We Have Spring Fever

Welcome to the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration blog hop! This month we are creating cards with the theme of “Spring Fever.” As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 4 on the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration Blog Hop – Nichole @ Scrappy Stamps & Ink. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn’t work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

My card features my favorite spring colors: green and purple. I'm always looking out for gorgeous purple flowers. I decided to repeat the colors while creating a fun texture card. The Succulent Garden DSP is a perfect reminder of spring and the Remarkable You stamp set has such great flowers! I little bit of Sweet Sugarplum ribbon finishes off my card.

Stamps: Remarkable You
Inks: Basic Black; Sweet Sugarplum; Old Olive; Pear Pizzazz
Cardstock: Succulent Garden DSP; Pear Pizzazz; Sweet Sugarplum; Whisper White
Accessories: Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon
Tools: Petal Burst Embossing Folder; Stitched Shapes Framelits; Layering Circles Framelits

Blog Hop Participant List:

Botanical Garden

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Saint Patrick's Day card or a green card. I opted for a green card. This was such a fun card to create! And it's a very versatile card. Change the colors, the DSP, and/or the sentiment to create a very different looking card. For this one, I heat embossed my sentiment before creating a watercolor wash. I stamped on a bit of background pattern using tone-on-tone stamping. I layered small piece of DSP to give a bit of visual interest. And finally I die cut and layered some flowers. Seriously, I am in love with card!

Stamps: Kinda Eclectic; Botanical Blooms
Inks: Old Olive; Versamark
Cardstock: Succulent Garden DSP; Rose Red; Old Olive; Pear Pizzaz; So Saffron; Watercolor Paper; Basic BLack
Accessories:
Tools: Botanical Builder Framelits; Aqua Painter; Copper Embossing Powder

Stamp Sets to Use:

Birthday Blooms
Celebrate Today
Build a Birthday
Love and Affection
Foxy Friends
No Bones About It
Watercolor Wings
Papillon Potpurri
Jar of Love
Petite Petals
Seaside Shore
Suite Sayings
Friendly Wishes
Flower Shop
Timeless Textures
Playful Backgrounds
Work of Art
Blooms and Wishes
Botanical Blooms
Kinda Eclectic
Labeler Alphabet
Cookie Cutter Christmas
Paisleys and Posies
Endless Birthday Wishes
Dragonfly Dreams
Cool Treats
Bookcase Builder
Birdcage Builder
Tasty Trucks
Hey Chick
Designer Tee
Reverse Words
Four You
Four Feathers

Watercolor Birthday Blooms

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the new Watercolor Pencils. Hands down, these are my favorite new tool from the Occasions Catalog. I've already used them a ton!

For this card, I stamped the large birthday bloom (with added tall flower) and went to town coloring. But I didn't color everything in. I only colored certain areas. When the aqua painter is used, the color fills the space. In person you can see the shading more clearly. I love the look! To finish the card, I adde some coordinating cardstock and DSP strip and some pearls. And yes, that flower is fussy cut!

Stamps: Birthday Blooms
Inks: Basic Black
Cardstock: Succulent Garden DSP; Rich Razzleberry; Calypso Coral; Whisper White
Accessories: Pearls
Tools: Watercolor Pencils; Aqua Painter

Bookcase for Baby

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card that CASEd a card from the Occasions Catalog. I chose to copy this card:

I love love love this stamp set! So many different options to create different bookcases. I chose to change up some of the objects to make it a baby card. I also substituted some DSP for the Hardwood stamp. Once I figured out my changes, I filled my bookshelves with a variety of objects. I love how it turned out!

Stamps: Bookcase Builder
Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Sweet Sugarplum; Calypso Coral; Mint Macaron; Flirty Flamingo; Peekaboo Peach
Cardstock: Succulent Garden DSP: Tip Top Taupe; Rich Razzleberry; Sweet Sugarplum; Whisper White
Accessories: Pearls
Tools:

Succulent Garden Dragonfly

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using your favorite Occasions Catalog Accessory. Unfortunately, I didn't buy much for my preorder and my next order hasn't arrived yet. So, until I get some new goodies, my favorite non-stamp product from the catalog is the Succulent Garden DSP. Just look how gorgeous this paper is! I love the colors and patterns.

For my card, I wanted to highlight some of the fun patterns. I took my color cues from the paper to create my dragonfly and stamped piece of Whisper White. The color on the dragonfly was added with the new watercolor pencils. I love how I can blend colors to create more interesting stamped images. After adding my layers, I realized I didn't leave room for my sentiment. Thank goodness I had some space up top. To finish off my card, I added a few silver and sweet sugarplum enamel shapes.

Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams
Inks: Sweet Sugarplum; Mint Macaron; Basic Black
Cardstock: Succulent Garden DSP; Mint Macaron; Whisper White
Accessories: 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes; Metallic Enamel Shapes
Tools: Detailed Dragonfly Framelit; Triple Banner Punch; Watercolor Pencils

Foxy Garden Birthday

Welcome to the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration blog hop! This month we are creating birthday cards. Cards for boys, card for girls, cards for the young, cards for the middle age. Cards for everyone! As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 8 on the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration Blog Hop – Nichole @ Scrappy Stamps and Ink. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn’t work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

I decided to make a birthday card using the beautiful Succulent Garden DSP. This card is perfect for kids and adults alike! I created a little Sweet Sugarplum kitty cat as my focal point. He looked a little plain in the circle, so I added a stump and a decorative border. Much better!

Stamps: Foxy Friends; Suite Sayings
Inks: Mint Macaron; Sweet Sugarplum; Old Olive; Tip Top Taupe; Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Succulent Garden DSP; Old Olive; Whisper White
Accessories:
Tools: Layering Circles Framelits

Blog Hop Participant List:

Jen G. at Faith.Grace.Stamp
Cathy A. at Maine Mountain Stamper
Diana E. at Stampin' Fun with Diana
Pamela W. at Stinky Tofu
Darcy J. at Dj's Stampin' Place
Cheryl H. at Create with Cheryl
Jennifer G. at Jenny G Paper Crafts
Nichole L. at Scrappy Stamps & Ink
Tobe B. at The Craft Sea
Darla R. at Stampin' with Darla
Donna S. at Geek Squad Crafting
Jen P. at By the Shore Stamping
Melissa S. at The Stamp Doc
Bree R. at Craft-somnia Momma
Tonya B. at Stampin' with Tonya
Kim R. at Stamping with Kim