Hope Blooms

Good morning, Friends! Nick didn't have school today so I got to sleep in a little. And that's a good thing as this weekend there will be no rest for the weary! Nick has his last soccer tournament of the season! And he only has 5 1/2 days left of school! Wow!! Today is our local high school's graduation and they are giving teachers and students a chance to attend. Lots going on this time of year! So Nick spent the night at a friend's house last night. The weather is definitely warming up and the sun is shining! Should be a great day!

Today's card uses some more new product! I just love that Blackberry Bliss! Such a pretty purple! The little yellow butterfly is cut from Hello Honey. 

• Card base is Blackberry Bliss
• On a piece of Crumb Cake stamp the Hardwood background stamp using Crumb Cake then adhere to card
• Use the scallop edge border punch to scallop the edge of a piece of Blackberry Bliss and adhere to card
• Flag the end of a piece of Whisper White and stamp the flower image from Bloom with Hope in black StazOn then color with Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow inks and a blender pen
• Stamp the splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using gold Encore
• Tie a piece of Blackberry Bliss stitched satin ribbon around panel and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the sentiment onto the card with black StazOn
• Cut a small butterfly from Hello Honey card stock using the Beautiful Wings embosslit and adhere to card
• Add a small pearl to butterfly

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Bloom with Hope, Hardwood, Gorgeous Grunge; Paper- Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Crumb Cake, Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn, gold Encore, Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow; Accessories- Blackberry Bliss stitched satin ribbon, Beautiful Wings embosslit, pearl, blender pen, dimensionals

Smoky Bliss

Good morning, Friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend! It was pretty rainy and cold all day around here. We were supposed to have a soccer game but it was cancelled due to weather. The boys won their game on Saturday so that secured their second place finish in their division! Woohoo! Because of the icky weather, we just did some errands and then hung around the house. I know Nick was bored but I thought it quite nice. And I didn't have to do anything! Today I have a sewing class on how to make a cute bag. Bags... do we ever have enough? Lol!

Today's card uses some new product! I got my preorder last week and have been playing! I was trying to come up with some swap cards for this month. I am loving the new In Colors! And this hostess set is one of my favorites! Here are the details:

• Card base is Smoky Slate
• Stamp the large flower image from Bloom with Hope in Smoky Slate and then stamp the greeting in Basic Grey
• Flag the bottom of a strip of Blackberry Bliss and adhere it to the card
• Flag the end of a strip of Whisper White
• Stamp the flower image onto the piece of Whisper White using black StazOn
• Color the image using Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow inks and a blender pen
• Stamp the splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge over the colored image using gold Encore
• Tie a piece of Blackberry Bliss stitched satin ribbon around the stamped panel and adhere to card with dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Bloom with Hope, Gorgeous Grunge; Paper- Smoky Slate, Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn, gold Encore, Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, Basic Grey, Smoky Slate; Accessories- Blackberry Bliss stitched satin ribbon, blender pen, dimensionals

Purple Pierced Sympathy

Hello everyone! Did you all get your clocks forwarded an hour? I am so happy that we left for Denver yesterday so that we could sleep in and not worry about getting up early to drive over the mountains. I feel pretty rested but it does seem strange to lose that hour. It will be nice to have more daylight, though! 

Today's card was created several weeks ago. Let's see if I remember how I did it - lol!

• Card base is Whisper White
• On a layer of Whisper White use the Occasions paper piercing pack to pierce and oval (might be kind of hard to see in the photo)
• Stamp the greeting from Petite Pairs in Elegant Eggplant
• Adhere layer to card with dimensionals
• Cut two stems from Always Artichoke with the Little Leaves sizzlet and adhere them to the card
• Punch three flowers from Wisteria Wonder using the Petite Petals punch
• Punch three flowers from Elegant Eggplant using the itty bitty shapes punch pack and adhere these to the Wisteria Wonder flowers
• Adhere layered flowers to card
• Punch a butterfly from So Saffron using the Bitty Butterfly punch and adhere to card
• Add pearls to flower centers and to butterfly

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Petite Pairs; Paper- Whisper White, Always Artichoke, So Saffron, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant; Ink- Elegant Eggplant; Accessories- Occasions paper piercing pack, Little Leaves sizzlet, Petite Petals punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, Bitty Butterfly punch, pearls dimensionals