Sharing the {Freakin'} Love ~ February 2021 Control Freaks Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to the February edition of the Control Freaks Blog Hop wjere we are sharing the love!  You may have arrive here from the marvelous Melissa Stout of The Stamp Doc or you may just be starting...either way, make sure you make you way through the whole line-up.  You won't be disappointed!

After sharing lots of love last week for Valentine's Day, I decided to share some love in a little different way...with turtles!  I LOVE the Whale of a Time DSP.  The colors in this pack of paper are so bright and beautiful.  The cute little turtles is one of my favorite patterns in the pack, especially when you can fussy cut the little guys out. 

It's always so great when you can let the DSP make the card. The ONLY stamping on this card is the sentiment, which I heat embossed on another pattern of the DSP.  How fun is that?!?!

Of course I had to add a few Whale of a Time Sequins to finish the card off.  The  little clam shells are the cutest!

Next up is some good ol' Snail Mail to send out some love!  And guess what???  There is NO stamping on this card...not one bit of ink!  I put my fussy cutting skills to the test once again to cut out the mushrooms and HELLO word bubble.

Our funny little snail friend was cut from the Snail Mail DSP with the Snail Dies.  All of the cut out pieces were layered on a few different patterns of more Snail Mail DSP...this stuff is the BEST.  I added some white Snail Mail Twine to wrap it all up.  So cute!

Next up on our hop is the creative Connie Babbert.  Don't you just love her creations?!?!

Thanks for hopping along with us this month!  Leave us a little love along the way!

Happy Stamping!

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Products used for Snail Mail card:

You've Got Happy Snail Mail ~ Monday Montage

Welcome back to an all new Monday Montage Blog Hop!  You won't want to miss a single creation from this amazing group of stampers!  

I can't believe we are already into the second week of January!  I know Valentine's Day is still a little over a month away, but I am trying to stay ahead of the game and make sure I'm not scrambling at the last minute to get cards made.  

I'll admit...I was not totally sold on the Snailed It bundle at first.  That silly little snail reminded me of a cartoon, which I'm sure you are ALL familiar with, that I just cringe when my boys watched it!  But, of course all of the amazing stampers out there creating with this bundle had me changing my mind in a hurry.

I mixed up a few different Snail Mail DSP patterns and slipped in a cute little note in the envelope.  That envelope is so darn adorable!  I wrapped it all up some of the Blushing Bride bakers twine and threw in a few little white Resin Hearts.  Oh...and the fun little Real Red hearts stamped on Blueing Bride in the background are my favorite!

Next up is the silly little snail delivering some happy mail.  I will say, he is pretty cute carting that little envelope on his back!  The big postage stamp die is so much fun too!

I am awful about stamping anything on the outside of envelopes before I send a card out, but the Happy Mail Enclosed stamp in the Snailed It stamp set was just meant to be stamped on the outside!  SO.MUCH.CUTENESS!

Supplies Used:

Paper:  Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Snail Mail DSP

Ink ~ Real Red, Blushing Bride, Bermuda Bay, Memento, Stampin' Blends: Flirty Flamingo, Real Red, Daffodil Delight

Stamp Set ~ Snailed It

Other Supplies ~ Snail Dies, Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack, Resin Hearts, Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch

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