Layered Conversations

Woohoo, it's Friday! And you know what Friday's bring...all new TGIF Challenges!  This week we have a fun Technique Challenge for you...layered shapes.  Break out your favorite punches or dies and start layering!

This is a "scraps off my desk" card, which happened to be perfect for today's challenge!  I've been creating along with Crafty Carrot Collective this month using the Conversation Bubbles Bundle.  I paired this fun bundle up with the Tea Boutique DSP, along with the Tea Boutique Cards & Envelopes for one of the tutorials and these are some of the bits and pieces I had left over.

I layered the conversation bubbles, twisting and turning some of them for just the right placement.  A sweet little Just A Note sentiment was the only stamping needed with these sweet patterns of paper.

I used a few of the heart die-cuts for embellishments.  Aren't they cute?  And that little tea cup brings a smile to my face!

Do you save your bits and pieces from other projects to put to use at a later time? It's always a fun and creative way for me to challenge myself to use them up!

Happy Stamping!

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Let Your Dreams Set Sail

Welcome to an all new Monday Montage blog hop! Hop along and see all of the amazing creations we have for you this week!

 The Crafty Carrot Collective is featuring their masculine tutorials this month and Let's Set Sail is one of the stamp sets selected by the fabulous Cindy Schuester.  Cindy shared her sneak peek and her tutorial using this stamp set, which were the inspiration for my card.

I created the sky and sea background with the "water" stamp, using Pool Party and Starry Sky. The sailboat sails were stamped in Crushed Curry and Sweet Sorbet and perfectly punched out with the Sailboat Builder Punch.  These bright colors are just full of summer vibes!

A few crumpled up strips of crumb cake added a little extra texture, along with the Timber 3D embossing folder.  Some Starry Sky Bakers Twine and a little Resin Star Embellishment were the perfect final touches!  With graduation season upon us, I thought this sentiment would be perfect!

Keep on hopping...forward or backward.  Either way you go, just make sure you hop all the way through!

Happy Stamping!

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Island Vibes Birthday Wishes

Hello and welcome to an all new Monday Montage Blog Hop! We are missing a few participants this time around, but I promise we still have a ton of great projects to share with you!

My mother-in-laws birthday is coming up this week, so I had some fun mixing a few older stamp sets with some new stamp sets.  I was inspired by the Crafty Carrot Collective Birthday Bash Challenge...their challenge was to use the color orange, vellum, ribbon/twine and a birthday sentiment. Here's how it all came together!

I love the big leafy palms from the Sale-a-Bration Island Vibes stamp set.  I stamped a set of palm leaves in each corner of the Basic White cardstock, framing it with a piece of Soft Suede.

Next I added the big hibiscus flower, which was stamped in Calypso Coral, then colored in Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight, then die-cut.  You can't have a hibiscus flower without a pineapple, right???  Using my Stampin' Write Markers, I inked up the pineapple in Evening Evergreen and Crushed Curry and fussy cut it.

And...no surprise...the sentiment was heat embossed in white on Basic Black and fussy cut.  I pieced together sentiments from Biggest Wish and Create with Friends for the perfect sentiment. 

Next up is my friend Cathy Casey...

...or you can hop backwards to my dear friend Wendy Weixler.

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Hand-Penned Friendship

Hello friends and welcome to the latest Monday Montage Blog Hop!  We are back on track after a short break and ready to share some crafty fun with all of you!

Between being back to work, my hubby being gone on wildfires and running kiddos all around, my creativity has been shot the past few weeks!  I am so grateful for the creators over at the Crafty Carrot Collective for sharing their amazing talent and inspiration.  This past month they have shared a free program with the Hand-Penned Petals stamp set.  This is a stamp set that I haven't created with much, but this month has helped me to find a new love for this stamp set!

I loved these fall colors in this pattern of the Hand-Penned Petals DSP!  Krista of Stampin' Dolce created an adorable box using this same pattern of DSP and added a fun tag for the inside.  Since I was too lazy to make a box at the moment, I made this card instead and love how it turned out! 

I stamped a section of the large flower on the tag and added a few of the little budding flowers as well.  I love the scripty font of some of the words in Biggest Wish and thought the Hello Friend words would be perfect for this card!  They were heat embossed on Cinnamon Cider and fussy cut for just the right placement.  

Ribbons from Flowers for Every Season and Diamond Weave topped the tag off with just a bit of white twine.  I tucked a detailed Basic Black die-cut flower behind the tag.  I love this bit of boldness!

My hubby just got called out on another fire, so my brain is a little scattered at the moment!  I will add a few more updates and supplies tomorrow...and make sure this post doesn't sound too crazy.  My brain is moving a million miles an hour trying to make sure I have everything taken care of for the week.

Happy Stamping!

 

Hand-Penned Thanks ~ #HSSSC371

Hello and happy Tuesday!  It's time for an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge!

Today I am grateful for this sketch challenge and inspiration from this months Crafty Carrot Collective Hand-Penned Petals program.  My creative mojo has been lacking since going back to work last week.  It's always an adjustment and it never gets easier.  Thank goodness for inspiration all around us!

I pulled inspiration from the amazing project Cindy Schuster created over at Crafty Carrot and brought it in to this sketch.  Cindy created a background using one of the floral stamps from Hand-Penned Petals.

I created a very similar background, but on a smaller piece of card stock to go along with the sketch.  A little extra color was added to the Pale Papaya die-cut circle with the Blending Brush and Pale Papaya ink pad.  A slightly larger circle was die-cut from vellum to soften the Pale Papaya. 

