January's Stamp of the Month set: Adore You

The last few weeks have been rough! Sickness, more sickness, holiday stuff, school catch-up work, birthdays, high school dance, finals... ugh. We are definitely due for a break; and I am completely exhausted. Now that everyone is finally well and pretty much caught up at school, I am hoping that this extended weekend gives us all a chance to recover.

I was, however, able to squeeze out a few minutes to make some cards with the current stamp of the month set, Adore You. This set of 12 has beautifully illustrated hearts and flowers with romantic script sentiments. It was so nice to be able to sit down, be creative and do something that I enjoyed. I was also able to use some of the new paper packs available in the new Seasonal Expressions, Jan.-Apr. 2017. You can check it out online or get in touch with me to pick up your copy.

This first card has a paper pieced heart; I used a diagonal striped print from the Whimsy Fundamentals set with the rest colored in markers. I stamped all the images with Slate, except for the sentiment which was in Pomegranate.



This next card is a print from the new Some Kinda Wonderful pack. I took advantage of the large circle print as the base of the design. I stamped the small flower in black on all of the colored circles, in various directions -- leaving one open. On the open one, I stamped the 'thank you' sentiment. Then I stamped the small heart in black multiple times, cut them out and attached them over all the black and white circles. Then I just dressed it up, messily coloring the inside of the small flowers and adding a touch of the Shimmer Brush and finishing it up with a border on the bottom.



This card is using prints from what I think is my favorite new paper pack right now: Hello Lovely. I did all the stamping in Fern, then the rest was colored in with markers. These prints and colors are so pretty together -- just love them!



This last card has the flower designs stamped in Desert Sand, then colored in with markers. I used the new Shimmer Brush in Gold to add some accents to the center of the flowers. The sentiments are stamped in Eggplant and Tangerine.



So much fun! I love being able to color the stamps in with fun and different color combinations. It is a lovely stamp set, make sure to get your order in before January is over.

Enjoy! Dani