Fun n' Crafty Blog Hop July 2018

Welcome to the Fun n’ Crafty Blog Hop for June. This month's blog hop is actually a swap. Various members of the Fun and Crafty Stampers made cards featuring new products from the Annual Catalog and swapped them in the mail. Such amazing cards! I love doing swaps and getting examples using products that I don't have or don't necessarily intend to buy.

For my card, I wanted to feature my newest stamp set, Pop of Petals. I love a good floral image and this one is too cute! The set comes with multiple differently patterned flowers, but I just used one pattern for my card. I picked a few fun colors and coordinated them with a lighter or darker color. From there, I thought the flowers looked a little too plain so I added a background piece of stamped leaves. Much better! I finished the card off with a piece of Wood Texture DSP, a simple sentiment, and some fun Glitter Enamel Dots.

Stamps: Abstract Impressions; Pop of Petals
Inks: Sea Foam Green; Call Me Clover; Bermuda Bay; Coastal Cabana; Highland Heather; Gorgeous Grape; Flirty Flamingo; Lovely Lipstick
Cardstock: Wood Textures DSP; Whisper White
Accessories: Glitter Enamel Dots
Tools: Four-Petal Flower Punch

Fun & Crafty Blog Hop

Nicole -- Inky Fingers Stamping

Jennifer -- NW Stamper

Christine -- Artful Musings

Tobe -- The Craft Sea (you are here)

Pop of Petals Bundle

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using your favorite bundle. Once getting the new catalog, the Pop of Petals bundle went on my short list. I love a good flower image and this one even comes with a simple punch. Perfect! I actually CASEd this design from fellow Design Team Member Rebecca Urban. I loved her graduated flowers and wanted to play off that idea for my own card. Such a great idea! And such a great bundle! I can't wait to play with it even more.

Stamps: Pop of Petals; Just Add Text
Inks: Lovely Lipstick; Flirty Flamingo; Mango Melody
Cardstock: Lovely Lipstick; Flirty Flamingo; Whisper White
Accessories: Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Four-Petal Flower Punch

Blog Break

Life has gotten a bit crazy in my house and crafting has fallen by the wayside... I decided I need a bit of a break from the blog to regroup and get back into the crafting groove. I hope to be back by the end of the month.

Textured Typewriter

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using DSP from July's B3G1 Free DSP sale! A variety of paper packs are included. Check the sale out below.

For my card, I pulled out the fun papers from the Tranquil Textures DSP. I pulled the fun dotted paper to act as my base and then started adding layers. Such a simple card, but it really highlights the great patterns and coordinating of the paper packs. To finish out my card, I stamped a simple typewriter with a message.

Stamps: P.S. You're the Best
Inks: Night of Navy; Mint Macaron; Fresh Fig; Tranquil Tide
Cardstock: Tranquil Textures DSP; Night of Navy; Whisper White
Accessories: Tranquil Tide Ribbon; Share What You Love Artisan Pearls
Tools:

CASEing Cathy

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to CASE a card from the wonderful Cathy Autrey. I chose to CASE this fun card from just a few weeks back. I love the look of quilted cards! I've been known to do them for Christmas cards. So I jumped at the chance to CASE Cathy's card using current products. I love the subtle patterns in the Tea Room DSP pack. I picked a few of the single color papers to use for my quilt squares. I love the repeating patterns! From there I added some coordinated ribbon and a simple sentiment.

Stamps: Abstract Impressions
Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Daffodil Delight; Crushed Curry
Cardstock: Tea Room DSP; Crushed Curry; Rich Razzleberry; Whisper White
Accessories: Faceted Gems; Old Olive Sheer Ribbon
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

July Crafting Goals

A recap of last month’s goals:

May 2018 PL Pages -- Fail. I have the pictures printed, but haven't gotten to the pages yet.
May MP Pages -- Success!
June, July, and August SSINK Posts -- Mostly a fail. I posted on all the prompts for June, but haven't really worked ahead yet. Hoping to get some crafting mojo back soon.
Make a summer chore chart -- Success
Arthur's 2017 PL album -- Success! Ready to get 2018's started.
Organize planner supplies -- Success! I went through all my stickers and organized by functional and decorative and then broke decorative down my months. I also sorted through all the other planner bits.
June, July, and August's SU Purchases -- Mostly successful. I still need to figure out August's purchases.
June, July, and August's Classes -- Fail. Utter fail.

July Goals: This month is going to be super busy, so I'm keeping my goals small...

May 2018 PL Pages -- Hoping to get this month knocked out.
June MP Pages -- Trying to stay up to date.
July and August SSINK posts -- Need to stay up to date.

#SSINKCC52: Polka Dot Birthday

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the following colors:

Color challenges are always so much fun and always stretch my creativity. For this card, I immediately knew I wanted to make a masculine birthday card, but played around with a lot of layers and layouts before deciding on this one. I wanted to keep the card simple but add some kind of dimension. Enter my stash of embossing folders. I love adding texture to cards through embossing folders. I went with Simple Stripes, but contrasted that with the polka dot paper. Love the simplicity of this card!

Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday
Inks: Pacific Point; Call Me Clover
Cardstock: 2018-2020 In Color DSP; Balmy Blue; Pacific Point
Accessories: Crumb Cake Ribbon
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Stripes Embossing Folder

Sunday Haul #12

I received my Stampin' Up! order for July's club (yes, I know, I ordered early). I tried to be strategic with my purchase and buy some products that coordinate.

P.S. You're the Best stamp set
Petal Pink Cardstock
Shaded Spruce Cardstock
Lovely Lipstick Ribbon
2018-2020 In Color Markers
Petal Pink Ink Pad

I also received my large order from Brandy's Shop on Etsy. The owner just rebranded so check out here new site at Dani Faith Designs. Love her designs and the price point!

New Year's Kit
Funky Halloween Kit
Let's Be Mermaids Kit
Alice Kit
Gingerbread Kit
Sunflower Kit
Target icons
Reading Unicorn