Blended Seasons - Creating Kindness Blog Hop - Rustic theme

Happy August! Time again for another Creating Kindness blog hop. This month's theme is rustic. Rustic is such a broad term but we described it as countryside, farm, shabby chic, scenic, landscape ... basically anything that is NON-CITY. I instantly think of WOOD when I hear the phrase rustic. So my card features the Wooden Textures designer series papers.  I also think of warm browns, oranges and red colors when I hear rustic. So I went fall themed and used the Blended Seasons stamp set for the leaf imagery.  The Blended Season stamp set is available until August 31.

Are your ready to get your "rustic" on? Next up is the always creative Sara Levin. 
 

The Creating Kindness blog hop features Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world who have come together to inspire you to create kindness through cardmaking and paper crafting.

CREATING KINDNESS: We are a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world who have come together to inspire you to create kindness through cardmaking and paper.
Sometimes links break. Below are quick links to our blog home pages.

Carolynn Sander

Charlet Mallett (YOU ARE HERE)

Cheryll Miller

Danielle Bennenk

Jay Soriano

Jerim Dickins

Jenny Hall

Jessie Holton

Lou Kitzelman

Marcy Denning

Paula Dobson

Sacha Van de Kerkhof

Sara Levin

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Bundle

[149894]

$64.75

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2

[149014]

$12.50

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

[144177]

$11.00

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies

[146840]

$23.00

Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[139672]

$8.50

Linen Thread

[104199]

$4.50

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[120953]

$8.50

Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[131199]

$8.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

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

[100730]

$9.75

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$5.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$5.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Blended Seasons

Happy August! I have a short and sweet post for you this morning with a little card inspiration. FYI  - Blended Season is now available to purchase! As are the Stitched Seasons framelits and the new assortment of Watercolor pencils. See the flyer below for more information.

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Blended Seasons Clear-Mount Bundle

[149894]

$64.75

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2

[149014]

$12.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

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

[100730]

$9.75

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$5.00

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147278]

$9.00

Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147283]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$7.50

P.S. You're the Best - Global Design Project - Color Challenge

Hooray for color challenges and really cool typewriters. I love typewriter stamps and collect them whenever I can find them. I was so excited to see a typewriter in this new Stampin' Up! set 'P.S. You're the Best'. I had to use it immediately for this weeks Global Design Project.

The colors we are challenging you to use in your project this week are Lovely Lipstick, Bermuda Bay and Night of Navy. I got a little inky with my card background using these colors in classic ink reinkers to watercolor with.  While I know that the typewriter ink would not bleed this way I still like the inky look paired with this image. I added a few little layered details behind the typewriter to create that messy desk look. 

Are you ready to play along with us? Check out more inspiration in these colors on the Global Design Project and play along. Tag your projects #GDP149.  Happy Stamping!

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

P.S. You're The Best Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146516]

$20.00

Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143706]

$10.00

Colored Doilies

[146935]

$4.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Lovely Lipstick 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

[146952]

$6.00

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

[100730]

$9.75

Lovely Lipstick Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147281]

$9.00

Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144600]

$9.00

Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144040]

$9.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[131156]

$3.75

Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147179]

$3.75

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[103033]

$3.75

Glitter Enamel Dots

[146934]

$7.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Sea of Textures - Stamp Review Crew

Welcome to another edition of the Stamp Review. This week we are reviewing Sea of Textures. This set is all about the ocean life and texture. It's such a fun set to play around with and every project ends up having a very eclectic and unique look.

This stamp set has coordinating framelits that cut out a few of the stamp images, and also a few stand alone die cut ocean shapes.

My first card features the Octopus and and net stamp images. The background was created with a little Brusho color crystals. It kind of looks like the Octopus inked a little. Oops. To create this look I created an oval with with a water brush and dropped a little moss green Brusho onto the wet shape and watched the magic. The Octopus is stamped in Night of Navy.

This next card also features the Octopus. This time he is stamped in Gorgeous Grape and Blackberry Bliss using my Stamparatus and the rock 'n roll technique. I love these two colors together.
 

For the background I used the net die to create a stencil and filled in with silver embossing paste. Fun, fun.

Are you ready for a little underwater exploring? Next up is Ann. I can't wait to see her take on this stamp set. Thanks for visiting and please know I appreciate you and your lovely comments.

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!