The Spot Challenge #106 Modern Heart

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday from the frozen tundra of Colorado... Who knew that 3 days ago that it was over 70 Degrees, I had on a tank top and even got a bit of sunburn. The pigs are nestled down in there houses and Taryn did her first virtual pig show! She did a great job for never showing pigs before!

This week The Spot Creative Challenge has one of my favorite colors combos as a challenge for you! Petal Pink, Gray Granite, and any thing metal! This could be Foils, Glimmer Paper, Embellishments, and of course Heat Embossing. It is a color combo I use A LOT and I really struggled with doing something that I hadn't done or was a bit replayed! Let me show you what I have created.

When the Annual Catalog came out last year, Modern Heart was one of the FIRST sets that I purchased, I used it a couple times and put it away. So with the retiring list coming out in just a couple weeks, I felt like I needed to bring this one out again! 

I started by stamping the large heart on Gray Granite with Versamark so that I could heat emboss the design with Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder. Then I fussy cut this and set it aside. I had actually started this card with whole other idea, which is where the Corrugated embossed Petal Pink piece came from. It is nicely layered over a strip of Copper Foil. I created the background using the other stamps from the Modern Heart Stamp set. With the Petal Pink wash look. Gray Granite smaller hearts and Petal Pink mini hearts. It was a great touch with under my accent strips. I adhered the heart with the Stampin' Dimensionals over the strips. The sentiment was stamped in Gray Granite over the Petal Pink swoosh. I die cut this with one of the Rectangle Stitched Dies. A nice Whisper White Bakers Twine with few Metallic Pearls was the perfect touch. This is nicely layered onto a Gray Granite layer and a Petal Pink card base.

I can't wait to see what you create with this oh so pretty color challenge! 

Have an amazing day! 

OSAT May Fabulous Floral Blog Hop

Happy Thursday to you! It is already the second Thursday of the month!!! Can you believe it!? The kids will be out of school in just two weeks and it seems like no matter what I try to schedule there is always a conflict! Here is a great example, Wesley had a doctors appointment scheduled for Monday. They moved the track meet to Monday instead of Tuesday... So before figuring out he was not going to be eligible... I moved it to today! Phew!!! WRONG... So yesterday, I am hard at work stamping my hands off.... I get an email from Wesley "Mom I can't go to my appointment tomorrow, I have my Ameritown trip".... I kind of wanted to pull my hair out!

The One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop is live this month with a Fabulous Florals theme. I have been showing a bit of new stuff recently, but lets take a look at one of my favorite retiring colors Powder Pink and a great returning favorite Beautiful Bouquet! 

First let me say... This was not what I had in mind when creating for today's hop. I had started a Mini Album with the Everything is Rosy Product Medley... Then, I talked my self out of completing it and designing a card. I knew that I wanted to create with something that we have right now and maybe even something that will be retiring... Well the good news Beautiful Bouquet and the Bouquet Bunch are coming back in the new Annual Catalog. Bad News, I used the retiring In Color Powder Pink. This pink is by far one of my favorites. I stamped many flowers from the stamp set in Poppy Parade, Powder Pink and So Saffron. I accented the centers with Soft Suede. The stems are stamped with Pear Pizzazz ink and for some extra dimension I die cut it as well out of Pear Pizzazz card stock. This is nicely laid out on a Stitched Shape Oval on a Champagne Foil Scalloped Layering Oval. This is adhered over a Pear Pizzazz Corrugated embossed strip and a Powder Pink Polka Dot strip using Stampin' Dimensionals. This is nicely layered onto a Pinewood Planks Embossed piece of Whisper White that is on a mat of Powder Pink card stock and a card base of So Saffron!

Here is a bit of a closer look at my bouquet! You can also see that I have accented some of the flowers with the Clear Wink of Stella and droplets from the Clear & Frosted Epoxy Droplets. You can also see my nice little Linen Thread bow that ties on my Classis Label punched "Happy Mother's Day" sentiment from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set (Which also returns)!

My Cute Tufted embossed purse is quick and relatively easy! It is a 2" x 6" piece of card stock that I scored to fit around two Nuggets that wrapped in DSP, I decided to use the NEW Delightful Tag Topper punch, this will be available to you June 4th but it was perfect for this little project!

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I have provided a full list of products for you to see or shop with! I can't wait for you to see what Sara Levin has created for you today! You can get to her by clicking along the full link list below!

Product List

Beautiful Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set $27.00	Itty Bitty Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set $36.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock $9.75	Powder Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock $8.50	So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock $8.50
Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock $8.50	In Color 2017–2019 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper $11.00	Champagne Foil Sheets $4.00	Classic Label Punch $18.00	Delightful Tag Topper Punch $23.00
Bouquet Bunch Framelits Dies $30.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies $35.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies $30.00	Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $10.00	Tufted Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $9.00
Corrugated Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $10.00	Linen Thread $5.00	Clear Faceted Gems $5.00	Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets $9.00

One Stamp At A Time End of Summer Blog Hop

Happy Thursday! It is time for another One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop! We are back this month with a fun End Of Summer Tic Tac Toe. I can't wait to show you guys what we have all come up with!

It has been a busy couple weeks and I am starting to feel like I see light at the end of the tunnel. Yesterday was the last day of the county fair. We had a small car wash to help with the up coming dance season expenses. Taryn will have her dance assessments for this years dance season tomorrow, which means that the school year is right around the corner...sad but true!

Here in Colorado, this is the time of year that you can drive around here in on the Eastern Plains and see pastures full of Sunflowers in bloom. A lot of the farmers around here have been hit with some crop damaging hail. In fact I know one farmer who lost his whole wheat crop due to hail and in an effort to try to recover from his loss he planted Sunflowers.

We cooked up this amazing end of summer Tic Tac Toe for some amazing ideas. I honestly have made 4 Three in a Rows... but I am not bragging! Let me show you what I have whipped up for you today!

This amazing card started with Festive Farmhouse DSP. This will be available September! I couldn't wait to pull out this wood grain piece for today's card. I have stamped the fern like stamp from Painted Harvest with Mossy meadow ink. Keeping with the Granite Gray tone, I cut a smallish square stamped with the Burlap Background Stamp. Before layering that under my Sunflower, I used a fun new embossing folder. It is a Corrugated Embossing Folder that comes out at the same time as the DSP! Once this was all complete I stamped the leaves in Mossy Meadow and used the Leaf Punch. My sunflower was created by using So Saffron then Crushed Curry. It has a nice rich center of Soft Suede and was die cut using the 2nd to the largest Stitched Circle from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. I have Used the Fine Tip Glue Pen to adhere the wood embellishments to the back before attaching it with Stampin' Dimensionals to the corrugated layer. A Nice knot with the braided Linen thread and a nice Copper Heat Embossed sentiment and this card was DONE!

I knew for my project that I needed to keep it easy! Dani Dziama came to my rescue with this cute little box! It only holds one Rollo... But it was oh so cute! I have provided another view of my card below.

Thank You so much for stopping in today! Myself and the OSAT Hop Team can't wait to show you all the creations on the hop today, so make sure you click along the list below! Have a great Thursday!