The Control Freaks Favorite New In Color

The Freaky theme this month is our favorite new In Color. I love them all, so the favorite du jour is Orchid Oasis. If you landed here from Wendy's blog, welcome! There are four of us this time, so the hop won't take long!

I started with the yummy upcoming Sale-a-Bration bundle called Wonderful World. It's a cling stamp set and gorgeous DSP, and the DSP was the inspiration for this card.

The cornflower was colored with Orchid Oasis and Pear Pizzazz Stampin' Write Markers, then stamped off once to make a faded background. I wanted the Charming Sentiments greeting to be the main focal point.

The Delicate Edges die cut made a pretty lacy border which just seemed "right" for the DSP.

The next card uses more of the Wonderful World DSP, but this time paired with the Amazing Year cling stamp set. I love the sentiments included with this set, as well as the wrapped gift and bouquet. Pretty and fun to color!

If you look closely you'll see that a Deckled Rectangle Die was used for the greeting, and if you look really closely, you may notice some shiny silver pearls. Those Festive Pearls are coming in the Jul-Dec catalog next month!

Up next is Bree, at Craft-somnia Momma.

 

CCM Saturday Blog Hop - Shades of Blue

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is using shades of blue, which was inspired by the song "Blue Bird" - NOW we're talking my language! I was without Internet (& phone/TV) for ten whole days, so I had to sit out the last two hops. It's true, you don't know what you've got till it's gone, just like the song says. I'm so happy to be able to participate again!

I adore the two new blues in the 2022-2024 In Colors, so I put them both to use on this sweet little Sweet Songbirds card. After buffing Tahitian Tide toward the upper left of 4" x 5-1/4" Basic White CS, I adhered it to the card base and added a Starry Sky DSP circle die cut, popped up on dimensionals. Next came the Crumb Cake branch, which was fussy cut and adhered with glue.

The bird was stamped with Tahitian Tide and punched out, but instead of trying to line up and stamp that tiny beak, I grabbed a Stampin' Blend and carefully colored it in. The bird was popped up on dimensionals as was the wing, which was punched from a scrap of Tahitian Tide. I added the flower trinkets instead of stamping and fussy cutting leaves, 'cause I'm lazy like that. 😄 The greeting was die cut from the same Stylish Shapes Dies set.

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: Sweet Songbirds
  
• Paper: Basic White, Tahitian Tide, 2022-2024 In Color 6" x 6" DSP
  
• Ink: Starry Sky, Tahitian Tide, and Crumb Cake (plus Light Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blend)
  
• Accessories: Songbird Builder Punch, Stylish Shapes Dies, Blending Brushes, Flowers Adhesive-backed Trinkets

Last Chance Products

The Jan-Jun mini catalog is retiring the end of this month, and the retiring/last chance list is available now. There are some items that have been deeply discounted, so be sure to check them out! As always, these are “while supplies last” so don’t wait until the last minute. Click the image above or click HERE for the list.

Our Internet has been out since Tuesday, and they can’t get out here to fix it until next Tuesday, so I’m unable to participate in the Create With Connie & Mary hop tomorrow morning, or the Stamp Review Crew hop Monday morning. Not happy about that. 😟