It's a very special hop for us this month as it marks our 3rd Anniversary of blogging together. What makes it even more special is having the original hop group join us.
As always, our Hop runs in a circle. If you start at the top and go through or whether you start at the bottom and go through, you will wind up where you started.
So, sit back and enjoy the fantastic projects of all twelve of our participants. Prepared to be Wowed!
My first card is an anniversary made just for our blog hop. It's a little of this and a little of that. I think I just wanted to have fun with shapes.
Stamp Sets: Papillion Potpourri, Swirly Bird, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Inks: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso; Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Emerald Envy, Mint Macaron, Peekaboo Peach, Whisper White, Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack; Other: Bitty Butterfly Punch, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies, Decorative Label Punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels
My next card uses Gorgeous Grunge which is an original stamp set used on the blog hop when it started in 2013. It's also one of my favorite stamp sets. I paired it with the butterflies from Papillion Potpourri. My card is a CASE of a design by Anne Laflamme.
Stamp Sets: Butterfly Basics (sentiment), Gorgeous Grunge, Papillion Potpourri; Inks: Cucumber Crush, Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Watermelon Wonder; Cardstock: Crushed Cucumber, Whisper White; Other: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels
My final card is a CASE (Cope And Share Everything) of a project that Heidi Weaver shared on that very first Blog Hop. She made a box but I made a card and of course changed up the paper and the colors. If you'd like to see her project, click the following link: Stampin Along With Heidi.
Stamp Sets: Flower Shop, Sprinkles of Life (sentiment); Ink: Night of Navy; Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper; Other: Pansy Punch, Circles Collection Framelits Dies, Pearl Basic Jewels, Silver Gelly Roll Pen
Next up is Gail Allen. To take another look at her projects, click on the image below.
To take another look the projects by Penny Hanuszak, click on the image below.
To head home to the Wacky Watercooler Stamping Blog, click the image below.
Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,
Marsha
What a marvelous collection of cards, Marsha, each so different in style and feel. I especially love the "zooming" butterflies. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathe! They were fun to create.
DeleteGreat job on all your projects Marsha!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Terri!
DeleteLove your 'having fun with shapes' card, Marsha. And the "zooming" butterflies, as KatheD puts it, are very playful. Great CASE of Heidi's pillow box!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gail! It took me forever to decide what I was going to do.
DeleteLove all your projects! I especially like your fun with shapes anniversary card.Love all the little details on that card.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jeannine! I think that one was the most fun to make.
DeleteMarsha, pairing the Serene Scenery DSP with the Swirly Scribbles thinlits was a terrific idea. Love the repetition of shapes and the addition of those beautiful butterflies. What a distinctly different and playful Anniversary card! Then too, pairing the Gorgeous Grunge in the second card with the butterflies continues the theme and gives those butterflies a feeling of movement. Love it! And then there is your CASE of my little pillow box. It certainly makes a great card! Love the colours (of course) and using that Floral Boutique DSP as your inspiration for the cluster of flowers. Finishing up with the pearls is just the touch of elegance they needed.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Heidi! These were all fun projects to make. I'm really liking that Serene Scenery DSP, too.
DeleteMarsha what a great round of projects. I love your special Anniversary card, with Swirly bird bits, because that's so typical of our blog hops, taking the suggested themes, going around in circles deciding how to make them our own by adding the "little bits of this and that". Love it. I love how Kathe used the term "zooming" to describe your butterfly card. It's amazing how those lines from Gorgeous Grunge add the movement to your card. Great job. I also love how you've turned Heidi's pillow box design into such a beautiful card. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Penny!
DeleteThree fabulous projects, Marsha! I just can't choose a favourite, because you've used all of my favourite stamp sets and colours :) I do love how those butterflies seem to be blasting off into the air on your 2nd card; they must've just come out of their cocoons!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Deborah!
DeleteWhat a fun card you created when you just wanted to have fun with shapes! The use of Gorgeous Grunge reminds me of "butterfly dust" like "fairy dust" as they move through the air. I also CASEd Heidi beautiful pillow box and use the Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper - our minds were going down the same inspired track! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Marie! I like your "butterfly dust." I'll have to remember that.
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