Grateful for Everything

Concord & 9th is continuing their celebration of three years in business and lucky me, I was able to join in on their celebration by showcasing their new stamps. Today I am featuring the Grateful for Everything Bundle. Oh my goodness, the Grateful for Everything Stamp Set is a thing of beauty! And I love how they thought to make a coordinating die with a delicate and graceful sentiment die that matches the set perfectly.

I stamped the large floral fall based image with brown ink and watercolored the image using dye based ink. I added some watercolor splatters, as I just adore the messy look. To finish the card, I die cut the sentiment in mustard colored paper and adhered this all to a card base.

I hope you've had a chance to check out Concord & 9th's amazing August 2018 release!

Lil' Inker Designs Turns Eight!

What a better way to celebrate a birthday than with a sale?? Lil' Inker Designs, one of the most fabulous stamp companies, ever, has turned eight years old! Congratulations, Laura!

The sale runs August 30th through September 3rd, 2018. Everything is 25% off (with the exception of the latest release). No code is needed for the sale discount, just add items to your card for the sale price!

There are also two 50% off categories at the shop:
Tools and accessories are half off!

And then there is a special 50% off category sale!

That is not all, when Laura celebrates, she likes to celebrate BIG!

There are some FREE items with your purchase.

Send $50 and get a choice of
You're My Favorite Stamps (FREEFAVORITE)
All You Need is Love Stamps (FREELOVE)
Brush Script Spring Dies (FREESPRING)

Spend $75 and get
Encouraging Words Stamps and Dies (FREEWORDS)

Spend $100 and get
Vintage Ink Stamps and Dies (FREEINK)

I've featured the Vintage Ink Stamps and Vintage Ink Dies in my card above, I love the airy, whimsical and vibrant look of it!

Please help me celebrate by wishing congratulations to Laura and Lil' Inker Designs, and please stop by the store for these fabulous deals!

Catherine Pooler Designs:: Back to Basics Sale

You guys, this has never happened before! Catherine Pooler Designs is having a sale that includes select ink pads! The Back to Basics Sale kicks off today with 18% everything listed in the Back to School category (affiliate links used).

My card today features the Spot On Stamp Set, along with some elements from the For Everything Stamp Set. I started with a white card base and used the following inks, from top to bottom: Be Mine, Party Dress, Rockin' Red (on sale!), Tuiti Frutti, Orange Twist (on sale!), Tiki Torch, Midnight (on sale!) and Limoncello.

I finished the card by adding a striped detail from For Everything and then popped up the birthday sentiment with dimensional adhesive. 

I hope you take a look at the sale, there are many great items included such as dies, adhesives and of course select ink pads!

Thankful Leaves

Concord & 9th is continuing their celebration of three years in business and I get to join along in the showcase of their new stamps! Today I am featuring the Thankful Leaves Turnabout Stamp and  the corresponding Thankful Leaves Dies (also available in the Thankful Leaves Bundle). I must say, this Turnabout has to be my favorite of the Turnabout Stamps released! I stamped the Thankful Leaves Turnabout Stamp four times, once in rust, mustard, kraft and orange onto dark linen paper. I then added a kraft sentiment strip stamped with a sentiment from the Thankful Leaves Turnabout Stamp, and to finish the card, I added a few free standing leaves die cut with the Thankful Leaves Dies and secured them with a mini staple.

I hope you've had a chance to check out Concord & 9th's amazing August 2018 release!

So Happy For You

Concord & 9th is continuing their celebration of three years in business and I get to join along in the showcase of their new stamps! Today I am featuring the So Happy For You Stamp and Floral Hoop Die Set. The So Happy For You Stamp Set features gorgeous flowers, leaves and sentiments to create a lovely wreath, in conjunction with the coordinating Floral Hoop Die Set that includes the awesome "hoop."

The background is created from the ever trendy new Shiplap Sentiments Stamp Set!

I hope you've had a chance to check out Concord & 9th's amazing August 2018 release!

Catherine Pooler Designs:: Kind of Batty Release:: Day 2

Welcome back to the second day Blog Hop for Kind of Batty- the newest, awesome release from Catherine Pooler Designs! This collection features stamps, coordinating dies, stand-alone dies and two new ink colors. It is a delightful mix of Halloween, Autumn and every day.

I've got a few projects to showcase today for the first day of the blog hop-although all items are now available! 

I went vintage for my first card today. As in yesterday's card, I stamped the Angled Squares Background Stamp with Sand Castle Ink onto some cream cardstock, and added some splatters in the Sand Castle Ink. I then created some roses from the beautiful Rose Garden Stamp Set and Rose Garden Dies. I only stamped the last two layers of the the roses.The combination of inks I used It's a Girl and Peppermint Scrub. For the leaves I used and Green Tea and Eucalyptus. I used the single, last layer of the Three of a Kind Dies for a statement sentiment and finished off the sentiment from stamps from the Kind of Wonderful Stamp Set.

My next card features the show-stopping Spiderweb Background Stamp that pairs so perfectly with the Going Batty Background Stamp and Who's There Coverplate Die! I did some simple stamping using the Going Batty Background Stamp with the new Twilight Ink and over that I stamped the Spiderweb Background Stamp with Black Jack Ink all on onto Mirror Cardstock. I then ran the card front panel through my die cutting machine with the Who's There Coverplate Die and backed the panel with different, fun colored cardstock panels and covered the eyes with glossy accents and Nuvo Drops. I finished with a sentiment from Spooky Hollow Stamps  with Midnight Ink. 

