Be Inspired Blog Hop--February!

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Hi friends!

I know I haven’t been sharing on here as much so I am extra happy to be participating today in the Be Inspired Blog Hop! This month, February, we are sharing projects with our favorite things from the Occasions Catalogue. This is easy and challenging at the same time to pick just one or two things!

There are some really fantastic things in the new Occasions Catalogue so it was really hard to narrow it down. I decided to use a stamp set that I have been creating up a storm with lately. I have used this stamp set on a couple scrapbook pages and to make some cards for an upcoming birthday class. This is what I wanted to share with you today!

Isn’t this adorable? This fun card can be for a lot of occasions where you could have cake to celebrate! I intentionally left off a candle on the top so that it could be used for a variety of events.

The color palette is definitely one of my favourites at the moment!

—Bubble Bath

— Fresh Freesia

— Lemon Lolly

— Highland Heather

 

I started by stamping the base of the card with one of the flowers in the stamp set in the same color ink (Bubble Bath) in opposing corners to add some interest to the base.

The cake plate is stamped in Pebbled Path on the Basic White layer and then once again so I could hand cut it and pop it up.

The layers of the cake alternate color and direction. I started with Bubble Bath, then Fresh Freesia and a little layer of Lemon Lolly with one of the icing stamps in the set. This stamp set has 25 images to choose from the build your cakes and pies!

I stamped four different flower designs from the stamp set to add as decorations to my cake. I used two stamps to create the sentiment, ‘Time for Cake’ and cut it out with a circle punch.

A little Lemon Lolly twine and some long retired gems were the perfect touch! I am trying to use up my vast stash of embellishments!

I hope this card inspires you to do some stamping with the Cake Fancy stamp set! I do really think it is a gem in the Occasions catalogue!

I can’t to see what Artisan Design Team member Maheswari has created for our blog hop today! I love all of her designs so I know I will be inspired. Make sure you go all around the hop to maximize your inspiration!

Be Inspired Blog Hop--Let's Get Crafty with the Subtles Family!

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Welcome back friends for another edition of the Be Inspired Blog Hop! We are so happy you are here and would love all of your comments on our projects, or to share our hop with a friend or two. If you like my stamping style you can also follow me on Instagram @stampwithbrenda!

This month we are designing with the Subtles family—now I didn’t see a rule about it being NEW colors to the Subtle family so I decided to go that route!

I created a card, yes a CARD, not a scrapbook page this month, although I think my card will be inspiring a future scrapbook layout. My card features the new Lemon Lolly and Bubble Bath Core Colors and the returning color Lost Lagoon.

I started with a base and first layer of Lemon Lolly. I ran my layer partially through the new Twisted Rope 3D folder and a added a fun strip of stripped DSP from the Delightfully Eclectic 12x12 DSP in Bubble Bath and Basic White. I love a good stripe pattern no matter the color scheme!

 

The stamping on my card features the new Cheerful Daisies Bundle which I am really enjoying creating with.

I like that you can design with 2 Step Stamping or single images that you can stamp and cut out, like I did with larger daisy behind the sentiment or stamp the line image and color in. This set has a lot of creative possibilities!

Isn’t this new lemon lolly color lucious? it reminds me of lemonade!

The ribbon behind the sentiment is Bubble Bath and its one of three colors in the 3/8 Sheer Ribbon Combo pack that is coming out in the new Annual catalogue in May 2023. I love the silver edge on the ribbon.

The daisies are all stamped in Lemon Lolly with the center on the front flower being stamped in Pecan Pie. I did stamp it off on my scratch paper so it was a little lighter. The leaves are stamped in Lost Lagoon which I felt worked because it become more ‘green’ on this project.

And of course I had to add some embellishments in Lemon Lolly. I really love tone on tone embellishments and the variety in our new catalogue is AWESOME! These are from the new Adhesive Backed Solid Gems.

I know you are going to be so excited to start stamping with all of the new Core Colors, especially when you see the members of the updated Subtles family. I hope this color combo of Lemon Lolly, Bubble Bath and Lost Lagoon inspires you to create you own fun project in the future. Happy Stamping!

Up next on the Be Inspired Blog Hop is a former Artisan Design Teammate of mine, Janneke! I love her stamping style and can’t wait to see what she creates! Click on the image below to head to blog.

Thank you for visiting this month! We can’t wait to see you back in May!