COLORING DOWN THE LINES!

We are in our last real week ( I hope! lol) of winter loving' here at the 

Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop!  

I'm so over winter already, & it really just started!!! This week we are once again looking at shades of blue with a snow theme, but the kicker is we need to use an embossing folder that is not Softly Falling! That's a tough one because that's a perfect folder for snow! lol 

Hello hoppers from Helen's blog! Make sure you keep hopping on to  

Lizzy's blog to get some great snowy ideas!!! And keep going! Perfect for the snow days that are bound to keep us stampin' in the near future! Ugh! 

Here's my snowy card this week:

So the folder I chose to use is the Woodlands Embossing Folder!  It always reminds me of a walk through the woods-whatever the weather! But right now my woods look very white having just had an 8" snowfall. Nothing for us New Englanders, but it's still pretty white!

Now I don't like how the bottom of this photographed. I tried so many photos to get the sparkle to show up! The Dazzling Diamonds Glitter doesn't really pop as nicely in the picture. But in real life it truly looks like glittering snow!

The stamp sets used are the snowflakes from the Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set and the sentiment from the Watercolor Wishes stamp set.  Sentiment was cut out using 

Lots of Labels Framelits!

The beautiful ribbon is from the new Occasions Catalog. It's from the 

3/8" Metallic Ribbon Combo 2-pack! The other one has pretty gold in it! Great ribbon!!

So I hope you felt snowy today! I'm so not a fan of snow & very much looking forward to spring!! But this snowy card warmed my heart!  Hope it did yours too!

Happy Stampin'!

Friday Framelit Fun!

So it's the final day of 

Framelit Week 

on Joni in the Spotlight Stamping!  I hope you've enjoyed the Monday, & Wednesday  posts. If you haven't seen them, be sure to go check them out! Wednesday morning will take you to some talented Coloring Down the Lines entries, and Wednesday evening will bring you to the Inspire, Create, Share Framelit posts!!! Lots of fun this week!!! Thursday is a day of rest! lol

Here's the final post this week:

So this I would classify as an "elegant" card! This is a beautiful set of framelits called the Rose Garden Thinlets set.  I love the fine detail in these thinlets-which are framelits that don't necessarily "frame" an image! They look the same and work the same! There is a coordinating stamp set, but it's not used here.

This rose was cut with the gorgeous Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper! Oh how I love this!!! lol The leaves were cut using the In-Color Emerald Green. Looks so pretty in person!!!

The background paper is from the Pop of Pink Specialty DSP Pack! There are 2 sheets included in that pack with beautiful gold accents! Then the 

Pop of Pink Washi Tape coordinates with it! Love this DSP pack, and I have used it for so many different projects! Not all pink either! lol

The sentiment is from my very used Watercolor Wishes stamp set! It's the perfect sentiment stamp set! I embossed it with Gold Embossing Powder. Adds just that sparkly pop to compliment the gold in the DSP.  And makes the bling on the Glimmer Paper pop!!!

That's it on this card! Very simple. Not a lot of materials used, but really impactful!

So I hope you enjoyed Framelit Week!!! Not blood & gore like Shark Week, but packs just as much energy & excitement into each episode!!!  Enjoy!

Happy Stampin'!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES!

So here we are with another week of spring

Coloring Down the Lines!!!

There's a lot going on at Stamping' Up! this week!! Retired Product List for the Annual Catalog & Occasions Catalog! We demonstrators got a sneak peek at the new Annual Catalog and oh my my!!! Cooler than cool!!! But I'm taking a break from dog-earing pages to show you a fun card!

Welcome back Helen!!! We missed you! You probably hopped here from her blog! Now head on to Lizzie's blog! We're "springing forward" this week!

Here it is:

Here's the inspiration photo:

Here are the Stampin' Up! colors:

This is a fun simple card where I stamped the background & just added a sentiment!  I love that! CAS-just my style! I loved the way these colors just kind of told the story without too much effort!

The flowers & cute little bees are from the Garden in Bloom stamp set! 2-step stampin' baby!!! lol  The sentiment is from Watercolor Wishes-my current  go-to sentiment set! Just the right size & good useful sayings.  

The sentiment is cut from & backed with shapes from Lots of Labels framelits.  Throw in a 1/4" Cotton Ribbon & a Wink of Stella & it's a pretty cute card! The bee on the sentiment & the centers of the flowers are dabbed with     Crystal Effects. Not sure if you can see it or not.

So enjoy this week's card! More later with info on the retiring list! I can't share new catty info with you yet! You need to be a demo like me to do that! I will say tho-the new In-Colors!!! Like-WOW!!!!!! Best yet!!!!

Happy Stampin'!