by Administrator18. April 2026 20:00
I've been away for a couple of days and not been into my craft room for over a week, so having been out for a long walk around a local reservoir this morning which the hubs was paddleboard training the rescue crew for some local open water swimmers, I rewarded myself this after noon with some crafting just for fun! I took my inspiration from a number of challenges:
I was intrigued by the squared background layout over at Atlantic Hearts Challenge (you should definitely checked out the embossed card that my sweet friend LeAnne, who is on their DT, created - it's fabulous!) but I wanted to combine with the challenge over at Just Us Girls where I haven't managed to play along for a few weeks as life keeps getting in the way and this week I had found the perfect piece of paper covered in umbrellas and flowers, inspired by their photo mood board. My sentiment was chosen with the challenge over at Time Out in mind: I chose rain (umbrellas),bloom (flowers) and hope (my sentiment) - take a look at the card I created:
My card is pretty self-explanatory and I used up a bunch of retired product: Pleased As Punch designer paper, Stitched Shapes dies to cut out the squares and circle, some coordinating flowers cut using the Pierced Blooms Dies to embellish my sentiment, which is from the 'Under My Umbrella' stamp stamp set:
I added another piece of that pretty designer paper to the envelope flap for a co-ordinated finishing touch.
That's all from me; enjoy your evening and I'll be back tomorrow with another project for our new challenge over at The Paper Players. Until then, happy stampin'!