My last project features a Halloween tag that I stamped the Going Batty Background Stamp in Twilight Ink and then the Grunge Background Stamp (available from the Tropically Yours Stamp of Approval Collection) in Sweet Sixteen Ink. The tag was made from the Tags, Etc. Dies. I added detail images from the Spooky Hollow Stamps and Spooky Hollow Dies.

Please be sure to hop and comment, as there are prizes! 3 random winners chosen to receive a $25 gift certificate to the Catherine Pooler Store! Winners will be announced on Catherine's blog, the evening of Monday, August 20th.

The Catherine Pooler supplies I've used are linked (affiliate links used) in the body of my post, I hope you have a chance to check them out!

Here is the complete list of the Creative Team that are hopping today:

Catherine Pooler

Chrissie Tobas

Susan Powell

Karen Baker ---you are here!

Jen Carter

Jenny Colacicco

Ashlea

Kelly Martin

Ardyth

Lydia

Catherine Pooler Designs:: Kind of Batty Release

Are you ready for Kind of Batty- the newest, awesome release from Catherine Pooler Designs?! This collection features stamps, coordinating dies, stand-alone dies and two new ink colors. It is a delightful mix of Halloween, Autumn and every day.  Wow!

I've got a few projects to showcase today for the first day of the blog hop-although all items are now available! 

My first card features many items from the new release together, and I love how it turned out! I started with Sand Dunes Cardstock card base that had been stamped with the Angled Squares Background Stamp in the new Sand Castle Ink. Isn't that such a lovely combination? I then created some autumn leaves from the Hello Autumn Stamp Set and Hello Autumn Dies. The combination of inks I used were Sauna, Tiki Torch, Orange Twist and Mandarin Spice, then Limencello, Sauna, and Green Tea and the green combination is Sauna, Green Tea, Eucalyptus, and Spruce. I used the new Three of a Kind Dies (the first two layers) to create the focal sentiment, the color is Polished. I finished the sentiment from stamps from the Kind of Wonderful Stamp Set.

My next card features the show-stopping Spiderweb Background Stamp that pairs so perfectly with the Spooky Hollow Stamps and Spooky Hollow Dies! I did some simple stamping and coloring with Distress Oxide Inks. I stamped the Spiderweb Background Stamp with the new Twilight Ink onto some bright purple cardstock. I stamped some images from the Spooky Hollow Stamps onto Mirror Cardstock with Midnight Ink and then die cut them with the Spooky Hollow Dies, watercolored with Distress Oxide Inks and arranged them as a little scene onto the card. 

Please be sure to hop and comment, as there are prizes! 5 random winners chosen to receive a $25 gift certificate to the Catherine Pooler Store! Winners will be announced on Catherine's blog, the evening of Monday, August 20th.

The Catherine Pooler supplies I've used are linked (affiliate links used) in the body of my post, I hope you have a chance to check them out!

Here is the complete list of the Creative Team that are hopping today:

Catherine Pooler

Ilina Crouse

Tracie Pond

Ashlea Cornell

Karen Baker --- you are here!

Jen Carter

Jenny Colacicco

Kristie Goulet

Maureen Merritt

Josefine Fouarge

Melissa Miller

Ingrid Blackburn

Spellbinders Stephanie Low Release

Spellbinders has teamed up with the designer Stephanie Low for some beautiful stamp and coordinating die sets, the collection is called Inked Messages. I was fortunate to be sent some of these products to create with, and my first card today features one of the stamps and dies from A Little Birdie Told Me.

I stamped and die cut 12 envelopes and added a bit of color to each heart, along with some glossy accents. (Sentiment is from Catherine Pooler). Love little images that can be lined up in a row!

My next card features the Message in a Bottle Stamp and Die Set. I used distress oxide inks to roughly color the beautiful bottle image, and then added a bit of scored lines for detail.

Spellbinders has some really cool sets in the collection, I hope you get a chance to check them out!

Top It Off

Nothing says "congratulations" like saying "Oh Happy Day!" Love this sentiment!

Concord & 9th is continuing their celebration of three years in business and I get to join along in the showcase of their new stamps! Today I have used the their new, innovative Top it Off Stamp and Die Set. What I did was stamped "Oh Happy Day" and "Congrats" in black onto pink cardstock. Then I die cut the sentiment from blue, and adhered it over the stamped image for a cool dimensional look. I finished the card by stamping a flag pole, die cutting the banner and then stamping onto the banner as well, all from products from this bundle!

This next card features all products from the same card I used above, the Top It Off Stamps and Dies!

I chose a purple card base and stamped the layers of the cake with various shades of purple. I stamped the banner poles in black and then die cut the "eat cake" sentiment and adhered it to the card base. I love that there is a classic banner die in this set as well, so I die cut it and stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment.

I hope you've had a chance to check out Concord & 9th's amazing August 2018 release!

WC9 Challenge:: Anything Goes- Concord & 9th's Third Birthday!

This is so exciting! Concord & 9th is celebrating THREE years in business and they have a fabulous release! I'm so excited to be participating with my Where Creativity Meets C9 teammates and Concord & 9th by showcasing their new August products, and it works perfectly for the new August Challenge: Anything Goes!

To help celebrate, the Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge has an Anything Goes theme this month, where you can join in and help celebrate the goodness of what Concord & 9th is all about.

I created these two cards today with the new Birthday Dies and Birthday Balloons Stamp Set Bundle. This is a FREE bundle with a qualifying purchase over at Concord & 9th. (Visit the Concord & 9th Promo Page and it will have all the details on how you can get this set!) I stamped the solid balloons and finished the card with some doodling. Such a fun and easy bundle to create birthday cards!

I hope you can join in on the Anything Goes Challenge!