TABH Challenge 23

Welcome to the Three Amigos Blog Hop. We are three friends with a love for stamping and paper crafting, and would like to share our creative ideas with you on the 3rd of each month. There are only three stops on this hop, so it will only take a few minutes to hop through. When you finish hopping, be sure to check out the Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge!

We have an Inspiration Photo Challenge for you this month. I received an email from Pier1 at the beginning of the year and fell in love with the colors and patterns in this photo.

See what I mean?!? I love the pillow design and the touches of gold, so I added those elements to my layout. (I apologize for the coloring in the photo. The gold in the "Love" title reflected color onto the background. I didn't notice until I uploaded the photo to edit.)

I pulled out several retired products from my stash to use along with a few current products. The three main colors are Sapphire, Glacier, and Sorbet. Have you figured out how I created my flowers and leaves yet?

The flowers are die cut from a combination of a stitched scallop edge die and a stitched oval die. I cut the scallop first, then positioned the oval to turn it into a flower. The leaves use the Stitched Quilted Shapes Thin Cuts. I added a stitched look to the stems with one of the Stitched Border Thin Cuts.

Some of the dies only pierce the stitch marks (the images without grey shadowing in the photo above). I used the die with the three loops toward the bottom of the photo and fussy cut the center loop for the leaves. This was a great way to use up scraps!

Thanks for hopping by today! Hop over to Lisa's Blog and Donna's Blog to see what they created for you, then over to the Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge. We hope you play along!

Supplies Used:

CC2193 Heart Happy Paper Packet

X7241C So Much Happy Compliments

Z4254 So Much Happy Puffy Stickers

X6021 Sapphire Cardstock

X6004 Glacier Cardstock

Z2848 Sapphire Ink Pad

Z2841 Glacier Ink Pad

Z2864 Sorbet Ink Pad (going soon)

Z3367 Vellum Paper

Z3365 Gold Foil Paper

Z3312 Gold Glitter Gems

Z3341 Thin 3D Foam Dots

Z4187 Stitched Ovals Thin Cuts

Z4241 Decorative Borders Thin Cuts

Z4258 Stitched Quilted Shapes Thin Cuts

Retired Products:

D1646 Finding The Words

D1702 Capture This

Z3217 Whimsy Paper Fundamentals (I used sorbet)

White Daisy Textured Cardstock

X7216C Hello Lovely Compliments

4275 My Legacy Writer Set