Serendipity Stamps- New dies blog hop- TEA!!

Happy Happy Friday!! Eeeeks... I am so excited to show you the fantastic new teapot/teacup dies from Serendipity stamps!

These dies are gorgeous!!

My card...

 

Die cut the teapot using Basic Grey Fresh Cut designer paper and a couple other neutral colors... adhered them all to add a little dimension to the teapot. I'm still using spring colors...makes me smile!!



Here's the inside...

 

Stamped Serendipity's Rose Corner in SU blushing bride and over stamped with SU melon mambo adding some lines with a SU melon mambo marker. Sponged blushing bride using a finger dauber over the roses. Sentiment is  Serendipity's Afternoon Tea  and added the adorable teacup die in the corner.

 

Here's a little close up of the teapot... to see all the detail! The line between the top and the pot and all the small dots... it's gorgeous!! Not to mention the intricate rose/leaves!!

 

You should have arrived here from Pauline and your next stop is Anya. Links below.

Mary's Blog

Karen Amidon

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Pauline Pollington

Vickie Zimmer

Anya Schrier

Jeanne Jachna

Jenny Gropp

Julie Warner

 

If you get lost along the way... start at Mary's blog {link above}

 

And there's a prize... as always... one random commenter will win a $20 gift certificate to Serendipity Stamps... whoohoo!!



Also playing in the Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge.... Anything Goes... Use Buttons!

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Stamps: Rose Corner {015G}, Afternoon Tea {076E}, NEW DIES

Ink: Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride {SU}

Paper: Fresh Cut {Basic Grey}, White {Neenah Solar White}, Melon Mambo {SU}

Accessories: Lace {Wild Orchid Crafts}. Stitched circle dies {Lil Inkers}, Ribbon and buttons {stash}, Scallop border punch {SU}, White linen thread (Londonderry}

CTD #285

Happy Wednesday and as always, WELCOME to the Color Throwdown!! We've been enjoying all of the gorgeous cards!!

This week Broni  brought us these gorgeous colors....

Here's my card....

Definitely time for some spring time blossoms!! Pretty straightforward card but, I did use some NBUS (never been used stamps/dies too-as Darnell would say) that I have had forever. Can't give you a good reason as these Stampin Up images are gorgeous and the framelits dies are perfect!! Colored the flowers with copics and embossed the blushing bride layer with a Quikutz dots folder and distressed the edges of the sahara sand panel.

The layout is this week's CAS(E) this sketch...

For more inspiration, you'll want to stop by and visit the other team members' blogs.

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud
 Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Melody Rupple- A Paper Melody
Monika Davis- MAD Stamper

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

 

 And...A BIG thanks to Gloria Stengel for sharing her gorgeous creations with us this month!! You can access her blog here.

Judy VanZandt is joining us this week as the Guest Star Stamper... thrilled to have you. Judy's blog can be accessed here.
 

Remember, if you don't have the exact colors, use whatever you have that's close...the color police won't come after you--this is all about having fun!  If you upload to a public gallery, please use the key words CTD284.  Also, when linking up your card using the linky tool at the bottom of the post, please link to your specific post, not a generic link to your blog.  

When you are finished with your creation, head over to the Color Throwdown blog to add your entry to the Inlinkz tool. 

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Color Throwdown #284- Espresso My Thanks!!

Welcome to another Wednesday Color Throwdown challenge. This week the colors are brought to us by Barbara...

Confession and coincidence... when I work on my cards, I pull the colors and go from there... was a little stumped this week {well, with my pea brain, I can be stumped a lot} but, I went with a new stamp set... recently made two purchases at Reverse Confetti and not one stamp/die had seen ink!!

So, the coincidence... I used a "cup" image.... and I wished I had added some circles in the Bermuda bay behind the enamel dots/crumbcake in the upper right corner...well, that's what I think at the moment anywho :)

Used the Deconstructing Jen Sketch for the layout... always fun!

For more inspiration, you'll want to stop by and visit the other team members' blogs.

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud
 Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Melody Rupple- A Paper Melody
Monika Davis- MAD Stamper

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

 

 And... we continue to feature gorgeous creations by Gloria Stengel who is our Guest Stamper for March!! You can access her blog here.

Amy White is joining us this week as the Guest Star Stamper... thrilled to have you. Amy's blog can be accessed here.
 

Remember, if you don't have the exact colors, use whatever you have that's close...the color police won't come after you--this is all about having fun!  If you upload to a public gallery, please use the key words CTD284.  Also, when linking up your card using the linky tool at the bottom of the post, please link to your specific post, not a generic link to your blog.  

When you are finished with your creation, head over to the Color Throwdown blog to add your entry to the Inlinkz tool. 
 

Thanks for stopping by!! Love when you do and appreciate all the kind words!!

Serendipity Stamps Blog Challenge- #29- We're still in stitches!!

Welcome to the middle of the month installment of Serendipity Stamps challenge. We are continuing on the theme of stitches.... real, faux, .....

This week the DT was challenged to do some embossing with a Serendipity die along with stitching.

I went with the gorgeous {egg} die set. Die cut the solid background and then embossed the intricate die shape. I tried embossing and then die cutting but, it made the embossing "flatten" as you may notice with the flowered egg. Also, I have a thin and thicker mat that I purchased at MFT a while ago and found the thinner mat works better- these dies are so intricate the thin mat prevents the die from fully cutting. I stitched the outside layer {hard to see in this pic} and stitched the lace to the first paper layer.

The curvy borders are from a Spellbinders Borderabilities that Karen and Julie {made me buy} used on cards previously and I just loved them.

Here's the inside..

Used the same two spellbinders dies, added a little stitching, button with twine!

Eeeks... time is moving fast, it will be Easter soon!!

Hope you find time to join us, and...

The rules are simple... play along using at least one Serendipity Stamps image on your submission and add some stitches. You don't have to have a blog to play along - you can link your designs to any on line gallery.

Click Here for all the details

For extra inspiration there are samples from the design team on the challenge blog or you can visit them directly and get all the details by clicking on their names below.

Karen Amidon
Jeanne Jachna

Marybeth Lopez

Jenny Gropp 

Julie Warner 

 Anya Schrier

Pauline Pollington
 

Free Shipping on all US orders of $10 or more.   This is a great chance to snap up the stamps from the Wood Mounted Stamp sale and to throw in some grab bags.  Good through 3/26.

 

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Miss YOU!!

Okay... I think I made it for the WMS PJ Party Bedtime Story {not late like I managed for the other challenges-although I did make some cards... you can find them here. Also, playing in the CASE study challenge.

I kinda' flipped the sketch...

 

Guess I am doing the BOLD and Colorful thing...

 

Played with one of the WMS Crackle Backgrounds... LOVE these!! Stamped the crackle BG, sponged with color, sprayed with Heidi Swapp Silver Color Shine...sprayed with water and went back and stamped again with WMS crackle background. Added some flowers using WMS Funky Flowers and the matching dies along with a sentiment from WMS Compact Sentiments.

 

Happy Girl!! 

Here's the Bedtime Story Sketch....

CASE study challenge inspiration...

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