Bird of Blessings!

My last card for class this week!

I love the hummingbird and these colors on him too!

I layered some vellum behind to soften the Bermuda Bay

card stock! I stamped all three

 layers of the flowers in Calypso Coral. 

 I stamped the bird in Smoky Slate then Bermuda Bay then Black. 

   I hope you have a lovely and Blessed Sunday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Picture Perfect, Rose Wonder

Ink: Smoky Slate, Bermuda Bay, Memento Tuxedo Black, Calypso Coral

Paper: Very Vanilla, Bermuda Bay, Vellum

Very Vanilla thick baker's twine

Love You Valentine!

The Valentine and 4th card for class this week! 

 I will probably confuse my guest but hopefully they will be forgiving!

  I am allowing them to pick their DSP to use.

  I am also giving them a Blushing Bride glimmer paper heart like above 

and a Blushing Bride card stock heart for their other card.

  I will have some flowers cut in Rose Red to decorate that second heart 

or they can stamp the flower right on the heart. Should be fun and crazy!

I hope you have a lovely weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Bloomin' Love

Paper: Blushing Bride glimmer paper, Rose Red, Love Blossoms DSP, 

Basic Gray, Whisper White

Ink: Rose Red, Blushing Bride

Bloomin' Heart thinlits dies, Large Numbers framelits dies (banner die), 

Happy Heart emboss folder

FMS221 Bonjour!

As soon as I saw the sketch challenge, 

I saw my chance to use the Bonjour greeting again!

I started with some of my fav DSP right now-Birthday Bouquet!  

That gave me the color combo. 

 I just wanted to add a little something

 to the corner....I was looking at a balloon

 to punch but then decided on this butterfly. 

 I did not want to take away from the greeting!

I hope you have a fab Friday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Salut (french set of Hello in SAB) and Best Thoughts

Ink: Watermelon Wonder, Blushing Bride

Paper: Mossy Meadow, Whisper White,

 Birthday Bouquet DSP, Watermelon Wonder

PPA285 Love Without Limits!

Wonderful color combo by Jackie over at Palspaperarts.com

Please play along this week!
I knew I would design with the star fish when I saw the colors this week!

I stamped the star fish on Pink Pirouette card stock
 in Pink and Watermelon then snipped it out.
 I used the Timeless Textures to give some
 grunge background and I used some sequin for a little bling/sparkle!
Have a lovely Thursday and thanks for stopping by!
Windy
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Stamp sets:Timeless Textures, Picture Perfect
Ink: Watermelon Wonder, Pink Pirouette, Tip Top Taupe
Paper: Watermelon Wonder, Tip Top Taupe, Very Vanilla, Pink Piruoette
Pink Pirouette candy dot, Love Blossoms embellishment kit(sequins)
banner punch

GDP020 Love You With Glimmer!

Today we are casing the designer...love Connie Collins and her work! 

 Wish I could photograph as well as create like her!

I cased her black strips and gold glimmer paper along with the gold hearts.  I used the Gold Foil vellum over the Timeless Elegance DSP then cut over a glimmer butterfly!

I am sending this in my college girl's Valentine's day box...love and miss her so much right now!

I hope you can play along at global-design-project.com

Thanks for stopping by! and enjoy your Wednesday!

Windy

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Stamp set: Bloomin' Love

Ink: Archival Basic Black

Paper: Basic Black, Timeless Elegance DSP, Gold Foil vellum, Very Vanilla

Gold Glimmer paper

Gold Baker's twine, Butterfly thinlits dies, banner punch

PP279 Lucky Stars!

Great sketch over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com

I am thankful for this sentiment making me pull out my star framelits

 that I usually forget I have!

I used the sentiment from the Going Global set

 and the coordinating DSP is Going Places paper stack!

I hope you have a fabulous Tuesday and thanks stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Going Global

Paper: Going Places DSP, Lost Lagoon, Delightful Dijon, Very Vanilla

Ink: Lost Lagoon

Star framelits dies, 1" punch, Triple Banner punch, Linen Thread, Lucky Stars emboss folder

It's My Party!

Third card for class in February!

  I have used several new items here like the Confetti emboss folder at bottom of card. 

