Bloom With Hope & Stamping and Blogging

Hi Everyone,

Back again for another fabulous sketch challenge from Stamping and Blogging. I found this sketch to be very difficult this week and saw a lot of paper hit the trash before I came up with this. I hope you like it! Sandi likes to challenge me and I love it! hehe

Here is the sketch we had to work from. I think I stayed pretty true to the sketch this time! lol

Card Dimensions are:

• Basic Black Card 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
• Whisper White for the inside 4 x 5 1/2 and outside mat is 3 3/4 x 5
• Crushed Curry Mat 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 and greeting strip 1/2 x 3
• Extra Black for the Circle and white for the Flowers.

Directions:

• Stamp and color your flowers and leaves using the stamp from Bloom with Hope Stamp Set using Memento Black Ink
• Color in with your Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral and Old Olive Bendabilites (use the together to achieve really fun color combos)
• Cut flowers out and a few leaves
• Punch your Black Circles…using the 1” , 1 3/8 “ and 1 3/4  Circle Punches. Before punching the largest circle punch the 1 3/8 out of a scrap of Black….then punch out the 1/3/4 right of the hole you just punched to make a ring. That is my largest Circle.
• Punch a 1 3/8 out of the white mat in the lower left corner. Stamp with the Gorgeous Grunge Set.
• Add the Circle Ring with  Tombo Multi over the open Circle and attach the white mat over the Crushed Curry mat. You now have a window of sorts.
• Add the other circles and embellish with cut flowers and leaves.
• Stamp the Greeting onto the Crushed Curry Strip and add to the front of the card with adhesive.
• Finish with a bow. I used the 3/8” Stitched Satin Ribbon in Hello Honey and colored it black with a Black Sharpie. Love how the edges have just a hint of yellow in them. I used my Magic Bow Maker of course! (Available at the top of my blog)

That’s it…..fun huh?

Supplies needed:

• Bloom With Hope Clear Stamp Set [133952]
• Gorgeous Grunge Clear-mount Stamp Set [130517]
• Basic Black 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [121045]
• Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131199]
• Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100730]
• Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
• Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173]

• Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983]
• Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Calypso Coral Assortment [130996]
• Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Daffodil Delight Assortment [130998]
• Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Old Olive Assortment [130999]
• 1-3/4 Inch Circle Punch [119850]
• Hello Honey 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon [133671]

• Black Sharpie
• Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive [110755]
• Good Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [135017]
• 1-3/8 Inch Circle Punch [119860]
• 1 Inch Circle Punch [119868]
• Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Now on for some more fun from the Stamping and Blogging Design Team. I can’t wait to see what they’ve all created!

Sandi MacIver – USA –

Amy Koenders - USA

Michelle Last - UK

Lee Conrey – USA (that’s me)

Claire Daly - Australia

Caroline van der Straatan - Netherlands

Marine Wiplier - France

Kerstin Kreis - Germany

Patrice Halliday – Larsen – New Zealand

Happy Stamping!