Amazing Flamingo Friday

 

Welcome to another Flamingo Friday! So I had stamped the guy in Magenta Madness ink from the Friendly Flamingo set on white card stock and cut him out a like a week ago and then used another image and he was just sitting there waiting. I grabbed some True Love DSP in white and black polka dots then blended the same Magenta Madness ink over it and layered on a Basic Black base. 

I then cut a Stitched Nested Labels in Basic Black card stock for my flamingo. I stamped the sentiment from the set set on white along with the flowers in the same ink. I punched the sentiment with the Christmas Traditions punch-retired and cut the flowers with the matching Flamingo dies. I added some matte black dots to the center to finish off. 

Hope you have a fab weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Friendly Flamingo

Ink: Magenta Madness

Paper: True Love DSP, Whisper White and Basic Black

Christmas Traditions punch-retired, Flamingo dies, matte black dots, Stitched Nested Labels dies

May Good Things Grow

I felt like doing some blending on the True Love DSP again. I used my blending brush to add ink to this print first in Rococo Rose, then Flirty Flamingo ink and last Petal Pink at the bottom. I then stamped the sentiment from Dragonfly Garden in Memento Tuxedo Black on a white Everyday Label punch. I also stamped the dragonfly from the same set in Black on white card stock and then blending Rococo Rose ink over it before punching with the Dragonflies punch. 

I added these to the background DSP plus the Blushing Bride metallic ribbon around before adding on the Basic Black base. I finished off with matte black dots. 

Hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Dragonfly Garden 

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rococo Rose, Flirty Flamingo and Petal Pink 

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White and True Love DSP

Dragonflies punch, Everyday Label punch, Blushing Bride 3/8' metallic ribbon, matte Black dots, Blending brushes

 

Completely Amazing

 

I have wanted to make a starfish or shells wreath since getting the Friends Are Like Seashells bundle.

I stamped several starfish from the set in Crumb Cake and Seaside Spray on white card stock. I then used the same color ink to blend a little bit of ink over to soften them up with my blending brush  and make them not so white in center. I arranged them on the wreath I cut in Crumb Cake card stock from the Painted Labels dies. 

It does have a solid center but I wanted to cut that so did with a layering scallop circle die. Before laying down on the Seaside Spray background, I stamped some Spray ink around to look like sand and then stamped the sentiment in Misty Moonlight. I added to a white base and a few opal rounds finished it off. 

Thanks for stopping by!

This one is out to a friend as a thank you today!

Windy

Stamp set: Friends Are Like Seashells 

Ink: Seaside Spray, Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight

Paper: Crumb Cake, Seaside Spray and Whisper White

Seaside Shells dies, Painted Labels dies, Layering Circle dies, opal rounds, blending brush

You Make Me Smile

 

I actually made this very quickly by cutting the flower from the Hydrangea dies with Hydrangea Hill DSP and cut the solid and then the detailed stem/leaves in Old Olive card stock. I added them to the piece of Hydrangea Hill DSP with stitching from the Stitched With Whimsy dies and then a piece of Old Olive and a white base. I stamped the sentiment in Gorgeous Grape ink from the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and cut with the Messages dies. I finished it off with some Seaside Spray pearls from the pastel pearls. 

Hope you have a lovely Tuesday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Hydrangea Haven 

Ink: Gorgeous Grape

Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Hydrangea Hill DSP

Stitched With Whimsy dies, pastel pearls, Hydrangea dies, Messages dies 

Thanks With Succulents

 

I stamped the succulents in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a piece of white card stock so I could color them with my Stampin Blends markers.  I decided on a light color palette and color them with Pool Party, Purple Posy and Crumb Cake Stampin Blends. I also did a little sponging around the edge with my Crumb Cake ink. I then layered it on a piece of Hydrangea Hill DSP in Purple Posy stripe under with a piece of Pool Party card stock and a white base. I stamped the sentiment from the Simply Succulents set in Gorgeous Grape ink on white card stock and used the Double Oval punch to punch it as well as the scallop Pool Party card stock.  I finished with a linen thread bow.

