OSAT Blog Hop - All You Need is Love!

Can you believe it is already the 2nd Thursday in February??  Wow!  Time flies when you're having fun!  If you've already been hopping then you should have landed here from Elizabeth Jeanne's fabulous blog and you know this month's theme is All You Need is Love!  February is a very special month for me.  Not only is Valentine's Day in February but so is my anniversary!  Jeff and I wanted to get married on Valentine's Day in 2008 but we couldn't work out the details so we married on February 18th!  Here's something that you might not know about me... I'm terrible and I mean TERRIBLE at remembering dates!  Seriously it's a miracle that I can remember my own kid's birthdays.  Unfortunately Jeff has the same can't remember dates disease that I have.  Seriously for the first 3 years, we had to pull out the wedding license just to confirm the date of our anniversary.  I finally got it but it took me a while!  Lol   Here's another tidbit of info.. my first 2 grandchildren's birthdays have dates that I can always remember.  Taylor was born on 09-09-09 and Laken was born on 11-1-11.  I've always thought that God gave me those dates as a gift knowing how terrible my memory for dates is!  

Well back to the manner at hand,  I decided to go with one of my favorite semi-new stamp sets from Concord and 9th called "You are Enough" because it is just so simple yet elegant.  What do you think of this gorgeous big bold flower?  I love it!

I made a card as well as a treat bag.  My daughter loves light pink and I think this will make a great Valentines Day card for her and of course I'll send her a little treat to go along with the card.

Now I'm going to tell you a secret.... white space is really hard for me.  I mean when someone else makes a clean and simple card with a lot of white space I LOVE it but for some reason they are difficult for me to make.  I resisted the urge to add more sequins because I really want to try to get this clean and simple thing down!  lol

I used the Stampin' Up! Mini Treatbag Thinlits for the treat bag as well as the words "for you".  It is a super set and  I'm so happy it's still current although I'll keep this die set long after it retires!

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Next up on the hop is the talented Wendy Cranford!  Just hit the next button and you'll be there!

Oh and in case you lose your way, below is a complete list of our OSAT Blog Hoppers:

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

Here is a list of the products used:

Concord and 9th - You are Enough Stamp Set

Stampin' Up! Mini Treatbag Thinlits

Stampin' Up! Blushing Bride Cardstock

Stampin' Up! Basic Black Cardstock

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# Cardstock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Altenew Mini Cube Inks in Blush and Frosted Pink

Versamark Embossing Ink

Wow Black Embossing Powder

Pretty Pink Posh Dew Drops

Stampin' Up! Neutrals DSP Paper Stack 

Stampin' Up! Nesting Circle Framelits (for you tag)

Black Twine

SIP #81 Color Challenge - Black, White, and a Pop of Color!

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  I hope you are warm where ever you live.  We've gotten some snow here in Middle Tennessee and have been down to single digits and we are NOT used to that!  I was off work last Friday and stayed home Saturday and Sunday.  This week is supposed to warm up to the 60's and I am soooo ready for that!  I'm beginning to think living in Florida might be a good retirement plan!  The older I get the less I enjoy cold weather!  Brrr!  Well since it is Tuesday, it's time for another Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge.  This week it's all about Black, White, and a pop of color!  So many options with this one!

I recently bought a stamp set from Stamp, Ink, Paper's online store from Concord & 9th called "You are enough" and decided to use the fun flower from that set!

I love this sketchy flower and it would look awesome in so many colors.  My mom grows many different types of lilies and that is what this flower reminds me of.  The floral image has an outline and then two different stamps that fill in color.  I used SU Basic Black Archival Ink for the sketch of the flower on Neenah 110# Crest Solar White cardstock.  The large fill stamp was stamped with  SU Flirty Flamingo (stamped twice) and the darker fill in section was stamped with SU Watercolor Wonder.  The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp set "You Matter" and the You was the coordinating You die.  I layered three layers of black for the You die cut and used Ranger Multi Medium Matte  to adhere each layer to the other and the finished word to the card.  I cut the first layer out with a Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Scallop Die and added it to a  Neenah 110# Crest Solar White Card Base that measured 4 1/4" x 11" and was scored at 5 1/2" for a top folding card.  To finish my card off I adhered 3 Pretty Pink Posh dew drops with Ranger Multi Medium Matte.  I'm going to give this beautiful birthday card to my daughter later this month!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina