Display Samples - Annual Catalog Inspiration

Hi stampers!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  We had a very nice laid back couple of days!  I'm back today with more display samples from the event in Madison.  Some people did all of their samples with the new sets but I wanted to do some samples from the holiday mini as well as the annual catalog because I know people are also looking for inspiration from them as well.  I've got two samples today.  I'm going to try to get all of them shared with you soon so I can share things I've been stamping lately!

This first one may be my favorite sample.  You know I'm obsessed with the succulents in the live, love, grow set...so it's no wonder.  I used my clear wink of stella to put some background splatters on some tip top taupe.  I also embossed the succulents in white and watercolored them for a soft and blended look.  I LOVE it!

This card is basically a case of something I've done before.  I did a watercolor wash for my background and just layered away.  The little plus accents and washi tape are from the hello lovely PL kit.  Don't be afraid to break out the PL kits and accessory kits for cards!

I hope you enjoyed these samples.  I'll be back with more soon!

Happy stamping!

Fab Friday 96

Hi stampers!  At least we have Fab Friday to get me posting :-)  Happy Friday!  It's a happy one here since granny is here for a visit, we've been having a lot of fun and I got to run downstairs to stamp a little.  This week is a little color challenge for you!

I thought these colors would make some great succulents and I wasn't wrong!  I've been doing mainly holiday stamping so it was good to do something different as well!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Live, love, grow
Paper:  Very vanilla, emerald envy, fabulous foil designer acetate
Ink:  Basic black, delightful dijon, emerald envy
Accessories:  Lots of labels framelits, linen thread

Don't look too close or you'll see my sentiment is a little crooked, whoops :-)  That's the beauty of a handmade card though, right? And a quick word about that acetate...it comes with a clear protective backing that you peel off.  Some of it was peeling off and I thought oh no, it's coming apart!  But whew, it wasn't and I realized you had to peel it off, duh!

Make sure to check out the rest of the design team and leave them some love too!  And then play along of course!  I can't wait to see what you make with these rich colors!

Happy stamping!

Succulents...Again

Hi stampers!  So I have yet another card with the succulents.  Sorry if you're tired of them but I just love them!  This one's pretty simple but may be my favorite yet!  I also love the globe set and the sentiments in that set.  One of them worked perfectly for my little scene here.

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Live love grow, the places you'll go
Paper:  Whisper white, basic black, crumb cake, always artichoke
Ink:  Basic black, perfect plum, always artichoke, mint macaron

Perfect plum and always artichoke makes one check of a succulent, doesn't it?  I did the rock and roll technique although I think a sponge dauber may work better.

I'm still kind of mourning the loss of my hard drive (I KNOW I should have had it backed up on time machine....but anyway) and I need to download some new fonts and different things to get up and running like before.

Happy stamping!

Mailable Monday

Hi stampers!  I wanted to have this post all ready to auto-post but the hard drive on my Mac decided to up and die yesterday so I had to spend a good portion of my day driving to and from the Apple store and I spent most of the rest of the time being annoyed that I had to do that (on our 6th anniversary no less), ha!

I did get some good stamping time in on Saturday though, so at least there's that!  I made a number of cards with the succulents so better get used to seeing those ;-)

This one is super cute, super easy, and super easy to mail!

Stampin' Supplies:

Stamps: Live love grow

Paper:  Whisper white, mint macaron, watercolor

Ink:  Basic black, crumb cake, old olive, always artichoke, mint macaron

Accessories:  Linen thread

I did a quick water color wash on the background although it doesn't show up well in the photo (I'm on my hubby's computer and not quite sure how to use his editing software).  I'm also having a hard time getting that taller stamp to stamp well, I may have to get it replaced so please don't look too hard at that one ;-) 

Hopefully I'll be able to go get my computer soon and be back to normal!

Happy stamping!

Succulent Obsessed!

Hi stampers!  I haven't been posting much on the weekends (or at all the past few weeks...we've been busy) but I just couldn't wait to share this card.  I LOVE the live, love, grow set and I'm kind of obsessed with succulents.  While I haven't gotten any to grow yet (I'm not sure where to put them where little hands couldn't make a mess of them) I've been looking at them on Instagram.  They come in so many varieties and PRETTY color combinations!

This set came the other day and I sat down pretty quick just to play around with colors.  I stayed pretty basic with greens but I can't wait to try other more colorful combos.  Seriously, search for images of succulents!  Some are so pretty they don't even look real!

This card is super simple and I couldn't love it more!  And the set makes it super simple since it's clear and you can see right through it!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Live, love, grow
Paper:  Whisper white, basic black
Ink:  Basic black, always artichoke, garden green, mint macaron

So far, my favorite combo is mint macaron outlined in always artichoke which is the left most plant here.  The middle plant is always artichoke but the more solid image was stamped off once.  I can't remember exactly what I did for the right plant but I THINK it's garden green stamped off and then the outline is cucumber.

Are you into the succulent craze?  Did you get this set?  Is it on your list?

Happy stamping!