Create a Smile-In Bloom

Hi there! Today I’m excited to join Create a Smile for a video hop celebrating not only a fantastic new release but also Christine’s birthday! Happy Birthday Christine?Create a Smile-In BloomMy project features the gorgeous In Bloom stamp set.
Create a Smile-In BloomI embossed the images in clear and blended Altenew inks for the color.
Create a Smile-In BloomI adhered some pattern paper for the background and popped up the images with foam tape. I stamped a sentiment from the Cart full of Treasures stamp set.
Create a Smile-In BloomHere’s a video to show you how I created this card.

Make sure and check out the Create a Smile blog for their fun giveaway!
They also have a challenge going on over on their Instagram account.

The next stop on the video hop is Marika!

Here’s the full video hop order:
Laura Bassen←you are here!
Marika Gewalli
Justine Hovey
Kelly Latevola
Jess Gerstner
Birka Reinitz
Thanks so much for stopping by!

SSS-September Card Kit

Hi there! Today I’m sharing a couple of project featuring the latest September Card Kit by Simon Says Stamp.SSS-September Card Kit 2017This kit is so fun! I love the Doodlebug papers & stickers and the Best Ever stamp set coordinates perfectly with everything, too.SSS-September Card Kit 2017For this card I used some of the of the Heart stickers included in the kit and some of that I already had…you do need a lifetime supply of these:) Then I mounted them onto little circles that were punched out using my 3/4″ circle punch. I popped the circles up onto a piece of the Doodlebug Fairytale paper & embossed a sentiment from Best Ever.
SSS-September Card Kit 2017This next card is super simple and super sweet.
SSS-Best EverI stamped the images from the Best Ever set with Memento ink and colored them with Copics. Then I fussy cut the images out and popped them up with foam tape. I love how there are several sentiments in the Best Ever set that are arched and fit perfectly over the rainbow.SSS-Best EverYou can find out more about the September Card Kit over on the Simon Says Stamp blog. That’s all for today! Thanks so much for stopping by!

You’re the Bee’s Knees

Hi there! Just popping in to share a sneak of a project I have over on the Simon Says Stamp blog featuring the Encouraging Animals set along with one of the awesome Hellos dies designed by Cathy Zielski for Simon Says Stamp.SSS-Hellos & Encouraging AnimalsYou can see the full project & video over on the Simon Says Stamp blog. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Pinkfresh Studio Design Team Line up & Escape the Ordinary Blog Hop

Hello! Today I’m excited to join Pinkfresh Studio for a blog hop featuring their new Out of the Ordinary collection.
Pinkfresh Studio-Out of the OrdinaryMy first card features the Escape the Ordinary stamp set along with the coordinating Escape the Ordinary die.
Pinkfresh Studio-Out of the OrdinaryFor the background I blended distress inks onto bristol paper. I stamped the images with Memento ink and colored them with Copics and added a few stickers from the Escape the Ordinary collection. The mountains are from the Chipboard Sticker set and the stars are from the Puffy Stickers set.
IMG_9155
This next card uses the gorgeous 12 x 12″ Escape the Ordinary pattern paper and the Stitched Hearts Stickers.Pinkfresh Studio-Out of the OrdinaryI have to take a moment to talk about these amazingly delicous Gold Foiled Wood Alphabet Stickers. I need a lifetime supply of these little beauties. The Stitched Heart Stickers are stunningly beautiful, too. They are layered and stitched with gorgeous colors, vellum and patterns.Pinkfresh Studio-Out of the Ordinary

GIVEAWAY!
Pinkfresh Studio will be giving away two amazing prize packages!!!
– There will be 2 winners :
– stamps/dies worth $100
– entire Escape the Ordinary collection

Comments will close at 11.59pm CST on Friday August 18th 2017.
The winners will be randomly selected and the requirement is that you have to leave a comment on each stop in the Hop

Laura Bassen←you are here!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mama Elephant-Little Girl Agenda

Hi there! Today I’m sharing this project over on the Mama Elephant blog featuring the sweet Little Girl Agenda set.Mama Elephant-Little Girl AgendaTo begin I stamped the Little Girl Agenda images with Memento ink and colored them with Copics. Then I used the coordinating Little Girl Agenda creative cuts to die cut the images out.Mama Elephant-Little Girl AgendaI used one of the Frame Tags-Chelsea creative cuts to create the opening on Soft Stone cardstock.Mams Elephant-Little Girl Agenda
For the sentiment I use one of the Trio Winow Cover creative cuts with several colors of cardstock and popped them up onto the window panel.Mama Elephant-Little Girl AgendaSending you big, colorful hugs today! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Shop at:
SSS | ME

Shop at:
SSS | ME

Shop at:
SSS | ME

Shop at:
SSS | ME

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
PTI

Shop at:
PTI

Shop at:
PTI

Shop at:
PTI

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Smile! It looks good on you:)

Hi there! Yesterday I shared this project over on the Altenew blog featuring the gorgeous Floral Shadow stamp set.Altenew-Floral Shadow & Halftone SmileI created this colorful, dreamy background using Distress Oxide inks on Bristol paper.
Altenew-Floral Shadow & Halftone SmileI added a sentiment using the Halftone Smile stamps & dies and embellished with some delicious Nuvo jewel drops.
Altenew-Floral Shadow & Halftone SmileHere’s a video to show you how I made this card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Shop at:
SSS | ALT

Shop at:
SSS | ALT

Shop at:
SSS | ALT

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
PTI

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Neat and Tangled Birthday Blog Hop

Hello! Today I’m excited to join Neat & Tangled in a blog hop to celebrate their 5th birthday!Neat & Tangled-Balloon Duo & HoorayMy project features a few of the awesome new August release products. For the background I blended distress inks using the Balloon Trio stencil onto bristol paper.
IMG_8859I used the Hooray word die for the sentiment and stacked four together for dimension and then for top die cut I used some glittered cardstock.
Neat & Tangled-HoorayOn the inside of the card I stamped the sentiment from the Hooray stamp set and blended a few more balloons with distress inks using the Balloon Duo stencils. I popped up the panel onto some striped pattern paper and added a few sequins from the Like Magic sequin mix.Neat & Tangled-Balloon Duo & HoorayGIVEAWAY:
Neat & Tangled is giving away one $50 and one $100 gift certificate to the Neat and Tangled shop. Winners will be chosen from comments all along the hop all week long.

Here is the blog hop order for today:

Laura Bassen←you are here!

Shop at:
SSS | NT

Shop at:
SSS | NT

Shop at:
SSS | NT

Shop at:
SSS | NT

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Mama Elephant-Little Boy Agenda

Hi there! Laura here and today I’m sharing another project featuring the adorable Little Boy Agenda stamp set along with the coordinating Little Boy Agenda Creative Cuts.Mama Elephant-Little Boy AgendaTo begin I stamped several images using the Little Boy Agenda set with Memento ink, colored them with Copics and used the coordinating Little Boy Agenda Creative Cuts to die cut them out. I also used one of the Mini Tags Creative Cuts to die cut six colorful little tags.Mama Elephant-Little Boy AgendaFor the background I blended distress inks onto bristol paper, and then I flicked on some water and diluted distress inks with a wet brush.Mama Elephant-Little Boy AgendaI popped up the cute images onto the Mini Tags and then onto the ink blended panel.Mama Elephant-Little Boy AgendaI love how the Mini Tags sort of frame the images as well as adding color. To finish it off I stamped a sentiment in the middle from Sunday Sentiments.Mama Elephant-Little Boy AgendaThese sweet little faces from Little Boy Agenda never cease to melt my heart. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Shop at:
SSS | ME

Shop at:
SSS | ME

Shop at:
SSS | ME

Shop at:
SSS | ME

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
SSS

Shop at:
PTI

Shop at:
PTI

Shop at:
PTI

Shop at:
PTI

Shop at:
PTI

Shop at:
PTI

Encouraging Words Release Blog Hop

Hi there! Today I’m excited to join Simon Says Stamp for their Encouraging Words Release Blog Hop. Simon hosted two blog hops for this release. You can head over to the Simon Says Stamp blog to see yesterday’s line up of amazing designers.SSS-Space Journey & You're a StarI’ve been wanting to create one of those “oh-so-cool” pop-up box cards for a while. I thought these new Space Journey dies would work perfect for creating a colorful galaxy on a pop-up card.
SSS-Space Journey & You're a StarFor the sentiment I used the You’re a Star die. How cool are these colorful planets? I used several colors of Simon Says Stamp cardstock along with coordinating ink colors to blend on each planet for some added interest. I also added some Wink of Stella to the stars for shimmer.SSS-Space Journey & You're a StarHere’s a video to show you how I made this pop-up box card.
GIVEAWAY!
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 gift certificate to each stop on the hop. Leave me a comment for your chance to win! Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Tuesday.

HOP ORDER:
Simon Says Stamp Blog
Kristina Werner
Laura Bassen←you are here!
Amanda Korotkova
Nina-Marie Trapani
May Park
Heather Ruwe
Shari Carroll
Kelly Latevola
Lin Brandyberry
Lisa Addesa

what I used:

 shop the encouraging words release:

Encouraging Words Release

Hi there! Today I have a few cards to share featuring a few of the gorgeous new product just release by Simon Says Stamp for their Encouraging Words release.SSS-Carolyn Stencil & Thanks You TeacherThis is such a fun release with a little bit of something for everyone! I fell in love with the gorgeous Carolyn Stencil and used it to create these cards along with the Thank You Teacher stamp set.
SSS-Carolyn Stencil & Thanks You TeacherUsing the Carolyn Stencil I blended distress inks onto watercolor cardstock. Then I embossed the sentiment in white onto vellum. I carefully added teeny tiny drops of glue behind the letters so that it wouldn’t show and then to finish it off I added some Nuvo drops. Using the largest Nested Circle dies I curved the top and bottom edges.
SSS-Carolyn Stencil & Thanks You TeacherUsing the same Carolyn Stencil I masked off four parts and ink blended with distress inks. Then I took another Nested Circle die to create a window for this fantastic sentiment.
SSS-Carolyn Stencil & Thanks You TeacherI was able to use the positive part from the leftover die cut above on this card below. I love it when I can get two cards for the price of one!
SSS-Carolyn Stencil & Thanks You TeacherAgain I using the Thank You Teacher set to emboss a sentiment on black and popped it up with foam tape with a few sparkling clear sequins to finish it off.
SSS-Carolyn Stencil & Thanks You TeacherYou can also find out more about this awesome new release over on the Simon Says Stamp blog. Thanks so much for stopping by and remember…You Matter

shop the encouraging words release:

what I used: