Welcome to the Tropically Yours Stamp of Approval Blog Hop – Day Three! You’re probably hopping on over from Laurel Beard’s blog. Laurel is ah-mazing, isn’t she?!!! I love the texture she creates in her projects – plus she enables my crafty habit all the time…lol!
We’ve been showcasing the fabulous products in the Tropically Yours SOA box since Sunday, and let me tell you, we’re gonna finish it off the Creative Team hops with a bang today.
The Tropically Yours Stamp of Approval box is by far my favorite. I’m a sucker for anything foliage, texture and pattern. Throw in some scenic elements, and um, hello…have you ever been to my blog before?!! But before we get into the creative…let’s talk about the when, where and why.
If you’re a StampNation member, then join us tonight live from the clubhouse PJ Release Party – yup – I’ll be there!! You’ll be the first to get access to this hot collection in the shop. The waitlist will get the secret link at 9 am Wednesday first. So don’t miss being on the waitlist – why not, right? It’s all about access! If any boxes are left over at 6 pm later on Wednesday (and I’ll be floored if there are any – the collection is that good), the box will release to the public.
The Tropically Yours SOA Collection works flawlessly together. Most of the sentiments are hand lettered, so they are unique. The images are bold, great for techniques, and have just the right amount of CPD spunk. The textures…can we talk about those a second?
First off, Canvas Grunge background stamp – when Shawna Clingerman designed this textured design, I nearly fell out of my chair! Now, I am a bit of a clutz, so that’s not that far of a stretch, but I think I did audibly gasp. This stamp is SO up my alley, and you’ll see why shortly…Good Vibes Borders – what can I say – there isn’t one stamp in that set that you will not use over, and over – and then over again. It’s just THAT good. It’s rare to find an entire set of texture stamps that can not only create incredible full backgrounds, but be just the right little something your project needs, you know? Plus have sentiments…
Leave me in Paradise, Stand Tall, Tropically Yours and Fearless Pursuit – all of which I’m using today…I’ve never seen four stamp sets that work SO well together. Each one is distinctly different and has it’s own flavor, but together they really bring out the best in each other.
Make sure you don’t miss the Add-Ons – all four cookie cutter dies are additional (perfect for those who have a scan and cut like me, right?!!). Um, and yes…there’s a new ink in town – Coral Cabana. It’s part of the Carnivale Collection of Inks in the Party Line, and it’s gorgeous.
I’m showcasing all six stamp sets for you today…but there’s more…the Cabana Tiles Dies – wow. I don’t have a project today with those, but did you see what some of my Creative Team teammates did with those – I mean WOW!
So, head on over to the shop – get all your extras already into your cart, so that when the time comes….you just have to add the SOA and Add-ons and checkout. After all, you don’t want to miss all those little things (adhesive, the new Zig Blender Pen, Embossing Powders & Glitters, Paper – you’ll want some Sand Dunes cardstock if you don’t already have it, and the INKS!
Tropically Yours Projects
No. 1 – You Had Me At Aloha
First up…a little playful fun. This card has a lot going on. First off – look past all the cuteness on it to the textures. That Canvas Grunge background stamp is so beautiful, especially in that Coral Cabana. The textures it has is incredible. And this is stamped off!
I rarely use it directly stamped – it’s a powerful image, and when using it in the background…place a piece of copy paper – or better yet – a different project on it, lightly tap with your fingers and then do the same with your piece. For added interest, use the Good Vibes Boirders stamps repetitively in a light manner in the corners. See how they fade into the card?
I also used the same stamp in Black Jack on the Smoke cardstock. That pattern is literally pure perfection for a background, and it’s super easy to line up too!
The Flamingos are just darling. Their legs are in Coral Cabana, bodies in Be Mine and to get a black beak, squeeze your Black Jack ink pad to collect some ink in the lid. Use a Zig Blender Pen to pull some ink and color like a marker. The Tropically Yours stamp set has some great tropical floral images to go with a few fun sentiments. I love how fun this card is – with a tropical nod to Jerry McGuire!
