Blooming Flower Gardens ~ April 2021 Control Freaks Blog Hop

Hello friends and welcome to an all new Control Freaks Blog Hop!  You may have just arrive from Debbie Henderson or you might just be starting.  Either way, keep on hoping until you've made your way all the way through!

My spring flowers are in full bloom and my summer flowers will soon be planted.  I absolutely LOVE this time of year.  Flower gardens make me so happy!

Our very own Wendy Weixler and our dear friend Cheryl Curtis visited me this past weekend and we got to shared some of our new goodies!  It was so much fun! 

I didn't think I needed the Pansy Petals right away, but after playing with this set over the weekend, my mind has been changed.  I NEED IT!  I love all of the beautiful and the stamps and dies are AMAZING!  Inspired by my very own pansies, this pretty purple pansy was created with the Pansy dies.  I layered it on top of few pretty patterns of DSP, a cute little sentiment and a beautiful Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon.  A cute little Lady Bug embellishment and some 2021-2023 In Color Jewels.  I love how this turned out!

I used some more borrowed new goodies for my second card, as well as one of my favorite Mini Catalog stamp sets.  The Wrapped Bouquet Bundle is one of my favorites and is so pretty in some of the new In Colors.  I created the fun stitched chevron strip using the new Basic Boarders dies, which I also need to add to my collection as well!

I colored the pretty blooms with the new Polished Pink Stampin' Blends and added a few sprigs of Soft Succulent greens.  Some fun heat embossed tags and a cute polka dot background brought the card all together.  This fun DSP is part of the soon to be released Pattern Party DSP, which is available as a Host Offering.  This pack of paper is AMAZING!!

Next up on the hop is Melissa Stout.  You are going to love what she has from her flower garden!

I am already missing Wendy and Cheryl!  Our time together was far too short.  It's a good thing we will all be reunited in two short months.  Hooray!!!

Have a fantastic week!

Happy Stamping!

 

Wrapped Bouquet for You ~ #TGIFC306 Color Challenge

Hello Friday, I'm so happy to see you again!  Not only because it means the weekend is here, but because it also means an all new TGIF Challenges for you.  This week we have a bright and cheerful color challenge for you to play along with!

Don't these colors just feel like spring?!?!  We've had warmer weather and lots of sunshine this week, which sure has made it feel like spring.  Some of my flower bulbs are starting to peek out of the ground as well...I am so excited!  With all of this in mind, I was inspired to create a pretty spring bouquet using the BEAUTIFUL Wrapped Bouquet Bundle.

I inked up the bouquet of flowers with my Memento ink pad, then added some Daffodil Delight color to the beautiful blooms.  Next up was to add some cute little Gorgeous Grape die cut flowers and some Just Jade greenery.  The Basic White flower wrap was a little too "blah" for me, so I wrapped them up in Crumb Cake and finished them off with a cute little die cut tag and Just Jade ribbon.

Next up were the card base and layers of paper.  Again, a Basic White card base was just a bit too plain for me, so I added a layer of Crumb Cake with a few newsprint stamped images, also in Crumb Cake.  A Basic White panel went behind the wrapped bouquet of flowers, with just a little pop of color from a strip of Gorgeous Grape and Butterfly Bijou DSP.  A few splatters from my Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Marker and some sparkly Rhinestone Basic Jewels brought it all together.

I'll admit...I was a little stumped by these colors at first, but I love how they all came together here!  I hope you will join in the fun and share your creativity with this Color Challenge as well!

Happy Stamping!

 Like what you see?  Do you want to make this card yourself?  If you live in the United States, I would love to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.  You can shop for all the products you need in my Online Store.  Thanks so much! 

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