Lovely & Sweet Smile--#tgifc463

TGIF Challenges ha a great sketch challenge this week and as soon as I saw it, this card came into my head.  This usually never happens, I get an idea and then never know where it will lead me.  

The focal point on the card is the almond tree branch from the Lovely & Sweet stamp set (#162617).  It was stamped in Pebbled Path and colored with the following Stampin' Blends Combos:  Granny Apple Green, Moody Mauve, Bubble Bath, Gray Granite, Soft Sea Foam, and Pebbled Path.  The banner was stamped with a collage of images from the Notes of Nature stamp set (162630), all in Gray Granite.  The greeting is from Notes of Nature and was stamped in Pebbled Path.  Images from this stamp set were also stamped in first and second generations of Granny Apple Green on the Granny Apple Green card base, placed to peak out behind the Moody Mauve layer.  That layer was dry embossed with the stripes folder from the Stripes & Splatters 3D embossing folder set (#157980).

Other products used on this card:  Lovely & Sweet Dies (#162626), Nested Essentials Dies (#161597), 2023-2025 In Color Dots (#161620), and Parakeet Party metallic woven ribbon (#159196).

Here is the inspiration sketch from the TGIF Challenges team:

Have a great weekend!

--Sara Nell

Creation Station March Hop: Sweet Delights and Sugared Dreams

 

Welcome to the Creation Station March, 2024 Blog Hop.  Our theme this month is Sweet Delights and Sugared Dreams.  What a treat (pun intended)!

This month we are creating with all things sweet:  treats, drinks, sweet and cute animals and characters.  There will be lots of variety so make sure you click on the "Next" link at the end of each blog post to see each designer's interpretation 

of this theme.

Being a baker and candy maker, I love to gift "just because" homemade treats.  Stampin' Up!'s 2023-2025 In Color Treat Bags (#161752) are perfect for a little sweet treat gift.  I used the Lovely & Sweet Bundle (#162627) and the Notes of Nature Bundle (#162640) from Nature's Sweetness Suite to decorate these bags. The plants in the Lovely & Sweet stamp set are ones from which my favorite sweet baking ingredients come:  chocolate, vanilla and almonds. Used together the two stamp and die sets are great for layering and creating a focal point for the treat bags. 

The theobroma cacao plant is one from which lots of chocolate products are made.  The plant was stamped in Pebbled Path on white and colored with Granny Apple Green, Pecan Pie and Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends.  It was die cut and layered over circle die cut using the Stylish Shapes dies (#159183)and stamped with a few images from both stamp sets in Gray Granite ink.  The greeting was stamped in  Pebbled Path and die cut with a label die from the Lovely & Sweet dies.  The flag was made using Pebbled Path card stock and embossed using the Stripes & Splatters 3D embossing folders (#157980).  It was wrapped with a piece of Natural Wavy Trim (#161517).  I used a Pebbled Path treat bag for this one.  A piece of Parakeet Party metallic woven ribbon (#159196) closes the bag.  A few Pebbled Path dots (2023-2025 In Color Dots, #161620) finish the bag decoration.

The vanilla orchid (vanilla planifolia) is featured on a Wild Wheat treat bag, tied closed with pieces of Wild Wheat jute trim (2023-2025 In Color Jute Trim, #161637) and gold Simply Elegant Trim (#155766). The plant was stamped in Pebbled Path and colored with Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam and Wild Wheat Stampin' Blends, then die cut.  It is layered over a basic white rectangle die cut using the Nested Essentials dies (#161597).  The rectangle was stamped with a splatter and small graph designs in Pebbled Path and Lemon Lolly.  The greeting from Gorgeously Made stamp set (#161193) was stamped in Pebble Path.  A leaf sprig die cut in Soft Sea Foam is also adhered to the rectangle under the vanilla orchid.  The rectangle is layered over two die cut Wild Wheat vines. Wild Wheat dots finish the bag design.

The prunus dulcis is species of almond tree.  I love almonds--especially with chocolate!  Because the flowers on the tree are pale pink with darker centers, I used the Moody Mauve treat bag for this one and layered it with a rectangle of Moody Mauve card stock embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder (#156505).  The plant was stamped in Pebbled Path, colored with Old Olive, Soft Sea Foam, Gray Granite, Bubble Bath and Moody Mauve Stampin' Blends and die cut.  It is layered over a circle die cut using the Stylish Shapes dies and stamped with a collage of images stamped in Gray Granite.  The greeting is stamped in Pebbled Path and die cut using the label die.  The treat bag is closed with pieces of Moody Mauve Jute Twine and Sweet Sorbet woven metallic ribbon (#159200) tied in a bow on the front of the bag.  Moody Mauve dots complete the design. 

I can't wait to fill these pretty bags with treats featuring chocolate, vanilla and almonds!  But, for now, we need to head over to Julie Beltramo's blog, Just Julie B's Stampin' Space, and see what sweet delights she has to share.

To Julie's Blog . . .

Have a wonderful week!

--Sara Nell