Saturday, January 24, 2015

Springtime Blossoms

Hi Everyone,

I have a couple of thank you's to send out today before I get started on my post.

First, did you notice the new look of my blog?  My fabulous friend Hayley of Hayley's Paper Garden put together a great new blog header for me to freshen up the look of the blog.  I love it!  If you are not familiar with the provinces of Canada, the yellow "splotches" are my home province of Newfoundland and Labrador and the purple heart is the town where I am from - how cute is that?!  I am seriously, way too in love with the new look.  Thank you Hayley!

Also, I wanted to thank the ladies over at Colour Me...! this week for choosing my Lovely Lumberjack card as the Top Pick for their challenge last week.  I am honoured!  You can see me card HERE.


I don't know about any of you but I am not so patiently waiting for Spring...so I decided it was time to use the new Lotus Blossom stamp set from the Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration catalogue.  I had been dying to get my hands and this one and I was not disappointed.  It was a really fun set to use and the results are just lovely.  Here is my card:




As always, I took my inspiration from a couple of challenges:

1. Colour Me...!

This week's challenge was to use Hello Honey, Cajun Craze and Mossy Meadow.  I, unfortunately, went by memory on the colours and ended up using Crushed Curry instead of Hello Honey - close enough.



I loved the sketch over at Mojo Monday this week - it was super fun to play along with.


Card Recipe (all products used are Stampin' Up! products unless otherwise indicated):

Card Stock: Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Birthday Bash Specialty DSP
Stamp Sets: Lotus Blossom, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Best Day Ever
Inks: Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze
Tools/Techniques: Circle Framelits, Big Shot, 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon - Mossy Meadow

Thanks for dropping by, I'm so glad you took the time to do so.
Steph

6 comments:

  1. I just LOVE your card! I wanted to let you know that I’ve chosen your creation as one of my Favorite Picks and linked back to your blog! Thanks so much for sharing your talent. Kathy at stampsatplay.blogspot.com

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  2. You are most welcome dear friend! This card is soooo much fun :) Loving those dots and of course one of my favourite stamp sets on the go!!! Thank you very much for taking the time to share with us this week at Colour Me...! We would love to see you back again soon :)

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  3. Stephanie your card is SO pretty! I love the two-tone lotus flower. The polka dots also add a nice touch of whimsy. Super awesome blog cover too!

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  4. So beautiful! Thanks for playing along with Mojo Monday!

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  5. Such a pretty card! I love how you tied the elements together with the repeating dot element and sponging in moss green. Thanks for playing along with us this week at Colour Me, Steph!

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  6. This is gorgeous, wow! Such a great job with the colors in your bloom! Thank you for joining us at Colour Me!

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