CCM Saturday Hop - BLING!

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is to bring on the bling using our favorite NEW embellishments. I'm kind of partial to the new In Color Dots AND the Sheer Ribbon Combo pack, so I used both on this card!

I started by making a background using an Artistic Mix Decorative Mask, some Blending Brushes, and a Moody Mauve/Boho Blue combination. It was adhered to the Moody Mauve card base, and the Darling Details eyelet die was used to cut the Boho Blue cardstock. I used the eyelet die again on Basic White for the center greeting panel (saving the frame for later!) and matted the frame and center on Moody Mauve.

After stamping and die cutting the flowers, they were popped up on mini dimensionals and the dots were added. After the card was assembled, I felt like it needed more bling (big surprise, huh?) so I used the Light Moody Mauve Stampin' Blend to color the Bubble Bath sheer ribbon to match. I think the silver thread edges added the perfect amount of eye-catching shine!0

That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori at Loritamarie Crafts.

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Stamps: Darling Details
  
• Paper: Basic White, Boho Blue, Moody Mauve
• Ink: Boho Blue, Moody Mauve, Granny Apple Green, plus Light Moody Mauve Stampin' Blends Marker
  
• Accessories: Darling Details Dies, Artistic Mix Decorative Masks, Blending Brushes, 2023-2025 In Color Dots, Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack, 

Planting a Garden with the Control Freaks

The Freaky theme this month is Plant a Garden, using any flowers or plants. It should be fun to see everyone's "green thumbs" this month.  If you landed here from Melissa's blog, welcome! There are five of us gardening today.

You just know I had to go with flowers, didn't you? This theme gave me the opportunity to ink up the new Darling Details set, and play with the awesome dies that coordinate. I love eyelet lace, and these frame dies make the perfect delicate surrounding on a card.

I went with bold colors for the first card, using Berry Burst and Calypso Coral as the main colors. 😮 This is a little out of my comfort zone, but I like the way it turned out!

The background is Bright & Beautiful 6x6 DSP, the Happy Birthday is from Biggest Wish, and I added a few 2023-2025 In Color Dots to bling it up a bit.

The second card was easy-peasy since the only stamping involved was the greeting (Copper Clay). The beautiful daisies pattern is found in the Fresh as a Daisy DSP pack. 

The DSP was framed with the large eyelet frame and adhered to a Copper Clay card base to match the daisy centers. I unraveled some Boho Blue Textured Ribbon and used just a few threads to make the bow. I thought the daisies needed something more delicate. The greeting tag is from the Nested Essentials Dies.

Up next is Bree, at Craft-somnia Momma. Take a look at what she grew!!!