Sweet Sunflowers Inspiration

Happy Tuesday stampers and welcome to a beautiful-fall Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge.  Fall has not yet made an appearance where I live, but it will be here soon!

We spent the long weekend enjoying our last official week of summer break.  It was packed full of family, friends and county fair fun!  I didn't get nearly as much stamping done as I had hoped, but I wouldn't trade our family time together for anything!  Thankfully, the August Sweet Sunflower Paper Pumpkin kit was perfect for this inspiration challenge!

Using the Stitched Rectangle Dies, I die-cut the front of one of the card bases and layered it on top of the backside of the card base.  These were both adhered to a Blackberry Bliss card base.  I stamped the sunflower image on the pre-cut sunflower pieces in Crushed Curry and Soft Suede, then added some additional flowers and cute little bumble bees.

The sentiment was stamped in Blackberry Bliss on another pre-cut piece from this beautiful Paper Pumpkin kit to go along with the Blackberry Bliss strip, which was also included in the kit.  Do you spy the subtle honeycomb pieces too?  I love these!

I love how quickly this card came together!  I hope you will join along in the creative fun and share your creation with us!

Happy Stamping!

Colorful Happy Place

Happy Friday stampin' friends!  Sorry for the delay in getting this post up...I kind of forgot to finish my post.  Oops!

It's time for an all new TGIF Challenges and we have a colorful one for you this week!  The new In Colors are so bright and cheerful...I love them all!

Since I still had This Birthday Piggy sitting out on my desk, I reached for the adorable piggy sleeping in the mud and made him a cute little wagon of flowers to rest in.  I, once again, used my Stampin' Blends to color the stamped image, then added some die-cut flowers to match.

Strips of the 2022-2024 In-Color DSP created the perfect happy place for this piggy to stay!

Join along in our colorful fun this week and share your projects with us!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Happy Stamping!

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Apple Harvest Kindness

Hi stampers!  Welcome to an all new Monday Montage Blog Hop!  I love all of these ladies and all of their talented creations.  Hop along to see what we all have in store for you!

You all know by now that I LOVE coloring with my Stampin' Blends, so it's no surprise to see that I've added another stamp set that is perfect for a little color therapy.  Apple Harvest is such a cute stamp set! And guess what?  Beginning on September 1st, there will be coordinating Apple Blossoms dies available (while supplies last).  

I colored the apples in juicy Sweet Sorbet, along with some Old Olive and Soft Suede leaves and branches.  I actually colored and die cut all 3 apple images in this stamp set, but liked this bunch of apples with the simple shiplap background.

The sentiment was stamped right on the shiplap background...no heat embossing, no fussy cutting...what?!?  That doesn't happen much for me! A few of the fun criss-cross patterns were stamped around the edges of the Smoky Slate card base and that's it!  No embellishments, no ribbon...just sweet and simple!

To create the shiplap look, I simply cut strips of Basic White and adhered them to a piece of Smoky Slate, leaving just a tiny bit of space in between each one.  Such a fun and simple technique to add a little fun style to a farm style card!

Next up is my friend Cathy of Sugar Shack Designs.

Or hop on back to the birthday girl Wendy of Wickedly Wonderful Creations.

Thanks for hopping along with us today!

Happy Stamping!

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Charming Framed Birthday Wishes

Welcome to the latest Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge!  I love these rich, bold colors and can not wait to see what every creates!

I paired up Framed Occasions with Charming Sentiments for this color combo.  I stamped the flowers in Calypso Coral and Rich Razzleberry, with a couple Parakeet Party leaves.  I brought Bermuda Bay in with the hexagon frame and stamped Charming Sentiments birthday sentiment.

A little Bermuda Bay splatter brought some fun to background and a few Seasonal Sequins added the perfect amount of bling.  Just a hint of black and white is peeking out from behind the sentiment, thanks to my favorite Black & White Designs DSP.  Sweet, simple and charming!

Join along in the the fun and share your creations with us over at Hand Stamped Sentiments!

Happy Stamping!

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Spotty Rugged Birthday Wishes

Welcome to the Control Freaks Blog Hop! We're back after a little break to enjoy the summer and are excited to share "spotty and dotty" creations with you.

 

Whether you are just starting or hopped over from the amazingly creative Cindy Elam, be sure to keep hopping all the way through!

I recently added the Dots & Spots die to my collection and thought it would be perfect for this months theme!

Inspired by the talent of Susan Wong and Cindy Schuster over at The Crafty Carrot Collective, I created this card for my hubby's birthday.  I cased a card made by Susan in this months free He's All That tutorial, with a little added elements from Cindy's sneak peek cards.

I heat embossed the compass in white on Basic Black, adding die cut and banner layers of He's The Man DSP. I stamped the Happy Birthday in Cajun Craze, cutting just the HB sentiment from the rest of the car image from the He's All That Stamp set.  The antlers, elk and strip of stars all came from the He's The Man DSP as well...I need more of this!

I used the Kraft 6"x6" paper with the Dots & Spots Die, then added a bit more texture to the Basic Black card base with the Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder.

I always look forward to making my hubby's card each year, always searching for something hunting related.  Thanks to the Craft Carrot crew for the inspiration! 

Next up is my dear friend Wendy of Wickedly Wonderful Creations.  I can't wait to see what she has in store for us!

Happy Stamping!

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