Bloom Where You Are Planted

Hello!! I hope this post finds each of you doing well and having a nice day!  I have a fun card to share with you today that I recently put together using stamps from Market Street Stamps. 

Aren't those carrots so cute!?  I don't have any other images like those in my collection and I really like how sweet they are! I also LOVE Market Street Stamps background stamps!! They fit the entire card front and stamp so well!  I really love their woodgrain background stamp!  I colored the images on this card with copics and added glitter to the carrots with a spica glitter pen.

Of course I couldn't resist adding some Mandarin twine from The Twinery on my card. I was really surprised to find it looks so pretty paired with aqua! I ran the entire stamped and colored kraft panel through my Big Shot with the PTI Linen Impression Plate to give it some earthy texture.

The center panel on the card is popped up with dimensionals and the twine is wrapped around that layer.  The patterned paper is adhered directly to the card base. 

This card is for the Market Street Stamps Block Party.  They are celebrating one year in business!! Angelica and her husband are the owners and she is also a teammate of mine on The Twinery design team!  Congratulations Angelica!!  I wish you many more successful years!





Supplies
Stamps: Homegrown by Market Street Stamps
Paper: PTI Kraft, Aqua Mist, Scarlet Jewel & Patterned Paper Happily Lost by Lily Bee Design
Ink: Dark Chocolate & Pure Poppy PTI
Other: Twinery Twine, Linen Impression Plate PTI, Corner Chomper, Buttons, Pop Dots

Sizzix Fresh Vintage Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sizzix Fresh Vintage Blog Hop!!  I am so excited to be working with The Twinery and Sizzix's very own Eileen Hull for this blog hop!

There are 60 designers participating in this hop using 12 different dies! Isn't that fun!  Here is how the blog hop is set up:

• Each week, for 6 weeks, there will be new projects featured in the hop. You don’t need to worry about finding a long link list or a specific post, because that little button on the top right side bar will automatically take you to the most recent projects.  (This is week 3 of the blog hop)
• Did you miss a day or miss a week? Don’t worry, just visit the “FAQ” section at the bottom of this post for more info!

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The die that I am using for this project today is the Flower, 3-D Wrapped which is super, super fun!!

Here is the Twinery Twine that I've used on today's project.

Now onto the project!

This die made the most gorgeous flowers and I found that there were so many fun ways to embellish the center of them too! 

I decided to create hair accessories and I even used a few of the gifts to decorate my package!   That black crocheted piece around the box is a headband.  Then I clipped two flowers made from the Wrapped Flower Die on to it!  And then, I wrapped 3 colors of the Twinery's twine around the headband to complete the package decorations.

Here is a closeup of the blue flower.  I cut this one from felt that I bought off the roll at Hobby Lobby.  This flower was made for pennies!  I used the die to cut 2 layers and then rolled the flower together.  With this die your flower can look different just by how tight you roll the flower and how many layers you add!  I LOVE that!!  After I put the layers together, I inserted a group of beads that I also picked up for next to nothing at Hobby Lobby in the wedding aisle.

Here is the red flower and my favorite!  I cut 2 layers of red burlap with the die and also cut 2 layers of a light brown tulle! It cut both fabrics so easily!  I alternated the fabrics so that the tulle was on top.  Then I hot glued an old vintage button I had in my stash to the center.  So easy and fun!

Here is what the headband and flower look like together.  And below is my sweet little girl modeling it for me.

I really love how the flowers turned out and how the twine dresses up the box even more!!

Be sure to click on the Sizzix Fresh Vintage icon (below or on my side bar) to see what the other designers have done with the Wrapped Flower die!  You are in for a treat!

Sizzix Fresh Vintage


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Supplies:
Twine:  The Twinery
Die:  Sizzix Flower 3D Wrapped

Berry Thankful

Hello!! Today is a good day!! It is finally raining and it has been raining all day!! We have been in a drought here in Kansas for such a long, long time that this rain is so welcome and so refreshing! 

I've been working on a booth for our church's ministry fair tomorrow and I haven't had a lot of time to sit down and make a card, but I have been doing lots of craft projects this week!  I will share those with you soon because I think that they turned out great!

I have a card that I made some time ago that I can't believe I have never shared with you!  I found this paper and immediately fell in love with it!  It is so hard to cut up paper that I love but I am getting a lot better about USING it and not letting it get so old and then out of date. What is the point of that?

I kept this card super clean and simple!  On the sentiment panel I added some of the brown & white Cappuccino twine from The Twinery.  I know you probably get tired of hearing me say this but I love what a nice accent the twine adds!

I hope you all are enjoying your weekend!  Thanks for visiting!

Operation Julie's Smile Blog Hop

Hello everyone!! Welcome to Operation Julie's Smile Blog Hop!  If you are following the hop, you should have come from my friend Emily Leiphart's blog!  And, if you get lost along the way you can always start at the beginning by visiting the  Sweet Stamp Shop Blog where you will also find all of the information on the blog hop as well.

Did I mention that this hop contains PRIZES!?  LOTS of them too!! There are over $2,500 worth of prizes that you are eligible to win!  One of the ways you can be eligible to win is by leaving a comment on my post!  Easy peasy!!

My team member Julie Ranae has had some major problems with her teeth recently that has caused severe pain and problems and she is in need of something to smile about.  Hopefully this blog hop will cheer her up and help her get her smile back along the way!

So with that theme in mind, I thought what better way to cheer someone up than silly, goofy, smiling acorns?!

I am on two design teams with Julie:  The Twinery and Lil' Inker Designs (LID).  I incorporated items from both teams into this fun card.  The acorn dies & their fun little smiley faces are from Lil' Inker Designs and of course that fun little frilly poof on the top of the party hat and the twine bow are from The Twinery's collection of wonderful, beautiful twine!

From this angle you can see the dimension on the acorns a little better.  I just LOVE giving these acorns fun and non-traditional "hats" (LOL!!).  I popped each of the acorn tops up and then popped up the party hat even more.  I couldn't resist making the top acorn with a HUGE SMILE in honor of Julie and the joy she must be feeling today as she goes through this blog hop in her honor!

Thank you for visiting today and for helping us celebrate!  Don't forget to comment on this post to be eligible to win some of the $2,500 worth of prizes available!!

The next stop on the hop is my creative Lil' Inker Designs teammate Alicia Thelin!

Supplies

Acorn Dies & Acorn Stamps: Lil' Inker Designs

Twine:  Peapod & Maraschino twine from The Twinery

Other:  Echo Park Patterned Paper Country Drive, Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler, PTI Banner Builder Dies, PTI Kraft & Rustic White Cardstock, PTI Pure Poppy, True Black & Summer Sunrise Ink