Hope you have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Simply Succulents

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Gorgeous Grape

Stampin Blends markers- Pool Party, Purple Posy, Crumb Cake 

Paper: Whisper White, Pool Party, Hydrangea Hill DSP

Double Oval punch, Sponge dauber, linen thread, 

FMS473 Friendly Flamingo

 

I love this Friendly Flamingo set and when I saw the sketch challenge over at freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com I thought of it and the matching dies. I grabbed a piece of the Oh So Ombre DSP and layered it on a white base.  I then stamped two of  the floral/leaves in Granny Apple Green and sponged a little Magenta Madness ink on the flowers. I cut them with the Flamingo dies and added them across a another piece of the Oh So Ombre cut with the Stitched Rectangle dies. I then cut the flamingo in Magenta Madness cards tock to pop in the center. I stamped the sentiment in same color on the bottom of the background. I finished it off with some opal rounds which are not showing up great in the photo. 

Hope you have a awesome day!

Today is my birthday and I will be going out to dinner plus some tequila!

I am doing simulated sky diving tomorrow and looking forward to it!

Windy

Stamp set: Friendly Flamingo

Paper: Oh So Ombre DSP, Whisper White, Magenta Madness 

Ink: Magenta Madness, Granny Apple Green 

Stitched Rectangle dies, Flamingo dies, opal rounds, sponge dauber

PP528 Amazing In Poppy

 

I am playing along with the color challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com and I choose to use Poppy Parade with the black and white along with gold foil. I grabbed a print from the True Love DSP and layered it with a piece of Basic Black and a white base. I then cut the flowers from another print of the designer paper and sponged Poppy Parade and Old Olive ink and added some gold Wink of Stella. I cut the gold foil with a Layering Circle die. I then stamped the sentiment from Ornate Thanks set on white in Poppy Parade ink and cut it with a Messages die. I finished it off with matte black dots. 

Hope you have a beautiful Thursday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Ornate Thanks

Ink: Poppy Parade and Old Olive

Paper: True Love DSP, Whisper White, Basic Black, gold foil

Layering Circles dies, matte black dots, Messages dies, sponge daubers

Soar Confidently

 

This is my first play with the new set called Soar Confidently. I remembered I had a mask with clouds so I pulled it out from the Pattern Party decorative pack and laid it on the white card stock. I blended Balmy Blue ink over with my blending brush. I like adding the blue clouds on white instead of white clouds on blue...just something different. I then stamped the hot air balloons on white in Misty Moonlight and hand snipped them out. I popped them up on the background and added all to the Balmy Blue base. I then stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso ink on the Messages white die. I then cut Balmy Blue die from the same set and cut it in half to add behind the sentiment. 

Hope you have a beautiful Wednesday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Soar Confidently

Ink: Misty Moonlight, Balmy Blue, Early Espresso

Paper: Whisper White, Balmy Blue 

Messages dies, Pattern Party decorative mask packs-retired, blending brush

GDP279 Outstanding Flamingo

 

I am loving the Friendly Flamingo bundle especially paired with the Tranquil Thoughts bundle. I am playing along with the animal theme over at global-design-project.com today with my flamingo friend. I added a piece of of Oh So Ombre DSP in Granny Apple Green to the white base. I then cut the large leaf die in Granny Apple Green from the Tranquil dies. I then stamped the flamingo in Flirty Flamingo ink on white card stock along with the flowers from Friendly Flamingo set and cut them all with the Flamingo dies. I also stamped the sentiment in the same ink on white and punched it along with the scallop one in Flamingo card stock with the Double Oval punch.

Have a outstanding day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp sets: Friendly Flamingo

Paper: Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White and Oh So Ombre DSP

Ink: Flirty Flamingo

Double Oval punch, Tranquil dies, Flamingo dies

FabFri207 Friends Along The Way

 

I have been hoarding the pearlescent specialty paper and decided to use it today for the sketch challenge over at fabfridaystampinchallenge.blogspot.com I added Seaside Spray ink to the top flap of my Seashells embossing folder,  then added my pearlescent paper and ran it all through the emboss machine. I then layered it on a piece of Seaside Spray card stock after I ran the Misty Moonlight/silver twine around and tied it. I then stamped the sentiment from Friends Are Like Seashells in Blackberry Bliss ink on the Tasteful Labels die in Very Vanilla.  I added the silver foil strip behind but it hides a little here in photo. 

