Garden Friend Summer Card

I love to garden.  Absolutely.  So last night when a super violent summer storm rushed up on us I was very concerned about my plants outside.  The wind was so strong, I thought we would lose a tree close to our window--but no, it only blew down the plant shelf and so the DH and I rushed out when the lightning had abated a little to scoop the plants back into their pots and put them under the porch to prevent further damage.

Luckily I don't think my tomatoes were damaged!  (Yes, Mom, I know... I promised to learn to like them when I became a Mom myself.  You see, I do keep my promises! :)

Also, Baby Ben tried his first VEGETABLE yesterday.  It was carrots and he LOVED THEM! :)  So, with that in mind and with veggies on the brain, here is my card for the following challenges:

1) Colour Q #35 {Orange, Yellow-gold, Light Green and Dark Green}

(doesn't it make you think of gardens and summer harvest too?!)

2) Mercy's Sketch #76:

3) Secret Crafter #85 : {Buttons and Blooms}
(veggies bloom too, right?  Actually I made a mistake and thought it was buttons and BOWS...oops! :{

4) Everybody Art {Summer theme} - first entry
5) Paper Pals Arts Inspiration Photo #45:

Don't you love the stripes and the HAMMOCK?  I've been daydreaming of hammocks for over a month now.... ahhh..... So I used the greens, the stripes, and my ever-present butcher's twine to remind of the hammock....

Here's the card!

And some detail:

Materials used on this card:

Cardstock: Georgia Pacific and DCWV

Patterned paper: Marcella by K&Co (Green and yellow mini polkas)

Cafe Mediterranean 4x6 stack by DCWV (stripes)

Vellum Carrot Stickers {Sticko}

Sentiment stamp {Stampendous}

Evergreen pigment ink {ColorBox}

Brads {Spare Parts}

Butcher's twine, button and alpha beads {Craft supply}

Sewing machine and white thread

Thanks so much for visiting everyone!  Don't forget to enter for my 4th of July candy before you go (on the sidebar :)............

And as always,

Have a great day!

--Kathryn