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Good morning! I’m back today with another guest post for Concord and 9th‘s Feature Friday during their 2nd Birthday celebration! Today, the Where Creativity Meets C9 design team is focusing on the darling new Happy Balloons stamps and dies! (I love that you can purchase them in a bundle for a discounted price, too!) Last week, I lamented the fact that I hadn’t had time to use the fabulous Sprinkles Turnabout to make both a masculine and a feminine card, so I wanted to definitely do that this week with the Happy Balloons, because these stamps and dies are super versatile and just plain adorable.

I chose to work with my Distress Oxide inks this week to create an ethereal, bokeh-like effect. I thought the creaminess of the Oxides would be perfect to go with the balloons in the set!  I started by blending the Oxide inks, Cracked Pistachio and Broken China for the masculine card, Spiced Marmalade and Worn Lipstick for the feminine version, then spritzing both panels with some shimmery spray to bring out the “oxidized” effect on the blended panels. I also used a wet paintbrush to create some artsy splatters! Next, I used the solid balloons and my white pigment ink to stamp a random pattern of balloons. I thought the sheer white balloons reminded me of the bokeh effect that you see in those beautiful pictures on Pinterest!

After I had created my backgrounds, I die cut two of the larger balloons from plain white card stock, as well as a balloon string for each and a banner for each from the Happy Balloons die set. I stamped them with their coordinating images and sentiments from the Happy Balloons stamp set using silver sparkled embossing powder. I also die cut two of the “happy” balloon die cuts using silver sparkle paper, then trimmed off the balloon portion, leaving just the die cut word.

I trimmed each panel down a bit so that I could layer them on some more silver sparkle card stock, then adhered my die cuts using both dimensional adhesive and liquid adhesive. I love how that little banner is still 3-D even after it’s been adhered down with liquid adhesive. I have a feeling that will mail beautifully, because it lays totally flat when you put it in the envelope!

As a final touch, I added some Spectrum Noir shimmer pen to the balloons, then covered them with Nuvo Crystal Glaze to add even more shimmer and some different textures to these cards.

Well, that’s all for today’s post! Don’t forget to enter your card into the Where Creativity Meets C9 challenge this month… the theme is Anything Goes, and Concord and 9th has generously donated a $25 gift certificate to the lucky winner! You also have the opportunity to be chosen as a guest designer on a future challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by today… have a marvelous weekend!

Good morning again! I’m up on the Honey Bee Stamps blog today with a simple but pretty anniversary card. I hope you will stop by and take a peek! 
Have a marvelous Friday! 

Good morning! As today is August 9th, this means that Concord and 9th has a fabulous new release… a new release for their second birthday celebration (exciting, right?!), and we at Where Creativity Meets C9 were lucky enough to be asked by Greg and Angie from Concord and 9th to be their guests for the month of August! So, instead of seeing the normal two posts from everyone on the team throughout the month, we will join the Concord and 9th blog on Fridays for their Friday Feature posts! The Challenge this month is…

Anything goes! Super simple, right?

For their second birthday celebration, Concord and 9th have come up with an absolutely marvelous new release chock full of birthday-themed goodies. They also have an adorable incentive set that you can receive with any $60 purchase from the Concord and 9th website! It is on this Thank You incentive set that we are focusing our efforts today.

For my project today, I chose to work with the beautiful Petals and Pallets combo set to set off the bold fonts in the new Seriously, Thank You incentive set. I die cut and stamped the flowers in a pretty pink, purple, and yellow color scheme. I die cut a circle from some white card stock, then stamped the incentive set once in black ink and again on a piece of scrap paper using the same purple ink from my floral bouquet. I fussy cut the purple banner and adhered it over the top of the black stamped banner on my circle die cut.

Next, I stamped a 5.5×5.5 inch square card base with the Barnwood Background stamp and some gray ink. After I arranged my flowers on my card front behind the circle die cut, I used Press ‘n Seal to pick up my arrangement and add dimensional adhesive to the back. I adhered all of the die cuts to my card front, then added some sparkly sequins as a touch of sparkle.

And that’s it! Our challenge for this month is an easy one: Anything Goes! Just use your Concord and 9th stamps to create a card, then add it to our linkup to be entered to win our challenge! Stop by the Concord and 9th blog for all of the details on the beautiful new products in their birthday release, then get your shop on so that you can earn this beautiful (and so versatile!) incentive set! I’ll see you back here on Friday to share some more inspiration from this beautiful new release! Have a marvelous day, friends!

 

Good morning! Somehow, it’s already August 1, and that means it’s time for a new challenge for The Ton’s Challenge Blog! In an appropriate send off for the last month of summer, our challenge is:

Summer!

When I think of summer, I think of pretty skies, vacations, and fields of beautiful flowers. I thought I would combine them all in one card!

I started with a plain white A2 card base. I stamped the new Mountains set about halfway up the front using the Cocoa Collection, then blended some Cali Blue ink with my foam blending tool on the top of the card base to create my sky. I then die cut and stamped the gorgeous blooms from Fresh Cut Sunflowers using the Citrine collection inks and the leaves with the Crystal Garden inks. I stamped the fabulous (and summery!) greeting from Fresh Cut Sunflowers using Caviar ink. I adhered the pretty field of sunflowers to the bottom of the card using both dimensional and liquid adhesive. Looks like you were on a hiking trail looking out at a field of sunflowers at the foot of a mountain, right? I love when a card comes together in reality the same way it did in my head! 

The next card is very similar in design, but when I think of summer, gorgeous sunsets also come to mind. So, instead of a clear, blue sky, I chose to use the beautiful inks from The Ton to create a sunset. I stamped the Mountains about 1/3 of the way up on my vertical, top-folding card base using the Pewter Collection, but I didn’t realize that I hadn’t cleaned my stamps between cards, so the color came out a little more brown than anticipated. Whoops! I also used the lighter two shades of the Pewter Collection to stamp the last two layers of the Fresh Cut Poppies stamps onto white die cuts in order to create a field of white poppies. The sky was created by masking the mountains with Post It notes and blending Iris Blooms, Soft Garnet, and Peach Blossom inks using my Clarity Stencil Brushes. I stamped the lovely (and appropriate!) sentiment from Large Peony 4 using Caviar ink.

Not what you would immediately think of when presented with a”summer” theme, but I knew the other Design Team girls had some fabulous beachy inspiration for you, so I wanted to show that you can use florals for a summer theme, too! I live in the Midwest, where beaches are few and far between. Far more likely to see a beautiful field of flowers than a palm tree haha!

Now, it’s your turn! You have until August 31 to come up with a “summer” themed project of your own to add to our link up. The winner of the challenge will receive a $50 shopping spree to The Ton Stamps! So pull out those Ton stamps and get inky! Good luck!