Springtime Flowers - Ink & Share Blog Hop

     Hello and welcome to this month's Ink & Share Blog Hop. This month we're hopping to the theme of Easter/Spring, so join us and get inspired by all these creative projects made by talented demonstrators from all over the world!

     For my project I decided to follow the spring theme. Right now, sad to say, but it is still winter here in Calgary, Alberta. Our front yard snow pile is still waist deep (I kid you not!), and snow is still in the forecast. Depressing, right?! So to ward off my winter blues, I made this colorful card!

     Nothing is more spring-like than vibrant flowers in full bloom for me. And since spring is like a renewal, I decided to go back to basics with my card...just pure unadulterated stamping! No fancy die-cuts or embellishments...just a whole lotta stamping and inks. 

     I chose the Orange Blossoms and Blooms and Wishes stamp sets for my flowers and leaves. I started stamping my big flowers, one on each corner, with my Melon Mambo ink pad. I did make masks for these flowers out of Magic Cover (a Dollar store item), but this is totally optional. 

     Then it was just a matter of filling up the whole card with various leaves and flowers using all of these ink pads: Flirty Flamingo, Night of Navy, Tempting Turquoise, Emerald Envy, Old Olive, Lemon Lime Twist, and Bermuda Bay.

      When I was happy with how it looked, I added Wink of Stella to the flowers and then stamped my sentiment in Basic Black ink, which was from the Colorful Seasons stamp set. I then layered this  onto a piece of Gold Foil sheet, which was then adhered to a Whisper White card base. A couple of rhinestone jewels later and my spring card is done!

     I really enjoyed making this card...it made me realize that I don't always need all the fancy stuff to make a nice card. Sometimes all you need is a stamp and an ink pad! But who am I kidding...I love all the fancy stuff too!!! LOL.

     Anyway thank you so much for stopping by and I hope to see you next time! Please continue hopping along with us...next up is the talented Lisa Kmiec! Happy stamping!

Lisa Kmiec

Sandra Roberts

Ingrid Heijnen-Hermens

Laura Mackie

Sandrine Jse

Deb Naylor

Tricia Butts

Karen Pearmain

Kirsten Aitchison

Shirley Merker

Joanne Hodge

Ginger Rabesa

Linda Handford

Melissa Tennison

Amy Grendel

Jacqueline Bobeldijk-Schilder

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*****Phoebe Borromeo-Carr*****

Orange Blossoms Valentine

     I bought the Orange Blossom stamp set a while ago but unfortunately never had the chance to play with it...until now. In my constant search for inspiration, I happen to stumble upon the Global Design Project website, and this week's design challenge inspired me to finally use this stamp set. 

     For my simple card, I stamped my images on a die-cut stitched circle using Flirty Flamingo, Dapper Denim and Wild Wasabi ink pads. This stamped circle was then layered on top of another die-cut circle in Dapper Denim and then adhered to a Whisper White cardstock that has been ran through the Big Shot with the Petal Pair embossing folder. This entire piece is then layered again on top of another Dapper Denim cardstock before adhering to the card base.

     I wanted to stick with the Valentine's theme and so I chose the 'I love you' sentiment from my Flourishing Phrases stamp set, which I then heat-embossed with silver embossing powder. For embellishments I picked a couple of vellum foil pieces from the Sweet Soiree embellishment kit, scattered a few silver sequins, and added shimmer to my flowers using my Wink of Stella. And this is my card for the day.

     Hope you enjoyed my card for the Global Design Project challenge this week. This is my first time to participate, what a great idea to keep everyone's creativity flowing! I'm looking forward to the next one. Hope to see you next time crafters!