Hand Stamped Note of Appreciation

It's time for an all new color challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments!

I was a bit stumped with this color combo at first, but as soon as I pulled out the ink pads, I instantly knew I needed to use the Texture Notes bundle.  These earthly colors are beautiful with this stamp set!

I stamped the leaf images in Pretty Peacock and Summer Splash, then put my snips to work...fussy cutting is one of my favorite crafty things to do! The wicker round was stamped in Pecan Pie, which was the perfect centerpiece for the greenery.

A couple of Textured Notes die cut Pecan Pie rectangles added a bit more color and texture to the card, along with a die cut card front.  A Pretty Peacock card base and sentiment brought a bit of boldness to the card.  And I can't forget the Summer Splash Resin Dots!

Join along in the colorful fun!

Happy Stamping!

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Mixed Florals For Piccadilli Players

Welcome to the first ever Piccadilli Players post! You might be asking what or who these Piccadilli Players are...follow along over on Instagram to see all of the talented designers who share a little love for pickles.  IYKYK!

Our first hop theme is flowers in our favorite colors.  It was hard to decide which of my favorite colors I wanted to use, so I decided to go with my favorite color of tulips in my garden...Petal Pink!

While they might be the most difficult colors to photograph, the softness of the Petal Pink blooms, with a splash of Lemon Lolly and Soft Sea Foam stems creates the most lovely bouquet of spring flowers.

I heat embossed one of the Elements of Text images in white then blended a little Gray Granite over the top.  The fun banner adds a bit of flair to the Spotlight on Nature die cut sentiment.

What's another color that's hard to photograph?!? Gray Granite!  I tried my best, but there are some green undertones that I just couldn't seem to edit out.  If you look past that, you'll see the beautiful embossed background for this bunch of greenery.  The background technique and layout of this card come from a couple Crafty Carrot tutorials this month. (If you haven't checked them out, do it now!  They have a free month coming up in May!)

Follow along on Instagram starting with me craftsomnia to see the rest of the amazing floral creations in our favorite colors!

Happy Stamping!

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Beautiful Butterflies

Welcome to the latest TGIF Challenges Inspiration Challenge!  There are so many beautiful images and colors to pull inspiration from...I can't wait to see what everyone is inspired to create!

I embossed the Beautiful Butterflies in gold, adding some color with the Water Painters in shades of Petunia Pop, Peach Pie and Lemon Lolly.  To achieve the darker colors, applied a few layers of color, allowing the paper to dry in between each application.

Nature's Sweetness DSP helped to bring out the gold embossing, along with my favorite Brushed Brass Butterflies.

Thanks for visiting!

Happy Stamping!

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Inspiration Squad

Happy Monday friends!!  I have some cute little critters from the soon-to-be-released Inspiration Squad for the latest Monday Montage hop.  Be sure to check us all out over on Instagram.  You can find me at @craftsomnia and hop along with all of us!

I always love a fun stamp set that requires coloring.  These little critters are so cute and have the BEST motivating and inspiring sentiments.  I love them all, but I think the dragon is my favorite!

The fun background images from With You In Mind were the perfect little added to touch to each of these cards.  A sweet and simple design made creating multiples of each card super easy!

The Inspiration Squad stamp set will be available in the May 2025 Online Exclusive release. 

Happy Stamping!

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Freshly Made Impressions Abloom

 Happy Saturday friends!  I think I am finally recovered from my time at OnStage.  Between the time change and catching up on things at work and home, I was in a bit of a fog most of the week!  Please tell me I'm not alone...

I'm happy to be back in my craft room and diving in to some of the products we received at OnStage.  I participated in OnStage After Hours and chose the Impressions Abloom bundle...I'm so happy I did! (But those turtles are growing on me!)

Inspired by the latest Freshly Made Sketches sketch, I die cut a few of the Impressions Abloom flowers. The Painted Strips background stamp, once again, helped to complete the sketch.  Have you noticed how much I love this background stamp?

The oval shaped dies that are included in this bundle are awesome!  The stitched outer ring adds so much!  And the Greetings For All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack are so good!  

When you attend OnStage events, you also have the opportunity to order select items from the Product Purchase Premier.  My order arrived yesterday, just in time for the weekend.  Be on the lookout for more sneak peeks of new products!

Happy Stamping!