SIP #93 Coming Up Flowers Challenge with Hero Arts Color Layering Poppy

Hello!  I hope you had a great weekend and your week is off to a great start.  I went to Knoxville last weekend to visit my granddaughters.  My 7 year old granddaughter, Taylor, had her tonsils and adenoids out last Thursday and I wanted to give my daughter a hand with her.  Taylor has been very rebellious in taking her medicine.  I'm afraid that she takes after me in that she can hardly drink gross stuff.  Bless her heart.  All of her medicine is liquid and none of it tastes good.   She always feels much better when she gets it down but it is so stressful trying to drink it!  

Well since it is Tuesday, that means it's time for another Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge and this week it's all about flowers.  How fun is that?? 

I just received the awesome Hero Arts Color Layering Poppy Stamp Set so it was time to play!

This was such a super fun stamp set.  The colors that I used to layer were Stampin Up! Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo and Watermelon Wonder.  My cardbase was Stampin' Up! Watermelon Wonder Cardstock.  The top layer was Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cardstock.  I stamped the stems directly on the white layer with Stampin' Up! Mossy Meadow Ink (retired).  I added my stamped and die cut layers with Tombow Multipurpose glue and foam tape.  I used one of my Mama Elephant Borderlines Trio Creative Cuts  to cut a stitched curve on the bottom of the top layer before I layered it on the Watermelon Wonder Cardstock.  I added three Pretty Pink Posh Dew Drops with some Ranger Multi Medium Mat Adhesive.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #92 Color Inspiration Challenge with Mama Elephant Organic Blooms

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Hope you had a nice relaxing weekend that got your week off to a wonderful start!  My Hubby was off this past weekend and we got a lot of things done around the house.  It rained quite a bit both Saturday and Sunday which made it easy to get some things done inside for a change.  I love the weekends that he is off work.  It really makes me look forward to our retirement from our day jobs.  I'm hoping to retire at 62 and since I am almost 58, that's just a little over 4 years... not that I counting! lol  

Since today is Tuesday, it means it's time for yet another Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge.  This week we have a cool color inspiration challenge photo for you!

I loved the look of the stripes of color so I decided to add stripes of ink blending to my background.

I used the beautiful Mama Elephant Organic Blooms stamp set.  Not only do I love the floral image but there are a lot of awesome sentiments in it!  I can see myself using these sentiments a lot!

I started off with a top folding Neenah Classic Solar White 110# cardbase.  The top layer was a 80# Neenah Classic Solar White that has masked stripes for Ink Blending of Various Distress Inks.  My Organic Blooms image was stamped in Versafine Black Ink and clear embossed onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock.  The image was colored in with Zig Clean Color Marks and an aqua painter.  I fussy cut the image out.. that was not fun.  I need to check to see if Mama Elephant has dies for this one! lol  I layered a doily onto the striped layer and then adhered the floral image with foam tape.  The sentiment Happy Everything was first inked with Versamark and then inked with Blackberry Bliss (retired Stampin' Up!) ink and clear embossed.  I ran a long strand of Natural Twine across the top of my card and tied it into a bow.  I used the side of my scissors to add a little curl in the twine.  I then added a few different light blue Pretty Pink Posh sequins to bring in more of the lighter blue color.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina