Flowering Cactus Love ~ Control Freaks Blog Hop

Welcome to January's Control Freaks Blog Hop where we are sharing our love of the new January-June 2021 Mini Catalog.  You may have just started the hop or arrive here from the amazingly creative Cindy Elam, but make sure you don't miss a stop!

Hi, my name is Bree and I have a houseplant addiction!  I have quite the collection, which include some adorable little cactus and succulents.  With that being said, you can only image how excited I was when I saw the Flowering Cactus Product Medley!

The Flowering Cactus DSP has a few sheets that have designs that coordinate with the Flowering Cactus dies. I love this! The only stamped image in my first card is the sentiment, which I heat embossed and die cut with the Tasteful Labels Dies.  So cool, right?  The cacti and flowers were all die cut right from the DSP!  I layered a few different patterns and added a circle of velum before placing the cacti.  

I love the pretty floral patterns of DSP, but the flip side is just a great!  I pulled several different patterns of paper in shades of green, placing them in kind of a wonky layout.  I, once again, die cut one cactus from the DSP, then added a few prickly little die cut cacti, which my son was quick to tell me look like pickles!  I may have to get creative with that!! Again, the only stamping was the sentiment!

This is such a fun kit and I am so happy that there is a refill.  That will be added to my next cart really soon!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Mossy Meadow, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Flowering Cactus DSP

Ink ~ VersaMark

Stamp Set ~ Flowering Cactus

Other supplies ~ Flowering Cactus Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies, Flowering Cactus Twine

Next in the lineup is the marvelous Melissa Davies.  I can't wait to see what she has for us this month!

Thanks for hopping along with us this month!

Happy Stamping!

 

Flowering Cactus ~ Monday Montage #180

Welcome to an all new Monday Montage Blog Hop!  You won't want to miss a single creation from this amazing group of stampers!  We were going to take a break until after the New Year, but many of us were ready to get back to our craft rooms and share our projects with you early!

Christmas is over and we have un-decked our halls...can it be summer now?  Total wishful thinking as our winter is just getting started.  Putting Christmas away also meant doing a deep cleaning and getting my craft room back in order after the annual Christmas explosion!  This also means I FINALLY got all of my new pre-order stuff out of the box and put away...except for a few new things that I HAD to play with.

I fell in love with the Flowering Cactus Product Medley in the upcoming January-June 2021 Mini Catalog and just had to have it!  I love cacti and succulents, so this sweet little kit was right up my alley.

I just love the sweet little cacti and the felt flowers are absolutely adorable!  

I stamped the heart shaped cactus in Mossy Meadow and the fun little round guy in Mint Macaron, topping each with a little felt flower.

I stamped a couple different sentiments in Calypso Coral and Highland Heather and finished off each card with a Linen Thread bow.  Did you notice the Calypso Coral Linen Thread?!!?  It's sooooo pretty!

A little bit of Subtle 3D texture was added behind the beautiful cactus DSP that is included in this product medley.  I will be having to get more of this for sure!

Supplies Used:

Paper:  Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral, Highland Heather, Whisper White, Flowering Cactus DSP

Ink ~ Mossy Meadow, Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral, Highland Heather

Stamp Set ~ Flowering Cactus

Other Supplies ~ Flowering Cactus Dies, Flowering Cactus Die-Cut Felt Sheets, Layering Circles Dies, Linen Thread, Subtle 3D Embossing Folder

I can't wait to see what the rest of our Monday Montage crew has in store for us!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Now, on to the next stop on the hop!

Happy Stamping!

We've added a list of everyone's home pages so you can hop along in any order you wish!  Just make sure you don't miss any!

Amy O'Neill - Amy's Paper Crafts

Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma <-- You are HERE

Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs

Charlet Mallett - Painted Orange

Cheryl Curtis - Pomp and Sustenance

Dani Dziama - Dani's Thoughtful Corner

Elizabeth Price - Seeinginkspots

Julie Warnick - Creating on the Run

Melissa Stout - The Stamp Doc

Wendy Weixler - Wickedly Wonderful Creations