How has your week been? Are you stuck in cold weather or enjoying the sunshine? Do you wish you had more time this week or are you hoping the week will end soon? Is your week easy breezy or has it been challenging?
However my week goes, at least in crafting I get to select my challenges. I've decided to participate in two challenges this week. One is a color challenge and the other a sketch challenge. Here's what I came up with:
To create the back ground I stamped the flowers once and then stamped off to get a lighter image. I felt this helped to create an image that was not so "busy" looking and gave me nice white space to pop up the dragonfly.
I love dragonflies; stamped one inside too!
The following are the challenge sources, come play along with us. Get your stamps and ink out and have fun!
Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for February 2016. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our new 2016 Blog Hop monthly themes. This month we are CASE-ing a project shown in a current Stampin’ Up! catalog (Copy And Share Everything). After all, with the Annual, Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogs available right now, there is much inspiration to choose from. We hope you enjoy our creations.
You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below. The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.
The card I CASEd is from page 16 of the Occasions Catalog. I think this Bloomin' Heart Thinlit is beautiful as are the papers from the Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper.
I used the above card in my card class and one of my students decorated the inside of her card beautifully. See below.
I decided to CASE the card again by using the Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper as a solid base. I like how it makes the Early Espresso heart pop out.
I used the enamel glitter dots from the Love Blossoms Embellishments Kit in lieu of plain pearl centers; they compliment the glimmer paper very well.
This Bloomin' Heart Thinlit is great for Valentine's day, weddings, anniversaries and more. The Bloomin' Heart thinlit die and Bloomin' Love stamp set are available in a bundle saving you 15%; add on the Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper, Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper and Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit and you earn a free gift from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.
Enjoy our blog hop. You'll find my supply list at the end of this post. I hope you'll leave a comment in the comment section at the end of the hop and let me know what you think of these cards, the heart thinlit or our hop. Happy Stampin'
Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop!
Dear Readers, Whew, it's been a whirlwind couple of weeks.
Today's post is catching you up quickly about what's keeping me busy, winding you up for the upcoming February Pals Blog Hop this coming Wednesday and reminding you about Sale-a-Bration with Stampin' Up!. (kind of a cute headline huh?....yes, I crack myself up).
Rehearsals, meetings, day job, more rehearsals, more meetings, day job....ok, you're caught up with me. Next.
But seriously that's not all, I do have some really great news to share. I was selected as a top pick for my Retro Rubber submission.
Now let's wind up a little for the Pals blog hop this coming Wednesday. Here's a hint:
I'll say no more...mostly because they won't let me.
Sale-a-Bration with Stampin' Up!
Did you know that every $50 product purchase you make now through March 31, 2016 allows you to select one of many FREE gifts from Stampin' Up! Yes, you read that correctly, you can earn FREE products during Sale-a-Bration.
Sale-A-Bration is one of Stampin’ Up!’s biggest sales events of the year! Check out three fabulous ways to earn free products (while supplies last)! Sale-A-Bration ends March 31, 2016.
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Note: Pages 4-15 of the Sale-A-Bration brochure show products available throughout the entire Sale-A-Bration sales period (January 5-March 31 2016); Pages 16-19 show limited-time products available only until February 15.* Watch for another batch of limited-time products coming February 16! *Based on inventory, availability may be temporarily extended.
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Please note that the Starter Kit purchase does not qualify for FREE Sale-A-Bration gifts.
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