Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge # 285

It's Tuesday my stamping friends!  And we all know what that means...we made it through Monday AND it's time for an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge!  We have a beautiful Inspiration Challenge for you this week! 

The first thing I though of when I saw all of these inspiring photos was the Springtime Foils DSP!  Pair it up with some pretty embossed flowers and you have a beautiful card!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Springtime Foils Specialty DSP, Copper Foil

Ink ~ VersaMark, Pink Pirouette and Olive Green Stampin' Blends

Stamp Sets ~ Birthday Blooms, Better Together

Other Supplies ~ Copper Embossing Powder, Tailored Tag Punch, Metallic Copper Thread

 

I really hope the Birthday Blooms stamp set sticks around for another year.  The floral images are so pretty and perfect for many different occasions. 

 

Thank you for stopping by today.  Please be sure to join us over at Hand Stamped Sentiments and show us how you were inspired by this weeks challenge!

 

Happy Stamping!



#TGIF103 Sketch Challenge

Hello stampin' friends!

 

Can I just say that I am so darn happy that it's Friday?!?! It has been one crazy week, which got even crazier yesterday when we discovered my youngest has to have a hernia repair surgery next week :-(

 

Thank goodness I have this weeks TGIF Challenge to take my mind off of things!  We have a fun sketch for everyone to play along with this week!

 

 

Coloring in any form is always relaxing for me, so I reached for the Birthday Blooms stamp set and broke out my Aqua Painters and got to work!

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink ~ Basic Black, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Crushed Curry,Versa Mark

Stamp Sets ~ Birthday Blooms, Crazy About You

Other Supplies ~ White Embossing Powder

 

Be sure to join in the fun and play along with all of us!

 

Happy Stamping!

 



A Little Foxy Thank You ~ HSSCC261

Hello stampers!  Happy Tuesday to all of you!

I always love our Hand Stamped Sentiments Tuesday challenges and this weeks color challenge has one of my favorite color combos!

These fun colors are in the A Little Foxy DSP stack, so I pulled some fun prints from that stack and got to work on a pretty simple little thank you card. 

 

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, A Little Foxy DSP

Ink ~ Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Smoky Slate

Stamp Sets ~ Foxy Friends, Birthday Blooms, Crazy About You

Other Supplies ~ Layering Circles Framelits, Tags & Labels Framelits, Hello You Thinlits

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team creations and don't forget to play along with us!

 

Happy Stamping!



Watercolor Birthday Blooms

Happy Friday stampers!

 

It's Friday Favorites over at SSINK where we are sharing our favorite creations with the new Stampin' Up! Watercolor Pencils.  I will be honest...I wasn't sure about these pencils when they first came out, but now that I have them and have been using them, I LOVE them!  There is something almost magical about the way they work :)

I pulled out one of my favorite images to color and used this weeks Freshly Made Sketches sketch for a sweet and simple card.

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Calypso Coral

Ink ~ Basic Black, Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Watercolor Pencils (Calypso Coral, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight)

Stamp Set ~ Birthday Blooms

 

I hope you all have a fantastic Friday and fabulous weekend!

 

Happy Stamping!



Watercolor Birthday Blooms

Hello stampers and happy Tuesday!
It's time for an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge.  This week we have a pretty spring color challenge.

I'm kind of hooked on water coloring right now and this beautiful flower was just begging to be painted!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ So Saffron, Whisper White

Ink ~ So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Calypso Coral, Basic Black, Gold Wink of Stella

Stamp Set ~ Birthday Blooms

Other Supplies ~ White Embossing Powder

 

I can't wait to see what these colors inspire you to create!  Head on over to HSS and share your project with us!

 

Happy Stamping!



Winter Blues

With Valentine's Day and all the rest of the winter holidays behind us, I am SOOOOO ready for spring to hurry up and get here.  Sadly, we still have a few weeks of cold, gray, wintery weather to suffer though before it's starts to warm up. 

The amazing design team over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration are fighting off the Winter Blues with some pretty shades of blue to cheer brighten your day.  While my grass is still ugly and my flowers have yet to bloom, I can still create some pretty flowers with paper and ink and pretend it's spring time!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Pacific Point, Very Vanilla, Typeset DSP, Gold Foil

Ink ~ Basic Black, Pacific Point, Pool Party, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry, Gold Wink of Stella

Stamp Set ~ Birthday Blooms

Other Supplies ~ Greetings Thinlits

 

I created the soft Pool Party background by "smooshing" my ink pad on a piece of Window Sheet then spritzed it with some water and "smooshed" it on the Very Vanilla paper.  I love how this creates a soft watercolor background! 

 

I hope this pretty card helps YOU beat the winter blues and INKspires you to create something beautiful today!

 

Happy Stamping!