Stampin' Up! Forever Blossoms Bundle paired with Parisian Blossoms Specialty DSP

Hello and Happy Sunday! It's game day in the Riddle Household.. Tennessee Titans are taking on the Kansas City Chiefs and we are ready to Titan Up!  So while I'm waiting for the game to start, I might as well as do a little crafting, right?

So I finally got the beautiful Forever Blossoms Bundle and I LOVE it!  The shading on the blossoms is so beautiful and makes the coloring so easy!  Do you know what else I love???  ... The Parisian Blossoms Specialty DSP.  It is absolutely gorgeous!!!

This Specialty DSP is just so elegant as a backdrop for this beautiful blossom!  

I decided to use this as a birthday card because I'm always needing them!  Here's a quick peek at the inside....

Thanks so much for stopping by!   Blessings, Tina

PCC366 Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge with Stampin' Up! Free as a Bird

Hello and Happy Wednesday!  I've have been MIA with the Paper Craft Crew for a while now but I'm back and ready to dive in with a fun sketch challenge and the Free as a Bird stamp set from the Annual Catalog!  

I have to admit.. I really am a bird person.  Whenever my hubby and I go on vacation, I'm always taking pictures of birds.  My card idea started with a piece of Purple Posy Cardstock but I had to admit that I wasn't sure if there were many birds that were lavender or purple.  So... of course I googled purple birds and found out that there are! 

This little guy looked a lot like the little birds in the Free as a Bird stamp set so I went for it!

I used the floral and leaf images from the stamp set to make a background by stamping them with Versamark for a tone-on-tone look.  I used one of the Stampin' Up! Stitched Rectangle Dies to cut it into my background panel.  I layered that on a piece of Basic Black Cardstock and then adhered it to a Melon Mambo Cardstock.  I then stamped the birds on a branch image onto a piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Gina K Designs Amalgam Ink and colored it with Zig Clean Color Markers.  The Bristol Smooth really allows the Zig Clean Color Markers to blend and it takes water really well.  Once the image was dry, I used one of the Stampin' Up! Stitched Nested Label Dies to cut it out.  *Currently The Stitched Nested Label Dies can be purchased with the Free as a Bird Stamp Set as a bundle! I used Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere to the layered card base.  I stamped the "hello" sentiment from the set with Versamark Ink onto Basic Black cardstock and heat embossed with White Embossing Powder.  I used Multipurpose adhesive to adhere the sentiment to the bird label die.  I added a Mini Dimensional to the left side that hung off of the label so support it.  Finally I added some Gold Glitter Enamel Dots that had been colored with a Melon Mambo Stampin' Blend and adhered them to the front of the card.  The Stampin' Blend alcohol markers dry so quickly that you can add them almost immediately to your card. 

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Honey Bee Bundle Stampin' Up! Again!

Hello and Happy Friyay!  Yep, it's Friday and it's pay day so it's definitely a Friyay!  

I have another card to share with the adorable Stampin' Up! Honey Bee Bundle! and Golden Honey Specialty DSP!  I hope you love it as much as I do!

Here's the outside of the card which came together soooo easily!  I have an 11" x 4 1/4" inch Basic Black Cardbase scored at 5 1/2" for a top folding card.  I added a panel of the gorgeous Golden Honey Specialty DSP (free during sale-a-bration with a $50 purchase!) that was cut with one of the stitched rectangle dies.  I stamped the honey bees on whisper white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then colored in the yellow with Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends!  I used the coordinating dies to cut out the honey bees and then added a little clear Wink of Stella to the winks for some shine.  I stamped the sentiment with more of the Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Whsiper White Cardstock and cut it with one of the Stitched Nested Label Dies.  I used a scrap of more of the Golden Honey Special DSP (black and gold stripe) to cut the little gold stripe that I adhered to my card panel prior to adding the sentiment die cut with dimensionals.  I love how the gold looks layered under it!  Finally I added 3 gold glitter enamel dots and a scrap of Black and Gold Twine to finish off the outside of my card.

Here's a look at the inside of my card.  I stamped the sentiment onto a stitched rectangle Whisper White panel and adhered it to the middle of the inside.  I stamped the honey bee onto a scrap of Whisper White with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with my Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends as I did the other honey bees.  I added some clear Wink of Stella to the center under the sentiment with Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

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