Hope you have wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Friends Are Like Seashells

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Seaside Spray

Paper: Seaside Spray, Very Vanilla, Pearlescent specialty paper, silver foil

Tasteful Labels dies, Misty Moonlight/silver twine from the Flowers From Every Season pack,

Seashells 3D embossing folder

GDP278 Hello Forever Greenery

 

I am playing along with the sketch challenge over at global-design-project.com this week. I grabbed my Forever Greenery suite for this card. I used a Pretty Peacock base and layered it with a piece of white card stock I ran through the Tasteful Texture embossing folder. I then cut a piece of the Forever Greenery DSP with the watercolor wash stripes in pretty greens. I added the gold hoop embellishment to the middle and started adding my die cuts of ferns/leaves I cut in Garden Green and Pretty Peacock card stock with the Forever Flourishing dies. I stamped the two leaves from Forever Fern set on white card stock in Soft Sea Foam ink and cut with matching dies. I stamped the sentiment in Garden Green ink on a strip of white and cut the end with the retired banner punch. 

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and a lovely Valentine's Day on Sunday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Forever Fern 

Ink: Garden Green, Soft Sea Foam

Paper: Pretty Peacock, Garden Green, Whisper White, Forever Greenery DSP

Gold Hoop, banner punch-retired, Forever Flourishing dies, Tasteful Textures embossing folder

PP527 A Love Wreath

Well, no stamping was involved here but lots of die cutting with the Wreath Builder dies for the hearts challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com  I saw my friend Brian King over at stampwithbrian.com make one this past week and it reminded me that this bundle had hearts! I started with the white base and a layer of Gorgeous Grape card stock plus the background is a striped print from Hydrangea Hill DSP. I cut two wreaths- one in Pear Pizzazz and one in Purple Posy. I then cut 4 Gorgeous Grape hearts and one white love heart. I cut the same love heart in white leaving off the letters to add on top of the Grape one.  I added some pearls in Highland Heather and a striped tricolor purple ribbon plus bow to finish off. 

Hope you have a lovely Thursday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Paper: Whisper White, Gorgeous Grape, Purple Posy, Pear Pizzazz, Hydrangea Hill DSP

Wreath Builder dies, Highland Heather pearls, 3/8" Tricolor ribbon

Treat Yourself Mini Cards And Holder For The Pals Blog Hop

 

Hello, welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month our Design Team created “Birthday Bonanza” projects to inspire you to make for all of your family and friends. We hope you enjoy and are inspired by them! Don’t forget to leave comments because we all love hearing from you! At the end of my post, you will find the full line-up to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

I decorated the 3 1/8" square acetate card box with the awesome Ice Cream Corner suite and added four 3" square cards to give a friend as a birthday gift this month.  We can always use some cute note cards to write our thank yous out after our birthday. My birthday is coming up on the 19th and I will have to have some of these too for thank you cards!

 I ran some Ice Cream Corner DSP around the box for a belly band. I also ran some white twine around several times and tied a bow. I stamped the ice cream scoop from Sweet Ice Cream set in Calypso Coral ink and the cone in Crumb Cake and punched out with the Ice Cream Cone builder punch. I added sprinkles in Blackberry Bliss and the waffle on the cone in Soft Suede ink. I stamped the sentiment in Bermuda Bay ink on white card stock and cut out with the Messages die. I punched out a scallop oval from the Double Oval punch in Bermuda Bay card stock. I finished it off with some rhinestones colored with a Calypso Coral Stampin Blends marker. 

Here are the four 3" square cards inside. I used Bermuda Bay, Purple Posy, Flirty Flamingo and Mint Macaron for the ice cream scoops. I cut the sentiments out with the little die in Stitched So Sweetly. These were fun to make and are so cute!

More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Mark your calendars for our next blog hop on March 10th when our theme will be “Cute Critters” where the design team will be sharing projects that will feature critters of all sorts to inspire you. Don’t miss the fun! Until then, please stay safe and have fun in your craft room.

Blog Hop Line-up: 

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
3. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
4. Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
5. Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
6. Renae Novak at Blessed By Cards w/Renae Novak
7. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
8. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
9. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
10. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
11. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
12. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
13. Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin’
14. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
15. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
16. Ann Murray at Murray Stamps INK
17. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
18. Jennifer Roque at Stamp Camp with Jen
19. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
20. Sara Stuart at Sentiments by Sara
21. Lisa Milligan at Stamping Made Simple
22. Leah O’Brien at Honey Bee Stamping & More!
23. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
24. Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
25. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
26. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
27. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
28. Lori Webb at Clever Copies
29. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery

Hope you have a blessed day!

Thank you for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Sweet Ice Cream 

Paper: Ice Cream Corner DSP, Whisper White and Bermuda Bay

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Purple Posy, Flirty Flamingo

Stampin Blends marker- Calypso Coral

Stitched So Sweetly dies, Double Oval punch, Ice Cream Cone builder punch, white twine, 3 1/8" square acetate card box, rhinestones, Messages dies

FF0077 Making My Day

 

For the challenge over at festivefridaychallenge.com I used blue, heat embossing, and sentiment

for my card today. I grabbed the sweet print from Berry Delightful DSP and layered it on white base. I then cut a white Stitched So Sweetly die and stamped the sentiment from Berry Blessings set in VersaMark ink. I heat embossed it in clear embossing powder. I then took my blending brush and blended Balmy Blue ink over it. It shows up well in person but hard for to see here in photo. I stamped some strawberries from the Sweet Strawberry set in Poppy Parade and Flirty Flamingo inks on white card stock. I stamped the leaves in Granny Apple Green ink and some small flowers in Pacific Point ink. I punched them all out with the Strawberry Builder punch. A few red rhinestones finished it off. 

Hope you have a sweet day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp sets: Sweet Strawberry and Berry Blessings 

Ink: Balmy Blue, Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flamingo VersaMark, and Pacific Point

Paper: Whisper White, Berry Delightful DSP

Heat tool, clear embossing powder, Strawberry Builder Punch, red rhinestones, Stitched So Sweetly dies, blending brushes

FMS471 Love

I am playing along with the sketch challenge today over at freshlymadesktches.blogspot.com  I had some pieces left over from cutting last week and when I saw the sketch I thought they would work great. I started with the Stitched So Sweetly white label for the center.  I had a extra cut and layered it on the piece of the True Love DSP and a Basic Black panel of card stock and a white base. 

I had the sentiment from the Always dies cut in Basic Black and the background cut in white and glued together for another project but did not use so it fit perfectly here. I stamped the flowers and leaves from Forever& Always set on white card stock in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored them with the Magenta Madness and Granny Apple Green Stampin Blends markers. (remember, I said last week how much I love black/white and hot pink together so I could not resist to color them pink!)

 After they were cut with the Always dies, I popped them on the side and added the cute matte black dots to finish it off. This card went out to my dad for Valentine's Day since I thought the stripes looked a little masculine. 

Have a lovely Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Forever & Always

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers- Magenta Madness and Granny Apple Green

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, True Love DSP

Stitched So Sweetly dies, Always dies, matte black dots

GDP277 You Are Unique

 

I am paying along with the color challenge today over at global-design-project.com  Love this color combo and I thought of my new shells set that I want to play with all the time. I grabbed the Friends Are Like Seashells set and stamped the sand dollar, starfish and the shell on Very Vanilla card stock

in Sahara Sand and Rococo Rose inks. I blended a little Blushing Bride ink over them with my blending brush but cutting them with the Seaside Shells dies. I also blended the same color on the Very Vanilla panel before stamping the sentiment in Rococo Rose ink. Before placing the images on, I stamped some splatter in Blushing Bride and the seaweed in Sahara Sand ink for more texture. I added all to the panel of Rococo Rose and the Sahara Sand base. I finished it off with some Opal rounds dots. 

