Flowers and Fields of Healing Hugs

Hello stamping friends!

I don't know about you, but I have several friends and family members who have been under the weather lately and could certainly use some Healing Hugs.

I love the bright and cheerful colors in the Sale-a-Bration Flower & Field DSP!  It was perfect to pair up with the Healing Hugs stamp set!  

All of the patterns of the Flower & Field DSP are so pretty!  It pair's up beautifully with the Bumble Bee Gingham Ribbon and Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder.  The new Matte Black Dots were the prefect final touch!

If you've been following my blog for a while, you know that I love to fussy cut!  These pretty blooms were just begging to be cut out and layered with a few other patterns of DSP!  Again, I used the Ornate Floral 3D EF and Bumble Bee Gingham ribbon.

This one is my favorite!  I love the bright colors against the Basic Black background!  I threw in a few Granny Apple Green die cut circles for a little extra pop of color.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ So Saffron, Basic Black, Granny Apple Green

Ink ~ Memento

Stamp Set ~ Healing Hugs

Other Supplies ~ Layering Circles Dies, Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder, Bumble Bee Gingham Ribbon, Label Me Fancy Punch, Matte Black Dots, 2020-2021 In Color Enamel Dots

Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope you are all staying healthy, but if you're not, know that I am sending healing hugs your way!

Happy Stamping!  

 

Nature's Beautiful Winter ~ HSSIC#355

Hello stamping friends!

Do any of you still have winter weather in your parts of the world?  We haven't had much of a winter this year and I'm kind of hoping that we just skip it this year!  I'm not a fan of the cold, but I will happily play along with this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge and create a winter wonderland!  I'm so happy to be creating with this lovely group of stampers again after a little break!

I was so inspired by the pretty fox in the snow and instantly thought of the Nature's Beauty stamp set.  Thankfully one of my dear stamping friends owns this stamp set and was kind enough to let me borrow it. And now I need to order my own!

I stamped the fox in Memento and colored it in with Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends.  I heat embossed a bit of snow and grass around the fox, then sponged in some winter colors to soften the image.  I heat embossed more snow and some sprigs of tall grass in the background, then roughed up the edges and added a little crumpled piece of Balmy Blue paper and a simple Happy Birthday sentiment to finish the card off.

Next up is a wintery dear that was the perfect card for my dad's birthday last week.  The techniques and design were pretty much the same as those that were used on the fox card.  I'm not sure that you can see very well in the pictures, but I actually filled the sequins on each card with glue from the Fine Tip glue pen, which kind of created a little epoxy dot.  I love it when these happy accidents happen!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Smoky Slate, Balmy Blue, Seaside Spray, Whisper White

Ink ~ Smoky Slate, Balmy Blue, Seaside Spray, Memento, Stampin' Blends:  Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze

Stamp Sets ~ Nature's Beauty, Pallet Thoughts

Other Supplies ~ Stitched Nested Labels Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Woven Threads Sequins

I don't know about you, but I am always running low on masculine birthday cards.  I made sure I created a few extra cards before I returned this stamp set to my friend.

I hope you will join us this week!

Happy Stamping 

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

Thank You Berry Much ~ #TGIFC298 Sketch Challenge

 Hooray!!!  It's Friday and that means it's time for an all new TGIF Challenges!!  We have a fun sketch for you to play along with this week!

I could not WAIT to pair up the adorable Sweet Strawberry bundle with the oh-so-cute Berry Blessings stamp set and Berry Delight DSP.  This week's sketch was perfect for showcasing both stamp sets and coordinating DSP.

The Strawberry Builder Punch creates the perfect little berry.  I love that the Small Bloom Punch also coordinates with the Sweet Strawberry stamp set...perfect for a sweet little strawberry bloom.  

The two step Berry Blessing stamps are so much fun.  I couldn't stop with  just the strawberry.  I had to create a blackberry...

...and a blueberry too!

Don't you just love the bright and cheerful colors in the Berry Delightful DSP?  It reminded me just how much I love Pacific Point! You can guarantee that I will be using a lot more of this!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, Blackberry Bliss, Pacific Point, Berry Delightful DSP

Ink ~ Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce, Flirty Flamingo, Blackberry Bliss, Pacific Point

Stamp Sets ~ Berry Blessings, Sweet Strawberry

Other Supplies ~ Strawberry Builder Punch

I can't wait to send these Thank You cards out to some dear friends and family!

I hope you play along with us this week.  We love to see what you create!

Happy Stamping!

Rainbow of Greetings

 Happy Sunday stampers!  

I am wrapping up the last little bit of my winter break and am so grateful for the time off with my family these past two weeks.  I would be telling a big fat lie if I said that I was ready to go back to work, but I am kind of looking forward to all of us getting back into our routine. However, I will miss all of the extra time I've had in my craft room...it's been a very productive couple of weeks!

When I placed my pre-order, the Love You Always suite was not yet available, but the beautiful black and white True Love DSP was and I just HAD to have it.  All of those beautiful blooms were just BEGGING to be colored!

I spent some time coloring many of the blooms, then fussy cutting them out.  I sat down this afternoon to create a stack of Thank You, Birthday and Thinking of You cards.  Just look at this rainbow of greetings!

I am a sucker for anything in black and white...and when you add a pop of color, it is even better!

Once the flowers were all cut out, I was able to put these cards all together in no time!  It was fun mixing up a few of the DSP patterns.

I used sentiments from Peaceful Moments and Butterfly Gala, which I paired up with the Tasteful Labels dies. And you know I can't have a card without a little bit of bling...some Rhinestone Basic Jewels were just the perfect final touch for each of these cards!

I'm pretty sure I used all shades of red, pink and purple Stampin' Blends, along with a few others, to color all of the flowers.  I'm sure I will be breaking out another sheet of this DSP soon to color even more!

I hope your New Year is off to an amazing start! 

Happy Stamping!