In-Color Highlights ~ August Control Freaks Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to this months Control Freaks blog hop!  I am so excited to be hoping along with these talented designers and can't wait for you to see what everyone has created.  This month we are focusing on the 2020-2022 In Colors...aren't they all beautiful?  You may just be starting the hop or you may have arrived her from the creative Connie Tumm.  No matter how you got here, make sure you keep on hoping all the way through!

Sunflowers are in full bloom in my part of the world right now and were the inspiration behind my first card.  I was originally going to make a cute banner to hang up on my cubical at work, but got lazy and went with a card instead.  LOL!  This will still look cute hanging up in my cubical, right?!?

I cut strips of 2020-2022 In Color DSP to create a fun background, then added the beautiful sunflower and my favorite sentiment from the Ridiculously Awesome stamp set.  I added a few Cinnamon Cider Enamel Dots to finish the card off.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Bumble Bee, Cinnamon Cider, Just Jade, 2020-2022 In Color DSP

Ink ~ Misty Moonlight

Stamp Set ~ Ridiculously Awesome

Other Supplies ~ Sunflowers Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies, 2020-2022 In Color Enamel Dots

I pulled out one of my favorite carry over stamp sets, Country Home, for my next card.  After seeing the sample in the Annual Catalog, I decided I just had to CASE it.  I loved coloring all of the flowers in the 2020-2022 In Color's!  Now I want an arrangement like this for my front porch!

I've been on a kick of roughing up the edges of my cards lately.  Is this a technique you use very often?  I love how much it can add to a card!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Misty Moonlight, Whisper White, Bumble Bee, In Good Taste DSP

Ink ~ Misty Moonlight, Bumble Bee, Memento, Stampin' Blends:  Smoky Slate, Magenta Madness, Just Jade, Misty Moonlight, Cinnamon Cider

Stamp Set ~ Country Home

Other Supplies ~ Tin Tile 3D EF, Linen Thread, Banner Triple Punch

Next up is my stampin' BFF Wendy Weixler!  You are going to LOVE what she has done with the In Colors.

Thanks for hoping along with us!  I hope you have found some inspiration in our creations!

Happy Stamping!

 

Ridiculously Awesome Color Challenge ~ #TGIFC276

Happy Friday stampers!

I don't know about you, but I need something FUN and CHEERFUL to help lift my spirts this week.  Thank goodness TGIF Challenges...they are cheering me up with this weeks amazing Color Challenge.

I will be honest...I struggled with these colors a bit a first because I could not figure out what stamp set to use. After pulling out card stock in these bright colors, I decided to focus more on the paper than the stamps. After getting that out of the way, I was able to find a fun stamp set in my collection to create today's card.

I love all of the fun sentiments in the Ridiculously Awesome stamp set, but what about the cute little accent stamps?!?  The heart and star helped to create a background for the simple "p.s. I love you" sentiment.  I added just a bit of bling with some Rhinestone Basic Jewels and Glittered Organdy Ribbon.  I don't know about you, but I am totally feeling a 90's groove with this card!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Magenta Madness, Bermuda Bay, Gorgeous Grape, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink ~ Magenta Madness, Bermuda Bay, Gorgeous Grape, VersaMark

Stamp Set ~ Ridiculously Awesome

Other Supplies ~ Glittered Organdy Ribbon, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, White Embossing Powder

I hope you will join in the fun and play along with us this week!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Stamping 

Faith and Confetti

Coming home from vacation is always a big bummer!  The fun is over and there is always so much to catch up on!  Endless amounts of laundry and yard work took up a better part of my weekend, but I did manage to get in a little stamping time.

I received an order just before leaving and I could not wait to get back home and play with the super cute Playing with Patterns Suite.  I absolutely LOVE all of the colors in the Playing with Patterns DSP!  I'm defiantly going to need more!

I decided to pair up Ridiculously Awesome with this fun DSP, inking up my favorite sentiment of the stamp set.  Let your Faith be bigger than your Fear...SO GOOD! I heat embossed the sentiment on Costal Cabana and again on Night of Navy which I fussy cut the word Faith to add just a bit more color.  The hearts were stamped in VersaMark on Purple Posey...I love that little trick!  The cute little Playing with Patterns Resin Dots were a fun addition.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Purple Posey, Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, Playing with Patterns DSP

Ink ~ VersaMark

Stamp Sets ~ Ridiculously Awesome, Pattern Play

Other Supplies ~ Playing with Patterns Resin Dots

Next up is a quick and easy paper scrap card, which is great when you have a pack of DSP that you love and can't decide which pattern to use! I cut a few of my favorites in different widths and lengths, added a quick heat embossed sentiment with a few stamped polka dots and wrapped it all up with a little Night of Navy Playing with Patterns Ribbon.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Night of Navy, Coastal Cabana, Playing with Patterns

Ink ~ VersaMark, Coastal Cabana

Stamp Set ~ Pattern Play

Other Supplies ~ Night of Navy Playing with Patterns Ribbon Combo Pack

Given the current state of our country, as well as the rest of the world, we all need to throw our faith around like confetti!

Have a happy Monday!

Happy Stamping!