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Stamp-it Group April Blog Hop – Mothers Day

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I am loving the Evening Evergreen – I am a forest green kind of girl, so when this color came out last year I was in love. Likewise when the 6″x6″ New Horizon DSP came out in the January – June Mini-Catalog – I fell in love. These two paper combinations are always in the the forefront of my mind, though not always appropriate for every card, so not always used – but the DSP is absolutely gorgeous. This card is for my mom, and will be sent to her for Mothers Day. Thus the color scheme is a combination of colors she is quite fond of – not so much myself – but its not for me. She loves flowers, any flower, I am not certain she has a favorite – but I DO love wildflowers so I went with the Daisy/Coneflower cluster from the Nature’s Harvest Cling Stamp Set. I stamped the flower cluster in Versamark on Vellum, then heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder. That’s the hardest, most fun and coolest part. Everything else is a die cut or a quick use of the paper trimmer. The sentiment “Happy Mother’s Day” came from the Daffodil Daydream stamp set. It is stamped in Evening Evergreen on a scrap piece of Basic White Cardstock then die cut with one of the smaller Layering Circles dies. I die cut Calypso Coral card with a border die from the Scalloped Contours dies, then trimmed a patterned paper from the New Horizons DSP to fit inside the frame. I used Stampin’ seal to attached the DSP to the frame. The piece of vellum is attached with glue dots in strategic locations, behind the flowers and the sentiment. The sentiment is attached with dimensionals to the vellum. The finished panel is attached to the card with craft foam (I prefer the feel of the foam panel rather than dimensionals behind the panel), that is attached to the Evening Evergreen cardstock card base. Inside the card is lined with a piece of Basic White card, bordered with strips of the DSP from the front – a strip from the top and a strip from the bottom. I would like to say I had that planned from the get go – but truly, it was an extremely happy accident/lightbulb moment. On the liner, is a smaller image of a wildflower cluster stamped in Evening Evergreen. To add a touch of glimmer and pizzazz and to compliment the gold embossing I used the Brushed Brass Butterflies on the front as well as inside. I love these little guys! To finish off the card, I attached a bow made from the Evening Evergreen Windowpane ribbon – another item I can’t seem to get enough of. Like I said, I am a forest green kinda girl and well Evening Evergreen is a pretty close match.

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Congratulations to last months Stamp-it Group Blog Hop Winner

Thanks for hopping by, again I am Shannon Hatch. Visit all the hoppers blogs to see what gorgeous creations they created for this hop and don’t forget to enter #stampitcontest in the comment section below and in the comment section at every blog along the hop. Every time you enter #stampitcontest you name will go into the random drawing for a Stamparatus!

Thanks again for stopping by and spending a bit of your time with me. I hope you enjoyed learning about how this card came together. Hopefully you were even inspired just a bit. Below are pictured links to all the items used for this card, click the link of the item to be taken to my online store where you can learn more about each item. Don’t forget to comment in the comment section below for a chance to win the item pictured above. I will return soon with something new. Until then, stay safe, stay healthy and without doubt, keep on crafting, exploring and creating.

Product List

Nature’s Harvest Cling Stamp Set (English) [156495] $21.00	Daffodil Daydream Cling Stamp Set (English) [157786] $23.00	Scalloped Contours Dies [155560] $35.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $35.00
Layering Circles Dies [151770] $35.00	Evening Evergreen 3/8” (1 Cm) Windowpane Check Ribbon [158135] $7.50	Brushed Brass Butterflies [158136] $10.00	New Horizons 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157768] $11.50
Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155574] $8.75	Calypso Coral 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [122925] $8.75	Vellum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [101856] $10.00
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin’ Pad [155576] $7.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $18.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00
Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $120.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Stampin’ Seal [152813] $8.00	Stampin’ Seal Refill [152814] $5.50
Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Clear Block C [118486] $7.00	Clear Block E [118484] $12.00

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Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes
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Coordinating colors: Wild Wheat, Pool Party, Misty Moonlight (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige