TGIF 210 Color Challenge Southern Living

Happy Friday! We have made it through the week! Well almost, I mean I would like to think that I conquered my busiest day of the week yesterday... But looking at what is on my plate for tomorrow... It may be the winner... Band, Prom Makeup, Dance Recital... That about sums it up! 

Today I am back with the TGIF Design Team creating with an amazing color challenge! It seems like lately I can not put the Petal Pink away!!! It just ends up on EVERY card I make. If you didn't know, the Subtles are my FAVORITE!

While I know that on Wednesday I gave a sneak peek of the upcoming Good Morning Magnolia Bundle, today I am creating with a couple stamp sets that will not be returning. Lets take a look at my card!

I remember seeing the Southern Serenade stamp set for the first time. My most favorite stamp in this set is the distressed lace like stamp. I have taken it along the edges of my Whisper White with Petal Pink ink. To give it a bit of a dirty distressed look I have sponged Crumb Cake as well. Once that was done, the small lace like border was stamped in Pool Party on the bottom left. This was set aside while I colored up my Crumb Cakes boots from the Country Livin' stamp set. This is another great set that will not be coming back in the new catalog. I chose to use the Blender Pens to color up these beauties in the most imperfect way and added a bit a Pool Party shadow. The cute little flower, also from the Southern Serenade was fussy cut with Paper Snips and adhered to my boots with a Mini Glue Dot! A nice little Faceted Dot was perfect for the center. The Stitched Square from the Stitched Shapes Framelits was perfect layered onto the Gold Glimmer Paper. To keep with my shabby chic card I have added a nice banner of Wood Textures DSP with a lovely piece of the Scallop Lace Trim that will debut in June in the NEW Annual Catalog!

I am so glad you stopped by today to check out my card for the TGIF Color challenge! I can't wait to see what you create with these colors!

I have provided a full product list below of everything I used on the card today!

Have a GREAT Weekend!

                    Product List

Southern Serenade Clear-Mount Stamp Set $21.00	Country Livin' Clear-Mount Stamp Set $15.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock $8.50
Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock $8.50	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack $11.00
Gold Glimmer Paper $5.00	Blender Pens $12.00	Layering Squares Framelits Dies $35.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies $30.00
Very Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Scalloped Lace Trim $7.00	Stamping Sponges $3.50	Faceted Dots $6.00	Paper Snips Scissors $10.00

Paper Craft Crew 335 Sketch Challenge

Happy Wednesday!!! Are we all happy that we are over the hump???? If we are friends on Facebook you will know that in my house we are at that time of year where the kids no longer want to wake up to get ready for school and while I think we all are impatiently waiting for summer break, I am not sure that I am ready for the bickering... 9, 11 and 13 year old's are not for the faint of heart!

I am working on getting back into my regular groove again! Today I am back at it with the Paper Craft Crew Design Team! We have a fabulous sketch that you will see below that of course is left to interpretation!

The launch of the new Annual Catalog is right around the corner and I feel like sometimes we can't always purge EVERYTHING that is going away. For example the Wood Textures DSP will be saying a fond farewell, but on today's card I am going to show you how you can use some of that Wood Textures DSP with the upcoming Magnolia Lane DSP!

The Magnolia Lane suite will be one of the hottest new items in the upcoming catalog! The DSP is amazing with fabulous florals as well as stripes and small prints! Today's card started with a rich base of Early Espresso Card Stock. The mat of Petal Pink is distressed on the edges using an older pair of snips. I have used one of the stripe patterns in the Magnolia Lane DSP to layer onto the Petal Pink. I am so sad that the Wood Textures DSP will not be returning in the upcoming catalog. It makes an excellent partner with the Magnolia Lane DSP.  A nice strip of the White Flax ribbon was perfect for this earthy card. Let's get to the star of the show, the magnolia. I have stamped this image with Early Espresso ink on Thick Whisper White. The image was then colored with Stampin' Blends. First the leaves were colored with the Old Olive Combo. I usually start with the dark then blend with the light. The flower itself will probably surprise you! Once the center of the flower was colored with the Soft Suede Combo, I started shading with the Ivory Stampin' Blend first... It gave me just enough of a shadow when I started to blend with the Light Petal Pink Stampin' Blend. After I was all done coloring, I used a the Stampin' Blend Lifter on some of the petals. A nice Early Espresso sentiment on the Classic Label punch, a few Gold Foil Leaves and some Epoxy Droplets and this puppy was done!

I am so glad you came by today! I can't wait to see what you create for this sketch! 

Want to snag the supplies that are retiring??? I have provided a full product list below! Use the hostess code below if your order is under $150 and I will send you a fun prize pack!

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Product List

Good Morning Magnolia Cling Stamp Set $36.00	Magnolia Memory Dies $35.00	Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper $11.50	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack $11.00
Gold Foil Sheets $4.00	Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets $9.00	Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Flax Ribbon $7.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock $7.75
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock $8.50	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock $8.50	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $9.00
Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $9.00	Light Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Marker $4.50	Ivory Stampin' Blends Marker $4.50	Stampin' Blends Color Lifter $4.50
Classic Label Punch $18.00

Third Thursday Fond Farewell Blog Hop

Well, have you survived the week?! I am barely there! I am no joke on my way out the door to Taryn's spring party! Easter Treats in tow! The kids do not have school tomorrow so I am sure no one will want to sleep in!

On this months Third Thursdays blog hop we are hopping with the theme "A Fond Farewell". With the retiring list coming out this past Monday, I found out the sad news that the Follow Your Dreams Bundle will NOT be carrying over! Gasp, cry... Do what you got to do... The creations I am showing you today were created for a fun After Party Brynn Thornburgh hosted in Salt Lake City! I was asked to design two make and takes... Here is what I made!

The Follow Your Dreams bundle is sadly retiring... Although it will not leave my craft room! I have paired it with Mint Macaron and Petal Pink with touches of the Wood Textures DSP and Champagne Foil. To keep my projects cohesive, for the pizza box I have used the Wood Textures DSP again with Blushing Bride, Sahara Sand and Pear Pizzazz. 

Thank You so much for stopping by! I can't wait for you to see what Kimberly has made for you, you can get to her blog by clicking the next button below!

Kimberley Morris

Stamp Ink Paper 195 A Walk With Nature Challenge

Hello and Happy Tuesday! I am back in full swing after attending Stampin' Up! OnStage Local in Salt Lake City! It was so much fun just seeing my friends and having a few days to just 

unwind. The last few months had been so crazy with Joshua's appointments, Dance/Gymnastics, Track and just the daily hustle, throw some Bomb Cyclones in there too! I am sure that you get the picture... 

Today I am designing with the Stamp Ink Paper Design Team. We are designing with the theme "A Walk With Nature" and what could be more natural than Wood, Flowers and Butterflies?! Let me show you my card.

I can't tell you how many times and ways I started this card. I really hadn't used the Butterfly Gala Bundle and with the Petal Promenade DSP retiring I thought that it would be the perfect partner for this walk with nature. My butterflies are stamped with Sahara Sand and Powder Pink with bodies of Soft Suede. My little wood slice is adhered to my card using the Fine Tip Glue Pen. The butterflies used Mini Glue Dots. I accented the card Frosted Epoxy Droplets.

I am so glad that you joined me on this walk with nature!
I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Product List

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle $35.00	Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper $11.00	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack $11.00	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock $8.50
Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock $8.50	Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50
Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets $9.00	Fine-Tip Glue Pen $7.00