 The It's My Party DSP and matching baker's twine!

The sentiment is from a SAB set called Perfect Pairings that is free with a 50.00 SU! product purchase now through March 31st, 2016!

The cute little hat is from another SAB set you can earn free called Hello!

It's A Party!

Have a lovely Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Perfect Pairings and Hello (SAB)

Ink: Archival Basic Black, and Mint Macaron and Melon Mambo markers

Paper: Whisper White (think and regular), Mint Macaron, 

Melon Mambo, It's My Party DSP

Baker's Twine Combo Pack, Lots Of Labels and Deco Labels framelits dies,

Confetti emboss folder

Send Me Soaring!

This is my second card for class in February!  I wanted a masculine card that could be used for Valentine's or a birthday.  I stamped the plane on the Crumb Cake and then stamped again on the Whisper White and popped it up over the other plane.  If someone does not want to cut the plane out, they can see what it looks like.   I will show them in class both ways by removing the white plane. 

I hope you have a blessed Sunday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Sky Is The Limit

Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, 

Neutrals Designer Series Paper pack

Ink: Archival Basic Black, Crumb Cake

Botanical Smiles!

First card for February's card class!

  I love the sentiment from Suite Sayings in the Occasions catalog!

A very fun card that could be for any occasion! 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Botanical Blooms and Suite Sayings

Paper: Botanical Gardens DSP, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Old Olive, 

Hello Honey, Cajun Craze, Basic Black

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Archival Basic Black, Cajun Craze

Botanical Builder framelits dies

FMS220 Fear Not

As soon as I saw this sketch, I thought of these flowers. 

 I then thought I need a large sentiment

 and when I grabbed my Rose Wonder stamp set.

I knew right away this was the perfect sentiment!

I stamped the flower in Blackberry Bliss

 and then used Wisteria Wonder stamped off once for the second step

 and then full on Wisteria for the last step.

  I hope you can play along at FMS

freshlymadesketched.blogspot.com

this week!

  Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: What I Love (SAB) and Rose Wonder

Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Wisteria Wonder, Very Vanilla

Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Wild Wasabi, Blackberry Bliss

PPA284 Tea-riffic Sketch!

Yes, this is a busy card....but hey it is bright!

I first thought of the doily when I saw the sketch and then I thought about the Have A Cuppa DSP paper stack I just got and wanted to use!  So the card came together from there!  Hope my drawing of the "stream" from the cup is not too bad!

Hope you can join us at palspaperarts.com and play along this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: A Nice Cuppa

Paper: Have A Cuppa DSP paper stack, Bermuda Bay, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White thick and regular, Melon Mambo

Ink: Wisteria Wonder

Cups & Kettle framelits dies, pearls, Wisteria Wonder seam binding ribbon, Whisper White doilies, 2" circle ,Large Oval and Scallop Oval punches, Rose Wonder framelits dies

Balloon Hooray!

Just a simple card.

  I was playing around with the balloon punch

 and making strings with the Balloon Celebration stamp set. 

 I stamped the Hooray! from the new Perfect Pairings set you can earn 

for free with a 50.00 SU! product purchase!

Made the banner but needed a little something behind it.

Looking forward to playing ore with all these sets and punch!

Have a lovely Wednesday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Balloon Celebration, Perfect Pairings

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Real Red

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand

Balloon Bouquet punch, Bermuda Bay thick baker's twine,

Decorative Label punch, 

PP278 and GDP019 Knows No Distance Valentine!

Combining two challenges today which I never do but they are the same theme so I went with it!

Hope you can play along at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com 

and

global-design-project.com

Very quick clean and simple Valentine for my husband or son...they do not like frills and glitter!

I stamped the sentiment on Sahara Sand and then again on Marina Mist and snipped it out to layer over the Sand one.  I hope you have a blessed Tuesday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Going Global

Paper: marina Mist, Sahara Sand

Ink: Archival Basic Black

1 3/4" and 2" circle punches, 

World Traveler emboss folder, linen thread

Congratulations With Balloon Celebration!

I cased a little from Becky Roberts over at inkingidaho.blogspot.com.  

