Easy Peasy Card

I love a good challenge (or 3, or 5) and the one at As You See It Challenge blog was too good to pass up. The theme for Challenge #276 is "Here's to Beverages." Now, there's a topic I virtually never touch. I don't own any coffee, tea, cocktail, beer, or canned beverage stamps or dies. I might have a piece of scrapbook paper but I'd have to search. In times like this I turn to Silhouette Design Store. I found a fantastic paper-pieced image by Doodlebug Design. I created it with a LOT of Stampin' Up! cardstock including Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Flirty Flamingo, Pear Pizazz and a few others. Heavy vellum from Amazon made the ice cubes. It took less time to assemble than I guessed and I sized it to fit on the bottom of a vertical slimline panel 3.5" x 8.5". 

At the top I really wanted the sentiment of "Being friends with you is easy peasy lemon squeezy." Naturally, I didn't have a stamp on hand for that. I turned to MS Word, but I couldn't find a font that was just what I wanted. Next, I turned to the online site Canva. I discovered a wonderful, swooshy, handwritten font called Brightwall. I typed my phrase on a white background and then saved it as a .png file. As I had chosen a white cardstock to print it on, the white background couldn't stand out. I ran it through my laser printer (bought used on FB Marketplace to use for printing on cardstock) and then cut it into the slimline panel shape. 

Next, I took a small blending brush and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and created a blue glow at the bottom of the piece for the glass to sit on. I used foam adhesive to pop up the lemonade and I was finished. It was relatively easy peasy lemon squeezy! I am also entering this at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog where the theme is bright and cheerful.