"Bee" The Light ~ Monday Montage

Welcome to an all new Monday Montage Blog Hop!  You won't want to miss a single creation from this amazing group of stampers!

I just spent a fun-filled weekend with my stampin' BFF and fellow Monday Montager, Wendy Weixler.  Our time together is never long enough, but always so much fun!  This visit was probably the most mellow and laid-back visit we have ever had...which was totally awesome!  And it was so great to spend a little time together in my craft room...something we never seem to have enough time to do!

Today's card was inspired by the adorable shirt that Wendy made for us to wear to the TobyMac concert on Saturday...more on that in a bit!  After seeing the shirt, I knew I needed to turn it in to a card!  Using my favorite Golden Honey Specialty DSP as my starting point, I cut out the beautiful Detailed Bee and "the light" using Hand-Lettered Prose dies.  

I felt like the bee needed just a little something to help her stand out, so I added a Gold Foil Starburst, embossed with the honeycomb die.  I finished the card off with a gold heat embossed flower and a few little gold Metallic  Pearls.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Basic Black, Gold Foil, Golden Honey Speciality DSP

Ink ~ VersaMark

Stamp Set ~ Honey Bee

Other Supplies ~ Sunburst Punch, Hand-Letter Prose Dies, Detailed Bee Dies, Metallic Pearls, Gold Embossing Powder

As I mentioned earlier, we went to the TobyMac concert while Wendy was here.  What I failed to mention was that she braved taking 6 kiddos to the concert with me as well!  There aren't many friends who will drive over 9 hours, ONE WAY, to come visit you AND take that many kids to a concert.  She is the BEST and our adventures are always so much fun!  

Our next adventure awaits!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Now, on to the next stop on the hop!

Happy Stamping!

We've added a list of everyone's home pages so you can hop along in any order you wish!  Just make sure you don't miss any!

Amy O'Neill - Amy's Paper Crafts

Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma <-- You are HERE

Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs

Charlet Mallett - Painted Orange

Cheryl Curtis - Pomp and Sustenance

Dani Dziama - Dani's Thoughtful Corner

Elizabeth Price - Seeinginkspots

Julie Warnick - Creating on the Run

Melissa Stout - The Stamp Doc

Wendy Weixler - Wickedly Wonderful Creations

#TGIFC232 Color Combo Challenge

Good morning stampers and happy Friday!  We've made it through another week AND it's time for an all new TGIF Challenges!  We have a beautiful Color Challenges for you this week and can't wait to see what you are all inspired to create!

Two of our small group leaders for our youth group moved away this week.  My boys, along with several other students are pretty bummed and will miss them dearly.  As we sent them off with a surprise dinner earlier this week, all of the students and fellow leaders signed this card to send them off.  We are ALL blessed to be their friend.

I used the fun splatter stamp from Gather Together stamp set to give the card base just a little added color.  Pinewood Planks added some great texture and paired up well with the fun feathers from the Come To Gather DSP.  

The Tags & Feathers Elements are amazing! I have so many ideas for these fun embellishments...I just need to find the time to use them!  I added a few Grapefruit Grove Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots to bring in just a bit more color.  I finished it off with a little Linen Thread bow...one of my favorite go-to ribbons!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Pretty Peacock, Crumb Cake, Grapefruit Grove, Very Vanilla, Come to Gather DSP

Ink ~ Pretty Peacock

Stamp Set ~ To A Wild Rose, Gather Together

Other Supplies ~ Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots, Tags & Feathers Elements, Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder, Linen Thread, Hand-Lettered Prose

Come To Gather for a Birthday Celebration ~ HSSCC#324

Happy Tuesday stampers!  It's time for an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge!  I love these colors and can't wait to see what everyone creates with them!

We are into our second day of fall and just a day away from my momma's birthday.  I thought it would be fun to make her a fall inspired birthday card with the Come To Gather suite in the HSS color combo. 

This pattern of Come To Gather DSP was meant to be for this color challenge and was the perfect start to this card.  I stamped a few of the large leaf images to create my background, which was the only stamping I did!  The rest are all dies...so much fun!

I used the pretty Hand-Lettered Prose Dies for "Happy" and Well Written Dies for "birthday".  I love how well they paired up together!  And to add the additional colors from the challenge, I cut a few leaves from Gathered Leaves Dies.  I said it yesterday and I'll say it again today...these dies are AMAZING!  The embossing is so awesome!

I finished off the card with few Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots and a little Linen Thread Bow.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Pretty Peacock, Minto Macaron, Terracotta Tile, Grapefruit Grove, Come To Gather DSP

Ink ~ Mint Macaron

Stamp Set ~ Gather Together

Other Supplies ~ Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots, Linen Thread, Hand-Lettered Prose Dies, Well Written Dies, Gathered Leaves Dies

We have a busy day ahead of us tomorrow after work and school, but we are sneaking in a little bit of time to celebrate my momma's birthday.  I hope she loves her card!

Have a great Tuesday!

Happy Stamping!