Hello Spring?

Well, here it is March 1st...just a couple more weeks until Spring officially arrives and we're buried in snow and freezing temperatures!  So I decided to make Spring happen in my craft room when designing my project for the new sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps:

Here is my project:

Spring card featuring the Painted Petals stamp set with sentiment from the Crazy About You set.

I've already blogged about just how much I love the Painted Petals stamp set, so it likely is no surprise I pulled it out again for this project.  I stamped the stems in Wild Wasabi ink and the blooms in Rose Red, Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry, drawing inspiration from the piece of Painted Blooms DSP I used for the background panel.  The tulips are stamped on a Whisper White circle punched with the 2-1/2" circle punch.  I layered it on a 2-3/4" circle cut with the Circles Collection Framelits from Pool Party card stock.

The die cut "hello" is cut from Rich Razzleberry card stock using the Hello You Thinlits.  The word "spring" is from the Crazy About You set and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry ink.  I added a Rich Razzleberry button from my stash, tied with Crushed Curry Baker's twine.  I also used a piece of Crushed Curry Chevron ribbon for the vertical element in the sketch.  The entire card is built on a Rich Razzleberry card base.

Inside view with sentiment from Petite Pairs.

On the inside I stamped more tulips and added a sentiment from the Petite Pairs stamp set, stamped in Rich Razzleberry ink.

Give this sketch a try...I really had fun with it.  Check out the rest of the Design Team's projects and then be sure to post your project so we can all share in your creative brilliance!

Thank You Petals

Happy Friday...wahoo!  It's the weekend!  I am SO glad to see this week come to an end...it has been nuts!  On top of that I think my sinus infection is coming back :(  I'm starting to feel like I did before I started my antibiotics...and I just finished them three days ago!  Argh!

Today I have another project I made last weekend whilst playing with the Painted Petals stamp set.

Painted Petals Photopolymer stamp set (137146)  $29.95

Thank you card featuring the Painted Petals stamp set and coordinating Painted Blooms DSP.

I have always been partial to the combination of blue, white and yellow.  It is such a clean, crisp colour pallette.  My kitchen in my very first apartment was decorated in this colour scheme...I still love it!  For this card I took my inspiration from the gorgeous patterned paper in the Painted Blooms pack.  I used Pacific Point, Crushed Curry and Whisper White, with Wild Wasabi for the leaves and stems.  Using the Painted Petals stamp set, I stamped the leaves first and then stamped the flowers; I find it is much easier to line up the images that way. The sentiment is stamped in Pacific Point.  I punched the stamped images using the 2-1/2" circle punch and layered it on a Pacific Point circle die-cut using the Circles Collection framelits.  The background Whisper White panel is embossed using the Spring Flowers TIEF.  I used a 2" strip of DSP from the Painted Blooms pack and embellished it using some of the Sale-a-bration Best Year Ever Ribbon. The entire card is constructed on a Pacific Point card base.

This is a really quick and easy card...the perfect project for a weekend stamping session!  Enjoy!  Be sure to stop by on Sunday for a new sketch challenge from Sunday Stamps for even more inspiration!  Have a great weekend!!

Painted Blooms Birthday

Happy Hump Day...it's all downhill to the weekend from here!
Today I have another of the projects that was available for a card buffet I held a couple of weeks ago. 

Birthday card featuring the Painted Blooms DSP with sentiment from Simply Sketched (retired).

This one has some retired products as well as some brand new ones from the Occasions catalogue.  The Whisper White background layer is embossed using the new Spring Flowers TIEF and is layered on a Rose Red card base.  The beautiful floral focal point is a piece of the Painted Blooms DSP...it is SOOO pretty!  I also layered that on a piece of Rose Red card stock, but not before embellishing it with some Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon (retired) and a Something Borrowed Embellishment, which I used as a ribbon slide.

The sentiment, from the retired Hostess-exclusive set Simply Sketched, is heat embossed in silver and die cut using the Banners Framelits.  The little butterfly, from the Papillon Potpourri set, is heat embossed in silver on vellum and punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch.  I added some rhinestones for a little extra sparkle.

Inside view with sentiment from the Bloom With Hope Hostess-exclusive set.

On the inside I added another narrow strip of Painted Blooms DSP and then stamped the sentiment from the Bloom With Hope Hostess set in Rose Red ink.

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