Monday Montage 188 - Loyal Leaves

April 25, 2021

Hello friends. Welcome to the Montage Montage Blog hop.

I’ve been in a cardmaking mode lately. I’ve been trying to use all the stamp sets that are retiring to give them some love before they are gone forever. My card today uses the ‘Loyal Leaves’ stamp set. I do love this set and am sad to see it retire. It’s a perfect set for a more masculine looking card. This beauty is only available for purchase until May 3.

The Monday Montage crew is a talented bunch. A quick refresher: the Montage gals host a blog hop every other Monday showing you fun and exciting Stampin’ Up! products.

Ready for more Stampin’ Up! inspiration? Be sure to loop through the entire hop and see all of the amazing artwork created just to inspire! Next up is Cheryl. Thanks for stopping by.

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TGIF Challenges 313- Theme Challenge: Dog, Cat or Pet

April 22, 2021

Hello friends! This week the TGIF Challenges team has a theme challenge TGIFC313 for you to play along with: Pets. Do you have the dog or cat punch? If so you have everything you need to create a card for this challenge. Lol, or at least that’s how I approached it. SNEAK PEEK: I used a few fantastic new products (available My 4th) and paired them up with the cat punch to create this pet sympathy card. The primary flower is from a stamp set are called Hand-Penned Petals (and coordinating dies). The greeting is from the a set called 'Inspired Thoughts. The Designer Series Paper is also called Hand-Penned.

Like this challenge? Play along with us! More inspiration can be found on the TGIF Challenges Blog. Happy Stamping.

Global Design Project - GDP288 - Etched in Nature

April 19, 2021

Hello and welcome to this week’s Global Design Project challenge. We have a CASE the Designer challenge: Manuela Geiswinkler. Manuela is a true artist and her cards are always a great place to look for inspiration. I was really enchanted by the beautiful background she created on this card using blue, green and pink. I went for a similar look/feel on my card and I love how it turned out. The stamp set shown is called Etched in Nature and will soon be available through Stampin’ Up!

To create the background I used water brushes, classic ink and watercolor paper. I played around a few times until I achieved a similar look to Manuela’s card. I actually colored and cut the bird image out first so I could see where the color might land behind the bird. Colors used are Just Just, Misty Moonlight, Petal Pink, Soft Suede and Crumb Cake.

Have you guys been following along the @global_design_project instagram account? We are all so impressed with all of the weekly card submissions for the GDP challenges. Seriously impressed. You all are so talented. Want to play along? Details below.

PLAY ALONG:

Create a NEW project that reflects the current challenge

3 ways to play:

1. Post your entry to @global_design_project instagram

2. Post your entry to Global Design Project Facebook page

3. Post to the Global Design Project Blog

Remember to and tag us with the weekly challenge hashtag. #GDP282 or #globaldesignproject

Deadline for entries closes each Sunday at 18:00 CET.

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Dragonfly Garden - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Dragonfly Garden - Stamp Review Crew

April 18, 2021

Hello friends! Welcome to the Dragonfly Garden Stamp Review Crew Hop. I’ve enjoyed crafting with this set. It’s not my typical style however I’ve been really happy with all of the projects I’ve created using this set. See additional inspiration at the end of this post.

CARD 1 (Thank You for your Kindness)

For this card I stamped the larger wildflower image in Crumb Cake along the bottom of the card staggering the image to make it appear less uniform. The flowers have been softly colored using Stampin’ Blends. I love this soft look.

The black dragonfly is from the Dandy laser cuts. I colored the die cut image black and love the contrast against the soft wildflower background.

I added a few black iridescent pearls to give the card a little more dimension.

The greeting has been stamped in Versamark and that set using white emboss powder.

Card 2 (You Are An Inspiration)

The flowers on this card are stamped and colored in same way as mentioned above. Same with the greetings.

For the card base I create a window frame using Mossy Meadow card stock and a square die. I added a hint of the yellow and white stripe from the Dandy Garden Designer Series paper. I like how this little bit of graphic paper changes the look of this card.

A full list of supplies for both cards can be found below.

What is the Stamp Review Crew? We are an international group of paper crafters that get together to feature and review a single Stampin’ Up! stamp set on the first and third Monday of each month. All of our previous stamp set reviews are archived. Click here to see all of the hops!

Ready for more inspiration using this stamp set? Next up is Mike Funke. Be sure to go through the hop to see what ALL my talented friends have created using this set. Thanks in advance for taking the time to comment. I love to hear from you.

DRAGONFLY GARDEN BLOG HOP

Jay Soriano

Kelly Kent

Cindy Elam

Heidi Baks

Charlet Mallett (YOU ARE HERE)

Mike Funke

Mickey Roberts

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