SSINKspiration Salute to Mother's: Greatest Greetings

Good morning!  I can't believe Mother's Day is just a few days away, I'll admit I was putting finishing touches on our cards and gifts so I could get them in the mail today to arrive in time to show our mom's and grandma's with love.  Today the SSINKspiration team wanted to do a special feature to provide a little more inspiration for Mother's Day in case you are still working on your projects.  Even though it is dark and rainy here today, this card is bright and cheery, sure to please.

I started with Mint Macaron cardstock for the cardbase and then added a piece of Succulent Garden Designer Series Paper (retiring) as the cardfront and wrapped a piece of the coordinating Succulent Garden 3/8" Ribbon (retiring) around the DSP (this ribbon is so soft and pretty!)

next I took a piece of Whisper White cardstock and stamped the greeting from the Greatest Greetings stamp set (retiring) in Calypso Coral ink before matting it with Tip Top Taupe cardstock and attaching the piece to the cardfront with dimensionals.  I don't have the succulent framelits to coordinate with this DSP (shocked I'm sure) so I decided to use the Botanical Buider Framelits (retiring) and the Big Shot to create my little flower bouquet.  I love how easy it is to make flowers with these framelits and the way they are designed you can really lift the pieces for added texture and dimension to the card.  I added some enamel dots from the 2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes (retiring) and Metallic Enamel Shapes for the final touch.

Sometimes I'm so afraid to use a big piece of DSP on projects but it's a great way to add a lot of color and interest with very little work, and it's not like I don't have enough DSP to last a few lifetimes so it's time to "use it up".  This paper also projects such a great color palette to build all the rest of the elements and I'm sure mom will love some flowers that will last forever!

Below are easy ordering links for the products used on today's card:

Product List

Greatest Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140706]

Big Shot

[143263]

Botanical Builder Framelits Dies

[140625]

Metallic Enamel Shapes

[141678]

2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes

[141410]

Succulent Garden Designer Series Paper

[142778]

Succulent Garden 3/8" Ribbon Combo Pack

[142781]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Tip Top Taupe 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[138336]

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[138337]

Cucumber Crush 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[138335]

Sweet Sugarplum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141418]

Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[122925]

Enjoy!

Diana

SSINKspiration March Blog Hop: Sale-a-bration is Running Out!

Good morning!  With the last little burst of winter last week spring definitely charged in with a fury this week, and I love it!  With the arrival of March it’s also the last month of Sale-a-bration, our best and biggest sale of the year so time is running out to take advantage.  In honor of Sale-a-bration for this months Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration blog hop we’re focusing on all the great products you can earn for FREE with each qualifying purchase this month (and there’s no limit to how many FREE items you can earn).  During SAB is when I stock up on all my cardstock, adhesives, prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscription, etc. so I can earn free items for things I already use all year long!!

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 #3 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Kathy at Kathy's Stamping World. 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 showcase the Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper as my Sale-a-bration item and used this weeks Creativate Team challenge as the layout inspiration. I started with Lost Lagoon cardstock for the base (can’t believe this color is retiring in a few months, boo!) and then added a piece of the Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper as a nice background and then used another pattern for the inset piece.  For the greeting I used the Greatest Greetings stamp set and was stamped on Hello Honey cardstock using Blackberry Bliss ink and then added a little piece of Watermelon Wonder  1” Dotted Lace Trim along the bottom (note, Watermelon Wonder is not one of the colors in the DSP but it’s close enough and coordinates well.  I also added one of the 2015-2017 In Color Blossom Embellishments on the greeting piece for fun.

I needed to add something to help dress this up so I decided in honor of spring to add some fun butterflies.  I cut 2 using the Elegant Butterfly Punch and then embossed them with the Big Shot and Elegant Dots Embossing Folder and then added rhinestones in the center for the body.  I wanted a smaller butterfly so I stamped one using Old Olive ink on Whisper White cardstock using the Kinda Eclectic stamp set (since I don’t have the coordinating punch I cut this little guy out with Paper Snips) and also added rhinestones for its body.  By carefully folding the butterflies and then using Tombow glue just down the center of the butterfly you can fold the wings up so there’s more movement on the card.

This card definitely screams spring and I’m sad I haven’t used this paper much so far during SAB, but I definitely have a supply to use on future projects (perhaps lots of birthday cards for #imbringingbirthdaysback). 

Below are easy ordering links for the products used on today’s project:

 Make sure to check out the rest of the blog hop for lots of other great ideas.  If you click the “Next” button, you’ll go to Leanne’s site but you can also access any of the hopper’s site from the full blog list below.

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Darcy at Dj's Stampin Place
2. Jenny at Jenny G Paper Crafts
3. Kathy at Kathy's Stamping World
4. Diana at Stampin Fun with Diana
5. Leanne at Literally My Joy
6. Melissa at The Stamp Doc
7. Pamela at Stinky Tofu

Have a great day,

Diana

SSINKspiration Project Life: Honeycomb Wishes in Dimension

Good morning!  One of the great new additions to our product offering over the past year is the Project Life by Stampin’ Up and while I’m starting to really get into using these products for memory keeping (completed my second Daily December journal this year) there are so many other options to use these products if you’re not into memory keeping and today the SSINKspiration designers are sharing some fun ideas to get you started. 

For this card I started with Pear Pizzaz cardstock for the cardbase and then added a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  On this piece I used the Honeycomb Happiness stamp set (FREE during Sale-a-bration) to stamp the little chick twice (once on the white cardstock and a second time on a piece of So Saffron cardstock and used my Paper Snips to cut him out (and color his beak in with a Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Write Marker)).  Next I used the Work of Art stamp set and stamped the “swoosh” in Pear Pizzaz so it looked like grass.  I used dimensionals to attach the chick to the cardstock.

On top of the cardstock I added one of the acetate cards from the Memories in the making Project Life Specialty Card Collection (FREE during Sale-a-bration).  Did you know that on these acetate sheets where there is gold on one side if you flip them they are silver??  Awesome!! On top of the acetate card I added a piece of Basic Black 3/8” Stitched Satin Ribbon to the top and added a bow made of Whisper White Baker’s Twine for added texture. 

The greeting is from the Greatest Greetings stamp set and after stamping it on So Saffron cardstock I used the Big Shot and Project Life Cards and Labels Framelits to cut it down before attaching with dimensionals.  The final touch to the greeting was to add a couple strips of pearls for added dimension.  To attach the acetate piece to the cardfron I used dimensionals and just made sure the chick was centered in the silver cutout (a perfect frame!!)

I love the flexibility of the Project Life cards on all sorts of projects including card making (and adds a little pizzaz), so if you haven’t tried them out this is the perfect time.

Below are easy ordering links for the products used on today’s card:

 Enjoy and have a great day!

Diana

SSINKspiration Mystery Challenge #SSINKMC30: Easter Greetings

Happy Monday!  This morning we’re waking up in Cozumel and looking forward to a day of snorkeling, catamaran’s, and beach fun so it should be perfect.  Of course I couldn’t forget about you so I’m leaving a little inspiration throughout the week for fun.  Today over on the SSINKspiration blog it’s time for this months Mystery challenge so I decided to play along.  I’ll admit this month that challenge was a little hard for me but I was able to use 4 of the items on the challenge list:  1) non-card, 2) colors, 3) Easter, and 4) dies and punches so I’m happy with the end result. Since Valentine’s is over naturally you start to think of Easter, but with our trip it hasn’t even been on my mind so this was good to do something new.

I decided to use the Fry Box BizL Die for this project (I love how easy it comes together and really holds quite a good amount of ‘stuff.”  I used So Saffron cardstock for the base of the Fry Box and then ran through pieces of Whisper White and Cucumber Crush cardstock for the front of the box so it had the same shape (and was super easy).  I used the Fringe Scissors to cut the Cumber Crush piece so it looks like grass and then added a Whisper White 3/8” Statin Ribbon bow at the bottom.  For the two “eggs” I cut the smaller one using the Large Oval Punch and Bermuda Bay DSP from the Brights Designer Series Paper Stack.  The larger one I cut using the Big Shot and Oval Collections Framelits and then used the Work of Art stamp set to stamp the lines so it looks like an Easter egg.

For the greeting I used the Greatest Greetings stamp set (love this one from the Occasions Catalog) and used my Stampin’ Write Markers to color in the greeting so I could stack the works to make it smaller and then cut it out using the Big Shot and Project Life Cards and Labels Framelits.  I sponged around the edge of the greeting and then attached it to the front of the box with dimensionals.  After looking at the box I decided to make the greeting look like a garden sign so I cut a little piece of Crumb Cake cardstock, embossed it with the Woodgrain embossing folder and sponged it before tucking it under the sign and in the grass (love how it turned out!!)

I have to say, I spent way more time than I planned on this project but really had fun and liked the end result, can’t wait to start working on more Easter projects soon (it will be here in no time!)

Below are easy ordering links for the products used on today’s project:

Enjoy!

Diana