Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop! This month's theme is one that I love but also find super challenging! We have to do black and white and some accent color... If you’re following along the hop, you’ve arrived from Twila’s blog. Don’t forget to click the Next button at the bottom to continue on the hop with Kirsteen's blog.
This month we have three guest blog hoppers. Make sure to check them out too!
Bibiana Cameron
Maria Willis
Lana Staab
This month we have three guest blog hoppers. Make sure to check them out too!
Bibiana Cameron
Maria Willis
Lana Staab
I have been so excited for all the bumblebees in our catalogs right now! Stampin' Up! must know how much I love bumblebees because my name, Melissa, means honeybee in Greek! So I have always loved them. I used Crushed Curry as my accent color. And gold, of course.
There are some sweet details you are going to want to see. The background was made by spritzing watercolor paper with water and then stamping the Watercolor Wash background stamp making the "honey". The bees were cut using the Dragonflies thinlits and then I made them glimmer with the Wink of Stella Brush. I used the Pop of Paradise DSP paper with the black and white zigzags. The details are just too sweet, right?
| I had seen people doing cute things with the bags from our latest Paper Pumpkin kit and wondered what would happen if I sponge brayered it with Crushed Curry... Cute right? Add a little bee from the Inside the Lines DSP (a free Sale-a-bration item) colored with a Crushed Curry marker and some Wink of Stella on his wings (trust me it's there) and he's adorable! I added some free gold ribbon from Sale-a-bration, a little sentiment from Pun Intended and a gold paperclip, of course. |  |
So, who's hopping this month? Quite a few accomplished crafters! Click the next button or see the full line up below, plus scroll down to the bottom to see a giveaway I am doing.
Thank you for much for hopping with us! If you comment below I will select a winner to be sent a special little treat in the mail. And keep coming back to the blog-- I still need to show you Marianne's birthday party treat boxes!
Happy crafting,
Melissa
- Barbara Welch
- Elizabeth Jeanne
- Kathie Rotti
- Lynn Streifert
- Lana Staab
- Raquelle Clifton
- Steph Jandrow
- Twila Davis
- Melissa Thomas (you are here!)
- Kirsteen Gill
- Cindy Slack Waldroff
- Maria Willis
- Kim Lamos
- Bibi Cameron
- Andrea Tracy-Tucker
Thank you for much for hopping with us! If you comment below I will select a winner to be sent a special little treat in the mail. And keep coming back to the blog-- I still need to show you Marianne's birthday party treat boxes!
Happy crafting,
Melissa
