Grateful for Fruitful Blessings

 

It's time for another marvelous Monday Montage blog hop!  It's always a treat to see what all of these amazing stampers create each and every hop!

Summer is quickly fading to fall and Fruitful Blessings does a beautiful job of capturing the changing of the seasons.  My zinnias are still in full bloom and the acorns are starting to fall...all the inspiration I needed for this beautiful bundle!

I started out by stamping and coloring all of the images on a sheet of Very Vanilla, cutting them out with the Fruitful Blessings Dies.  Then came the fun of assembling them on a few different cards.

The Petal Patterns Dies added some fun design and texture to go along with the juicy pears. And the Black & Very Vanilla Large Check Ribbon...oh my goodness, I'm going to need more of it!  Do you spy the cute little Speckled Dots?  Love them!

These floral images are my favorite!  It's like my flower garden has come to life on paper!  Another Petal Patterns die created the perfect floral background for these beautiful blooms.  More of the Black & Vanilla Ribbon and a few In-Color Dots were the perfect final touches.

Last up is a festive fall wreath, hanging by (you guessed it!) more Black & Very Vanilla Check Ribbon.  I love the Hello Friend sentiment...so cute!  I need a door-sized wreath just like this for my front door!

Are you hanging on to the final days of summer or are you anxiously awaiting fall? I love the transition from summer to fall, but I'm always sad to see summer come to an end.

Hop on along to see what's next!

Happy Stamping!

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All The Things Happening Today...

Today is a wonderful day full of so many amazing things!

1. The September-December 2023 Mini Catalog is live! Click on the photo below to see all of the amazing new product!

2. The super adorable Christmas Everywhere Kit is now available, while supplies last!  You can create 9 cards for just $21.  Item number 162422

3.  A special release of five new and beautiful Designer Series Paper are available, while supplies last.  Check the Online Exclusives for these beauties!

4. You can register now for a FREE World Card Making Day event, coming up on Saturday, October 7th.  Mark you calendar now for a fun craft-along party! Click on the photo below to register!

So many AMAZING things happening today!!  What are you most excited about?

Happy Stamping!  

 

A Garden Walk

Welcome to the latest Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge!  This is such a fun and unique sketch. I love it so much that I made two cards!

I wanted to showcase one of the new DSP's from the annual catalog, which is now live!  I always love a pack of paper that has patterns for all occasions.  Have you seen the Garden Walk DSP yet?  Let me introduce you to it...

I started out with the Calypso Coral floral pattern, cutting three strips to go along with the sketch.  I started out creating the frame with the Deckled Rectangle dies, but had a lightbulb moment and switched to the Countryside Corners stamp set and dies.

The Cheerful Daisies dies were perfect to add to the bottom corner, layering Calypso Coral and Basic White.  A little Garden Green sprig and a sweet sentiment completed the card.

I couldn't stop there though!  I'm pretty sure I could make this same card with every pattern of paper in this pack...it's so beautiful!  I chose the poinsettia pattern for the three strips of paper.  Isn't it gorgeous?

The Cheerful Daisies dies worked with this pattern as well, using Wild Wheat and Poppy Parade for the layers.  So pretty!

Which one is your favorite?  Calypso Coral or Poppy Parade?

Be sure to join along in the fun with our sketch this week!

Happy Stamping!

Rainbow of Planets

Greetings friends!  I hope your weekend is off to a great start!  It's always a great start to any day for me when it starts with stamping.

Reach for the Stars made it my way on accident, but it has ended up being a very happy accident!  After receiving the stamp set in error, I just had to add the coordinating Reach for the Stars dies and Stargazing DSP as well.  This is such a fun suite!

Inspired by this weeks Global Design Project Color Challenge, I created a rainbow of planets.  Don't you love all of these bold colors?!?

What do I love most about the Reach for the Stars dies?  The circle dies!!!  They made cutting the planets so quick and easy.  I forgot to add the Holographic Trio paper, but the Silver Foil works just as well.  Use what you have, right?!?

When you have DSP that steals the show, very little stamping is required!  The sentiments were stamped in Orchid Oasis and fussy cut, of course.  Since I wanted to use ALL of the stamps in this stamp set, I stamped the space shuttle on an envelope, along with a few stars.  This will be some happy mail for sure!

I'm hoping to get a lot of stamping in on this long weekend...but I promised myself I would clean my craft room first.  Wish me luck!

Happy Stamping!

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Ringed with Colorful Nature

It's Friday and that means it's time for another TGIF Challenges Color Challenge!  It's also September 1st, which means fall is on its way.  I love the warmness of these colors and chose the beautiful flowers and foliage from Ringed with Nature for this challenge.

I stamped the floral and foliage images on a piece of Very Vanilla, creating my own DSP.  Don't you love it when you can do that?!?  I added a Tree Rings wooden round, along with a few fussy cut flowers and a few other bits and pieces of foliage.

The Timber 3D embossing folder added a bit more texture in the back ground, along with some of my favorite Linen Thread.  The Tinsel Gems added just the right amount of glitter to a card that leaves me feeling warm and cozy.  The perfect way to let someone know you are thinking about them!

I hope you'll play along with us this week.  We always love to see your creative inspiration at work!

Happy Stamping!

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