No. 2 – Sending You Good Vibes
This is one of my favorites. The colors and textures just have make me smile. Seriously – take a good look at the texture created on the stamped images – and that’s just with ink!
The background has a great weathered and distressed look. Use the Canvas Grunge and Good Vibes Borders stamps and do a little ink blending on the edges and corners to antique it a bit. To compliment that, Use a different border stamp on the tag and card base – embossed in my new favorite WOW embossing powder – Bark! I love that color – and wait till tomorrow when I showcase the look of it on dark vs. light cardstock. On Catherine Pooler Chocolate cardstock though, it takes on this deep brown color that with these incredible border stamps is texture galore.
Stamp the same image lightly in Over Coffee onto Sand Dunes, once you’ve embossed your sentiment. Those are a few of the options from the Good Vibes Borders stamps – have I mentioned that set rocks!!
Notice the corners. Again there’s some repetitive stamping going on with the borders stamps. The key to achieving that look is to start light – stamp off onto scrap paper once or twice and then stamp once or twice and repeat. Line your stamp up each time to extend your pattern, and to get that faded look, change up how far in you go with that stamp. I started not quite half way in and ended up less than half that distance. It’s a great look.
The gorgeous hues of the spa line of inks really look amazing on the Leave Me in Paradise images. I like to die cut my images first then stamp – I find it simpler. The green leaves are a mixture of Green Tea, Eucalyptus and on some Spruce. The Oranges are Sauna, Mandarin Spice and on one Rockin’ Red.
My favorite leaf though is the one above the word You. To get that look, you’ll want to ink up just the outsides in Sauna/Mandarin Spice. Fade out the edges towards the middle with a mini ink blending tool, stamp and then ink up the middle with a little Green Tea/Eucalyptus – fading out the edges. Stamp and there’s your blended look! Isn’t it gorgeous?
No. 3 – Here Comes the Sun
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun… And I say… it’s all right. Sorry – now that’ll be stuck in your head all day! This classic and super simple card is a fun one with endless possibilities. To get a super smooth ink blend, I use watercolor paper – Laurel Beard gave me that tip a few years ago, thanks chickie!!
You’ll want to mask off your horizon line and then sponge your sky. Here you see Coral Cabana up top and Limoncello at the horizon. That gorgeous tangerine color in the middle is those two colors blended. I love the shade it creates!
Once you are happy with your sky, reverse your horizon mask and sponge All That Jazz at the horizon and Fiesta Blue at the bottom. Create a mask by tearing a small space at the edge. Use that along with a straight edge mask for your island. Pounce in Icing on the Cake to create your island.
Because this is on watercolor paper, I used my MISTI to stamp my images. The rough texture is tough to get a perfect image the first time. I repeatedly stamped my two palm trees. Isn’t it cool how they almost form a heart! To make sure I had enough space – I laid out my sentiment, then the trees.
The five sentiments in the Fearless Pursuit stamp set are all hand lettered by Shawna. I just LOVE them all. They are unique in appearance and different from what you see everyday. They are uplifting and perfect for so many of the people in your lives. I see myself using them ALL the time. PLUS she added a crazy amount of image stamps – There are 28 stamps in this set!!
Don’t you just love that little frayed grid on the sides – yup, you guessed it – Good Vibes Borders again. That pattern reminds me of Easy Joint Dry Wall Tape. I use that in mixed media projects as a texture all the time. So I was so excited to see a stamped version of it!
No. 4 – Mixed Media Good Vibes
You didn’t think I wasn’t going to throw something unexpected your way did you? This project has a story – a good one. I almost skipped this one for today, but in the end…I just had to share it with you. And it went all sorts of wrong – I almost threw the messed up version away – GASP! So I laid it to the side, and set out to re-do it. That’s this project. The almost trash (which is now my favorite, by the way) project I’ll have up tomorrow.
