Freaking Magnificent Mini Catalog ~ Control Freaks August 2021

Hello and welcome to August's Control Freaks Blog Hop!  This month we are celebrating how magnificent the Mini Catalog is and sharing some of our favorite products with you!  You might just be getting started or you may have arrive here from Cindy Elam's blog.  Either way, hop your way through and enjoy every stop along the way!

Today I am sharing two of my favorite bundles in the Mini Catalog! Nature's Harvest and Sweet Little Stockings bundles are FULL of wonderful, crafty goodness!

As most of you know, if you've been following me for sometime, I am 100% a summer girl.  I love the warm, sunny days of summer, but fall comes in at very close second.  The cooler mornings and evenings, soft hoodies, warm fall colors...they are the perfect way to ease me out of the summer each year.

The beautiful fall colors found in the Harvest Meadow DSP are so pretty and so much fun to work with.  I chose a fun mosaic tile pattern of DSP, along with a die-cut circle of the Soft Seafoam pattern with the prettiest script to layer a couple of the Harvest Dies flowers in shades of Crumb Cake and Bumblebee.

I love this beautiful sentiment, especially with the different fonts.  I let just a little bit of the Diamond Weave ribbon peek out from behind the die-cut sentiment and added a few In Color Jewels for just the right amount of bling.  

A piece of Basic White was embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder was a pretty added touch to the card front.  These colors are just so warm and welcoming!

Next up is the CUTEST sweet ever!!!  Sweet Little Stockings is perfect for all the animal lovers out there.  I am a sucker for cute puppies, which is probably why I just agreed to let my son get a new black lab puppy to train for hunting.  This will bring us up to five, yes FIVE, dogs.  Our crazy home is about to get crazier, but who can resist a cute puppy?!?!

I sat down with my paper snips and the adorable sheet of DSP with these cute dogs, cats and mice, cutting several out.  Fussy cutting is my calm!  I arranged them all on top of the festive Christmas lights pattern and Pool Party pattern Sweet Stockings DSP.  I love the cheerful colors in this pack!  

The sentiment was heat embossed in white on Garden Green, then fussy cut.  A bit of texture was added to the Cherry Cobbler card from with the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder and a few Decorative Matte Dots were added for good measure.

Did you notice that I used the same sketch for both cards? I love that you can create two totally different styles of cards using the same sketch!  If you ever get stuck in your creative process, start with a sketch!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Next up is Melissa Davies!

Happy Stamping!

Nature's Harvest Card Supply List:

Sweet Little Stockings Card Supply List:

Meadows of Thanks ~ #HSSIC370

Hello stampers and welcome to an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge!  These inspiration photos make me think of all the fun my family has had this summer!

We've spent the past week wrapping up the end of my summer break at the Oregon Coast.  We are headed home today, back to the 100+ degree weather.  Leaving the cool ocean air was NOT easy, nor will going back to work next week! 

My inspiration was drawn from the sunflowers.  Seeing the sunflowers bloom in my garden is always a bitter sweet reminder that summer break is coming to an end.  Thankfully, I'll get to continue to enjoy these cheerful flowers in my garden for a bit long and in my craft room for as long as I want!

The flowers in Nature's Harvest are, what I believe, are Cone Flowers.  They are often found in the same colors as sunflowers and are another one of my favorites!  I stamped the bunch of flowers in Memento, then colored them in shades of Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Cajun Craze, Old Olive and Soft Suede.  

I cut strips of the beautiful Misty Moonlight pattern of DSP as well as a die-cut circle from a Bumble Bee DSP pattern.  I popped up the strips of Misty Moonlight to give them a floating effect and added the circle with the bunch of flowers layered on top.  A sweet Thank You sentiment with some bits of ribbon and twine and a few Metallic Dots completed the card.  

While I am far from ready for summer to be over, I love these warm fall colors!  

Thank you for stopping by today!  I do hope you will join us over at Hand Stamped Sentiments and share what you were inspired to create!

Happy Stamping!

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Harvest Meadows Thank You

 We are gearing up for another week of triple digit weather, but this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge has me thinking of fall!

I love these rich, warm earth-tone colors!  They were perfect for the soon-to-be available Harvest Dies!

I created a background using the Stampin' Blend and rubbing alcohol technique on a piece of Vellum...I still need some practice, but it was fun! I die cut some of the harvest blooms in shades of Old Olive, Cinnamon Cider and Rich Razzleberry to adhere to the Vellum layer, which was then layered on a piece of Basic White, embossed with the beautiful Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder.

I wrapped it all up with the gorgeous Diamond Weave Ribbon, with some white Bakers Twine weaved it, and a pretty little Thank You tag.  A little touch of Gold Metallic Specialty Paper and Brushed Metallic Dots were the perfect final touches.

I am far from being ready for summer to end, but I am LOVING these colors of fall! I hope you will join along in this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge!

Happy Stamping!

Products Used:

Mini Catalog Items:  Stamp Set - Nature's Harvest, Paper - Gold & Rose Metallic Specialty Paper, Other Supplies - Diamond Weave Ribbon, Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots