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stamp review crew: pampered pets

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Hello, and welcome to another fun blog hop with the Stamp Review Crew! Today we are shining a spotlight on the Pampered Pets stamp set.

I love dogs. So, this was a must have set for me. And, of course, the dogs are the focus of my cards.

For my first card, I stamped the Buffalo Check background stamp in black ink on Real Red card stock and die cut a stitched heart. I added some Crumb Cake ink with my blender brush to create a shadow behind the heart. The adorable pup is colored with Stampin’ Blends markers. My inspiration for coloring him was Jock from Lady and the Tramp.

For this card, I drew inspiration from our pup Elphie’s bandana she got after her last grooming. But, I went with my favorite red and black buffalo plaid. I actually used a leftover bit from the die cut heart on the first card. I trimmed it by hand to make the dog’s scarf. To color the dog, I die cut the dog and dish from printer paper and used the negative as a stencil to blend some ink to color them.

We are a dog family. We have our 5 year old Yorkie, Elphie. We have said good bye to two Shih Tzus – Maggie and Pippin. Our son has Jemma, a beagle mix, the sweetest fog on the planet. and our daughter and son-in-law have three dogs – Ruffy, a Yellow Lab; Belle, a Pitbull/ Australian Cattle dog mix; and Mose, a German Shorthair Pointer. And all of these four legged friends get along wonderfully. A miracle that I am grateful for.

This photo was from Christmas 2019. Belle wasn’t cooperating, she is hiding in the lower left corner. Brett is holding our sweet Pippin, she crossed the rainbow bridge this past October. Miss her sleeping at my feet each night. as you can see, our daughter also has a bunny. In this pic, animal outnumbered humans. This year, we lost Pip, and added our granddaughter and another son-in-law, so humans outnumber animals! (I didn’t use this years Christmas pic, because the three big dogs wouldn’t cooperate and aren’t in it. LOL. Oh well.

I will now let you move on through the blog hop. You can go on to Jay by clicking the NEXT button below. Or, you can go back to Cindy by clicking the PREVIOUS button.

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stamp review crew: tasteful touches

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Hello crafty friends! I’m here with the Stamp Review Crew for a fun blog hop featuring the Tasteful Touches stamp set. This is a fun and versatile set. At first glance, it looks like it is only for vintage-y type projects, but let you creativity loose and see it can be so much more.

I am getting desperate for spring, unfortunately I’m in MN and that is still a ways off. My projects this time of year seem to work to bring spring into my house as much as I can. I went with a bright springtime color combo of Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, and Coastal Cabana.

For my first card, embossed the flower image with white embossing powder on white card stock. Then, I did some ink blending with Stampin’ Up!’s new blending brushes.

I took the Opal Rounds embellishments and colored them with the coordinating Stampin’ Blends. A fun springtime Hello.

My next card has a similar blended background, but this time I achieved it with water coloring.

I did a light watercolor wash of the three colors. Once dry, I stamped the lace like image in each color. Then I took a watercolor brush over the stamped images to blur them out some.

A fun springtime duo to showcase a great stamp set! Now, it is time for you to continue through the blog hop. You can move on to Charlet by clicking the NEXt button below. Or, if you are doing the hop in reverse, you can head over to Cindy by clicking the PREVIOUS button below.

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stamp review crew: itty bitty greetings

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Hello friends! I’m so glad you are joining me today! I’m hopping with the Stamp Review Crew and we are shining a spotlight on the Itty Bitty greetings stamp set. I get to kick things off as the first stop on today’s circuit!

For my projects, I paired Itty Bitty Greetings with Painted Poppies. I created a trio of 3″x3″ cards. This fun size works really well with the small sentiments.

I stuck with a black and white color scheme with a pop of Poppy Parade and Old Olive. Flowers were colored with Stampin’ Blends markers. Let’s take a closer look –

I fussy cut the flower and popped it up on dimensionals. I also stamped the image on the envelope in Poppy Parade.

Here I used a blending brush and Old Olive ink pad to add some grass to ground the image.

For this card, I fussy cut around the bottom edge and added a bit of True Love DSP. I used a white gel pen to add details to the flower centers.

Itty Bitty Greetings is a wonderful, versatile stamp set. Let’s check out what the rest of the SRC Design Team has for you! Head on over to Cindy by clicking on the NEXT button below. Or you can take the hop in reverse and go to Mike by clicking on the PREVIOUS button below.

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stamp review crew: sale-a-bration bonus blog hop 2

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Hello crafty friends! The Stamp Review Crew is back with a bonus blog hop to showcase Stampin’ Up!’s Sale-a-Bration brochure. These are fun products that you can get FREE with a qualifying purchase through the end of February. If you see something you like, don’t miss out! Order soon!

I have a couple more projects featuring the Berry Blessings stamp set. This set is part of a bundle – includes stamp set and coordinating Designer Series Paper – you can get with a $100 order. This time I am focusing just on the stamp set. Let’s see what we can do…

For this first card, I used the blueberries stamp and some ink blending with the new Blending Brushes to create a fun background.

I used Misty Moonlight, Gorgeous Grape and Rich Razzleberry inks. First I blended them on a piece of Basic White card stock, then I stamped the berries. This panel is cut with a Stitched Rectangle die as is the sentiment. Finished off with a few Opal Rounds.

For my next card, I took the berry fill in stamp and went in a totally different direction.

I stamped the berries in Coastal Cabana, Pumpkin Pie, and Crushed Curry to create fun dotted panel. The rest of the details on the card come from the Pattern Play stamp set. The gray is actually silver embossed.

Let’s go check out some more amazing projects! You can click on the NEXT button below to head over to Cindy or click on the PREVIOUS button to go back to Mike.

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osat blog hop: where the wild things grow

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Hello friends! Welcome to this month’s One Stamp At A Time blog hop: Where the Wild Things Grow. The blog hop team will be showcasing projects that feature plants. When this theme came up, I know I’d be reaching for the beautiful Forever Greenery DSP and Forever Fern stamp set. I set out to create a card and blessings journal for a friend.

I created a fun pocket card from the gorgeous DSP.

For the blessings journal:

I cut several sheets of Whisper White card stock to 5.5″x7″, scored the 7″ side at 3.5″. These were folded in half, then stacked together with the DSP cover and stapled on the center fold to create the booklet. I added a stitched rectangle and some of the fern dies on the front cover and wrapped it with a Crumb Cake belly band to hold it shut.

The corners of the inside pages were stamped with one of the leaf images in Soft Sea Foam ink. It doesn’t show up very well in the photo, but it’s there.

The booklet has one page for each month to write down things you are grateful for. At the end of the year you can look back and be reminded of your many blessings.

Time to go check out the rest of the blog hop! PLEASE CLICK THE BLUE BOX FOR A POP UP LIST OF THE DESIGN TEAM. Then click on the next person on the list to continue on your way.

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stamp review crew: sale-a-bration bonus

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Hello crafty friends! The Stamp Review Crew is back with a BONUS blog hop this month! Normally, we put one stamp set center stage and everyone in the blog hop creates projects with that set. For this hop we are shining a spotlight on the different stamp sets in the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration brochure. (You can get these sets FREE with a qualifying purchase.)

My project uses the Berry Blessings stamp set and Berry Delightful DSP – a fun bundle you can get with a $100 purchase.

Doesn’t this card make you think of a summer picnic, warm summer days and snacks of delicious fresh berries. Maybe staring at projects made with this will help me through the long winter here in MN… sigh.

Now, go check out some more great Sale-a-Bration projects! you can go on to Linda by clicking the NEXT button below or you can go back to Charlet by clicking on the PREVIOUS button.

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stamp review crew: so sincere

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Hello my crafty friends! Welcome to the first Stamp Review Crew blog hop of the new year!  If you are not familiar with The Stamp Review Crew, we are a group of international Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who hop together on the first and third Monday of the month to bring you some great inspiration. Each blog hop features a different stamp set. You can find all of the blog hops archived on the Stamp Review Crew blog. We are going to kick off 2021 by shining a spotlight on the awesome sentiment set So Sincere.

For both of my cards, I embossed the sentiments on some designer series paper. I like the bit of design behind the words. It gives some depth to the image. My first card also uses the Celebrate Sunflowers set and dies, In Good Taste and 20-21 In Color DSP Stack, and the In Color Bumblebee ink.

For my second card I added a beautiful peony that I die cut out of water color paper and colored with Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo and Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green and Garden Green ink refills.

This particular sentiment works for a variety of occasions. This card would be great for a birthday or a wedding. The So Sincere set is full of some great sentiments in wonderful fonts and opens the door to lots of design possibilities.

I hope you will work your way through the full Stamp Review Crew blog hop for more great inspiration! From here you can click on the NEXT button below to head on over to talented Cindy or click on the PREVIOUS button to go back to creative Betty

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osat blog hop: glad tidings

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Hello, friends! It’s time for this month’s One Stamp at a Time blog hop. This month our theme is Glad Tidings. Time to get in the Christmas spirit! I really am not ready for cold weather, snow and short days, but I do like working on Christmas projects.

I love creating watercolor backgrounds. So, I decided to work in some beautiful holiday blue greens. I used Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay and Shaded Spruce.

The fun, and sometimes frustrating, thing with watercolor is you never get the same result twice. The colors turned out lighter on the card panel. But I love both results.

I cut the tree out of the watercolor panel and added sentiments from the Peace and Joy bundle. Love those die cut words!

This fun frame would make a great addition to any holiday decor! It would be fun to make one for each season!

I’m so glad you stopped by! Be sure to check out the rest of the design team creations. PLEASE CLICK THE BLUE BOX FOR A POP UP LIST OF THE DESIGN TEAM.

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stamp review crew: drybrush

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Hello crafty friends! I am happy to be back hopping with the Stamp Review Crew again. I am honored to kick things off as the first stop on today’s blog hop. If you started on another design team member’s blog, be sure to make your way through the full blog roll. You don’t want to miss any of the inspiration that awaits! Today the fun background stamp Drybrush is taking center stage!

It can be hard to let a background stamp take the spotlight. So, I tried a couple of different approaches. First I went for a neutral color with a bit of color to accent.

The sentiment is from the So Much Love stamp set. Die cuts are from Well Written and the retired Stitched Labels.

Next, I tried adding multiple colors to the Drybrush stamp for a bolder look.

I used Coastal Cabana, Bumblebee, Flirty Flamingo and Calypso Coral. I just swiped the ink pads across the stamp in different areas. You can get some fun shading where colors overlap. I used a stitched circle and the Playful Alphabet to made a fun little shaker circle to finish it off.

Time to send you on to check out some more great projects featuring this great background stamp. Head on over to Nikki and check out her awesome creations! If you are hopping backwards pop on over to Betty and her wonderful projects!

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osat blog hop: card-pe diem

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Hello friends! Welcome to this month’s One Stamp at a Time blog hop. The team has some wonderful inspiration for you around our theme: You’ve Got This or “Card-pe Diem”. I remember when the phrase Carpe Diem was really popular, right after the movie The Dead Poet’s Society came out. 1989, just after my high school graduation. We were Carpe Diem-ing everything!

I was thinking about this theme as I was playing around with the Cute Fruit stamp set. The little faces in it reminded me of drawing faces in my school notebooks. Instantly I knew what I needed to do…

How did I get those yellow circles? I turned the kiwi and citrus centers over and used the reverse side as a stamp! Stamp away and you get a card full of cheer smiling away at you!

Card or treat holder – both are a great way to encourage a friend.

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