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

Windy

Stamp set: Friends Are Like Seashells

Ink: Rococo Rose, Blushing Bride, Sahara Sand

Paper: Sahara Sand, Rococo Rose, Very Vanilla

Seaside Shells dies, Opal rounds dots, blending brush

Beautiful Day With Tranquil Thoughts

My first play with the new bundle called Tranquil Thoughts in the spring mini catalog. I have a white base and added a piece of white card stock cut 1/8" smaller on top. I then cut the big spray of palm leaves from the Tranquil die in Granny Apple Green card stock. I then stamped the small leaves four times in Granny Apple Green ink as well as the triple flowers in Highland heather and Daffodil Delight inks. I cut them with the matching dies. I stamped the sentiment in Gorgeous Grape ink and added some retired grape dots to finish it off.

Have a blessed day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Tranquil Thoughts

Ink: Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Daffodil Delight

Paper: Whisper White, Granny Apple Green

Tranquil dies, Gorgeous Grape glimmer dots-retired 

 

PP526 Just Be You Flamingo

 

I decided to pull out my new Friendly Flamingo bundle for Laurie's tic-tac-toe challenge this week over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com as I was going across the top with die-cut, animal, and scene. I have been want tong ink this set up as I love and collect flamingos. I started with the white piece of card stock and used a blending brush to blend on Seaside Spray ink. Started with lots of ink at the bottom and went very light to the top. I added this on a white base. I then stamped the water ripples at the bottom in same color. I stamped the sentiment in Misty Moonlight from the Friendly Flamingo set.

 I also stamped the flamingo in Flirty Flamingo ink as well as the flowers plus I stamped three hanging vines in Granny Apple Green. One of those I stamped off to make it lighter. I cut them out with the Flamingo dies.  This lovely water scene came together so easily. 

Hope you have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy  

Stamp set: Friendly Flamingo

Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, Seaside Spray, Misty Moonlight

Paper: Whisper White 

Flamingo dies, blending brush

Heart Happy

 

I wanted to use the new stamp I earn free with a placed a 300.00 order with SAB called Punch Party. I stamped the heart on white card stock in Magenta Madness and the sentiment also in same color. I used the Heart Punch Pack scallop heart to punch and add on my card. I layered a piece of Basic Black on my Magenta Madness base and then a pattern from the True Love DSP running some Magenta ribbon plus a bow around before attaching. I then cut the flowers/leaves from another print from the True Love DSP by hand and sponged on the Magenta and Mint Macaron ink with sponge daubers. I added some Wink of Stella to the center of the flowers for some shine. Love a hot pink with black and white! 

Hope you have a happy day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Punch Party

Paper: Magenta Madness, Whisper White, Basic Black, True Love DSP

Ink: Magenta Madness, Mint Macaron

Heart Punch pack, sponge daubers, Magenta Madness 1/4" twill ribbon

FMS470 Always & Forever Wedding Card

 

The sketch challenge over at freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com came at the right time as I had to make a wedding card this week. I grabbed the Merry Merlot as that is the color of the wedding my daughter and I are attending this weekend. I also used Rococo Rose plus gold. I started with the Merlot base and added a piece of Rococo Rose then a layer of the Golden Garden acetate over the top. It is hard to capture a good photo when using foil and acetate or anything shiny really. I then stamped the sentiment from Forever Blossoms in VeraMark ink on a piece of Merry Merlot card stock and heat embossed it in gold emboss powder. I punched it with the new Double Oval punch and then cut a gold foil oval from Layering Ovals dies to go behind. I stamped the flowers and leaves on white card stock in Memento Black ink and colored them with the Rococo Rose and Old Olive Stampin Blends markers. I cut them with the matching dies called Cherry Blossoms dies. 

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

Windy 

Stamp set: Forever Blossoms 

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark

Stampin Blends markers- Rococo Rose, Old Olive

Paper: Merry Merlot, Whisper White, gold foil, Golden Garden acetate 

Cherry Blossoms dies, Double Oval punch, Layering Oval punch, heat tool, gold embossing powder