Stamping Friends Trifecta Blog Hop & Giveaway

Welcome to the Stamping Friends Trifecta Blog Hop!  Picket Fence Studios, Gina K Designs, and My Sweet Petunia are creating together today!

My art projects always begin with opening my MISTI!  I don't stamp without it!  I started by stamping a sentiment from Small Ways to Say Thank You by Picket Fence Studios multiple times.

 Next, I used the small Cut Align ruler and cut the sentiments.  This ruler is so cool! It has so many measurement grids, it's easy to line up the sentiment and get a straight cut.  Normally, I struggle with cutting tiny sentiments evenly but with the Cut-Align it was easy to do.  

I decided to see how the Cut-Align would work for creating long and very thin strips of cardstock.  As much as I have tried I have never been able to cut tiny strips straight when using any of my paper cutters.  I cut 6 thin strips of GKD Jelly Bean Green Pure Luxury Cardstock and I was delighted with the results using the large Cut-Align ruler!

The Elegant Aster Stamp set by Gina K Designs is gorgeous and includes a trio of blooms which I stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed.  Next, I die cut the flowers with the Elegant Asters Die set.  Lastly, I added color to the petals using my Life Changing Blender Brushes.

Then it was time to put the card together.  I arranged the thin Jelly Bean Green strips on the right side of the card, then stamped the large "Thank You" from Ways To Say Thank You by Picket Fence Studios.  Next, I arranged the Asters and added enamel dots to the centers. Lastly, I added one of the sentiment strips I cut at the beginning of the project.

With this card, I am featuring the color pink as one of my favorite things for this week's Free For All Challenge at Splitcoaststampers!

      

         

             

      

For my second card, I used the Mini MISTI.  Oh, my!  I love this little tool. It's just right for card projects!  I love how lightweight the Mini is and it doesn't take up much workspace.  For the first time, I can even imagine the possibility of stamping on the go!  I believe I will be investing in a couple more Minis soon!  

I stamped the Wishes sentiment from the Wishes Mini Set by Gina K Designs on a piece of 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 inch cardstock. (Wishes Die sold separately) Next, I stamped "Sending" and "Warm" on a separate piece of cardstock and cut them apart with the small Cut Align ruler.  

For my next step, I stamped the Chirp Chirp birds by Picket Fence Studios, colored the little trio and die cut them with coordinating dies.  Then, I remembered I have several packs of Gina K Designs Patterned Paper in my stash so I pulled out the stacks and decided on this plaid from Poppy Prints.  That's another thing I want to add to my inventory, more Gina K Patterned Paper!  Gina K paper is lovely!

    

                     

        

             

                                 

    

                                                                   

I hope you are still with me because this Trifecta Blog Hop comes with prizes! 

Each of the three companies sponsoring this hop is giving away a $50.00 Gift Voucher! Wow!  All you need to do to be eligible to win is comment on each stop in the hop!  Winners will be announced on each company blog by June 7th. 

Gina Krupsky

My Sweet Petunia

Picket Fence Studios

Karen Hightower

Ilina Crouse

Sheri Gilson

Jeanne Streiff

Cathy Tidwell

Lydia Fiedler

Donna Idlet

Susie Moore

Ceal Pritchett

Lisa Hetrick

Giovana Smith

Mindy Eggen

Stephanie Severin

Rema DeLeeuw

Chris Dayton

Emily Loggans

Heather Ruwe

Arjita Singh

Karen Reategui

Melanie Muenchinger

Angela Bode. you are here!

Beth Silaika

Jen Timko

Jana Millen

Lisa Henke

Anna Wight

Judy Rozema

Susan Wymer

Hannah Schroepfer

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