Flowers, flowers and MORE flowers! And in shades of yellow, no less! This inspiration photo for the TGIF Challenge is soooo good … and I knew right away what I wanted to do!
Check out the blog challenge here - TGIF Challenge Blog if you’d like to play along.
This card is mostly an exercise in fussy cutting. I just had received this month’s Product of the Month - Glow of Harvest DSP. It is absolutely GOOOORGEOUS! There’s a slight sheen to it which just makes each flower and leaf even that much better.
With a piece of Gingham Garden DSP as a backdrop, I added a diecut piece using the Botanical Expressions Die in Golden Glow. Then I just fussy cut a bunch of the images from a piece of the Glow of Harvest DSP and arranged them until I felt good about them.
The sentiment came from Sending Salutations and was cut out using one of the Nested Essentials Dies.
I then added a Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine bow and a few little butterfly embellishments. Very easy, and I love the fall vibes it is giving off!
Stamps: Sending Salutations Paper: Very Vanilla, Golden Glow, Glow of Harvest DSP Ink: Golden Glow Accessories: Nested Essentials Dies, Botanical Expressions Die, Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine, 2026-2028 Butterfly Embellishments
My birthday is next week, so y’all know what THAT means … Yep! A trip to Disneyland with my BFF Cheryl and sister in law Diann. I plan to eat my way across both parks (with a little bit of restraint, I hope!). Then we will be taking a little family trip up to Bear Lake for the weekend! It’s gonna be a stellar week!
We’d love to have you play along!! You can check us out our blog HERE and Instagram … lots of great inspiration from the rest of the TGIF Crew!
Happy Monday! The Monday Montage Crew is at it again! Lots of good inspiration this week!
After my good friend and fellow Monday Montage-r, Elizabeth Price, posted one of these lovely accordion folded cards the other day I knew I HAD to figure it out and post one myself! I learned a lot and have some tweaks to make for when I do it again (for which I will post all the dimensions and such!).
Isn’t this purdy?
I also took inspiration from one of the photos that Stampin’ Up posted as a sample for this Begonia Belle stamp set … they used the black and white side of some of the Beautiful Ordinary Life DSP to pair with three different roses … loved it so much I had to borrow the inspiration!
Stamps: Begonia Belle Paper: Basic Black, Basic White, Beautiful Ordinary Life DSP Ink: Fresh Freesia, Berry Burst, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Barely Blush, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Greene Old Olive, Versamark Accessories: Tile Garden Dies, Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes
Our Monday Montage Hop has gone exclusively to Instagram! You can check it out by finding me @tinkermom85. From there you will be able to find all of my Monday Montage Friends, too!
As I was digging through some of my stash I came across a cute little chipboard-cover 5”x5” mini album … Stampin’ Up sold these about a GAZILLION years ago and this one never got the love it deserved!
Since I have been wanted to make a mini album of my last trip to On Stage in Long Beach last March, this gave me the perfect motivation to get started!!
The Gingham Gallery DSP was the star of the show on this! I just used it on every page for every photo!
I used a combo of dies and stamps from three different set (check the supply list below).
I just kept cutting and stamping and gluing! This particular page has a little pocket to slide a photo out of …
This layout was fun! I cut two pieces of Golden Glow cardstock to 4.25”x 8.5” and folded them in half. That way I was able to adhere 8 photos in total on this little two-page layout!
The folded pieces just tuck into a little strip of DSP that I adhered on both pages close to the spiral bind … cute, eh?
This photo was too big to fit on one page, so I strategically cut it in half and mounted each half on a separate page (luckily I didn’t have to cut any of my friends in half!). How cool is that??!??
Stamps: Capturing Smiles, Extraordinary Life, Bordered in Beauty, Simple Alphabet Paper: Basic White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Golden Glow, Hydrangea Hue, Perfectly Pine, Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gingham Gallery DSP Ink: Black Memento, Golden Glow, Hydrangea Hue, Perfectly Pine, Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe Accessories: Capturing Smiles Dies, Extraordinary Life Dies, Bordered in Beauty Dies, Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine, 5”x5” Mini Album, Just Jade Gingham Ribbon (retired)
Here are the rest of the pages … I’m so happy with how they turned out!
Ooooo! Nothing like a good color combo to get those ol’ creative juices flowing, right??!??
Whilst waiting for my new Stampin’ Up order to arrive, I looked through my stash and was feeling uninspired … so I used my clear blocks to create a background instead!
Using the two smallest clear stamping blocks (B & C) I created this background. I then cut the 3.75”x5” piece of Basic White cardstock than I had stamped the blocks onto into 1.25” square. I roughed up the edges of the squares with the blade of my scissors and then stuck them back down onto the card base.
You know me and a little bit of splatter, right?? Using my Basic Black Stampin’ Blend I just let loose and splattered the whole card front!
I colored the little cake and tied both the cake stand and the card front up with some Basic Black Baker’s twine.
I couldn’t resist using some retired embellishments because they were just the perfect thing - and I just found them stashed behind something else (not like I had spent TONS of time looking for them several months back, to no avail!)
Stamps: Words & Wishes Paper: Basic White, Crumb Cake, Berry Burst, Lemon Lolly Ink: Crumb Cake, Berry Burst, Lemon Lolly, Memento Black; Stampin’ Blends - Bubble Bath, Lemon Lolly, Crumb Cake, Basic Black Accessories: Words & Wishes Dies, Spotlight On Nature Dies, Basic Black Baker’s Twine, Clear Blocks B & C, Sparkle Gems Embellishments (retired)
What are your plans for the weekend?? Our oldest son has a community choir he has been conducting for years, and their summer concert is this weekend - can’t wait to go see them!
We’d love to have you play along!! You can check us out our blog HERE and Instagram … lots of great inspiration from the rest of the TGIF Crew!
Happy Monday! The Monday Montage Crew is at it again! Soooo much good inspiration from each and every one!
The layout of these dies is reminiscent of a garden layout - nice rectangles made by arranging several pieces of cardstock cut using one of the Scalloped Blooms Dies.
I used the Lazy Daisy 3D Embossing Folder to add dimension to the Mellow Moss rectangles and flowers. Then I used a couple of Stampin’ Blends to flick some ink on the Golden Glow pieces as well as the sentiment panel. Isn’t this cute??
Stamps: Scalloped Blooms Paper: Old Olive, Mellow Moss, Golden Glow, Very Vanilla, Silly Old Bear DSP Ink: Old Olive; Stampin’ Blends - Daffodil Delight, Mellow Moss Accessories: Lazy Daisy 3D Embossing Folder, Scalloped Blooms Dies, Linen Thread, Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems
Our Monday Montage Hop has gone exclusively to Instagram! You can check it out by finding me @tinkermom85. From there you will be able to find all of my Monday Montage Friends, too!
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