To Thank You For All You Do & a Blog Hop

Welcome and thank you for stopping by today!  It's time once again for our monthly Stamping Symphony blog hop, which is held on the 15th of every month!  Our theme this month is fall, and fall colours, and yes, it's mid-August, and we aren't through with summer yet, but I think you'll like our creations!

I decided to ink up Rooted in Nature for this card and really like the finished card.

To make it (all in inches):

Cut the base in Very Vanilla - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4

Cut layer in Very Vanilla 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, then emboss using the Subtle folder

Magnolia Lane ribbon - 5 3/4

Adhere glue dots to the back of the layer, just below the centre line of the layer, and attach the ribbon

Next, using Tombo, adhere the layer to the card base

Stamp:

The 'wood' trunk on Crumb Cake cardstock, using Crumb Cake ink & fussy cut

Leaves - Merry Merlot, using same colour ink

Additional leaves - die cut Perennial Essence Old Olive Vellum

Heat emboss in white onto Perennial Essence So Saffron Vellum

Die cut all leaves using Nature's Roots Dies

Heat emboss the sentiment in copper onto Very Vanilla cardstock, then die cut using Stitched Rectangles.  After die cutting, I moved the die over a bit & die cut again to make a smaller sentiment layer.  Lastly, I die cut Copper Foil paper using the same die.

All the pieces were adhered using glue dots, dimensionals & Tombo.

The final touch was to add a pretty copper Designer Element. 

I hope you're inspired my card!

Need some supplies? I would appreciate your business!  Please remember to use my August Host Code T4JB97NK at the checkout. And, if you earned Bonus Days coupons, you need to redeem them in this month!

Shop at my Online Store

How does a 20-25% discount sound? Awesome? Amazing?

Check out all the details here

Have you read my August Newsletter?

New classes, including online, Holiday products and more!

Read it here

Keep hopping along!

Barb

Sandy - you are here

Jen

Steph

Leena

Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146482]

$57.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[147116]

$10.25

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad

[147112]

$10.25

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101650]

$13.25

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[120953]

$12.00

Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146979]

$12.00

Perennial Essence 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Vellum Cardstock

[149101]

$15.00

Magnolia Lane Ribbon Combo Pack

[149485]

$12.25

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

[141636]

$8.25

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$41.00

Nature's Roots Dies

[146341]

$53.00

Stitched Rectangle Dies

[148551]

$48.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$5.50

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Beautiful Bouquet - Spring Blog Hop - Stampin' Up!

Welcome friends, to our monthly Blog Hop!  Fittingly, this month, our theme is 'Spring' for our paper projects!

Soon our gardens will be blooming with flowers, which is why I chose to use the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set and coordinating Bouquet Bunch Dies.  Flowers & prettiness!  

Would you agree the Basket Weave folder looks so fresh on Whisper White layer? 

I don't think the photo does justice to our oh so pretty Shimmery White cardstock!   

Once I stamped the sentiment, I used our 2 of our Rectangle Stitched Dies to create the frame & sentiment layer.

Our 2017-2019 In Colours will be retiring in a few short months, and I wanted to get the most out of them now.  If you love the colours, and I'm guessing you do, grab them now as the retirement list is out as of today, and all 2017-2019 In Colour products are sure to go quickly!

Speaking of retiring In Colours; I used our Ink Refills - Lemon Lime Twist, Tranquil Tide, Berry Burst, and Blueberry Bushel (not retiring) , for the leaves & flowers.  I spritzed water on watercolour paper, then a drop or two of ink, and used our Aqua Painter to spread the ink around.  The watered inks overlapped a bit, giving pretty colour variations - love!!  Once dry, I die cut the pieces using the Bouquet Bunch Dies.

A simple Congratulations & one of the die cut flower bunch for the inside, and this pretty card is complete!  What do you think?

News

 When the new catalogue is released, there will be some modest price increases on some of the products.  Stock up now!  See a list of the price changes here

Retiring - Stampin' Trimmer

The current stock of trimmers, blades etc are available only while supplies last.

You can order up to 6 packages of blades as of April 15.  Order the trimmer and blades

Thank you again for stopping by!

If you're in Canada, and wish to place an order, I appreciate your support of my online business.

You can shop right here

Be sure to keep hopping to see the rest of the Stamping Symphony blogs.

Barb - JustBStamping
Jen - Stamping With Jen
Leena - A La Cards
Sandy - Lolly & Sand <- you are here

Product List

Beautiful Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143666]

$34.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$13.25

Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101910]

$12.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.25

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[144092]

$5.00

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[144091]

$5.00

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[144089]

$5.00

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147176]

$5.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$23.00

Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[146841]

$12.25

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

[148551]

$48.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$150.00

Stampin' Up! Amazing Life - Kylie's International Blog Hop Top 10

Welcome, and thank you for stopping by today!  I thank you for your votes, which put me into the Top Ten, and into this International Blog Hop!

My project today is a birthday card, that is quick & easy to make, even for new stampers!

I started with a Flirty Flamingo cardstock base & layer.  I ran the layer through the Big Shot in the Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, which is just lovely!   Before adhering the layer, I added some Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle ribbon.

Here's the Country Floral Dynamic TIEF

The stamped the sentiment in Smoky Slate, then felt I needed a bit more.  That's when I noticed the sweet little butterflies in one of my fave sets - Needle & Thread.  How cute are they stamped in Flirty Flamingo!!

Did you know you can save 10% by selecting the Amazing Life Bundle? A fun stamp set AND Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies are a must-have for your crafting!!

I die cut the sentiment layer using one of the Layering Circles Dies.  These dies are awesome, and I'll tell you why!  Because it's a circle, you simple can't stamp crooked!  Yup - awesome!

Using my Stitched Shapes Framelit, I die cut the layer in Smoky Slate.  

Once assembled, I added a few Pearl Basic Jewels.  And there you have it - a quick & easy card!

Here's the card so many of you voted on, which I really appreciate.

Thank you again for stopping by!

If you're in Canada, and wish to place an order, I appreciate your support of my online business.

You can shop right here

Be sure to hop on over to the rest of the blogs to see lots of  lovely projects!