Stamp Off Hand Penned Petals in Blends

 Welcome back for our Stamp Off Challenge.  Today, Susan, Buffy

and I are highlighting the Stampin' Blends, 

found on pages 122-3.

For my project, I used the Stampin' Blends in 3 different ways;

to color an image, to create a faux "DSP" strip and to 

color enamel shapes.

I stamped the flowers from Hand Penned Petals with Soft Suede

ink, and then colored them with Soft Sea Foam, So Saffron, 

Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends.  

I used the Penned Flowers Dies to cut out

the flowers and the edge of the faux DSP strip.

I cut out the sentiment from Quiet Meadow with a

Tailor Made Tags die (page 166).  I finished the card off

with some gold cord and enamel hearts colored with Blends.

Please check out the wonderful projects created by

Buffy and Susan!!  Thank for stopping by on this 

Thanksgiving week, when we have so many blessings 

in our lives.

Quiet Meadow Bundle

The Quiet Meadows Stamp set (page 110), with

coordinating Meadow dies offers tons of options for 

layering.  This is a really quick card, that makes

use of this bundle and DSP.

I hope that you and yours have a wonderful

Thanksgiving holiday!

Nuts about Squirrels

 The squirrels are still having a good ole time in my yard,

so I had to post another Nuts About Squirrels (Mini page 49)

card.  This set is just so darn easy to use.  The font is very forgiving,

so that you don't have to be too concerned about your

sentiment going wonkyjammer.   I used DSP, and

stamped some leaves on it, to add to the squirrel feel of

this project.  A strip of In Good Taste DSP wood completed

the feel.

Beautiful Trees dies with Peaceful Cabin

 Time to get a Christmas card posted.  This card uses the

Beautiful Trees dies (page 158), with some retired SAB

products (the tree specialty paper and the DSP strip).

I used the sentiment from the Peaceful Cabin set on page 38

of the July-Dec 2021 Mini catalog.  The card base was

embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D. folder on page 55.

Pierced Blooms with Sweet Strawberry

 Yes, it's November, but I'm still cranking out flowers.  

Pierced Blooms (page 165) has got to be my favorite collection

of flower dies.  They are just so easy to use.

That's really important when you have to make a quick

birthday or get well card.  For this project, I used the

sentient from the Sweet Strawberry Stamp set on page 43.

Meadow Pattern Party

 This is another card, featuring the Pattern Party DSP,

on page 171.  The flower was created with the Meadow dies

on page 160, and framed with the Ornate Layers Dies (page 164).

I like the combination of yellow and black, because it

creates such vibrancy.   Wondering if it is too bright

to be a "thinking of you" card?