SIP #175 Gratitude with Concord & 9th Grateful For Everything Bundle

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Well here we are in November and it's time to think about Gratitude over at Stamp, Ink, Paper! 

I decided that a Gratitude Challenge was the perfect time for the Concord & 9th Grateful For Everything Bundle!  Not only is the focal image in the set gorgeous but the sentiments are perfect for gratitude/thankfulness!

The sentiment I used on this card is my favorite and the font is awesome!!  The focal image in the stamp set is so gorgeous and very large!  I stamped the image with Gina K Amalgam Ink onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock and then colored with Kuretake Zig Clean Color Markers and then cut with the coordinating die.  Once I decided where I wanted the image on the DSP I cut it and will save the other part for another card!  I went a little crazy with three colors of flowers maybe??  I just wanted to add some colorful flowers since the greenery and wheat were pretty dull.  Hopefully it worked out fine.  I rally love it!  I adhered the image with Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive and then added three Pretty Pink Posh Clear Sparkling Confetti with Glitter Glue.  I added the card front onto a blue cardbase with some Fast Fuse and then tied some linen thread across the top with a small bow.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina

SIP #87 - Kindness! Unity Stamp Co. Everyone You Meet

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Hope your weekend has been have as beautiful as ours was and that your week is off to a fabulous start!  This week over at Stamp, Ink, Paper we have a Kindness Challenge!  I really believe that the world could use a whole lot more of that, don't you?  

I was going through my stamps so see which ones I had with the word Kind or Kindness and I found that awesome stamp from Unity Stamp Co. called "Everyone You Meet" that I had bought and not used yet.  Seriously .. this is just about my favorite saying and I was happy to finally ink it up!

Do you ever make backgrounds and then not use them for their intended purpose?  I do that a lot but I always save them and today I was able to use one of them on this card.  I used Distress Inks to create it and since it's been a while since I made it, I don't remember the exact colors but I believe the Orange in it is Spiced Marmalade.   I used a Mama Elephant Basic Creative Cuts die to diecut the background and heat embossed the fabulous Unity sentiment in black on it.  I used the Stampin' Up! Botanical Builder Framelits to add the leaves and flowers.  I wanted to keep this one fairly simple as it is really all about the awesome sentiment.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Blessings, Tina