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Hello, Beautiful | Tuesday Morning Sketches

Happy Tuesday!  Time for another Tuesday Morning Sketch!  I've used the sketch this week along with some goodies from Trinity Stamps to make a sweet "hello" card.  Please scroll to the bottom of my post for this weeks sketch, or you can click >here< to see it on the TMS Blog.

First off, I grabbed the Bed of Roses 2 step stencil set and some Oxide inks.  I absolutely LOVE this stencil!  I just kept it basic this time, Saltwater Taffy for the roses and Peeled Paint for the leaves.  One of the great things about ink blending is that you get such a variety of shades even with just one color.  Next I stamped the Words of Encouragement bg stamp on some Vellum, I used Wheat ink.  

Finally, I stamped my sentiment in Saltwater Taffy then added some Saltwater Taffy Embossing Glaze to make it really pop!  I also added a few Baubles to the top in Mossy Morning and Coral Reef.  Well that's it for my me!  I hope you have as much fun playing with this sketch as I did!  You can link up your creation on the TMS Blog, we'd all love to see what you create!  You can also visit the blog to see what the rest of the Design Team created!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

 

Kind Thoughts are Flowers from the Heart | Tuesday Morning Sketches

Happy Tuesday!  Time for another Tuesday Morning Sketch!  I've used the sketch this week to make a pretty slimline card!  Please scroll to the bottom of my post for this weeks sketch, or you can click >here< to see it on the TMS Blog.

I used the Modern Embossed Panels die set for that ladder frame and the stitched background piece.  The pretty stamp set is called Slimline Buttercup Blossoms (from Trinity Stamps) and it has a coordinating dies!  There are several floral/vine pieces, so I picked a few and got started.  I stamped then die cut them out and colored them up with some Copics.

I played with the placement of them on the ladder frame piece, 3 pieces was perfect so I got started on my sentiment.  The sentiment was all in 1 piece, so I inked it up in 3 pieces for my vellum tags.

Finally I added a few flutter hearts for a bit more color!.  This is the first time I've colored up this stamp set, and I am absolutely in LOVE!!!!!

Well that's it for my me!  I hope you have as much fun playing with this sketch as I did!  You can link up your creation on the TMS Blog, we'd all love to see what you create!  You can also visit the blog to see what the rest of the Design Team created!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Sending You Sunshine | Tuesday Morning Sketches

Happy Tuesday!  Time for another Tuesday Morning Sketch!  I've used the sketch this week to make a fun "fold" card!  Please scroll to the bottom of my post for this weeks sketch, or you can click >here< to see it on the TMS Blog.

The stamp is called Sending Sunshine (from Trinity Stamps) and it has a coordinating die, making it perfect for this card!  This is such a great time for a card like this, the image is great for so many events this time of year and pairing up the "sunshine" with some fun, spring-y floral paper is just perfect! The "fun" fold aspect of this card is super basic... I just chopped the front panel nearly in half, I like the way it shows the floral paper from the inside!

I love the way this turned out, the colors are super fun and cheery and the layout is super fun!

Well that's it for my me!  I hope you have as much fun playing with this sketch as I did!  You can link up your creation on the TMS Blog, we'd all love to see what you create!  You can also visit the blog to see what the rest of the Design Team created!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Hello | Tuesday Morning Sketches

Happy Tuesday!  I am so excited to be a part of the Tuesday Morning Sketches team!  I LOVE sketches, I have loved them since I very, very, very first started stamping.  Please scroll to the bottom of my post for this weeks sketch, or you can click >here< to see it on the TMS Blog.

So I kind of flipped the sketch 90, and I grabbed goodies from a few of my fave companies!  First off, I have just a piece of a teapot in the upper right corner, happily it also had a coordinating die, so I used it as well.  The teapot is tilted to "spill" out the hearts.

Those fabulous heart dies are from Reverse Confetti (and sadly retired). but I love the scoring down the middle so they kind of fold/flutter.  I also added some bauble hearts, and the "Hello" die.  After wrapping the twine around my card front and adhering the triple bow in place, I went to snip the excess tails and decided I really liked the way they trailed down, so I trimmed them just a bitty bit.

Well that's it for my first sketch with my new team!  I had such a great time playing with this sketch, hope you'll give it a try too!  You can link up your creation on the TMS Blog, we'd all love to see what you create!  You can also visit the blog to see what the rest of the Design Team created!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Autumn Greetings | Trinity Stamps

Happy Thursday & Autumn Greetings!  I have a quick, nearly no-stamping card to share today.  I'm using the Beautiful Breeze stamp set, coordinating dies and the freebie mug die from Trinity Stamps.

I started off by placing the main die from Beautiful Breeze in the middle of my Kraft cs panel.  Behind it I placed the plaid paper (I LOVE plaid!).  Next up I ran the Mug die through with the plaid paper and then again with the red cs, then put the pieces together.

Finally I stamped the sentiment (from the Beautiful Breeze stamp set) in some Ground Espresso Distress ink and used the dies to cut the words out.  Everything is popped up with foam tape so there's lots of dimension here!  Such a quick and fun card to piece together and will be perfect atop a plate of baked yummies for the neighbors!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

A Little Bit of Positivi-TEA! - It's Trinity Stamp's Third Birthday!