She used shades of pink but I tried my hand with the blues.

  I first stamped the top using Island Indigo but I stamped

 off once on my scratch paper before each.

  Same with my next layer of Pool Party and then same with Soft Sky. 

 I wanted a bolder size sentiment so used

 the Congratulations from Sky Is The Limit SAB set. 

Love the Balloon Celebration stamp set but need to do more playing around with it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Sky Is The Limit, Balloon Celebration

Paper: Whisper White (regular and thick)

Ink: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Soft Sky

Know What I Love?

I am casing a little from Kimberly Van Diepen at stampinbythesea.com

She did the flowers in three colors but I changed

 the sentiment and how it is displayed. 

 I started to go straight across then it moved on me and I liked the slant!

All was from the What I Love stamp set you

 can earn free now with SAB until March 31st, 2016

when you spend 50.00 in SU! products!

I hope you have a blessed Sunday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: What I love (SAB)

Paper: Whisper White and Bermuda Bay

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Cucumber Crush, Crushed Curry

Candy dots in Wild Wasabi

Bonjour Love Blossoms!

First, this card did not start out to be this!  Here is what happened...

I started with Bonjour and then thought

 I would add the flowers from What I Love around and that would be the card.

But then I thought why not add some DSP and since I had used

 the colors of the Love Blossoms DSP, I grabbed it.

  Now I do not care for this pattern of paper but I am determined to use it!

I added some splattered from the Timeless Textures stamp set and a bow clip

 from the Love Blossoms embellishment kit. 

This is off to my college girl...miss her sooooo much!

Both the Bonjour and the What I Love sets you can earn for free 

 when you spend 50.00 in SU! products now through March 31st, 2016 with the SAB promo.

 The Bonjour is in French (item #141270).  In English, it is Hello (item #141243). 

 This is my first set in French but I could not resist the large Bonjour!

Happy I got it free with the SAB promo!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Salut, What I Love, Timeless Textures

Paper: Garden Green, Whisper White, Love Blossoms DSP

Ink: Blushing Bride, Rose Red

Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit(bow clip)

FMS219 Just For You!

I decided to flip this sketch around so I could use the Just For You sentiment from Botanicals For You in SAB (which you can earn free when you spend 50.00 in SU!)

I used some of the DSP from the Botanicals suite along with some of the dies to cut the flower and parts.  These could be fun!  I am just starting to play with this suite!  

I hope you have a bloomin' great day and maybe get to play along with the sketch challnge!

Head over to freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Botanicals For You (SAB)

Paper: Botanicals Gardens DSP, Whisper White thick card stock for base, 

Hello Honey, Mint Macaron, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Cajun Craze(sponged in center of flower), Archival Basic Black

Botanical Builder framelits dies, rhinestone

PPA283 Thoughts and Prayers Picture Perfect!

When I have a color challenge, I like to sit my ink pads in those colors pout and stare at them hoping an idea jumps out.  Sometimes , I know if those colors scream a theme or not.  These did not right away so looked at my new sets and then I decided I could somehow make those colors work for the Picture Perfect set.  Well, I did and so happy with the way the card turned out!  I stamped off with the Mint and the Mambo inks as to not need any other colors. 

I hope you can play along this week and work some fresh new colors into your world.  

Head over to Palspaperarts.com to join the fun and see our fresh new blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Picture Perfect and Rose Wonder

Ink: Mint Macaron, Melon Mambo, Archival Basic Black

Paper: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Whisper White 

GDP018 Tea-riffic For Mom

You can join this challenge and great sketch over at global-design-project.com

I made this for my mom.  She collects tea pots so it will thrill her!

This set and matching dies just came so this is my first card.  

The coordinating DSP is still on the way so I used

 some soft Blushing Bride from the Love Blossoms DSP paper stack.

I hope you have a tea-riffic Wednesday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: A Nice Cuppa

Paper: Love Blossoms DSP, Crumb Cake,

 Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White

Ink: Wisteria Wonder and Crumb Cake

Cups & Kettle framelits dies, Crumb Cake ribbon,

 1" and 3"  Circle punches, Whisper White baker's twine

PP277 Soaring With A Turquoise Sky!

