Seaside Birthday Wishes

This weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge certainly has a summer feel to it! Sandy starfish, cool ice cream treats, a beautiful pitcher of a refreshing drink or grapes that are perfect for picking...so many fun and inspiring options!

I opted for the cute seashells from Circle Sayings and paired them up with {Sun}Rays of Light for a cheerful, summer-at-the-beach birthday card!  I colored the seashells in a variety of beach inspired colors that left me longing for some time at my favorite ocean town.

A distressed layer of Boho Blue embossed with the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder gave the card a little ocean waves feel went under the Lemon Lolly sun rays. A Crumb Cake Card base ties the whole beach theme together...sun, water and sand!

A bit of Boho Blue Texture Ribbon and a few Boho Blue In Color dots finished the card off.  It's such a happy card!

Happy Stamping!

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A Little Note of Thanks

We are inching closer to spring with each passing day.  I'm loving that the days are getting a little longer each day and the sun is making an appearance more and more. Maybe if I keep stamping some cheerful, spring-inspired cards, spring will come early! 

Inspired by this weeks Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge, it was was easy to find all of the right stamps, ink and paper to go along with the sketch. 

The Rain or Shine DSP provided the perfect spring sky for a Rays of Light sunburst and the cutest Sweet Songbird in its nest! I hung the sentiment from the tree branch...how cute is that?

I'm wondering why it took me so long to use the absolutely adorable Fun Flower Resin Shapes.  They are so cute and were perfect to tuck in amongst the leaves in the tree.  Now to create another card to use these on!

Hope you are all having a great week so far!

Happy Stamping!

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Another Year Around The Sun

Hello stampers and welcome to an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge!  I always love an inspiration challenge...it's so fun to see what everyone is inspired to create!

The adorable camper dies from the Sale-A-Bration Tree Lot Dies was perfect for today's card.  After spending a week camping in our own camper, I was inspired by the sunny camper scene and created my own summer campground.

Rays of Light was still sitting on my desk from my last project, so I inked it up again in So Saffron to create the perfect burst of sunshine. Do you spy a few extra rays?  I added a few more to the Coastal Cabana layer as well.  A die-cut a Coastal Cabana and Silver Foil camper, complete with a Sweet Sorbet banner is nestled in under the warm sunshine.

A few trees were added, along with a refreshing Pacific Point (Layering Diorama) lake.  With our 100+ degree temps, a nice cool lake sounds so good right now!

Amazing Phrases, also from Sale-A-Bration, helped to create the perfect sentiment...To another year around the sun.  What a fun birthday greeting!

I hope you'll all join along with the rest of us over at Hand Stamped Sentiments and share what you were inspired to create.

Happy Stamping!

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Just a Few of My Favorite Things...

Happy Friday! Welcome to the latest TGIF Challenges where we are sharing some of our favorite stamping things!  Can you guess what some of my favorite things are?

First off, I LOVE sunshine...warm sunshine, hot sunshine, cold sunshine...as long as the sun is shining, I'm a happy girl!  Rays of Light was a must have for this sun-loving momma!  Second, I love any stamp set that I can color with the Stampin' Blends.  Hippest Hippos...check!  The coordinating Hippo Dies make this stamp set even better!

And if you've been following me for a bit, you'll know that I love heat embossed sentiments that I can fussy cut.  It was love at first sight when I saw the Big Hooray stamp set.  (I threw in a little sentiment from Yeti to Party too).  And lastly...BRIGHT colors!  Polished Pink, Parakeet Party, Coastal Cabana and Mango Melody are so good together!

What are some of your favorite stamping things?  I hope you'll join us this week and share a few of them!

Happy Stamping!

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