So back to today’s Mixed Media project. I had Batik fabrics in my head when I thought of this. So I figured i’d get out my Gel Plate and create a fun little background for a starting point – 9 2 page art journal spreads, and about 16 more monoprints later I had an arsenal of things to choose from. I picked my favorite green textured print and set out to create some cards.
To play off the Canvas Grunge stamp, my goal was to create a textured look. I incorporated using some Easy Joint Dry Wall Tape as a stencil – I figured it looked just like the stamp in Good Vibes, this way I could get that look, but use acrylic paint. So I ended up with a gorgeous piece of Greens, Burnt Umber and some Orange.
I cut my monoprint down into four card front sized pieces and set out to make some cards. This is one, tomorrow Click Here to see the others….. Can’t have everything in one day…lol! Next up was to work on a few techniques to give me the look I was shooting for – Joseph’s Coat and Faux Bleaching.
To get this look, you’ll want to emboss your images in Versamark and emboss in Clear. This allows you to “trap” the gorgeous monoprint from underneath, in stamp form. Here’s where I went wrong – I covered my entire project with white gesso next. Normally, that would be fine – only when I went to create the Faux Bleached look – I couldn’t lift it! I just sat there stunned. Click Here to see how I “fixed it”.
So in the second pass, I skipped that part and went straight into the Joseph’s Coat technique. I took my Icing on the Cake ink pad and smooshed it all over my project. The embossed areas resisted the ink and I dried the rest with a heat tool. Now my base is covered in paint, so it’s not like regular paper – it doesn’t absorb dye ink like normal, and the effect is a great one. It’s a grungy, weathered brown, not the deep look you would think you’d get. You can see some of the orange and green fighting it’s way to get out from under the brown cover.
Next up – Faux Bleaching. I turned on my iron, and got out the yellow pages. Place your project inbetween two pages and iron over it! The heat from the iron re-melts the clear embossing powder which gets absorbed by the pages in the book. You’ll need to move it around and switch up your pages a bit, and because there’s paint in there – it took a bit longer. The result was pretty awesome!
Next up, ink up your background stamp in Midnight ink…what?!! Yes…it’s an archival ink and perfect for stamping on painted surfaces. Lightly stamp off onto scrap paper first, then lay your project over your background stamp. With a light touch, tap a few areas from the back to transfer the ink. Your project with resist in some areas, so if you have a particular look in mind – you’ll need to work at it a bit.
The texture the Canvas Grunge Background Stamp added, made the card! Use the basket weave stamp to lightly add those corners in stamped off midnight like the other projects. Next, lightly sponge the edges in Midnight – ever so lightly. Midnight is the perfect super deep black archival ink to add to Mixed Media. It’s my go to actually over all others on the market.
Create a little grunge canvas look to your card base and super lightly frame with an ink blending tool Icing on the Cake ink. Pop up your Mixed Media piece for a little drama to your card and add your sentiments (from Good Vibes Borders) like a little sign you’d find on an island road.
What do you think? I think the coolest part of it is that the background is one layer – meaning, no raised areas and super smooth. It is a true work of art. Mixed Media isn’t for everyone, and that’s okay – I was super intimidated by it just a few years ago. But once you jump into the deep end, you’ll wish you had earlier. The projects are THAT incredible.
So, to wrap up an epic blog hop post – if you’ve hung in with me till the end – tell me in the comments! Which product are you the most excited by? I’d love to know… The Tropically Yours Collection is for stampers of all kinds. Those who love Clean and Simple, Scrapbookers, Art Journalers, and Mixed Media artists.
Tropically Yours Blog Hop List & Prizes
Did you know…we’re giving away a Tropically Yours SOA box to three lucky winners! And if you already bought one – no worries – you’ll get a $100 gift certificate instead, cool, right?!!! All you have to do, is comment on each stop along the hop – all three days. That’s it!
- Catherine<– Hop Here NEXT!!
- Tracie
- Kristie
- Jen Carter
- Ilina Crouse
- Laurel
- Ingrid <– You’re HERE!!!
Thanks for stopping by and hopping with us for the past three days!
