Llama Mini Blog Hop

Many of our Hop friends are busy this time around so we are have a Mini Hop. We are sharing items from the Holiday Catalog.

My first two cards are birthday card using items from both catalogs.

• The card base is Very Vanilla.
• I used the wood paneling from Truly Grateful stamp set found on page 19 of the Holiday Catalog to stamp the card base with Baked Brown Sugar.  I also stamped it on Baked Brown Sugar CS that I cut as a banner flag.
• I cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler CS as a banner flag.
• I stamped the phrase from the Hostess set Express Yourself in Cherry Cobbler on a strip of Very Vanilla CS, then cut it as a banner flag.
• I stacked the flags starting with the Cherry Cobbler flag, than added a piece of Natural Trim, than the Baked Brown Sugar flag, last the Very Vanilla flag.  I added the largest button from Naturals Designer Buttons with Linen Thread threaded through the holes. Adding it all to the card base,

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• The card base is Whisper White with a front of DSP from Season of Style DSP Stack found on page 22 of the Holiday Catalog.
• I stamped the phrase from Bring On the Cake in Cherry Cobbler on a scrap of Whisper White and cut it out with the Circle Collection Framelits, I layered it onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler CS cut the next size larger and added it to the card front. 
• I layered Season of Style Designer Washi tape on a scrap of Whisper White CS and punched 2 circles with the 3/4" Circle Punch. I covered a retired button with a second strip of tape from the same bundle. I threaded Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine through the button Holes. I added them overlapping on the sentiment,

• The card base is Whisper White, I ran it through the Big Shot cutting an opening with the Labels Collection Framelits. I ran it through a second time in the Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder. I added a piece of Seasons of Style DSP on the inside of of the front of the card.
• On the piece of Whisper White CS cut out from the front of the card I stamped the phrase from Christmas Messages found on page 34 of the Holiday catalog. I stamped it with Versamark and heat embossed it with a mixture of Cherry Cobbler EP mix with a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds to make it sparkle. I re-cut the piece with the next smaller Framelit. I then popped it up with Dimensionals on the DSP.

I hope you enjoy our small hop, the bloggers are:

Kath (me)  http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/

Debbie http://cleverandcute.blogspot.com/

Jackie http://jackotterstamp.blogspot.com/

Buffy http://buffycooper.com/

The rest of the swaps!!!

The first one is was not labeled :( I love how the envelope coordinates with the card.

Details as I see them:
Stamps: Love & Sympathy,
Paper: Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar
ink: Baked Brown Sugar
Misc: Beautifully Baroque Embossing Folder

The next one is from Carolyn Steurer,

Details as I see them:
Stamps: Express Yourself
Paper: Very Vanilla, Pear Pizza, Quadrafancy Specialty DSP, Subtles DSP Stack
Ink: Soft Suede
Misc: Hearts Collection Framelits, Designer Vintage Faceted Buttons, Linen Thread, Dimensionals and Glue Dots

A matching Memo Book and Pen from Kathe D(her card swap can be seen here)

Detail as I see them:
Stamps: Mosaic Madness
Paper: Quatrefancy Specialty DSP, Pumpkin Pie
Ink: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Strawberry Slush
Misc: Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder, Pool Party Ribbon, Mosaic Punch

A Gift from Christine (her card can be seen in this post)

Details as I see them:
Stamps: Feel Goods
Paper: Gingham Garden DSP, Daffodil Delight
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo
Misc: Daffodil Delight Ribbons, Simply Pressed Clay and Molds, Gingham Garden Washi Tape, Labels Collection Framelits, Tag a Bag Gift Bags

I hope you enjoyed seeing the swaps I received while visiting my friends.

The Stampin' Llamas are Hopping Again!

Welcome to our blog hop, we are small in numbers this time but I am sure there has been things you have pinned for inspiration.  You might have hopped over from Buffy's Blog and if you did I hope you enjoyed her blog as much as I do.

For our hop I decided to use the same floral stamp set on all of my cards, I decided on Secret Garden. So here are the cards I came up with.

For my first card I used Red, White and Black.

• The card base is Whisper White CS, layered with Basic Black CS, then Real Red CS.
• On a piece of 3 3/4" x 5" Whisper White CS I stamped the same flower over and over with Stazon. I started at the middle of the bottom and masked the flower as I stamped.
• The sentiment is from Express Yourself, I stamped it with Real Red.

Card number #2 uses Rose Red, Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar, Strawberry Slush, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede

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• The card base is Baked Brown Sugar CS layered with Rose Red CS then Crumb Cake DSP,
• On a piece of Very Vanilla CS I stamped three of the flowers from Secret Garden. I started with the largest flower and stamped it in the lower right corner using Baked Brown Sugar. Next I took the second largest flower and stamped it overlapping both sides of the large flower using Rose Red. On the other side of the second flower I stamped the lily, again overlapping using Strawberry Slush.
• The sentiment is from Bring on the Cake stamped with Soft Suede, I layered it onto Rose Red CS and then onto Soft Suede CS. I then added it onto the card.

My last card uses Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Primrose Petals and Crushed Curry.

• The card base is Very Vanilla CS layered with a piece of Rose Red CS that I ran through the Big Shot using the Stripes Embossing Folder.
• I stamped the flowers on a piece of Watercolor paper using Stazon.
• I colored the flowers using Rose Red and Crushed Curry on the largest flower, then Primrose Petals and Chocolate Chip and the next largest flower and the lily I used Crisp Cantaloupe and Calypso Coral ink. I used an Aqua Painter to color them.
• I layered it onto a piece of Chocolate Chip CS.
• I punched a strip of Very Vanilla CS with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch and attached it to the bottom of the layered image.
• On a scrap of Rose Red CS I stamped the sentiment from Blooming with Kindness with Versamark and then heat embossed it with White Embossing Powder. I ran it through the Big Shot and cut it out with one of the Apothecary Accents Framelit. I popped the sentiment up with Dimensionals.

I hope you found some inspiration for Secret Garden. Thanks for stopping by! Hop on over to Stephanie's Blog and check out her projects.