Flowering Tulips for the Ink.Stamp.Share Blog Hop | January 2022 - Pick a Suite

Flowering Tulips with Calming Camellia

Happy Saturday and welcome to my blog!  Today I am hopping along the Ink.Stamp.Share Monthly Blog Hop as we share projects which we have created from the fabulous Suite Collections.  We hope that we inspire you to create along with us.  There are several of us hopping today - you will find the list to follow along towards the bottom of my blog post - so sit back and enjoy your favorite coffee, tea, water or smoothie as we share some handmade projects with you!

Today's Project

Don't you just love tulips?  I do!  My parents were blessed to travel to the Netherlands decades ago and were in awe of the endless fields of tulips.  Tulips bring such hope and happiness of the season ahead.  For more details about this amazing flower, click here.

The Flowering Fields Suite has some beautiful samples in the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog created by the Concept Artists.  While Jo Blackman, the organizer of this blog hop, did an unbelievable presentation of this Suite during OnStage@Home in November 2021.  This Suite is comprised of Two Stamp Set  Bundles with Dies, Flowering Fields 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, Evening Evergreen Double Pane Checked Ribbon and Brushed Brass Butterfly Embellishments.

And, yes, with this being my first time to use this amazing Suite, I had to CAS(e) the Catalog as Flowering Tulips is a 2-Step Stamp Set and I wanted to practice using the stamps in the way they were intended to used before I let my creativity run wild.  I hope this inspires you to do the same.

Project Details

The Designer Series Paper used for the catalog sample was the inspiration for the background layer that I created for my card.  Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party and Soft Succulent inks were blended onto Pool Party Cardstock with a Blending Brush.  The two-step tulip blooms were stamped several times on some Basic White Cardstock scraps to test all sorts of color combinations and layering possibilities with Calypso Coral and Petal Pink being my decisions for today's card.

The stems, leaves and grass were stamped with Pear Pizzazz and Soft Succulent inks.  [NOTE: Yes, the stems and leaves are fun to stamp... it just took me about four attempts to get the angles I was wanting to achieve as there are all sorts of directions you can go with these images. **WINK**]  The Calming Camellia sentiment was inked with VersaMark, stamped onto a strip of Petal Pink and heat embossed with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder.  The panel was layered up with scraps of Petal Pink Cardstock.  White Baker's Twine was wrapped around the stamped layer twice along with a single wrap of Gold Simply Elegant Trim and tied off with a bow.  The stamped layer was layered up with Basic White Thick scraps to recreate a flush back layer for adhering to the blended Pool Party Cardstock layer.  The Brushed Brass Butterflies were added for the final touch.

The inside layers were replicated to compliment the card front including the heat embossed Calming Camellia sentiment.  The envelope front and flap were also stamped to compliment the card with the  inspirational Flowering Fields DSP used for the envelope liner.

More Inspiration

I hope you have been inspired by my project so you, too, can create something amazing with these  Stampin' Up! products from the Flowering Fields Suite.  Now it's time to continue along the blog hop to see what Linda and the others have created to inspire you.  So click the next button below or look at the list below and continue along.  You definitely don't want to miss any.

Roll Call

Jo Blackman

Dana Sullivan

Sue McDonald

Kim Price

Susan Simpson

Nicole Mahler

Annette Elias

Kirsty Pattrick

Gez Carpenter

Tricia Butts

Jill Chapman

Stacey Marsh

Mo Rootes

Karen Egan

Rochelle Laird-Smith

Donna Lester

Cindy Mitchell-Clark

Cheryl Diana

Victoria Littlewood

Angie McKenzie

Linda Moore

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the world!

Have a blessed day!

You Can Make This Card!

Here's What You'll Need to Get Started...

BASICS

• Clear Blocks B, C, D, H; Stamparatus; Small Grid Paper; Paper Trimmer; Paper Snips; Heat Tool; Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive; Stampin' Dimensionals

STAMPS

• Flowering Tulips Cling Stamp Set (Bundled Savings with the Tulip Dies.  Part of the Flowering Fields Suite Collection for additional savings);  Calming Camellia Host Cling Stamp Set (Can be earned for FREE during Sale-a-Bration with a qualifying order)

INK

• Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Succulent, Calypso Coral, and Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pads; VersaMark Pad

PAPER

• Pool Party and Basic White Cardstocks; Flowering Fields 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper; Basic White Medium Envelopes

OTHER

• Metallics Embossing Powders; Baker's Twine Essentials Pack; Simply Elegant Trim; Brushed Brass Butterflies

You can purchase any of these supplies from my online store if you live in the USA and do not already have a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator.

Time to Use Your Paper Trimmer!

PAPER CUTS

• Basic White - 3-1/4" x 5-1/2" (x2) 
• Thick Basic White - Scraps for layering 
• Pool Party - 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" scored at 4-1/4" (card base); 4" x 5-1/2" (x2)