Stampers with an Attitude Blog Hop - Charlotte/Easter

Welcome to our Blog Hop as members of the Stampers with an Attitude Team, within Close To My Heart, showcase artwork using the Charlotte product line or create something with an Easter theme.  Guess which one I chose?!  No peeking! :)

If you are coming from Catherine's Blog, you are on the right track.  Should you get lost along the way you can find a complete list of participants by clicking here.

The card I created contains a few favorites right now.  Can you guess what they are?!  The papers and colors from the Kaleidoscope paper pack scream Easter/Spring to me so I chose to incorporate them.  I also random-stamped a piece of Pixie cardstock, using the fun "Friend in Me" stamp set (pictured below) which is also where the 3-D floral image is from.  I colored it, and shaded the tone-on-tone flowers, with our ShinHan Markers and also used our Metallic Gold Marker for a little accent on the flower center.  I had never used it before but don't tell anyone!  I can tell it will get some good use now.

The bunny was stamped using the Spring Critters stamp set.  I paperpieced the bunny's banner by stamping the image again on the Pear patterned paper, cutting it out and gluing it on top of the original image.  Too fun, right?!  The bunny was colored in using the Light Pink ShinHan Marker and the lighter areas were generated by using the Color Blender Marker which I love!

If you do not know why these images have a blue outline around them it is because they can be cut using our new Thin Cuts!  (We have four sets of them that were released at the first of the month.)  Place the image on your Cuttlebug or other diecut machine and crank them through.  Then use the stamps to create the image that you can decorate as you choose.  No fussy-cutting required!

Bling is always a necessity on every piece of artwork so I include some White and Gold Ribbon and Gold Heart Puffie.  They were the perfect finishing touch to this happy card!

This is the Friend in Me stamp set.  LOVE the sentiments and flowers and even if you do not have a sister like I do, it is very versatile!  I cannot wait to use it on other creations!

Thank you for visiting my blog.  Let me know what you think about my card creation.  I would totally appreciate it and then head on over to Tammy's Blog to view her artwork.

Happy hoppin'!

Rockin' Ink Starts - "Spring Has Sprung" Blog Hop

I hope you are enjoying a blessed and enjoyable Easter day!  Thank you for joining eight members of the Rockin' Ink Stars Team who are showcasing artwork through this Blog Hop.  We have been asked to create artwork that is Spring-themed.

The Hop is a circle, so please keep moving through the links provided through the posts, and check out the fun artwork we have created to share with you!  If you are coming from Alexandria's Blog (who I had the pleasure of meeting in person earlier this month), you are on the right track.  Here is a list of the Blog participants should you get lost along the way:

1.  Melissa Robinson - http://mlisrobinson.blogspot.com
2. Joy McHargue- http://studiowowjoy.com 
3. Jennifer Kramer- http://4heartsscrapbooking.blogspot.com/
4. Michelle Brooks- http://michellebrooksink.blogspot.com
5. Marianne Hancock - http://thescrapbookchick.blogspot.com
6. Terrie Dodd- http://my-life-in-real-time.blogspot.com
7. Caron Barnard - http://cbdots.blogspot.com
8. Alexandria Duran- http://papercraftsbyali.blogspot.com

This is the least expensive bouquet of flowers I have ever had and much more beautiful, don't you think?!  It cost me less than $5 to create and I am thoroughly pleased with the results!  Now...to figure out where I want to put it.  Home office?  Work office?  

I used a "glass" bought at the Dollar Tree ($1), wooden rods bought at Walmart (package for $0.72), green grass also from Walmart (less than $1) and then White Daisy Cardstock, different colors of ink, a stamp set and various types of bling that I had on-hand.  I used this tried and true stamp set called "Hooray Bouquet" to create the various flowers.  To make the flowers, I folded some Pear cardstock in half, passed it through a paper crimper at an angle and then cut them by hand.  They are leaves so they don't have to perfect.

Here is a close-up of the flowers:

I had fun making this fun spring creation and hope you like it!  Please feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think of it.  Then, move on to Joy's Blog to see what fun artwork she has in store for you.

Happy hoppin'!