Some Sweet Treats Inspiration

Sweet Treats? I'll take 'em! I'm not even picky, you guys. For reals, though. And the best part about the Sweet Treats today? They are calorie free! Of course, you can't eat them, either, but, you know... up sides, down sides, it's all there, folks. All this to say we have a new challenge for you over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog and it's a Color Inspiration challenge! We are using the super cute colors in the Sweet Treats collection to inspire us! The design team is also showing off some Simon Says Stamp exclusives this week. Boy is THAT easy to do! So many awesome products!

Aren't those colors just so CUTE?! I love them. Actually, the Audrey Blue and Doll Pink are two of my favorites, so toss in some Mint, Surf Blue, and Cotton Candy and you have nothing but good things happening. And this, my friends, is why I decided to use ALL FIVE of these fabulous colors on my card. Yup. I used five whole colors. I know. Take a moment. I needed one, too.



I masked a line on my white panel and then stamped the heart balloons Lila's Heart stamp set. I layered the colors starting with the lightest tones and working to the darker ones. I then added a strip of mint cardstock with the sentiment from the Hand Lettered Encouragement stamp set embossed in white. I stamped and cut two balloons, tied string to them, and adhered them with foam tape before mounting the panel onto the Doll Pink card base.



Now it's your turn! Create something fabulous inspired by the colors in the Sweet Treats collection and link it up over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! Why would you want to play along? Oh, I don't know... maybe because you could win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp STORE?! WHAT?! Yup. You could. So do it. Because I told you to.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Simon Says Stamp Sweet Treats Cardstock Pack
Ink: Simon Says Stamp Sweet Treats Ink Pad Set (also available individually)
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Lila's Heart, Simon Says Stamp Hand Lettered Encouragement
Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Mint

Have a Happy!

Orange and Mint

Whew! K, so I took last week off for a bit of a vacation. We didn't go anywhere, but I wasn't at the computer much, as we spent our days having lots of fun out and about! Lots of fun, lots of yummy food, and lots of relaxing! It was FABULOUS! Today I'm back to the routine, and excited to share some fun news with you! I am now on the Design Team for The Stamps of Life! I am so excited to be a part of this amazing team and to share these super fun stamps and dies with you!!! SUCH good stuff!

Today I wanted to share a fun holiday card using a unique color combination. It is always fun to play with new colors for Christmas! I pulled out some mint and orange for this CAS design and I love it!


For this super fun and super easy card I used the trees4Christmas set along with the Tree Dies (the star is in that set... LOVE that star so much!!!!). A bit of glitter paper makes the star sparkle! YAY for glitter paper!!!!


Isn't the orange and mint together just fun? I really love this color combo. I hadn't used it prior to this card, but I know I will be in the future! I love it! I am also linking this one up to the Holiday Card Challenge in the Moxie Fab World!

Have a Happy, folks!

In Search of a Magnificently Marvelous Mint!

Mint.  It's all the rage in fashion right now, so naturally, it is all the rage in crafting, as well.  I have fallen 100% for this particular trend... yes.. I even own mint pants, much to The Hubbums' chagrin.  HA!  BUT...I was finding it VERY difficult to get a really good mint ink color for my stamping!  Well... that's when Tsukineko stepped in!  John sent me a bunch of fabulous ink colors and in those included several I could test out in search of a Magnificently Marvelous Mint!  Here are the results!



Each of these is a Tsukineko ink.  And I love ever.single.one of them.  HA!  However, many, as you can plainly see, are not in any way, shape, or form 'minty' in nature.  I did come to a decision after conducting this test, however.  The Aquatic Splash is a remarkable good pale mint tone and the ....wait for it... VersaColor MINT is a lovely deeper mint tone.  (Who knew?!  LOL!)  Mind you, when I began this search I hadn't yet discovered the one actually called mint.  Just putting that out there.  HA!

So...if you are in search of the perfect mint I recommend checking out these fabulous ink colors.  If you are looking for some other lovely green and blue shades...the rest of them are fabulous, too!  YAY!

And..because I hate to post with out a card...here is a fun one I created using VersaMagic inks in a variety of colors along with the super cute sequin stamp from Fresh Squeezed Stamps On Trend set and a cute sentiment from Paper Smooches.



Have A Happy!!!