April Technique Hop - Layered Flowers...

Welcome to this month's Technique Blog Hop featuring LAYERED FLOWERS! We have a tight knit little group being featured this month so it won't take you long to hop around and be INSPIRED!

If you're coming my very good friend and CTMH Upline, Melissa Robinson, you're on the right track...keep on hopping around until you get back to where you started. If you're starting here, WELCOME! 

Let's take a look at the little card I made using SEVERAL products. I started out with the cutting a bunch of the Layered Flowers Thin Cuts all in White Daisy Cardstock (#1 it's fast and #2 the possibilities are ENDLESS with white). I then colored them using my Mini-Blending Tools in Wild Berry, Sundance, and Avocado Ink. The flowers that appear to have a pattern on them were also stamped with images from the Perfectly Imperfect Patterns Stamp Set (ONE OF MY FAVES)...

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The flowers aren't only layered but some have Thin 3D Foam Tape Circles separating the layers for dimension. I used the Sending Hug Thin Cut for the outside sentiment and kept the insides of the letters for impact. The card panel is stamped using the Barn Door Stamp using Toffee Ink and I also sponged Toffee Ink around the edges. The sentiment and flowers are backed with a Stitched Fancy Bracket Thin Cut and topped off with Wild Berry Loose Sequins...

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I brought the Barn Door and Layered Flowers to the inside with a little bottom border of sorts and finished it off with a simple sentiment from the For All Occasions Stamp Set...

Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop is Wendy's Blog...head on over and see what she's done with layered flowers. Don't forget to visit all the blogs for ALL the inspiration!

Have a WONDERFUL & BLESSED Easter weekend!

Happy National Vanilla Cupcake Day...

Let's celebrate National Vanilla Cupcake Day with a CALORIE-FREE cupcake that is SUPER CUTE!

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We have the CUTEST new Thin Cut that can be found in the Core Catalog...Cupcake Card Thin Cut...AND since it's in the Core Catalog, that means it's around for longer than 2 months (hoping it won't sell out and it will make it all the way around the calendar until August 2022)...

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Here's a closeup of that Mocha Glitter Paper I used for the frosting and the Shimmer Trim I used for the sprinkles (if you're wondering an easy way to do that, my process video can be found below)...

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Don't you just LOVE all the dimension in the cupcake wrapper - I used the Mix-Ins (Nov-Dec) and the light side of Papaya Cardstock for the 'ridges'...let me tell you - our NEW Adhesive Sheets made this SUPER EASY to adhere down (watch my YouTube video below to see how it's done)...

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And of course, I had to finish off the inside with more sentiments from the For All Occasions stamp set...

Thank you for stopping by!

I hope you'll go enjoy the "real thing" today - after all, you have an EXCUSE!

NEW Core Product Blog Hop...

Welcome to the NEW CORE CATALOG BLOG HOP where you will hop from blog to blog to see some NEW PRODUCTS and how we used them!

There are 14 CTMH Makers participating so it shouldn't take you long to be inspired! If you're coming from the VERY TALENTED Becca's Becca-Expressions Blog, you're on the right track...keep hopping around until you get back to where you started. If you're starting here, WELCOME!

The NEW hot trend in this Core Catalog is definitely SLIMLINE cards and THIN CUTS so I chose to marry the two and bring you this card. I used the As You Grow collection which is heavily baby-themed BUT as you can tell by this card, there's no baby theme in sight. And the flowers come from the NEW Layered Flowers Thin Cuts...I bet you'll will be seeing a LOT of this set in the coming year...

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The tiny Wood Flowers are also from the Core Catalog so they'll be here for a FULL YEAR...and that "thank you" comes from the For All Occasions Stamp Set (it's FULL of sentiments 'for all occasions')

Thanks for stopping by! Head on over to Haley Dyer, The Inky-Scrapper for MORE inspiration!

If you get lost along the way, check out Melinda's Blog Post to find a complete list!