First, I want to say that I did use Real Red and Melon Mambo but they look so close when I stamped the sentiment and clouds pink and the plane red, I then added a piece of pink card stock under the sentiment banner so you can tell!  That is the problem with having these two together in a challenge.  But I made it work I think.  Sad thing was I had no Tempting Turquoise card stock at all but was then happy when I realized there was some in the new SAB Perfectly Artistic DSP.  Pulling that out, I choose to use the background as sky and so the Sky Is The Limit set was the first I reached for.  

I hope you can join along at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Sky Is The Limit (SAB)

Ink: Melon Mambo, Real Red

Paper: Whisper White thick card stock for base, Whisper White, Perfectly Artistic DSP (SAB), Melon Mambo, Real Red

banner punch

Bloomin' Love Hearts!

I had this heart cut from Onstage Local in Tampa in Nov.  We cut it from some of the Love Blossoms DSP and I decided to see what it looks like with the heart stamp from Bloomin' Love cut out (by hand btw).  I also cut by hand the banner at bottom but can't wait for the die to come this week from the Large Numbers framelits dies. I used some more Love Blossoms DSP for the background and mounted on Rose Red card stock. 

Hope you have a fun Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Bloomin' Love

Ink: Rose Red, Blushing Bride

Paper: Love Blossoms DSP, Red Red, Whisper White

Bloomin' Heart thinlit die, pearls

Botanicals For You!

I made the background for this card at Onstage Local in Tampa in Nov.  I just had not mounted it to a card base and added a sentiment yet.  Decided to do that today and used  sentiment from the Botanicals For You stamp set in the SAB catalog that coordinates with the Botanicals suite in the the new Occasions catalog. You can earn the Botanicals For You free with a SU! purchase of 50.00.  I stamped on the DSP with some additions to the flowers. Fun!

I am still awaiting the stamp set/dies and DSP to come in this week and I will have more cards for you with these leaves/flowers!

Hope you have a blessed Sunday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Botanical Blooms, Botanicals For You

Ink: Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze

Paper: Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Hello Honey, Botanical Gardens DSP

Botanical Builder framelits dies, banner punch, Brights sequins

Happy Birthday With Rose Wonder!

I started with the rose I had already cut out from

 the Perfectly Artistic DSP from the SAB catalog

 (which you can earn free when you spend 50.00 in SU! product!)

I then cut a couple of leaves from the framelits dies

 and glued them beside the rose (so not all on piece here). 

 I glued them ona piece of the Perfectly Artistic DSP

 in Tip Top Taupe to keep it all soft.

  I hope you have a lovely weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Rose Wonder

Paper: Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Perfectly Artistic DSP, Mint Macaron

Ink: Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride

Rose Garden thinlits dies

FMS218 Going Places Birthday!

I just love the Going Places/Global suite. 

 So my first thought when saw this sketch was this DSP

 and love that I could stamp right to this piece

 for a wonderful background. 

I colored the compass with Delightful Dijon and Sahara Sand markers.  

I also used a new Sale-a-bration(SAB) sentiment set called Perfect Pairings. 

 You can earn this set free when you spend 50.00 in SU! product

 now thru March 31st, 2016.

I need more birthday cards in my stash but this would be great 

for any occasion or other sentiments in the Going Global stamp set!

Have a lovely Friday and the best weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Head over to freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com 

to play along!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Going Global and Perfect Pairings

Paper: Going Places, Basic Black. Whisper White

Ink: Archival Basic Black, Delightful Dijon, Sahara Sand

2" circle punch, Sahara Sand candy dot

PPA282 Picture Perfect Birthday!

I used the watercolor look of the Birthday Bouquet DSP

 for the roses in the Picture Perfect stamp set (which is my fav set in the 

new Occasions catalog for 2016).

 The rose is numbered for a three stamp so I stamped it first in 

Pink Pirouette, then Blushing Bride and last in Melon Mambo 

stamped off once.  

The leaves are also a three stamp and I did the first in 

Mossy Meadow and then Old Olive and then Old Olive

 stamped off once to make lighter. I used the 

sentiment from Rose Wonder but you have to work to

get it straight sometimes! 

