Those stripes are Haute!

 Hello everyone!  Today I have a couple things to share with you.  Starting with a few cards I've made using my new background stamp from The Ton.  I just can get enough of these Haute Stripes!!  It stamps such a clean, crisp image.  I especially love it in gray!  Any color pops so nicely off  of a clean gray and white background.

Here I've added a little pop of color using stamped flowers from the Eva's Favorite Flowers stamp set that was in first Stamp of Approval Collection.  I thought I'd make it a little whimsical by using a colored pencil to scribble a center onto each of the flowers.

for this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps: Eva's Favorite Flowers (Stamp of Approval Friendship Collection/Winnie & Walter), Haute Stripes (The Ton), Expressions For You (Simon Says Stamp).   Ink:  rosie cheeks (Simon Says Stamp), soft granite, charcoal (Hero Arts Shadow Ink).   Paper:  silver sparkle cardstock (My Favorite Things),  white cardstock 140 lb (Neenah).   Accessories:  Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner dies, Blueprints #15 dies (My Favorite Things),  You die (Simon Says Stamp) magenta colored pencil (EK Success), fun foam, clear sequins (unknown).

Using Altenew's Lacy Scrolls stamp and dies I stamped green leaves and scrolls right over the top of the Haute Stripes.  Then I stamped these beautiful peonies, shaded them with a little colored pencil then popped them up with some dimensional tape.  Such a simple card with a lot of detail.

for this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps:  Haute Stripes (The Ton), Lacy Scrolls (Altenew), Written in Watercolor (My Favorite Things).  Ink: soft granite, field greens (Hero Arts Shadow Ink), rosie cheeks (Simon Says Stamp), clear watermark (Versamark).   Paper:  white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah).  Accessories:  Lacy Scrolls dies (Altenew), metallic platinum sparkle embossing powder (WOW), colored pencils (EK Success), fun foam, dimensional tape, clear sequins (unknown).

Keeping with the peonies and striped theme I made this card in a similar way except I stamped and diecut the leaves separately.  I'm planning to make a whole set in this style to give to a friend as a gift.

for this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps: Haute Stripes, Large Peony 2 (The Ton), Lacy Scrolls (Altenew).  Ink: soft sand, field greens (Hero Arts Shadow Ink), coral crush (My Favorite Things), clear watermark (Versamark).  Paper: white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah).  Accessories: Lacy Scroll dies (Altenew), gold embossing powder (Ranger), champaign sequins (Lucy's Cards), dimensional tape.

Blogger Alert!

A couple more things before you go.  The wonderful Catherine Pooler of CatherinePooler.com has invited me to be a guest blogger over on her blog today. Stop on over and check out my post ----->HERE where I'm using  an exclusive sketch from StampNation to make a card!  Give me a shoutout and let me know what you think!

Oh and.....while you're over there  WIN! WIN!WIN!........Catherine is at it again!!  There's a new Stamp of Approval box coming out on April 20th and Catherine is giving one away!!  Check out the details -----> HERE and get your entry in by April 11th!!

There's another great challenge posted over at StampNation!  Check out these samples from the design team!  Can you believe it?  One photo inspired all these different looks.  Genius I tell you!!  StampNation sistahs let's see whatcha got!  I can't wait to see how you are inspired!  If you're not a member of StampNation yet go 

------->HERE to learn more today!

Have a great day!!