Happy, Friday!  I am so excited to be joining along in Trinity Stamp's 3rd Birthday Release Hop!  The hop is over on Instagram, you can start with @Trinity Stamps.  What a huge and amazing release it is!!!  Be sure to check out all of the amazing inspiration on Instagram and Facebook!

I used a handful of new goodies for this card & matching envelope!  Let's start with the card, shall we?  I started off with the Encouragement Text rubber stamp.  It's 6x6 and stamps beautifully in my Misti!  I inked it up with 4 shades of gray, the darkest on the outside fading to lighter in the middle of my panel.

Next I stamped my Cup of Positivi-TEA image, twice.  Once on coloring paper and once in sage green from my paper pad.  Using the coordinating die set to cut out the shapes.  I added some white gel pen to the "Positivi-TEA", paper pieced the cup and colored up the cup trim, handle and saucer with Copics and added some Glitter to the hearts.

There are also some gorgeous NEW Rhinestone embellies!!!  Look at the "steam" above my cup... those are the Andesine Aura mix... so yummy!!!!

Finally, my envelope.  This cute little Mug die is one of 12 NEW Mini dies being given away with orders of $25 or more!!  The die is designed perfectly to be used just like this or even as a shaker!  It also comes with the little tea bag die piece!  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!  Well that's all I've got for ya, thanks for popping by hope to see you again soon!

Hi, I miss your face - Trinity Stamps

Happy weekend!  I love this whimsical floral set from Trinity Stamps, Blooming Bunch. I had some fun with this card!  Can you see the raised "hi" in the middle?

I stamped the flowers in the middle of my postage stamp panel and colored them in with Copics.  Pink & green is one of my favorite color palettes and this time added a little bright & sunny yellow!

I die cut the "h" & the "i" from the middle, and then die cut the same shapes with my pink cs a few times.  This gave me the pieces to "stack up" those letters.  They rise just enough to be seen, but still keeps the pretty floral image intact!  This set also has a set of coordinating dies which of course I also ordered.  So I stamped, colored up and die cut some of those butterflies and then popped them up.

Here's a zoom of those raised letters.  I just LOVE the look of this card!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Keep Calm and Read On - Trinity Stamps Bookmark

Good morning and happy Monday!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend!  I got a little of playing time in my loft last week and decided I wanted a new bookmark.  This super cute Tall Tales set from Trinity Stamps is too cute and was just perfect and it comes with a coordinating die.  I also used these Wavy Slimeline dies (Dare 2b Artzy) for the frame and patterned paper. 

I stamped and colored up the tall stack of books with Copics, and of course I couldn't resist adding the cute lil Owl on top.  Once both images were colored, I cut them out with their coordinating dies.  Before setting these pieces aside I added some Glossy Accents to his glasses.  This is a magnet bookmark, so there are 2 layers to it.  The 2nd layer of the bookmark has the patterned paper die cut with the Wavy dies adhered to a black cs base, this makes it more sturdy.  I tend to read in bed and put my bookmarks on the bed while I'm reading, and not saying that I've fallen asleep while reading, ahem, but just incase SOMEONE did and rolled over on top of bookmark, etc. lol  I die cute the large heart and then stamped my KEEP CALM sentiment, the was adhered to the 2nd layer.

The top layer is acetate, and I added a black cs frame to it.  I scored the framed acetate piece about 1/4" down, making a "fold" and  a clear place to "open" the bookmark.  I used 1/4" adhesive above the score line to adhere both layers.  To the acetate layer I added the stack of books and then popped up my cute lil' Owl friend.  I've also added a twine ribbon to the top. 

Well that's it for me today, hope you had a wonderful weekend and have a great week ahead!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon.

CLC: You Mocha Life Sweet!

Happy Friday!  I'm so excited to be Guesting over on the Coffee Lover's Blog today!  Did you get a chance to participate in the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers hop in March?  Did you at least get a chance to poke around at all of the amazing entries? or pay a visit to any of the wonderful Super Sponsors?  I just LOVE seeing all of the things people create and enter, but one of the very best things (for me anyway) is discovering new stamps and companies.  One of the things I try to do each hop is poke around some of the companies (from the entries as well as the Super Sponsor list) that are "new to me" and place an order from a couple of them.  One of the companies I've fallen in love with is Trinity stamps, in fact I've already placed a couple of orders with them (shhhh, lol).  I immediately fell in love with the idea of this Falling For You Gnome and the Layered Coffee Bean Stencil together!

There are 2 layers to this stencil, the first has 1 side of a bean and the 2nd has the other half.  I started by blending some Distress ink with the 1st layer, then for the 2nd layer I used some Embossing ink and Nuvo Copper powder.  I love the look and mix of texture!  I colored up my lil Gnomie with Copics and used the coordinating die to cut him out.

I also stamped some of the extra hearts included in the stamp set, used the coord dies and then popped them up. Finally I added some sequin type things here and there.  I tied up a multi-loop bow with some twine for his hat and added a sequin "flower" to it.  The set comes with a super cute sentiment, but I wanted something with a "coffee vibe", this sentiment is from the Perfectly Blended sentiment set (The Rabbit Hole Designs, another Super Sponser!).

This card was all about getting inky and pure coloring fun.  Well that's all I've got for you today, thank you to the CLC crew for having me today!