Inspiring Friendship ~ #HSSIC364

Hello friends and happy Tuesday! It's always a good feeling to have Monday behind us, right?  Especially when it's followed by an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge!

Aren't these images beautiful?  I love all of the pretty pink colors.  I was inspired to pull out an old favorite, Free as a Bird, with the pretty new Polished Pink ink.

The pretty little birdies were stamped in Memento on Thick Basic White card stock, then colored in a soft Smoky Slate.  The branch they are perched on is colored in Crumb Cake, with Old Olive leaves and Polished Pink blooms.  I outlined the entire image in Pool Party...an old trick I haven't done in a long time.  I love this look!

A few Polished Pink 2021-2023 In Color Jewels and a Polished Pink sentiment were the prefect final touches for a sweet and simple card.

It's always fun to combine some old and new products...it brings new life to those stamp sets!!

I hope you will join us this week and share what you were inspired to create!

Happy Stamping!

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Sweet as a Peach ~ #TGIFC316

Happy Friday stampers!  It's time for an all new TGIF Challenges Sketch Challenge and my box of new goodies arrived just in time!

The Sweet as a Peach Bundle was a MUST have for me.  I love all of the beautiful stamped images and coordinating dies.  And the DSP is gorgeous!! 

As I was waiting for my box of goodies to arrive, I decided to create a fun background to go along with the sketch.  Using the widest Water Painter brush and the Pale Papaya re-inker, I painted stripes on a piece of Shimmery White card stock. This is such a fun and easy way to create your own DSP!

As soon as I opened up my box, I inked up the juicy peaches in shades of Pale Papaya and Calypso Coral, adding some Pear Pizzazz/Old Olive stems, then added a few Petal Pink blossoms, all hanging from a cut little branch.  You can almost taste how sweet these peaches are!

I love these sweet die cut sentiments, tying in the beautiful Balmy Blue DSP pattern.  These colors are so summery and have me longing for a peach tree in my back yard.  Hmmmm....maybe I need to plant one this weekend! 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a peachy day!

Happy Stamping!

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Just Want To Say Happy Birthday ~ Monday Montage

 

 

Hello friends and welcome back to another Monday Montage Blog Hop!  Be sure to make your way through all the stops...you won't want to miss a single project from this amazing group of stampers!

I hope you all had a nice weekend and got to celebrate all of the important moms in your life! I enjoyed a nice brunch with family and friends, followed by some stamping and church.  That's a pretty perfect day for me!

I finally cut in to the beautiful Fine Art Floral DSP!  I've had this package of paper for months and just couldn't bring myself to cut these beautiful sheets of paper...until today!  I love the rich colors and textures in this paper.

I stamped the large flower in Petal Pink, accenting it in Poppy Parade with a Night of Navy center.  The pretty little bundle of blooms were stamped in Bumblebee and tucked behind the large flower.

I cut out "Just Want To Say" from a piece of Basic White, but it kind of blended in.  I glued the letters to a piece of Night of Navy, then fussy cut each word out, creating a Night of Navy shadow.

Happy Birthday was heat embossed on a strip of Night of Navy and a tucked little bit of Well Suited Twine behind the large flower.  A few little Pale Papaya Genial Gems were the final touch!

Now that I've cut into this pack of DSP, I can't wait to make a few more cards with this beautiful paper!

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I hope to be back a bit more this week, but I make no promises.  My youngest is going back to school for full days this week for the first time in over a year AND we have 5 baseball games this week.  That makes me tired just typing it!

Happy Stamping!

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Cocktails and Tacos

 Happy Cinco de Mayo friends!  I don't know about you, but my plan for today certainly calls for cocktails and tacos...because adulting IS hard!

I had fun creating this special birthday card for my Texas BFF.  I am hoping that some day we can enjoy some cocktails and tacos together once again...it's been far too long since we've seen each other!

I created the tasty little taco by using the Layering Circles Dies to cut out a circle.  I folded it (not quite in half) then stuffed it with ground beef (using the scalloped heart from the Heart Punch Pack), some lettuce (Stawberry Builder Punch) and some cheese and salsa (Sprig Punch). I always love some fun punch!

I die cut two "cocktails" from Nothing's Better Than dies, cutting one apart to form the word tacos.  How fun is this?!?!  This bundle is too much fun with all of it's endless possibilities!  I finished the card off with a colorful cocktail and some matching confetti and streamers to match (thanks to the Hey Birthday Chick bundle).

I hope your day is filled with your favorite flavor of tacos (and maybe a cocktail or two!) and a whole lot of Cinco de Mayo fun!

Happy Stamping!

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May Day Birthday Flowers ~ HSSCC363

Tuesday's call for an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge and this week we have some cheerful spring colors for you to create with.

Even the new Annual Catalog is officially live today, I am still having fun with some of the Mini Catalog items before they are gone!  Pretty Perennials is one of my favorite bundles and I am so sad it's not sticking around longer.  I'm going to love on it and use it as much as I can before I have to say good-bye!

These cheerful spring colors and a pop of bold Basic Black work so well together!  I die cut a couple flowers and leaves, adding a little bit of stamped color behind each flower.  I heat embossed the HAPPY sentiment on Basic Black, then fussy cut it out and popped it up on a few dimensionals.

I am a huge fan of all things black and white, so adding a bit of True Love DSP was right up my alley. I love how tearing the edges of paper can add so much to a card! This was a pretty simple card filled with so much happiness!

Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope you will join along in this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge!

Happy Stamping!

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