer Sunrise.
  • For the card base: Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock.
  • For the sun circle and clouds: Neenah Solar White 80# cardstock.

Hope you like this project. Have a great (and sunny) day!