Lotus Blossom SALE-A-BRATION

This stamp set produces the most gorgeous flowers. Yes, I did a few cards with this color combination yesterday, but I looked in my card basket and realized that I'm low on sympathy cards. This color combination is so pretty and soothing to me. It felt perfect for a sympathy card. I seldom use a mask, but in order to get the flowers bent over in the way that I wanted there would be some overlapping. So I got out my trusty Post-it Notes, stamped the 3rd flower image and cut it out. There is a very helpful video for using this three step stamp that you can view below. As I said in a previous post, you can earn this FREE stamp set with a purchase of $50.00, and for every $50.00 you spend, you can earn another free product from the SALE-A-BRATION catalog.

Project Details
Stamps	Lotus Blossom, Bloom With Hope
Card Stock & Papers	Crisp Cantaloupe, Blushing Bride, Whisper White
Ink	Crisp Cantaloupe, Blushing Bride, Wild Wasabi
Accessories	Gold Baker's Twine, Stampin' Dimensionals
Tools

Project Details
Stamps	Lotus Blossom, Thoughts and Prayers, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Melon Mambo
Ink	Melon Mambo, Strawberry Slush, Blushing Bride
Accessories	Linen Thread, Melon Mambo 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Pearl Basic Jewels
Tools	Lovely Lace Embossing Folder, Tag Topper Punch, Corner Rounder Punch

Project Details
Stamps	Lotus Blossom, Bloom With Hope
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Crisp Cantaloupe, Fancy Foil Designer Series Paper
Ink	Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories	Venetian Crochet Trim
Tools	Tag Topper Punch, Corner Rounder Punch

"Stamp Your Art Out" Monthly Class

 I absolutely LOVE the ladies in my stamp group!!! They are the sweetest people and such fun to be around:) I always have a blast with them! Here are the projects we worked on today:)

Project Details
Stamps	Lotus Blossom
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Painted Petals DSP
Ink	Crushed Curry, Strawberry Slush, Blackberry Bliss
Accessories
Tools

Project Details
Stamps	Painted Petals, Thoughts and Prayers, Peaceful Petals
Card Stock & Papers	Blackberry Bliss: card base 5 ½ x 8½ score at 4 ¼                                     3 ½ x 2 DSP mat                                     3 ¾ x 3 ¼ stamped mat Whisper White: 5 ¼ x 4 embossed layer                                 3 x 3 ½ stamped layer Painted Blooms DSP: 3 ¼ x 1 ¾ purple                                    2 ½ x 4 green
Ink	Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wasabi
Accessories	Spring Flowers Embossing Folder, Pearl Basic Jewels
Tools

Project Details
Stamps	Chalk Talk, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock & Papers	Rose Red: card base 5 ½ x 8½ score at 4 ¼                   tag 2 ½ x 4                   embosslit hearts 2 ¼ x 2 ¼                    Modern Label Punch 1 x 3 Blushing Bride: largest mat 5 ¼ x 4                            embosslit hearts 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ Whisper White: 2nd mat 5 x 3 ¾                               stamped tag 2 ½ x 4                                inside 3 ½ x 4 ½    Basic Gray: Embosslit hearts 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ Irresistibly Yours: 3 ¾ x 1 ½ colored with Basic Gray
Ink	Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Rose Red, Black
Accessories	Silver Baker’s Twine, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tools	Chalk Talk Framelits, Fashionable Hearts Embosslit, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch

This is an alternate card I made with different colors.

Project Details
Stamps	Painted Petals
Card Stock & Papers	Rose Red: card base 5 ½ x 8½ score at 4 ¼                                      3 ½ x 2 DSP mat                                      3 ¾ x 3 ¼ stamped mat Whisper White: 5 ¼ x 4 embossed layer                                 3 x 3 ½ stamped layer Painted Blooms DSP: 3 ¼ x 1 ¾ pink                                    2 ½ x 4 green
Ink	Rose Red, Wild Wasabi
Accessories	Spring Flowers Embossing Folder, Pearl Basic Jewels
Tools

Proportional Matting for 5 ½ x 4 ¼ Cards
5 ¼ x 4 5 x 3 ¾ 4 ¾ x 3 ½	4 ½ x 3 ¼ 4 ¼ x 3 4 x 2 ¾	3 ¾ x 2 ½ 3 ½ x 2 ¼ 3 ¼ x 2	3 x 1 ¾ 2 ¾ x 1 ½

Valentine and Spring, But Where oh Where are the Blue Skies and Sunshine?

You many NEVER hear me say things again, but I am officially sick of rainy, dreary days! I need sunshine and blue skies! I've tried everything I can think of to get it to stop raining: refrained from washing my car, over dress with all the warm clothing I own everywhere I go, and carry my umbrella with me constantly. Here in the deep south, we always need rain. In fact we've had several years of drought, but I just can't help it, I am sick to death of rain and gray skies. It reminds me of the years we lived in Michigan. No offense to anyone who lives there, but I found all that rain to be depressing. We moved there when I was a teenager, and I moved to South Carolina before I even finished college. I shouldn't complain, what about the poor peach farmers????

The first card uses a stamp set from SALE-A-BRATION. It's one of the things you can get for free, every $50 you spend.

AFTER I made the Valentines' Day card, it occurred to me I should have used the Heart Embosslits!!  I love how they cut and emboss all at once, and the little embosslit has different size hearts and patterns too:)

Project Details
Stamps	Painted Petals
Card Stock & Papers	Pacific Point, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper
Ink	Pacific Point, Wild Wasabi
Accessories	Pearl Basic Jewels
Tools

Project Details
Stamps	Lotus Blossom, Gorgeous Grunge, Bloom With Hope
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, So Saffron
Ink	So Saffron, Strawberry Slush
Accessories	1/8 Taffeta Ribbon Melon Mambo, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals, Pearl Basic Jewels
Tools	Lovely Lace Embossing Folder, Windows Framelits, Modern Labels Punch

Project Details
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock & Papers	Real Red: card base 5 ½ x 8½ score at 4 ¼                                      greeting stamp 1 x 1 ¾                                      larger mat  2 7/8 x 2 5/8                                      smaller mat w/bird 2 ½ x 2 ¼                                      hearts embosslits 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ Whisper White: embossed layer 5 ¼ x 4                                 bird punch 2 ½ x 3 ¼                                 smaller mat 2 5/8 x 2 3/8
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tools	Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Bird Builder Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, sm Heart Punch, Fashionable Hearts Embosslit