Stamps & Stretchy Pants

Hi friends! Welcome to the Be Inspired Blog Hop! I love creating with this fun crew of people and I hope you will visit all of our blogs and leave us some comments!

This month the crew is creating projects featuring Triadic Color Theory! You can find this in the Annual Catalogue—its such a cool resource, especially if you are looking to mix things up in terms of color. I know I have my favorite go to colors, so it is nice to step outside the box occasionally!

I decided to use the combination that is on the bottom of the right page— Fresh Freesia, Wild Wheat and Pretty Peacock. I can confidently say I have never crafter before with this combination, however I am IN LOVE with how my project turned out! I hope you will give this combination a try yourself after seeing how awesome it looks!

I started with a base of Fresh Freesia. I had this design in mind and I knew that in my personal stash, I have alot of 12x12 DSP to match in Fresh Freesia. This particular print is from some Sale a bration DSP. I used a 9 inch paper plate to trace the circle and just cut it with scissors! Such a fun way to use DSP, I think I might CASE myself!

My photo mat is in Pretty Peacock to showcase this picture of myself with my mom a few summers ago.

I am a fan of coordination and it is a happy accident that my sunglasses just happened to match!

On this page, the showstopper is this new bundle that will be available to order in the Online Store in July. I am obsessed. It is a MUST HAVE. It is an amazing new hybrid bundle called Changing Leaves. And while it appears ‘fall’, it definitely does not have that vibe on this scrapbooking page!

The largest of the leaves in the stamp set is stamped with Wild Wheat ink on coordinating card stock. The midsized leaf is stamped in Fresh Freesia on coordinating card stock. I added some directly to the 12 x 12 and some as elements.

The sentiment “You are a shining light” is from the You are Beautiful stamp set in our annual catalogue. I added a scalloped circle behind, die cut in Pretty Peacock card stock using the Round We Go dies.

I used a length of Wild Wheat ribbon that I cut in half to bring life to the sentiment. I also added a die cut from the Flowers of Beauty Dies and a spring from the Bough Punch.

The sentiment ‘Love You’ is from another new set, Everyday Greetings, that you will be able to order in July under the Online Exclusive section. I added a bit of white thread and a cute little heart from the Bee Builder Punch.

The little die cut flowers are from an unknown die set—haha! I didn’t put it back and its been too long to remember where it goes! I am sure I am not the only person who has some ‘homeless’ dies.

I really love this scrapbooking page and I am so glad that I was encouraged to use this fun amazing new color combo! It is definitely one that I will try again, maybe on a card design!

Next up on the hop is a fellow Canadian, my friend Carolynn! She lives a couple of hours away from me and I am pretty sure she cheers for a different hockey team! haha! Go Oilers!

Click the link below to visit her blog and see her crafty project!

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Hi friends! I wanted to share a really adorable Father’s Day project that I designed for a recent kids class! We had so much fun putting everything together and I know the lucky dad’s will be truly touched by this gift!

Of course you need to make things a ‘gift set’ right? We have our fun project, a coordinating card and tag for our gift bag! I do love matchy matchy stuff and its always so easy with Stampin’ Up!

I started with an inexpensive canvas that I got at our local ‘dollar’ store.

I did a bit of ink blending with Boho Blue and a Blending Brush on the canvas around the top left and bottom right of where my photo was going to be placed.

I used a cute 4x6 picture of my youngest son and his dad on a Night of Navy base. I love the combination of Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy and Pebbled Path! It worked so well on this project!

I added a little strip of Misty Moonlight DSP along the left side of the picture and used a Pebbled Path piece to create the rosette. I am loving the Round We Go bundle! The rosettes are pretty easy to assemble and make this project come to life!

The sentiment ‘So Glad You are My Dad’ is from the Gone Fishing stamp set and ‘You’re Awesome’ is from the retired Circle Saying Stamp set. I also used the Encircled in Nature Dies as well to layer ‘So Glad’ in Boho Blue.

I think this project turned out so adorable and you could modify it for any occasion like a birthday or celebration (think Grad or even a wedding shower!).

And of course we have a coordinating card and I used our new Brayer for the first time on the bottom section! I inked it up in Night of Navy and brushed it over Basic White card stock, leaving a section at the top to run through an embossing folder. I used a strip of Night of Navy card stock to hide where it was uneven and to create separation between the two section.

I used our Water Painter to flick water over the inked section so the water droplets would ‘remove’ some of the ink. It basically happens on contact and is pretty cool technique.

The Trusty Tools stamp set was perfect for the front and inside of the card. ‘Dad’ is stamped in Pebbled Path ink on another shape from the Encircled in Nature Dies and ‘Happy Father’s Day’ is on Boho Blue in Night of Navy ink.

I decorated the inside of the card as well with a little strip of DSP and ‘You’re the most Awesome’ from Trusty Tools. The frame around the sentiment is from the Labeled with Love Bundle.

I think this is such a fun gift to give Dad and I loved how all the kids had their own creative spin on how to assemble the project! As you can see from the smiles below I think they really did enjoy putting things together!

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