Season of Blessings

 Today I have a card to share that I made for the CPS278 sketch challenge.  I used Leaf Silhouettes from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and Memento ink.  The bling from Want2Scrap was added for fill in/interest.  Sometimes I have a hard time with blank space...lol!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Season of Blessings

Hello! Today I have a card to share that I made for the sketch challenge over on SCS this week. LOVED this sketch and thought immediately of the new SNSS set Leaf Silhouettes. The leaves were stamped with Memento Morocco, Cantaloupe and Bamboo Leaves and obviously wanted it to coordinate with some fun Bo Bunny patterned paper. 
It has been HUMID the past two days and looking forward to some cooler weather that fall brings!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Hoot!

We are heading home today from a wonderful getaway to Maggie Valley, NC... it was a first for us and we have so enjoyed ourselves!  As we head home, we are dropping our oldest off at camp for another week... she is so excited to return and proud of her because this time she is going without knowing anyone and that is quite a big step!!  I made this little card for her and hoping she gets it at the start of her week....  I used the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps set Owl Be There

and did some paper piecing with some older October Afternoon patterned paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Hello, Dear Friend

 Today I have a card to share using Flower Garden, illustrated by my dear friend Nina for The Craft's Meow.  I combined it with some Simple Stories Fabulous patterned paper and Memento inks.  The flowers were stamped on a die cut piece of ivory cardstock, heavily sponged and then I stamped the flowers a second time on a piece of scrap paper to create a 3-d look.  I used two new Memento colors: Pistachio and Morocco, as well as Rose Bud.  

Speaking of Nina...  She is showcasing some of her newest Spellbinders Licensed dies on her blog, swoon...love them!  Also, be sure to hop each day with the Spellbinders team to have a chance at winning some of these new dies.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Spring ~ New Memento inks!!!

I am so excited to have the new Memento inks from Tsukineko in the house!!!!!  I drove to my LSS (Betty's Stamping and Scrapbooking Room, a mere 45 miles from my house)  yesterday just to get my hands on these beautiful ink pads and bring them to their new home...sigh.  LOVE these new colors and just a little shout out for her store...she does have an online store as well :P.  Obviously, while I was at the store I also picked up some other items including some Penny Black stamps which jumped into my basket.  Two of my favorite illustrators are now illustrating for them: Laura Campbell and Nina Brackett!!  I was blessed to be on Laura's DT Layers of Color with them and thrilled to see this new door that has opened for them.  Here is what I made:

The background was stamped with Posies Slapstick Cling using Bamboo Leaves. I stamped Scented Message with Expresso Truffle and watercolored the image with some other new Memento ink colors on my craft mat.  Then I gently sponged (with Ink Blushers) Toffee Crunch and spritzed the with Matte Goosebumps.  The flowers were stamped a second time and popped up on small Zots.

Supplies:
Stamps: Penny Black Scented Message (wood mount) and Slapstick Cling Posies
Cardstock: Chocolate Brown, Green Apple and Ivory
Ink: Olive Grove, Elderberry, Espresson Truffle, Toffee Crunch and Bamboo Leaves
Dies: Floral Oval, Large Classic Ovals
Punch: Small Oval (SU) 
Bling: Want2Scrap

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Special to Me

 I have another quick to share that I made for A Blog Named Hero Challenge #1 Play Favorites.  I used my favorite floral image from Hero Arts called Classic Tea Flower, which I stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with Aquarelle watercolor pencils.  Then I masked the image and spritzed the panel with Tsukineko Bamboo Leaves Firework spray using the 6x6 Mini Swiss Dot stencil (which I LOVE!!!) from The Crafter's Workshop.  Definitely two of my new favorite crafty finds and looking to spritzing some more again soon.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day and a blessed Easter!

Blessings,

 

Kindred Spirits

 Today I received a new product from Tsukineko: Ink Blushers...Eeks, love them!!  For this card, I used the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps stamp set: Together Silhouettes. and the a stencil.  I am a huge fan of stenciling and wanted to use an Ink Blusher on the Daisy Cluster stencil from The Crafter's Workshop.  LOVE how this turned out and the ink blusher from Tsukineko spread the Memento Angel Pink ink beautifully on the white cardstock. These are re-usable and washable.  Really just a wow product!!  Hoping they are in stores soon as I need at least one for every color ink.

I am also entering this into the CAS-ual Friday's Challenge (CFC35) to use scallops!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,