Stampin' Up! Planted Paradise ~ Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop

 

Hey Stampers!  Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop.  I'm excited to be part of this fun & creative group sharing stamping inspiration with you today!

Our inspiration this month came from the photo below.  It's such a beautiful photo, full of rich colors and a great excuse to get to use some of Stampin' Up!'s new In Colors!  I do not have a current stamp set that includes a hummingbird, so I decided to use a stamp set that included plants and a small butterfly instead, Planted Paradise. 

Starry Sky is a gorgeous In Color that will be retiring in just one week!  I couldn't resist using this color to stamp the largest image on my card, the pot.  The leaves were stamped with Pretty Peacock and the NEW Shy Shamrock.  After stamping the first three large leaves, I masked them before adding the next stamp, then masked that leaf also.  I continued masking and stamping until I had filled the space. 

The butterfly was stamped with my favorite new In Color, Petunia Pop, which was also used for the mat between the stamped image and the card base.  I snuck in a little Berry Burst by adding a few gems from the Tinsel Gems Four-Pack. 

This stamp set doesn't include any sentiments.  Usually that is a fabulous reason for me to use a sentiment only stamp set.  This time I decided that no sentiment is actually needed...sometimes it's nice to just have a blank notecard ready to send.  

Thank you for visiting my blog today!  Be sure to visit the rest of the blogs listed below for even more inspiration.  Hopefully you will find inspiration somewhere along the hop!

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Stampin' Up! Bee My Valentine ~ Sketch Saturday

Hello & Welcome!  Today's card was created for Sketch Saturday's Challenge #749.  This is the first day of the challenge and you have two weeks to play along. (Challenge ends May 4th).  The optional twist for this card challenge is to use a trio of something.  The patterned paper I use includes a trio of flowers!  I also used 3 colors for the background: Sweet Sorbet, Basic White and Balmy Blue. 

I enjoyed this challenge because it made me think outside of my normal go to style of card design!  When I'm stuck in a rut, sketch challenges are are a great way for me to get inspired to try something new.  I hope they help you as well!

I have not finished the inside of this card yet. Do you have any ideas for me? I just can't seem to decide what type of 'Happy Day' this one should be ready for.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!  I hope you are able to play along with this month's sketch.  Don't forget to visit the original blog post at Sketch Saturday to find even more inspiration from the rest of the Sketch Saturday Design Team. 

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Stampin' Up! Circle Sayings FUN FOLD ~ Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

 

Hello and welcome to my blog!  I'm so happy to be joining the Stamping Inspirations Blog Hop today.  I love being a part of these fun Blog Hops with other stampers sharing what we love and create!  Links to all the other blog posts for this hop are near the end of this post - be sure to check them out!  Hopefully you will be as inspired as I always am seeing what everyone else creates for this month's challenge. 

This month our challenge was to create a New to Us Fun Fold.  I don't make a ton of Fun Folds, but they are something I am wanting to try more of this year, so this challenge was perfect!  I think the hardest part was decided which Fun Fold to try!  I am loving this Slide & Lock Fun Fold Design and can see many more of these in my future. 

One of my favorite things about this design is it's use of a square panel as the focal point, which doubles as the sliding and locking mechanism.  I always like the idea of square cards, but want them to fit perfectly in a standard envelope. So, I love it when I find a card design that lets me easily adapt square cards to not really be square anymore.  Make sense? 

The other thing I love about this design is that it is all easy cuts and scoring that I do with my normal Paper Trimmer.  Nothing crazy here!  

The Card Base was cut to 4-1/4" x 11" (standard dimensions), then scored at 2-3/4" from each end, to make a standard card base.  I did cut a sliver (about 1/16") off of the right side to make room for the slide. 

The DSP was cut to 4" x 2-1/2", 4" x 2-7/16" and 3-1/4" x 3-1/4". 

I also cut four Lost Lagoon panels 3-1/2" x 3-1/2".  Two of these I scored down the middle (1-3/4"), then folded in half.

I can't wait to make more of these Slide & Lock Fun Fold Cards.  Not only that, but I'm so excited to see what other fun folds I can learn from the other crafters in this Blog Hop!  Click the image below to hop along to the next blog for more inspiration. 

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Aurélie Fabre ● Tricia Butts

Leonie Stuart  ●  Danielle Kassing   ●   Kim Fee

Marga Bultena  ●  Karen Henderson  ●  Rebecca-Jo Unwin

Mo Rootes  ●  Jan Musselman  ●  Judith Patterson

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Stampin' Up! Go to Greetings Birthday Card ~ Sketch Saturday

Hello & Welcome!  Today's card was created for Sketch Saturday's Challenge #748.  This is the first day of the challenge and you have two weeks to play along.  (Challenge ends April 19)  The optional twist for this card challenge is to incorporate a food or drink theme.  

I've been wanting to use these Paper Butterfly Accents, and thought this sketch was ideal for them, so I skipped the food/drink theme this time.  In fact, the very first thing I did when making this card was to choose the 3 butterflies I wanted to use. Then, I used a Mini Blending Brush to add a touch of Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape inks.  

When that was done, I started putting this sweet card together.  The butterflies in the corner were attached with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals that I trimmed to fit in strategic places behind the butterflies.  Before I adhered the middle butterfly with Liquid Glue, I added a bit of Wink of Stella to it, which gave it a subtle shimmer and spread the ink around a little to make a bit more of a contrast.

Go to Greetings really has been my 'go to' for sentiments, which makes it super sad that this stamp set is retiring soon!  After stamping the smallest birthday greeting from this set in Gorgeous Grape ink, I cut it out with a die cut from Countryside Corners Dies.  

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!  I hope you are able to play along with this month's sketch.  Don't forget to visit the original blog post at Sketch Saturday to find even more inspiration from the Design Team.

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