I die-cut the delicate bundle of flowers, then cut it in half so more stuck out from behind the ribbon and sentiment.  I love the boldness of the Matte Black Dots...they helped to bring the card all together!  And this ribbon.  It may be part of the Cute Halloween Suite, but I am going to use it for EVERYTHING!  I love me some cute Gingham Ribbon!

I'm usually a little intimidated by the two-step stamps, but there is no stress with this set!  There is no precise lining up with the second step...I love this!

I hope you today's sketch helps give you the inspiration you need to create today!

Happy Stamping!

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Amazing Things ~ Monday Montage

Hello and welcome to an all new Monday Montage Blog Hop! Be sure to hop all the way through..you don't want to miss any of the creations from this amazing group of stampers!

Today's card comes to you thanks to this months fun Crafty Carrot Collective Classes.  The focus was on the Hydrangea Haven bundle...a bundle that I didn't like at first sight, but absolutely love now!

This card is a CASE of Susan Wong's project for the month.  I love that she opted for DSP outside of the suite and brought some other colors in.  I always go bright, colorful flowers, but there is something about a white hydrangea that I just love!  I especially love the white against a colorful watercolor background.

I created the background by using the Blending Brushes, blending shades of Just Jade, Granny Apple Green and Coastal Cabana on a piece of water color paper.  A few splatters of Just Jade and drops of water completed the watercolor look with not as much mess.

The details in the Hydrangea Dies are amazing! Being able to pop up the flower petals and add some detailed leaves makes them so life-like!  Did you notice that I mixed Basic White and Very Vanilla?!?!  I used to be SO AFRAID of this, but now I love them together.  

Thanks for hopping along with us!

Like what you see?  Do you want to make this card yourself?  If you live in the United States, I would love to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.  You can shop for all the products you need in my Online Store.  Thanks so much! 

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Mini Sweet Strawberry Basket

Hi friends!  It has been a long time since I've created a 3D project and I am so excited to share this cute little creation with you!  After following along with The Crafty Carrot Collective on social media, I decided to {finally} subscribe and I am SO HAPPY that I did!  The four talented stampers who run the group are amazing and offer up the best.projects.EVER!

This month focused on 4 different stamp sets that could be used for birthday's, which included the adorable Sweet Strawberry.  The amazing Krista Frattin of Stampin' Dolce created the cutest berry basket, which I have recreated in a mini version.

I am horrible about hoarding any retired packaging items and they often sit, unused in my storage closet.  My hoarding paid off once again, as these little retired Kraft boxes were just the right size for 3 mini berries.  I was going to cut the flaps off, but the top flap made the perfect place for an itty bitty banner.  So cute!

Krista used 6"x6" sheets of DSP to create her sweet strawberries, which were big enough to hold some sweet treats.  Since I absolutely LOVE this DSP, I was running pretty short on the strawberry seed pattern and had only a few 3"x3" pieces to work with.  I'll admit, it was a bit tricky at first to fold and cut these little things out, but after a couple practice runs on some alternate DSP, I figured it out!  I think these MIGHT be big enough to put one small candy it...maybe!  I was too excited to put them together to worry about finding something to put in them.

If you haven't checked out The Crafty Carrot Collective yet, find them on Facebook or Instagram. They are a great source of inspiration and you won't be disappointed if you subscribe!

Happy Stamping!

Like what you see?  Do you want to make this card yourself?  If you live in the United States, I would love to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.  You can shop for all the products you need in my Online Store.  Thanks so much! 

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You Make Me Happy

Another day, another Pretty Perennials Crafty Carrot Collective CASE...say that fast three times!

Cindy Schuster demonstrated a super cute card and coordinating scrapbook page over at the February 2021 Crafty Carrot Collective Birthday Collection earlier this week and I just HAD to case it.  

I swapped out the DSP, using my favorite True Love Designer Series Paper.  All things black and white are my jam!

These little Pretty Perennial blooms are just so dainty and cute!  I love how they cascade down the card. 

I am almost a little embarrassed to admit that I have two packages of the Artistry Blooms sequins that I had yet to use because I couldn't get past not using them with coordinating colors.  Thank you Cindy for helping me get out of my comfort zone and seeing that I CAN mix things up!

If you haven't checked out the Crafty Carrot Collective, head on over and subscribe.  You won't regret all of the amazing creativity!

Happy stamping!

Like what you see?  Do you want to make this card yourself?  If you live in the United States, I would love to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.  You can shop for all the products you need in my Online Store.  Thanks so much! 

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Pretty Perennials Birthday Bash CASE ~ Global Design Project GDP#278

 

Hello friends! I hope your week has been great so far...we're half way to the weekend.  YAY!!

The amazingly talent group over at Crafty Carrot Collective hosted their 4th Birthday Bash last month and had some great projects using 4 different birthday themed stamp sets.  It was so fun to follow along and even better to have some great ideas to CASE! Today I am sharing my taken on Cindy's Pretty Perennials card, with an added Global Design Project sketch twist.

I love, love, LOVE anything with stripes, so this sketch was right up my alley! I layered stripes in colors of Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz and So Saffron, then got to work layering all of the floral bits and pieces that Cindy used in her project.  I added the Stitched Dies circle, which was embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder, to tie into the GDP sketch.  I love the added texture!

You know by now that I love to fussy cut, so I was oh-so-happy to cut out the heat embossed HAPPY.

Don't you just love the tone on tone Crumb Cake blooms in the background?  I need to remember to use this technique more often!

I'm so happy you stopped by today!  Be sure to check back again soon for another fun Crafty Carrot Collection CASE!

Like what you see?  Do you want to make this card yourself?  If you live in the United States, I would love to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.  You can shop for all the products you need in my Online Store.  Thanks so much! 

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