It's time for another blog hop with the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration girls! This month's theme is all about May
FLOWERS! We are really enjoying Spring here in Oregon. The weather has been exceptionally good with just the right amount of rain and lots of sunshine, which brings out the most beautiful flowers!
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
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4 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop -
Darla at Stampin with Darla 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.
Each of the cards I am sharing with you today have all been inspired by cards I have found that have jumped out at me. I have either CASEd the cards or used it as a springboard for my own design. (I have been lacking a little bit lately in coming up with my own designs, so I have been doing a lot of seeking for inspiration! Hopefully I am not the only one who sometimes can't come up with a design on her own!)
I have also used the
Flower Shop stamp set and coordinating
Pansy Punch on all of the
cards you will see below! But, have no fear ~ these two products will be sticking around for
another year! However, they won't be offered as a bundle like they are
now, so take advantage of that while you can and save 15%!
This first card I created for a card night last night. It uses the (retiring)
English Garden DSP. I kept this card to a few colors ~
Mossy Meadow,
Hello Honey &
Soft Suede. Both Mossy Meadow and Hello Honey are retiring in-colors (get them before it's too late!), so I wanted to try and use them for one last hurrah! The "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from the hostess stamp set
Happy Birthday, Everyone and will also be retiring at the end of May. The flower image is from the
Flower Patch stamp set and I used
Hello Honey and Soft Suede Markers to color the flower image and stamp onto the background.
Because I ended up not having enough of the DSP for the card above, I also threw in another option and the ladies could pick either the one above or the below mixed color of DSP. Even though the pink on the card wasn't technically a match to the ribbon I used (retired Raspberry Ripple!) I figured it worked perfectly enough this time around. I don't know about you, but sometimes you just need to use up some of
your ribbon stash, so both of the ribbons on these first two cards are
retired, but worked perfectly with this design and I had just enough needed.
I found this card one day randomly on Facebook and was instantly drawn to its design. I literally created this card exactly as I saw it and only added a different sentiment (from the
Rose Wonder stamp set) and simply added a rhinestone in the middle to give it that pop of bling! For the life of me, I can not seem to find the card I was originally inspired by, so I will be sure to update with credit when I find it! **Edited to add: Found the card I cased
HERE.
I used a
Blackberry Bliss (retiring) card base and inked my images in
Hello Honey (retiring),
Old Olive, Blackberry Bliss (retiring), and
Perfect Plum. The leaves and sun image are from a set called
Kinda Eclectic and the small middle flower is from a set called
Petite Petals. Both of these sets you will see carried over to the new catalog!
Lastly, we created this card at a team meeting we had a couple of weeks ago. My upline brought all of the supplies to create this card and ironically it uses the same stamp set as the flowers above, so I thought I would share with the rest of these cards! I love the black and white with the pop of color using
Mint Macaron and
Watermelon Wonder. The washi tape is from the
Everyday Chic Designer Washi Tape. It also uses the
Kinda Eclectic stamp set (leaves) I used in the above card, as well as a sentiment from the
Rose Wonder stamp set.
Phew! You made it! Thanks for stopping by today and for joining our hop. We're a small group this week, but I hope you will continue on and enjoy more flower inspiration. Next up on the hop is
Diana at Stampin Fun with Diana.
Blog Hop Participant List:
- Diana at Stampin Fun with Diana
- Darcy at Dj's Stampin Place
- Kim at Stamping with Kim
- Darla at Stampin with Darla
- Heidi at Stuck on Stampin'