Handmade by Natty

Morning,

I’m sharing the prompt for August a little early.

As you can see from the image, the focus colour this month is: Peach

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There are lots of elements in the image that could work on a card, here are some ideas to get you started:

• On the slant – inspired by image 8, cut/place paper at a diagonal on your card, you can also use it as a guideline for placing your sentiment along a diagonal line or edge.
• Monogram – really personalise your card by featuring the recipient’s monogram or monograms (in case of a wedding card).
• Tassels, charms or trim – if you jumped on the tassel trend in scrapbook collections, you may have one that needs using up. It would make a great finishing touch to your card, as would a dangly charm for a vintage style card or indeed fringed trim whether from thread or paper.
• Brushstrokes – the black spots in the background of image 7 look like brushstrokes, a popular pattern in scrapbook lines of late, but also something you could emulate with a stencil/background stamp or even recreate with a wash of paint and using Distress inks.
• Retro fun – those roller boots really take me back, I used to love my white ones with neon pink wheels. Any “retro” element would work well in their place. Or any element that reminds you of something fun.
• A face or person – think of those character stamps that are so popular, a silhouette portrait of someone, a famous face, even Father Christmas…
• No outline – some of the design elements in the image don’t have an outline, why not use an image or stamp set without an outline?
• Big floral – big florals whether stamped or on pattern paper are always great fun.
• Busy and bold patterns – bold repeat patterns or geometrical backgrounds can be great for a simple card design as they do much of the work and all you need to do is add a sentiment.
• Owls and other feathered friends – owls were such a big trend back in the day, you may still have them in your stash, making them quite retro… Otherwise, any bird will do!
• Circular element – feature a circular element on your card like a frame, button, aperture, badge, the moon, the sun, etc.
• All caps – do you have a sentiment or font that is in all caps? If so, that’ll tick the box of image 3.
• Just peachy – feature a phrase that contains the word peach.

Happy crafting!