Hand Stamped Sentiments -Blooming Blossoms - Challenge #60

I hope each of you that take time to visit my blog this week will join me at the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge Blog for this week's Theme Challenge #60 Blooming Blossoms.  I dusted off a stamp set that I hadn't used in a very long time, the Friends 24-7 set.  It has some great stamps in it besides the stem of flowers....a flourish, 3 sentiments, and  a bird (which I didn't use.).  I chose White Textured CS for the Fancy Favor Box and the Butterfly Bookmark (Sizzix Beatuiful Butterflies Die).  The card is embossed with the Elegant Lines folder.  A piece of the new Paisley Petals is SNEAKING A PEEK from behind the art piece.  Both pieces have 2 edges punched with the Scallop Trim Corner Punch.  Everything is sponged in Not Quite Navy and colored with Stampin' Write Markers.  Inspiration for the card came from a gorgeous Birthday card I received from Debbie Pike.

"So Into You" Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #57

 

I hope you are joining me this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments for our weekly challenge.  This week the challenge is to use Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz and Blushing Bride. I decided to use one of my favorite Stamp Sets Just Believe.  It is a great set to use the direct to stamp with marker technique.  I used Pear Pizzazz for the grass, leaves and stems.  I colored the flowers with Poppy Parade and some with a combo of Poppy Parade and Blushing Bride. My base layers are Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz backs the Glossy Card Stock that the images are stamped on. I used a brayer with Bashful Blue to piant the sky and created a rising moon by using Frost White Shimmer Paint inside a 1 3/4" circle punched out for a stencil.

Hand Stamped Sentiments - To "Die" for Challenge #56

I designed this card for this week's Hand Stamped Sentiments.  I hope that each of my followers and subscribers will join me this week in the challenge to create something using die cutouts. I decided to use the Beautiful Butterflies Sizzix Die by Stampin' Up!.  I cut the butterfly out of whisper White CS and stamped images from the Clearly for You (Occasions Mini) and Bliss (Sale-a-Bration) Stamp Sets. The sentiment is from Word Play. I tried a new combination of colors, Concord Crush and Marina Mist.  The top embossed piece was kinda a science experiment.  I embossed it with the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder, then sponged Concord Crush ink all over it.  Then I took shimmer mist and sprayed they piece I had sponged and using the sponge smoothed out the shimmer mist and ink so that it didn't look blotchy. It really is a pretty look in real life. I hope you'll leave your thoughts in the comment area.  If you'd like to get any of the supplies for this card, please email me at sherrysinknstamps@yahoo.com.  I'd love to help you out.  Also if you are interested in becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, there is a great opportunity during Sal;e-A-Bration thru March 31st.  Not only can you customize your starter kit, but you get a 15% discount and an additional $50 Bonus Bundle. That's $360.00 of product for only $148.75.  I would really love for you to join my team.  If you like my work, want to get a great discount on  every order you place, make new friends and have an income to help you pay bills or support your stamping, then please let me email me.