Friday, July 30, 2021

Hats Off with Pattern Party DSP


 I am in love with the Hostess Pattern Party DSP (Designer
Series Paper) on page 171.  It is very happy paper, with
lots of ways to coordinate the patterns.  You also have a range
of black and white patterns to pick from in this DSP pack.
I used the Hats Off Stamp set (page 47) to stamp the hat
and cut it out with the coordinating Hat Builder Dies.
I stamped the sentiment from Sweet Strawberry stamp set
and cut it out with a circle die.

From there, I simply layered up the DSP and hat.  I added
a strip of (retired) gold sequins to add some sparkle.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Sweet as a Peach on Pattern Party


 I love the Sweet as a Peach set (p 61), because you can
actually make plumbs or other fruit with this set.  The Peach 
Dies (page 161) enable you to make lovely combinations.
The background paper comes from the hostess Pattern
Party pack, which provides a great contrast with the peach.
The background layer was run through the Tasteful Textures
3D embossing folder on page 155.

Monday, July 26, 2021

Blended Sea Life Dies with Smooth Sailing


 This is another project that I played with while working on
last Friday's Blending challenge.  I used torn paper and Blends
to create the sand.  Then I placed post-it die cut images for the 
sea weed (Smooth Sailing dies on page 165) and coral from
the Sea Life dies (page 160), using the blender to add 
Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz background.  
I removed the post-its and placed the 
negatives over the plants, sponging the coral with yellow,
and then Mossy Meadow.   I added Night of Navy,
Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape to the sea horse.
The sea horse is doubled, glued to a yellow one underneath.
I added some candy dots (retired) to finish it off.