OSAT Blog Hop - No Rules New Year!

Hello and Welcome to One Stamp At A Time's January 2017 Blog Hop!  If you've already been hopping than you should have landed here from the blog of my talented friend and partner in crime, Andrea Tracy-Tucker.  If you didn't make sure that you hop all the way through and check out her fabulous blog!  She always has an incredible card and project!

Well as you may already know, this month's theme is No Rules New Year which means we can make whatever we want to make so that's exactly what I did.  I've been having a ball playing with the fabulous Fancy Flowers Card Kit from My Favorite Things!  Here's what I came up with!

So for my card I started with an 11" x 4 1/4" Neenah Crest Solar White Card Base that was scored at 5 1/2" for a top folding card.  My next layer was a piece of 4" x 5 1/4" Tim Holtz Woodgrain Watercolor Cardstock.  On that layer I did some watercolor smooshing with Tim Holtz distress inks in Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, and Broken Glass.  After the watercolored panel was dry I used MFT Words For Friends to cut out the word "Smile".   The flowers, stems, and leaves from the MFT Fancy Flowers Stamp set were heat embossed onto Neenah Crest Solar White cardstock with White Embossing Flower and sponged with Distress Inks.  After sponging I used a paper towel to remove most of the ink from the white embossing and then layered them on my card with Ranger Multi Medium Matte and Foam Tape.  I added 3 clear dew drops with more of the Multi Medium Matte to finish this one off!

My little craft frame was bought at Michaels for $1.  I sponged it all over with Stampin' Up! Tempting Turquoise Ink and then allowed to dry.  After it dried I added  the "smile" letters that were left over when I cut them out of the panel for my card.  I attached them with Ranger Multi Medium Matte.  My flowers, leaves, and stems were heat embossed in white and sponged with distress inks just as I had done on my card.  I added a sweet picture of my granddaughter Blakely.  If that sweet picture doesn't make you smile, I don't know what would!  lol

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Next up is the fabulous Maria Willis.  I absolutely adore Maria's work and I'm sure you will too!  Just click the Next Button and you'll be there!



1. Megan Thompson
2. Melissa Davies
3. Jessie Holton
4. Wendy Cranford
5. Rick Adkins
6. Anna Smith
7. Lori Mueller
8. Sue Plote
9. Wynne Grob
10. Pam Staples
11. Andrea Tracy-Tucker 
12. Tina Riddle -That's Me!
13. Maria Willis
14. Renee Ondrajka
15. Kim Smith
16. Jeanna Bohanon
17. Marisa Gunn
18. Justin Krieger
19. Dena Rekow