Hydrangeas represent gratitude, grace, abundance, and beauty. The Hydrangea Hill Suite makes it simple to add the beauty and grace of hydrangea flowers to your Spring projects of all kinds.
The two-step style of this set makes it quick and easy to create simple stamped cards that wow. Add in the coordinating dies, paper, and embellishments from the Hydrangea Hill Suite and you can step it up and let your creative style bloom abundantly!
Hydrangea Hill Card/Gift Box
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SUPPLIES:
BUNDLE
Hydrangea Haven stamp & dies bundle (#156251)
STAMPS
Hydrangea Haven Photopolymer Stamp Set (#154470)
PAPER
Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper (#154570), Hydrangea Hill Mercury Glass Designer Acetate (#154574), Basic White (#159276)
INK
Tuxedo Black Memento (#132708), Old Olive (# 147090), Highland Heather (#147103), Rococo Rose (#150080), Seaside Spray (#150085)
TOOLS
Hydrangea Dies (#154326), Stamping Sponges (#141337) or Sponge Daubers (#133773)
Sprinkle beautiful colors together with sweet images, add a hint of nostalgia, and you’ve created the perfect recipe for the Ice Cream Corner Suite!
Whether you are sending sweet thoughts and birthday wishes or creating cool summer memories, this coordinating two-step stamp set and punch bundle are a must-have combo. From kids to the young-at-heart you’ll create smiles with every project you make.
The bright, fun Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper adds the perfect backdrop for the ice cream cones and popsicle images, but it also coordinates so you can punch swirly ice cream scoops and waffle cones with or without stamping.
Add in the Ice Cream Corner sprinkles as embellishments or for shaker cards, and a pinch of BlackBerry Bliss Striped Ribbon to top off you ice cream creations in style!
The tutorial below features the Ice Cream Corner Suite combined with an ombre background, sweet details, and scrumptious colors. This cool card will melt hearts, but won’t melt in the mail!
Ice Cream Corner Ombre Card
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SUPPLIES:
STAMPS
Sweet Ice Cream Photopolymer stamp set (#154456)
PAPER
Pool Party (#122924), Thick Basic White (#159229), Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper (#154567)
INK
Blackberry Bliss Pad (#147092), Terracotta Tile (#150086), Bermuda Bay (#147096), Pool Party (#147107), VersaMark Pad (#102283)
ADHESIVES
Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755), Stampin’ SEAL (#152813)
TOOLS
Paper Snips (#103579), Rectangle Stitched Dies (#151820), Blending Brushes (#153611), Ice Cream Cone Builder Punch (#154241), Heat Tool (#129053)
Are you ready to color some Darling Donkeys with Stampin’ Blends, like I did for these adorable cards? The Darling Donkeys Stamp Set is a Sale-A-Bration freebie, and one not to be missed!
I love that one of the best times of the Stampin’ Up! year is here! It is time to Sale-A-Brate, and between now and February 28, 2021, your purchase of Stampin’ Up! products earn you a FREE item(s).
Question: What’s the big deal, you may think, everyone has the ability to earn free product any time of the year. What makes Sale-A-Bration special?
Answer: During Sale-A-Bration (or SAB), a minimum order of $50 earns you a free product from the select offerings. During the rest of the year, you would need an order totaling $150 before you earn something for FREE.
Quick and Easy Cards
I colored each donkey’s inner ears and muzzle with the Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend.
My time is extra short right now, and I need to make quick and easy cards. With the Darling Donkeys Stamp Set and Stampin’ Blends, I was able to do just that, and made 3 different cards in under an hour.
First, I stamped the 3 donkeys from the Darling Donkey Stamp Set using Memento Black Ink on White Cardstock. If there were more images, I would have kept stamping, these donkeys are so cute!
I could have easily left the stamped images as plain rectangle shapes, but decided to die-cut them with the Stitched So Sweetly Dies instead. This adds another sweetness to the Darling Donkeys!
I used the second to the largest rectangle die for my cards.
Just Add Color, With Stampin’ Blends
On this card, I used Stampin’ Blends in Dark Calypso Coral and Light Old Olive for the flower and stem.
I have to admit, I am not a huge fan of coloring. I like to keep it simple. The Stampin’ Blends really brought out the artist in me for these Darling Donkeys. And I didn’t need every color in the spectrum to create these colorful donkeys.
Minimal supplies and minimal efforts is my motto when it comes to coloring.
I started coloring the outlines along the Darling Donkey stamped images with the Dark Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blend. Next, I blended in some Light Smoky Slate, leaving blank space in the middle of each donkey. I filled in that space with the Light Crumb Cake, and added more of this color to each donkey’s face. This creates lots of depth and highlights with little effort!
More Color Choices
As card-maker artists, color choice is important. But to be honest, I was in a hurry when I created these cards. So I based my color selection off of what was sitting on my desk at the time…the 2019-2021 In Color Designer Series Paper.
These colors are retiring in a few short months! Get yours before they are gone for good.
Sometimes laziness pays off, and these color choices worked great for my Darling Donkey Cards. From the 5 available colors in this collection, I chose Terra-Cotta Tile, Pretty Peacock and Seaside Spray. I thought the wood-grain style design worked best with my donkey cards.
These soon-to-be retired colors represented my card bases and the designer series paper. I also used like colored ink to add a little tone on tone stamping on my card base, as seen with the small asterisk or star or flower stamp (however you like to interoperate it!).
Creating Drama With Paper Scraps
My stamped and colored Darling Donkeys would look pretty plain without a fun background to kick around on. Stripes are super popular right now, and using paper scraps is not only economical, but fun!
I used a 3 x 4″ piece of Gray Granite Cardstock, and adhered 3/4″ strips of Crumb Cake and White Cardstock to it. I made sure that no matter which direction (horizontal or vertical) this piece worked for my card, that the stripes were horizontal in direction. Just personal choice, really.
When making the stripes for my card, I relied on small paper scraps on hand, stored separately in my craft room.
So Darling!
I hope that I have inspired you to create some Darling Donkey cards! They were quick and easy, and turned out so stinking cute. The reality is, you could substitute any stamped image for the donkeys and have just as much fun, with great results.
Make sure you stop by my online store while Sale-A-Bration continues to scoop up this great Darling Donkeys Stamp Set. Whether you use it for birthday cards, get well cards or thinking of you cards, it will make a sweet addition to your crafting projects.
Who could pick a favorite?
To see another blog post that showcases the use of Stampin’ Blends, click here. Looking for great Stampin’ Blends organization tips? Check out this blog post! Get ready to color your world!
