Sentimental Thanks

Hello friends! I hope your week is off to a great start so far!  Things have been good on my end and I'm hoping it stays that way.

I've been on a bit of a watercolor kick lately and wanted to share my latest creation with you.

I don't own So Sentimental or the coordinating Stitched So Sweetly Dies {yet}, so I took full advantage of borrowing the bundle from my stampin' BFF, Wendy, while she was here visiting.  I stamped a few images and cutting them out to use at a later time.  

Inspired by colors from my bedspread, I watercolored the pretty flowers from Happy Birthday To You and cut them out with the coordinating Birthday Dies.  I created a soft Night of Navy watercolor background, which really makes the Night of Navy sentiment and Granny Apple Green leaves make a bold statement!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green, Watercolor 

Ink ~ Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green, Lovely Lipstick, Calypso Coral, Petal Pink, VersaMark

Stamp Sets ~ So Sentimental, Happy Birthday To You

Other Supplies ~ Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Birthday Dies, White Embossing Powder

We have been blessed with some beautiful weather since the time change last weekend, so I am finding it difficult to stay inside when I get home in the afternoons, but I promise I will be back later this week with more to share!  

Have a terrific day!

Happy Stamping!

Celebrating Birthday's ~ Monday Montage

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 are only a couple days away from the Coordination Product Relaease and you are all going to LOVE new Birthday Dies that coordinate with the Sale-A-Bration Happy Birthday To You stamp set.

These coordinating dies cut out the beautiful flowers, the cake, a cake stand and some pretty little leaves and flowers.

While I love the flowers on the cake, they are just as beautiful all on their own!  I die cut a couple sets of them and used my paper snips to cut them apart a little bit more to surround the Happy Birthday sentiment.

Do you recognize the label die that I used for the sentiment?  It's from the Painted Labels Dies, but I made it a bit longer!  I'll have to come back later to share just how I did this!

The Tufted 3D Embossing folder helped to create the perfect background.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green

Ink ~ Highland Heather, Memento, Stampin' Blends:  Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green

Stamp Set ~ Happy Birthday To You

Other Supplies ~ Tufted 3D Embossing Folder, Birthday Dies, Painted Labels Dies

Next up is a beautiful cake of celebration.  What could the celebration be for?!?  That's the beauty of this stamp set...it can be a celebration cake for any occasion!

I dressed this cake up with some pretty Daffodil Delight and Seaside Spray flowers, with a little touch of Champagne Rhinestone bling!

Doesn't the Country Floral 3D Embossing folder pair up beautifully with these flowers?  They were meant to go together like cake and frosting!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Seaside Spray, Whisper White, Old Olive, Silver Foil

Ink ~ Memento, Stampin' Blends: Petal Pink, Seaside spray, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive

Stamp Set ~ Happy Birthday To You

Other Supplies ~ Country Floral 3D Embossing Folder, Champagne Rhinestone Jewels, Birthday Dies

Be sure to check back on February 4th for all of the new Coordinating Products...you are sure to love them all!

Make sure to check out the rest of the hop...you won't be disappointed!

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

Splattered Birthdays

Happy Thursday stampers and welcome to this months Control Freaks Blog Hop!  You may have made your way here from the oh-so-creative Cindy Elam or this might be your first stop.  No matter how you go here, make sure you make you way through the entire hop!  This month we creating with our 2020 Occasions/Sale-A-Bration pre-order goodies and focusing on a favorite technique of our choice. 

My twins are celebrating their 14th Birthday today...I'm not sure how this is even possible!  As they get closer to driving age, they are itching to ride on 4-wheelers, dirt bikes and side-by-sides as often as they can.  Given their love for any motorized vehicle, I knew that the new Petal to the Metal stamp set would be the PERFECT set to add to my pre-order. 

What comes with riding 4-wheelers, dirt bikes and side-by-sides? DIRT AND MUD of course!  I chose to get a bit mess with the "splatter" technique to add a bit of "mud".  Despite the little mess it can make, it is one of my all time favorite techniques!

Splatters don't always have to mean mud though.  They can also add just the right splash of color to a sweet and simple card.  I earned a few Sale-a-Bration stamp sets with my pre-order, one of them being Happy Birthday To You.  You know me...any image that I can color with my Stampin' Blends is a must have for me!

I stamped, colored and fussy cut the pretty birthday cake.  I added a few splatters of Petal Pink and Calypso Coral, to coordinate with the flowers.  I popped the cake up with a few Stampin' Dimensionals, added a little bow and the "To You" sentiment (which I cased from the Sale-a-Bration Catalog).

Thank you for stopping by today!  

Next up in the hop is the amazingly talented Melissa Stout!  But don't stop there...we have a hop full of creative techniques for you to check out!

Happy Stamping!