A Pair of Tulips

The design team is making cards with a pop up theme this week.

I have spring fever real bad now that the weather is getting warmer so I picked this adorable tulip stamp as my focal point.  The layer with the tulips is mounted on pop dots to give it extra dimension.

Supply list:

Great Impressions stamp #F286 A Pair of Tulips

(Flowers and leaves are paper pieced.)

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Scallop border was cut with my paper cutter

 and a Carl scallop rotary blade

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eight Dies

 Spring Menagerie Designer Paper from Design House

 Birthday Saying is printed with Seabird font #12

Lace, button, crochet thread, pearls and pop dots.

Challenges:
Simon Says - Bingo Challenge (Flowers, lace, twine)
Paper Shelter - Paper Piecing Challenge (Tulips are paper pieced)

Color block floral card

 

I created a stencil background with squares cut out with using Nestabilities dies.   Then I pounced over the stencil with a make up sponge and dye based inks. Let that dry, then stamped the main flower image.

Supplies used:

Great Impressions Stamp: H184 Wildflower Silhouette

White, black and green cardstock

Blue, green and saffron dye based inks

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Make up sponge

Nestabilities Classic Squares Lg

(Use this to create the stencil for sponging on background colors.)

Colorbok Black Metal Dots

Ribbon, glue dots and adhesive

***** Great Impressions and Creative Inspirations Blog Hop *****

Hey everyone, today I have a fun blog hop for you. The design teams from Great Impressions Stamps and Creative Inspirations Paints have gotten together for a joint hop. We are featuring lots of wonderful projects using products from both companies.

 

Along with the hop, we are celebrating the grand opening of the new

                                            Great Impressions Store

So please stop by the store and have a look at all the fabulous stamps and at the awesome card gallery. 

My card was created with roses I made out of watercolor paper, then painted with Creative Inspirations Paint.  Also used a lovely saying stamp from Great Impressions as the main focal point, then finished off with lace, ribbon, a butterfly and pearls. 

Here's a list of supplies I used:

Great Impressions Stamp: B176 Thoughts

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Butterfly Punch from Martha Stewart

Crystal Stickers Pears

Crochet Thread, Lace, Ribbon

Cardstock: Red, Black, White, Turquoise

Nestabilities: Labels Four

Daler Rowney 90 lb. Water Color Paper
Creative Inspirations Paints: Garnet, Green Olive
Penny Duncan - Rose Cut File

Silhouette Machine

 

There's a wonderful blog hop prize that's a combined package from both companies featuring a $25 Gift Certificate from Great Impressions and 5 jars of Creative Inspirations Paint.

To quality for the prize:

Please visit each blog and leave a comment.

Each blog will also be posting a magic letter so please write those down as you go.

My Magic Letter is M

You will be starting at the Creative Inspirations Paint blog and ending at the Great Impressions Stamps Blog. 

 

At the final stop on the Great Impressions Blog, please post a comment with your "Magic Words" (combining all the letters you picked up along the hop).

You have all weekend from March 9th at 8:00 AM EST until March 11th. 8:00 PM EST to complete the hop.

Here's a list of all the blogs in the hop.

Creative Inspirations Paint http://creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/

Barbara Washington http://magicdelights.blogspot.com/
Angi http://makingmayhem.blogspot.com/
April Lower http://allaboutthelowers.blogspot.com/
Dawn Lotharius http://www.dawnscraft.com/

You are here: Deloris http://stampingatthelake.blogspot.com

Gini Cagle www.ginicagle.blogspot.com

Shanna http://scsdesigns.blogspot.com/
Holly Brown http://glitterstampsandink.blogspot.com/
Jenny http://www.stampingicandy.com/
Irit Shalom http://iritshalom.blogspot.com/

Theresa http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
Kassi Hulet http://kassicreations.blogspot.com/
Kendra Sand http://luv2scrapnmakecards.blogspot.com/
Kianel http://lescrapdekianel.canalblog.com/
Great Impressions Blog http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/

You should have arrived here from Dawn Lotharius. After you finish here, please head on over to Gini Cagle's blog at www.ginicagle.blogspot.com

Wishing somebunny a special Happy Easter

We have had snow for the past 3 days, so I'm really looking forward to spring weather.  I saw my first robin today so warmer temps can't be far off. For today's project, I used my favorite bunny stamp and a circle easel layout.

Supplies used: 

Great Impressions Stamps:

E749 Bunny Backs

C317 Wishing Somebunny

Memento Rich Cocoa Ink

Memento Markers:

Angel Pink, New Sprout

Leplume II Marker #68 Daffodil Yellow

Spellbinders Nestabilities:

Classic Scalloped Circles Lg.

Standard Circles Lg.

Bazzill Cardstock:

Vanilla, Fawn, Romance

Misc: Pom poms, Crystal Stickers Pearls, Lace, Ribbon

Glue dots and Mono Multi Adhesive

Teapot Gift Box

Big news! Great Impressions is starting a new monthly challenge.  For March the theme is Handmade. You can join in the fun by entering your project here.  There will be a prize for one randomly selected winner from all the entries this month. For my project, I cut this cute little teapot box with my Silhouette machine.  Then added a fun birthday saying, some flowers, pearls and ribbon.

Supplies used:

Great Impressions Stamp #D440 Last Drop

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Cardstock: Yellow, White

Spellbinders Petite Ovals Small

Colorbok black dots, flowers, pearls, ribbon

Silhouette Machine

Silhouette cutting file: Teapot 3D #C01031_18816