Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Christmas in July

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop for July.

This month we are choosing a colour palette to use when creating. I have chosen the beautiful colours below. Soft Sea Foam, Mossy Meadow, Real Red, Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie. I instantly thought of a country Christmas. and wanted to represent that with my card.

I have thought outside the box by using a stamp set that was not created specifically for Christmas. The Scenic Adventure stamp setwas perfect for this country themed card. The sentiment is from a new bundle that will be available in the upcoming Mini Catalogue called Peace on Earth. You will love it!

My card base is Real Red and then a Matt layer of Pecan Pie card stock was glued to the base. The next layer is Crumb Cake and I have used the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder to keep with the country feel. I used Crumb Cake ink to colour the edges of this layer and put some ink spatters on it as well. I roughed the edges with my scissors before gluing it to the card front.

I die cut a piece of Soft Sea Foam card stock using one of the Everyday Arch Dies. Stamped some of the trees in Soft Sea Foam ink on the right hand side and used Soft Sea Foam ink to colour the bottom of the arch. I adhered this layer using Dimensionals.

I die cut the trees in Mossy Meadow card stock and adhered them on top of the stamped trees using glue. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark™ ink and heat embossed it in White before trimming to fit the bottom of the arch. I adhered it using Dimensionals.

I cut a length of the Beach and Very Vanilla ribbon then coloured it using a Real Red Stampin' Blend. Tie it in a bow and adhere centrally underneath the sentiment.

Up next on this months blog hop is the wonderful Jan Musselman.

Click on the next blog button to see more inspirational Christmas projects.

 Aurélie Fabre  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Jan Musselman

Mo Rootes  ●  Karen Henderson

Thanks for stopping by today. You are appreciated!

 

Product List

Scenic Adventure Bundle (English) [165468] $86.25	Everyday Arches Dies [164629] $51.00	Forever Plaid 3 D Embossing Folder [164049] $21.00	Black & Very Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Large Check Ribbon [161982] $14.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00
Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154899] $19.25	Basic White A4 Card stock [166781] $25.00	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $15.75	Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $25.00	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $25.00
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $25.00	Pecan Pie A4 Cardstock [161726] $25.00	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $25.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $19.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75
Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75	Paper Snips [103579] $21.00
Stampin' Trimmer [129722] $50.00	Cutting Plates [150815] $25.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $244.00

Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop - Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Hello and welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop for July.

Each month a wonderful group of creatives get together to share projects with a theme. Below is an image of the crew and where we live around the world.

This month was are creating using Tic-Tac-Toe whilst CASeing one of our fellow team members. We are CASeing the amazing Aurélie Fabre.

I started my project by selecting the Suite I wanted to use.  The Painterly Pears suite had just arrived and I was eager to use it. 

 I perused Aurélies' amazing work and found the image below. It was the perfect project for this CASe. 

Don't you love her stunning card!

I went with Metallic, Line and Bright from the image above.

My card base and matt layer are Basic White card stock. I used Darling Duckling ink and a Blending Brush to create colour behind the die cut pieces on the matt layer. I adhered this to the card base using glue.

I die cut three pears, their stems and three of the pink flower sprays. I die cut some of the small flowers in Basic White card stock and some leaves in Mossy Meadow card stock. I arranged them on the card front and used glue to adhere to the matt layer.

The sentiment was Heat Embossed in White on Mossy Meadow card stock and cut out using the die from the bundle. A length of the beautiful Mossy Meadow & Gold ribbon was cut to go under the sentiment and adhered to the bottom right using Dimensionals. The final touch was adhering six of the Old Olive Sparkle Dots around the central image.

Up next on this month’s blog hop is my talented friend Rochelle Laird-Smith. 

Click on the next blog button below to keep hopping for more inspiration.

Jan Clothier - NZ
Leonie Stuart - AU
Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU
Cheryll Miller - AU
Marga Bultena - NL
Ximena Morales - DE
Aurélie Fabre - FR
Chris Smith - US
Theresa McEntee - US

Bree Renwick - US
Lori Willcox - CA
Teri West - US
Cheryl Hamilton - US

Thank you so much for stopping by today. You are appreciated!

Product List

Perfectly Pears Bundle (English) [166154] $73.75	Painterly Pears 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [166146] $21.75	Mossy Meadow & Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) [166158] $16.75	Low Profile Sparkle Dots [166157] $16.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] $25.00
Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $25.00	Darling Duckling Classic Stampin' Pad [165277] $15.75	Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $19.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75
Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75	Paper Snips [103579] $21.00
Stampin' Trimmer [129722] $50.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $244.00	Cutting Plates [150815] $25.00