Strawberry Love

I am quite certain that my son's girlfriend is a keeper. When she came into his life and thus ended up in my card rotation, I asked him what her favorite things are that I could use on cards. He said strawberries and bunnies. So I immediately upped my stash of those two things and what better for a Valentine than some beautiful, red strawberries?!

I spent summers on my grandparent's farm in eastern South Dakota. They sold it when I was very young so I don't have truly strong memories. I do know that my grandfather took great joy in pointing to horses and telling me they were cows and vice versa. It took me years to get over that trauma. I also have memories of a cool, shady and very green strawberry patch. It was a magical place especially because the rest of the farm was all sunlight and openness. (I'm not a gardener - for all I know strawberries need bright sunlight and my memory can't possibly be right. Don't tell me - I like my memory.)  I started pulling out the deep greens I associate with the strawberry patch but the longer that I played around with this card, the more I wanted it to be light and cheerful.  I went for brighter greens (although the strawberries stayed bright red). The sentiment and flower centers are a pearlescent yellow. And just a little basket weave in the background.  It's no longer my magical strawberry patch, but I think it will work for "love day"!

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Spellbinders Strawberry Patch (Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Aug 2022), Concord & 9th (Kristina Werner) Happy Love Day and Basket Weave Card Front

Cardstock: Stampin' Up Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Poppy Parade and Shimmer White (the little flowers), Recollections Shimmer Yellow