Lolly & Sand: Stamping Symphony

Tuesday, 15 May 2018

Hippity Hop, It's a Blog Hop!

Now that spring is truly here, it brings thoughts of gardens and flowers, warmth and sun! Let's leave winter behind us! Which brings me to our Stamping Symphony blog hop! Each of us are featuring some retiring products that will be gone by the end of the month.

We didn't see much in the way of April showers bringing our May flowers, however they're here, yay, and with that in mind, I've turned the umbrella from the set Weather Together upside-down to be a basket for flowers!

This cheery card starts with a base of Night of Navy, followed up with a Lemon Lime Twist layer. I embossed a Whisper White layer used the Scattered Sequins Dynamic embossing folder - so pretty!

Using Lemon Lime Twist ink, I stamped the umbrella image onto Whisper White paper, then fussy cut it. Next, I stamped the floral image in Night of Navy many times onto Whisper White paper to achieve the look of an overflowing basket. I loosely cut that piece and then adhered it to the card. I popped up the umbrella with dimensionals, then stamped the sentiment, also from Weather Together, then used my Classic Label punch.

I added just a few flowers to the inside layer, and ta-da - done!

Versatility is my favourite thing about this stamp set! Use the umbrella as is, flip it like I did, or even use it for a sweet baby card, get well card...so many possibilities! Plus, the sentiments are lovely and will give your cards a very heartfelt touch.

If you love this stamp set, be sure to order it before it's gone forever!

Shop for retiring products here

Be sure to check out the cards & projects in our blog hop!

1. Leena

2. Sandy (you are here)

3. Barb

4. Jen

5. Steph

Sunday, 15 April 2018

Happiest of Days & a Blog Hop!

The retiring list of products is out, and as much as it's sad to see our favourites going away, there's still time to purchase them before the new catalogue is released in June.

Today, I have two cards for you, both featuring a gorgeous retiring stamp set - Happiest of Days. Although I used watercolour paper as the top layer, silver heat embossing, and Indigo Island ink & cardstock on both cards, they look quite different.

Let's take a look at the first card:

Using Versamark, I stamped the floral image onto a watercolour paper scrap, plus the layer, then heat embossed in silver. I did the same with the sentiment. Such lovely script - don't you just love it!!

Next, using Indigo Island ink & re-inker & my Aqua Painter, I simply coloured in the flowers. For the leaves, I used Lemon Lime Twist.

To achieve the speckled look, I tapped my Aqua Painter that was loaded with Indigo Ink and a bit water over the paper. Next I did the same with Lemon Lime Twist ink. Lastly, I fussy cut some of the flowers and popped them up on dimensionals.

This is our Stamping Symphony monthly blog hop. This month, we're focusing on retiring products. Once you're finished reading my post, please take a few minutes to hop on over to the blogs of the rest of the team. Links are at the bottom of the page.

Let's check out card 2:

After I heat embossed the sentiment & flowers, I once again loaded up my Aqua Painter with Island Indigo ink, then swept the colour across the paper. I really like how the ink settled.

I decided to add Elegant Eggplant ink to some of the flowers. Sadly, both Elegant Eggplant & Island Indigo inks & papers are retiring. It's not too late to pick up this stamp set & your other fave colours, but please don't delay - they are available only while supplies last!

You can shop here.

You can find the rest of our team blog hoppers below:

Leena - http://alacards.blogspot.ca/

Sandy - you are here

Barb - http://justbstamping.blogspot.ca/

Jen - https://stampingjen.blogspot.ca/

Steph - http://hofkissed.blogspot.ca/

Product List

Happiest Of Days Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143796]

$24.00