More Than Ice Cream

Happy First Day of Summer!!

What better way to celebrate than with a big scoop of ice cream?

Using a new Hero Arts stamp set Color Layering Ice Cream I made up this adorable card for my little buddy Rylee.  School was out a few weeks ago and she's been so busy that I haven't seen hide nor hair of her.  I wanted to send a little something her way this week to let her know how much I like her....and miss her little face.

The layers on this stamp set are incredible.  I swear it looks yummy enough to eat!  And check out those adorable sprinkles that I used for the background!  I'm just totally in love with this stamp set!  I don't have the dies yet but to be perfectly honest, the shapes in this set are super easy to cut out with scissors so I'm not even sure I'll be needing the dies.

This closeup shows a little more of the details.  This Love and Ice Cream sentiment set by Reverse Confetti is so nice and bold and fun!  It coordinates perfectly with this delicious ice cream cone!

for this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps: Color Layering Ice Cream Cone (Hero Arts), Love and Ice Cream (Reverse Confetti), Candy Jars (My Favorite Things. 
Ink: spring rain (Simon Says Stamp), wet cement, mint julep, soft sand (Hero Arts Shadow Ink), rose quartz, soft garnet (The Ton), pink lemonade (My Favorite Things), onyx black (Versafine), clear emboss. 
Paper: fog cardstock (Simon Says Stamp), white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah). 
Accessories: Tag Builders Fri-Dies (CAS-ual Fridays), Blueprints #15 die (My Favorite Things) clear sequins, bakers twine, clear embossing powder (WOW).

There is nothing sweeter to me than when I can mix and match a bunch of different sets of stamps and dies to make one card.  I feel like I'm getting so much more use out of my supplies that way.  This card incorporates the Hero Arts Color Layering Ice Cream Cone set along with three awesome stamp sets from My Favorite Things.  I thought they worked so well together and that combining them really makes my card a little bit unique.

for this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps:  Color Layering Ice Cream Cone (Hero Arts), Candy Jar Companions, You're The Sweetest, Fine Chevron background (My Favorite Things).

Ink: wet cement, cup o' joe, mint julep (Hero Arts Shadow Ink), Hollyhock (Simon Says Stamp), red sangria, rose quartz (The Ton),  onyx black (Versafine).

Paper: fog, cotton candy (Simon Says Stamp), white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah).

Accessories: Sweet Treats, scallop dies (My Favorite Things), Tag Buddies (CAS-ual Fridays), Stitched Mats Rectangle dies (Lil' Inker Designs), striped washi tape (Recollections), twine, dimensional tape (3M).

The soft serve ice cream top from Hero Arts fits really well into the little cupcake/bowl from the My Favorite Things stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to check back later because this is going to be an amazing week of sneak peaks.  Catherine Pooler is revealing some fun new stamps and dies for the opening of her new store this weekend!  I have a whole bunch of fun projects I've been working on behind the scenes and can't wait to show you.  She'll have some videos and projects up this week over on her blog too so be sure to stop by CatherinePooler.com today!   

The next new Stamp of Approval box is scheduled for release on July 13th, woohoo!  You still have some time to enter to win it for free!!  Entries are due today so check out the details------->HERE<------!!

I hope you all have a wonderful summery day!