Have I mentioned that I don’t understand the Dormant List?

This is a happy card.  It’s a happy birthday card.  It’s a sunny yellow card.  And it’s a Dazzling-Diamonds-sparkle-your-heart-out card.  How could it not be happy?

Working with the various shades of Stampin’ Up! yellows – Barely Banana, So Saffron, Summer Sun, even (once in a great while) Yo Yo Yellow always lifts my heart.  This year we even have Crushed Curry, an intense, saturated, Smell The Spices kind of yellow!  A card like this shouldn’t wait to be sent.  It needs to be on its way in a hurry.

Sunny Banana Watercolors

• Naturals White, Summer Sun, Old Olive, Soft Suede and Barely Banana cardstock
• Soft Suede, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, and Barely Banana Classic ink
• Wonderful Watercolors, Teeny Tiny Wishes and En Francais stamps; Textures Wheel
• Aquapainter, Dazzling Diamonds, Stampin’ Dimensionals, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

I fought this layout for a while – it’s a Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenge.  I couldn’t figure out what to use for the back panel – everything was too dark or too light – nothing was Just Right.  The Texture wheel by itself was too light, but when I grabbed the paper and sponged the dickens out of it I decided it would work.  The cardfront also has the Texture wheel, but you may have to trust me on that.

Why don’t you pick up some yellow and brighten your day?