simon says... summer food and/or drink

Hello, friends! It's Wednesday, and you know what that means! ;)

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This week's challenge theme is Summer Food and/or Drink. And the product line we worked with was Hero Arts. If YOU have Hero Arts goodies, we'd love to see you use them, too! But as always, it's not a requirement of the challenge. :) Once again, the amazing Joy Taylor fixed us up with a FAB inspiration board for this challenge...

..and I was quite smitten with that yummy watermelon! That, and the fresh berries are my favorite foods of summer. :) So here's my card:

All Hero Arts here: papers, inks, stamps, and even the black pearls. I obviously went with a much more funky, graphic interpretation of the watermelon (like my trendy triangles? LOL), but I also loved how the photo was composed, so that was definitely part of my inspiration as well. I used the CLING DOTS and ZIG-ZAG background, and stamped them with RED ROYAL and GREEN HILLS,  all on to PUNCH and CELADON, respectively (the "rhind" was made using the 'Grass' Layering Paper from the MULTI-PACK). The sentiment is from THIS SET (which pretty much lives on my craft desk, it's so versatile), and was stamped with BLACK INK. And don't forget the PEARLS for "seeds"! :D

Alrighty, it's your turn! Upload your Summer Food and/or Drink creation to the Wednesday Challenge blog HERE, no later than 8am EST US (no more than five entries per person, and no back-linking to old projects, please. You'll then be in the random drawing for one of those amazing gift vouchers to spend at Simon Says Stamp!

And please be sure to check out what the rest of the team did HERE... mouth-watering! ;)

That's all for me today.. thank you for your lovely comments. See you soon with some cards from the SSS July card kit. :)