Lovely & Sweet Sketch - Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the February edition of Around the World On Wednesday!  This month we are sharing our creative inspiration in the form of a sketch.  Be sure to hop all the way through to see all of the beautiful interpretations.  Didn't you love Theresa's project?

I used the Petal Pink striped pattern of Mixed Media DSP for the stripe portion of the sketch to get the creativity flowing. I always love any paper with stripes!  This was layered on a Basic Beige card front stamped with a little Petal Pink splatter then embossed with the Exposed Brick embossing folder.  I used the Spotlight on Nature dies for the Basic White circle along with Elements of Text stamp set to add just a bit of Granny Apple Green.

I stamped the beautiful almond tree branch from Lovely & Sweet in Memento, coloring the image in shades of Granny Apple Green, Petal Pink and Crumb Cake. 

The sweet sentiment was stamped in Petal Pink on Basic Beige with some Petal Pink Diagonal Trim tucked behind.  I cut the ribbon into strips to make it a bit more dainty and delicate. A few gold Low Profile Dots added just the right amount of shimmer.

Want in on a funny little secret about this card?  After completing it, I picked it up to get ready to take photos only to realize I had adhered it to the card base upside down!  I know I'm not the only one who has made this mistake, right?!?

Keep on hopping along to see what Lori Willcox has to share with us!  See the full hop lineup below.

Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Kelly Taranto - US

Tricia Butts - US

Theresa McEntee - US

Bree Renwick - US

Lori Willcox - CA

Teri West - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US

Happy Stamping!

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Lovely & Sweet Thoughts

We made it through Monday and are on to Tuesday, which means it's time for an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge!

Nature's Sweetness DSP was the star of the show for this sketch.  I pulled in two patterns and added a punched circle of Petal Pink for the main sketch.  The beautiful almond tree branch was also die cut from the DSP and colored in soft shades of Soft Sea Foam, Petal Pink and Pecan Pie.

A simple So Sorry sentiment and a few Brushed Brass Butterflies completed this simple, yet elegant sympathy card.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

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Simple Sweetness Gift Set

Hip, hip, hooray...it's Friday!  And since there are FIVE Friday's this month, TGIF Challenges has a bonus challenge for us.  This weeks challenge is to create a simple gift set of cards.

The Kraft Note Cards & Envelopes are always something that I have on hand and they happed to be perfect to pair up with the stamps, dies and DSP from the Nature's Sweetness suite.  I wrapped the four cards up with some of the beautiful Pecan Pie Center Strip Ribbon and secured a sweet little tag with a piece of Linen Thread. 

I mixed and matched some different patterns of the Nature's Sweetness DSP for each card and added a different sentiment to each one.

This was a great way to use up some of this beautiful DSP before it officially retires. I have enough to make a few more of these gift sets, which would be the perfect Mother's Day gift!

Now it's your turn!  Create you own simple gift card set and share what you have created with us!

Happy Stamping!

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Thankful Notes of Nature

So many first for 2024!! Today is the first Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge of the year and it is full of so much inspiration!

I am not a fan of snow, especially when it's snow after Christmas!  So I pulled my inspiration from the blueberries as I dream of warm summer days.

Since I don't have any blueberry stamp sets, I pulled the colors from the image into the almond tree branch.  I absolutely love the collage style of stamping that comes with the Notes of Nature and Lovely & Sweet stamp sets.  It's so much fun creating a Night of Navy stamped background with all of the different images.  

The hole-punch and tab dies are so awesome and prefect for adding a little extra something to any project.  A little piece of Azure Afternoon peeking around the edges brought all of the blues together.

Be sure to play along and share what you have been inspired to create!

Happy Stamping!

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Nature's Birthday Sweetness

Welcome to the first TGIF Challenges Color Challenge of 2024.  We have the perfect color combo to celebrate the New Year and all of the celebrations to come this year!

I love to build up my birthday card stash at the beginning of the year, so I took this challenge as a fun opportunity to play with one of my favorite suites in the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog.

Nature's Sweetness DSP is full of beautiful patterns with gold mixed in, which was perfect for this challenge.  I heat embossed a Basic Black Deckled Circle as well as the sentiment to bring in some silver, as well as a couple of little Notes of Nature Flowers.

I pulled the gold strands of thread from the Gold & Vanilla Ribbon to tuck behind the  almond tree branch and added a few silver Festive Pearls. Now...who will be the lucky recipient of this card this year?!?

Happy Stamping!

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Nature's Sweetness

Hello stampers!  I finally opened my box of new stamps, paper and other fun products and took a short break from Christmas cards for the latest Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge.  It was love at first sight when I saw Nature's Sweetness shared during OnStage@Home.  I was so happy it was included in the list of items we were able to order early!

I used the Notes of Nature stamp set to create a collage background on the Pecan Pie circle on the front as well as the Very Vanilla panel peeking from the background.  I love the freestyle stamping that sets like this allow!

The floral image was die cut from the GORGEOUS Nature's Sweetness DSP and colored with Stampin' Blends in shades of Old Olive, Pecan Pie and Petal Pink.  The Lovely & Sweet dies coordinate with some of the images in the DSP, which makes cutting some of the beautiful images super easy!

Do you spy the cute little Cork Rounds?  These may easily be my new favorite embellishments!  A simple "congratulations" sentiment from Lovely & Sweet was just that...lovely and sweet.

I can't wait to create more projects with this suite.  There are endless possibilities!

Happy Stamping!

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