My Heart is Full | Crafty Friends Blog Hop ft The Stamp Market

Hi There! 

Welcome to another Crafty Friends Blog Hop. If you have not joined us for one of our hops before, the Crafty Friends Blog Hop is a group of friends who have all shared some common crafty beginnings, and we hop each month with a spotlight on a company we love. 

This month, we are spotlighting products from The Stamp Market.  

As with previous months, we have a coupon code to offer you, that is good for today and tomorrow on the official The Stamp Market website.  

For my card today, I used the "Bouquet of Kindness" Stamp Set, as well as the "Criss Cross Background" Stamp.  I've used both of these sets in the past, but I just love them!

I began by stamping the floral image from the "Bouquet of Kindness" Stamp Set onto Sweet Sentiment Coloring Paper with Gina K Designs "Barely There" Amalgam ink.  Then I used ALL the coloring things (Not really, but close!) to color in the image.  I began with the Copics to get a nice saturated base, then added colored pencil shading and details.  Because I go through certain shading colors so quickly, I've supplemented my ColorBurst pencil set with a few Prismacolor pencils.

Copic Colors Used: 

E0000, YR00, YR02, E08, Y00, Y08, E47, YG93, G21, YG99

ColorBurst Pencils Used:

09, 018, 019, 023, 037, 040, 048

Prismacolor Pencils Used:

PC947, PC1026, PC1065, PC1079

Once I was happy with my coloring, I added a few details with a white gel pen, and then die cut the image into a heart shape, using the second largest die in the Heart-Felt die set.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in Copper Embossing Powder.  

I stamped the "Criss Cross Background" Stamp in River Stone Ink onto a piece of Tin Pail card stock.  Once stamped, I die cut the same heart shape out of the background, then matted the stamped panel onto a piece of River Stone card stock.  I adhered the stamped heart piece to the card front with foam squares. This allows a "shadow" to show when the card is held at an angle.  

I adhered the card front to a white card base, and added a few Nuvo drops to add a bit of subtle shine.

I hope you enjoyed today's card.  The "Bouquet of Kindness" Stamp Set, and the "Criss Cross Background" Stamp are both such fun sets.  Be sure to get your hands on them!

The next stop, in today's hop, is Lydia!  

If you've somehow been turned around, or missed a stop, here's a handy list for reference.

Ilina Crouse

Becky Roberts

Sandi MacIver

Sue Plote

Sara Sherlock (You are here!)

Lydia Fiedler

Jill Hillard

Jen Timko
Amy Kolling
Jenny Hall

Tanya Boser

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used**:

Use this easy list to find the products I used in my projects. (Contains affiliate links - where I earn a commission from purchases made from my links, at no cost to you. Your support helps me keep this blog going, and continue to create - Thank you! Affiliates and disclosures can be found here.) Please note, when possible, I try to offer multiple sources for the items I use. Products with two or more logos - underneath, or on the side, give you options of where to purchase, in case the item has sold out at one shop. To visit the first store, click on the photo of the item. To visit the second (or greater) source, click the logo for the second shop - you will still be taken directly to the product. 

**If a particular item I used was out of stock when I was preparing my post, or the item I used was discontinued, I have provided a link to a similar item - that is available - when a substitution would not affect the card design.