The Sweet Taste of Summer ~ Control Freaks Blog Hop

Welcome to the June edition of the Control Freaks Blog Hop!  We are excited to share some fun projects from the shiny new 2020-2021 Annual Catalog!

You might just be starting the hop or you may have got here from the super creative Connie Babbert.  No matter where you start, make sure you make it all the way through...you don't want to miss a thing!

We have had some unusually cool days this past week, but it's starting to warm up and we are getting a taste of summer.  AND my boys and I are officially on summer break, so I am craving ALL things summer!  I can almost taste the sweetness of summer in the cards I am sharing today.

I quickly fell in love with the super adorable Cute Fruit stamp set in the Beginner Brochure and just had to have it!  The images are just so much fun, even if you don't use the adorable little faces that this set comes with!  

I inked the images up in bright colors of Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green and Soft Suede, creating a fun stamped background.  I stamped a few more fruity images to fussy cut and finished the card off with a heat embossed sentiment on Basic Black.  I used a Garden Green card base, making the bright colors pop even more! A little bit of texture was added using the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. 

Next up is a card that feels like a cool glass of lemonade!  These cute little fruity images are from the Simply Citrus Card Kit.  I love that you can create super cute cards with the All-Inclusive kit as well as some of your own.  

I had myself a little color-therapy session to create my own designer series paper. After stamping the images in Memento, I colored the lemons in Daffodil Delight and the slices in Flirty Flamingo.  I added a few Granny Apple Green leaves and colored the background in Pool Party. Once again, I fussy cut a few images to add to the Hello Sunshine sentiment, which is heat embossed on Basic Black.  I have a feeling I will be using the stamps from this kit a lot this summer!

Are you all craving some summer fruits now?!?  Well grab your favorite and hop on over to the next super creative Connie...Connie Tumm.  She has a great project in store for you!  Thank you for hopping with us!

Happy Stamping!

I {HEART} Summer

Happy Friday friends!  I don't even want to say it, but I think summer is just about done for us here...the days are getting shorter, the mornings are cooler and the days aren't quite as warm.  I dread this time every single year!  I love the long, hot summer days!  After our vacation in Florida this spring, I did all I could to try and convince my husband that we needed to move somewhere that was warm and sunny year round...but no luck.  I guess I'll just have to hold tight to all of our summer memories and look forward to next year!

And what better way to preserve our summer memories than MDS!  Yep, you guessed it...I've got another page to add to our family yearbook.  And this time, I'm playing along with the girls over at MDS Monday.  They have a fun sketch for this week!

 

We made quite a few trips to an area aquatic center this summer and had so much fun!  My twins faced their fear of the deep end and mastered the high dive and drop off slide...I was so proud of them! 

 

Now I have this warm, sunny page to look back at this winter when it's cold and gray and I'm freezing cold :-)

 

Hope you all have a great weekend and get some stamping or MDS time in!

 

Happy Stamping!



Sweet Summer Fun ~ Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration

Hello friends and hello Tuesday!  Summer is in full swing...kiddos having fun outside in the summer sun, swimming pools and popsicles! 

The crew over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration is having some summer fun of their own with some summer creations today.  With 3 boys who love to be outside from the time the wake up until the time their head hits the pillows, popsicles in the summer are always a fun treat!  And they just happen to be the source of my INKspiration today :-)

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Ink ~ Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry

Stamp Set ~ Num-Num, Hardwood

Other Supplies ~ Project Life Corner Punch, Large Polka Dot, Whisper White Bakers Twine

 

This was a super quick and easy card to make..and fun to boot!  I'm thinking this would be a fun project for my kids too...or maybe a kids class!

 

Be sure to check out the rest of design team creations and join in our Summer Fun!

 

Happy Stamping!