For a little bling, 

I added some Blushing Bride Glimmer paper and sequins.    

Hope you can play along with the new PPA schedule.

  We will doing a switch off of sketch and color challenge each week.  

Stop over at palspaperarts.com to play along!
Thanks for stopping by here and have a lovely Thursday!

Windy

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Stamp Sets: Rose Wonder, Picture Perfect

Paper: Whisper White thick card stock for base, Melon Mambo,

 Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Blushing Bride glimmer paper,

Birthday Bouquet DSP

Ink: Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, 

Mossy Meadow and Old Olive

Blushing Bride sequins

#GDP017 Love You

Head over to Global-design-project.com to join the color challenge this week!

  I, of course, thought of the Bloomin' Love set 

and the Love Blossoms DSP when I saw the colors. 

  I hand cut the banner (the matching die not here yet)!

  I wanted to add more embellishments

 but then thought I like how simple

 the card was and let the hearts be the focus! 

 Sending to my college girl today!

Hope you have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Bloomin' Love

Paper: Rose Red, Whisper White, Love Blossoms DSP stack

Ink: Garden Green and Rose Red

Circle framelits dies

Picture Perfect Hummingbird!

Today is a Big Day!  You can not only officially order from the 2016 Occasions 

Catalog but also earn a free item from the Sale-a-bration (SAB) catalog

for every 50.00 you spend in SU! product.  

The Occasions catalog starts today through May 31st, 2016.  

The SAB starts today through March 31st, 2016. 

 You have three months to earn free product!

Stay turned for more SAB products highlighted here!

I spent some time playing to get the hummingbird stamped 

with the right layers of colors but worth it! 

Picture perfect is my fav stamp set in the new Occasions catalog!

This is a 4 step bird and I started with lightest color first.  

I stamped image 1 of bird in Soft Sky.

  I stamped image 2 which is the breast

 in Calypso Coral. 

 I then stamped off once in Pool Party for image 3.

  Last, I stamped Lost Lagoon with image 4.  

I tried several ways and this was the best order. 

I recommend that you play and you might

 like a different order or intensity of color.    

I stamped the sentiment with Rose Wonder and

 the background of bird and banner with Timeless Textures. 

I hope you enjoy your Tuesday and thanks for stopping by today!

Windy

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Stamp sets: Picture Perfect, Rose Wonder, Timeless Textures

Paper: Lost Lagoon, Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral

Very Vintage designer button, Gold Metallic baker's twine, Triple Banner punch, Deco Labels framelits dies

PP276 1 Great Life!

When I saw the numbers challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com,

I thought of the Something to Say set. 

 But I did not need to make a wedding card

 which is probably the intent of the stamps 2 great people.. 1 great life.

  So decided to try to make it a happy birthday

 instead and I like how it turned out.

  I have several birthday coming up especially

 for my 11th grade girls I teach on Sundays at church.  

 I also like to make the little panels of 4 with DSP but forgot to do.

I hope you can play along...thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Something to Say

Paper: Whisper White thick card stock for base, Bermuda Bay, 

Watermelon Wonder, Pool Party, Whisper White and Cherry On Top DSP stack

rhinestones, Square framelits dies, 1" circle punch,

 Softly Falling emboss folder, 1/4" Bermuda Bay ribbon (vinatge)

Bloomin' Heart of Love

Happy 2016!  I hope you had a wonderful and safe holiday season!  I am just getting back to my stamping space after travel and having my college girl home.  I have my stamp space set up in her room and it is hard to work when she is home and has much strolled over the space!

I decided to play with the Bloomin' Heart die and I hand cut the banner.  I used the Love Blossoms DSP to cut the heart die and I kept it simple with one layer of card stock.  I really like the Tip Top Taupe and Blushing Bride together.  I did add in the center of the flowers some Wink of Stella clear glitter pen for some shimmer but does not show up very well in photo. 

Hope you have a blessed Sunday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

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Stamp set: Bloomin' Love

Paper: Love Bloossoms DSP stack, Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White

Ink: Blushing Bride, Tip Top Taupe

Bloomin' Heart thinlits dies, Wink Of Stella glitter brush(clear), pearls