Prince & Princess - Kylie's Winners Hop!

I am honoured to be part of Kylie’s Winners Hop and want to thank all of you who voted for me and helped me get to 3rd place! 

Today, I am giving you a sneak peek from the upcoming 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue which goes live on May 4th! My card is using the host stamp set, Prince & Princess. I just love the frog and thought I could make a cute thank you card for a handsome guy! 😊

I used two of the new In Colors, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen and both happened to be in the Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper! I wrapped a piece of Evening Evergreen Open Weave Ribbon around the top layer before adhering the frog circle.

The frog was coloured with Stampin' Blends in Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen and Soft Sea Foam.

The sentiments are from Prince & Princess and Art Gallery, stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with White Emboss Powder. It was cut using the rectangle die from the Beautiful Trees Dies.

Please enjoy hopping to the very talented demonstrators who were also in the top ten!

 

Blog Hop Touches of Ink April 2021

 

I am thrilled to be participating in an international blog hop with some talented demonstrators, including some from overseas! If you'd like to hop backwards to Tanja's blog, here is the link:

Tanja Frühling - Stempel Frühling

This month's featured product is the:

 Ice Cream Corner Suite!

I just love the popsicles in the Sweet Ice Cream Stamp Set and thought I would stamp them in Calypso Coral and So Saffron for a citrusy look!

The card base and background layer is So Saffron and the layer was embossed with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. The small So Saffron strip in the middle was embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder and I added Wink of Stella for some pizzazz! The DSP on the envelope and on the card is from the Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper pack.

I popped up the popsicles with Stampin' Dimensionals on the largest Stitched Circle (from the Stitched Shapes Dies) die cut from Basic White.

The thank you sentiment was stamped on Basic Black with Versamark, heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder, and fussy cut. I added Rhinestone Basic Jewels to finish it off!

The next blog in our hop is Simone's! Here is the link:

Simone Kleine - derdiedasKleine bastelt

Here are the links to all the talented demonstrators participating in our Touches of Ink Blog Hop! Most of the demonstrators are in Germany with a few of us in the UK and Canada! Enjoy!

Simone Kleine - derdiedasKleine bastelt

Stefanie Lange - enserponystempelt.de

Natalie Arnold (UK) - CraftyHunnypots

Nina Unbehau - Ninas kreative Welt

Anne Ronsky (UK) - Ash Inky Spot

Lisa Mattes - StempelMOMent

Liane Gorny - Jungle Cards

Iris Philipps - Der Papierhimmel 

Katja Martins - Stempelpfau 

Anja Ehmann - Bastelanja   

Angela Köber - Stempelfamilie

Lu Fischer  - Stempeljagd

Melanie Fischer - Meefischs-Bastelecke 

Daniela Klotzsch-Fiehn - Kreativierend

Petra Wittig - Cum Gaudium

Christiane Knapp - StempelPalast

Kim Kroeker (CA) -  Stampin' with Kim Arlene 

Tanja Frühling - Stempel Frühling

Lori Willcox (CA) - Creative Stamping with Lori 

West Coast Creators Blog Hop - Sending Sunshine

Welcome to our monthly blog hop! Our theme this month is the Last Chance Products that are retiring and available for purchase until May 3, 2021 or while supplies last!

I decided to give some love to the Sending Sunshine Stamp Set that is retiring along with our Sponge Brayers!

This stamp set makes it so easy to create a sunset over water! Starting with our Shimmery White Cardstock, I stamped the water in Pretty Peacock, a retiring In-Color, and used a Blender Pen to spread the ink around a little. I then stamped the sun in Daffodil Delight. 

I put a Post-It Note over the water to protect it, and using Sponge Brayers (retiring!), I sponged Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo inks in the sky.

Using a Sponge Dauber, I sponged Memento Black ink around the water to create the land. I then stamped the foliage, also in black. I adhered this to a Basic Black mat. 

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark ink on Basic Black and heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder. I fussy cut it out and popped it up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I finished it off with Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon and mounted it on a Melon Mambo card base.

Enjoy hopping to see the work of the talented demonstrators below!

 

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Boho Indigo Thank You

I am excited to be participating in Bruno & Kylie's monthly blog hop with demonstrators from around the world! Our theme is Thank You and I decided to go with a product that is retiring very soon, the Boho Indigo Product Medley!

I have loved this set over the past year and will be sorry to see it retire! The Designer Series Paper is gorgeous paired with the Very Vanilla embossed cardstock that comes in the kit!

There are also some fantastic dies in the product medley with vases and leaves. Our Gold Foil Sheets go beautifully with the blues!

Please enjoy hopping around to see the beautiful creations of my fellow demonstrators!

Soar, Sunset & Silhouette - Kylie's International Highlights

I can't believe it's April already and time for Kylie's International Blog Highlights with Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world! The theme is "Thank You" and I thought my card would be suitable for a boy to give his father or for a parent to give their child!

Please vote for your 5 favourite cards HERE!

I used a combination of products for this card. The three stamp sets I used are Soar Confidently, Silhouette Scenes and Blossoms In Bloom for the sentiment.

I experimented with several shades of yellow/orange for the sunset sky, mostly using So Saffron, Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze with a Blending Brush. The mask for the sun was made with the second largest Layering Circles die and a Post-It Note.

I matted the image layer on Basic Black and then on a Mango Melody card base.

I stamped the boy and airplane using a Stamparatus and Memento Black Ink because I wanted to get them good and dark. I used a Blender Pen to deepen the airplane by spreading some of the black ink around while still allowing the details to show.

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss powder.

Enjoy seeing all the amazing talent and click on the top right corner of your favourite 5 until the heart turns red! If you like mine, it's  number 17! Thanks!