Till next time –
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Such a cute idea with the flamingo’s cuddling.
You have awesome back ground ideas, besides such great color choices. Just over all very neat cards.
Such a cute idea with the flamingo’s cuddling.
You have awesome back ground ideas, besides such great color choices. Just fun!
WOW …… you always inspire me. I wish my mistakes would turn out like yours!! Mine just hit the cutting room floor. LOL This collection is Fabulous and can’t wait to get my hands on it. Since Catherine let the “cat out of the bag” saying there will be more inspiration to follow that compliments this collection; just makes it more interesting.
Love your cards, they are all so different and all so pretty.
Love all your cards!!! The flamingos are so cute and the sentiments are fantastic! Thanks for sharing!
Fun and colorful cards!
Wonderful cards! I love them all and the last one is stunning!
I love the beautiful ink blending on the sun card! I love backgrounds so I love the tag art with the background stamp and the soft colors of the leaves! That background stamp looks so very versatile! I would love to try some Catherine Pooler inks too so thanks for the chance to win so I can add on some inks!
Love your gorgeous cards and tag. The colors are amazing.
Thanks so much for sharing…
Beautiful cards! Love the background colors and the blending!
Ingrid, I love card #2. The embossed tag with the basketweave looks like metal. It’s a perfect go-together. Add the leaves and voila, beautiful. Thanks for once again sharing your talent.
I so love that second card!
Great cards! I love the “you had me at aloha” sentiment and I love it paired with the flamingos!
These are beautiful cards! I can’t wait to try to create that “Here comes the Sun” Card.
Fun projects! Thanks for the ideas!
Your cards are all so amazing I can’t begin to chose a favourite, wonderful designs and colours!
Wow Ingrid. That card is unbelievable! The colors and technique are beautiful!! Such great talent!!
All of the cards are beautiful but the colors & the blending on Here Comes The Sun is A-MAZ-ING!!!
Your projects are a beautiful showcase of these new products. Florals are fab, but the range of leaves in this release is phenomenal! Grunge is not usually my style but I’m loving the ways the designers have used the background stamp. This is a perfectly coordinated collection.
Fab cards, especially your island card…the sentiment takes te stage.
All your cards are so beautiful.
Your cards are gorgeous! Love the texture and tropical feel!!!
Fantastic cards, Ingrid! Mixed media must be my favourite. Thanks for sharing xx
Looks like a wonderful collection! I stuck around till the end and agree that the grunge stamp is a must have!
I love all the layers of textures you use. Thanks for using so many techniques in your cards; reminding me that a card isn’t limited to one technique.
Beautiful cards!
Hi Star – thanks for always popping by! Yes, it’s a great rule to live by. I’m such a technique junkie!! 🙂
Great cards. The background stamp is fabulous.
Gorgeous cards as always! You are so talented and I always love seeing your work and love your videos.
Thank you for sharing I love your cards!!! I cannot wait to get my SOA!
Oh my goodness gracious !! Yes, it surely was an epic blog post !! And it was soooo cool to follow you through your creative process ! Great inspiration for us and above all, a true tutorial !! So thank you Ingrid for sharing your wonderful knowledge in a smooth post (because not everybody knows how to relate). Love from France, Marjorie
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Your mixed media card is gorgeous! The colors so pretty
What a collection! Your designs are outstandinly fabulous! All that beautiful creation, Ingrid! I’m not into mixed media, but I could be after seeing what you have created..lol…seriously fabulous!
I love your cards. The mixed media is inspiring. I am looking forward to see what you’ve created from your mistake! Sometimes that turns out the best. Thanks ingrid for keeping it real! (Now I’m going to go take my gel plate out to see if I can do something with it) looking forward to the videos!
I hope you love how the mistake turned out…loL! Thanks for stopping by Sandee. Hope you had fun monoprinting! 🙂
These are all gorgeous but I really love your mixed media project with those lush green fronds and all the texture! LOVE the Josephs coat technique with this.
Gorgeous cards. I always say I have enough stamps & dies & then I see the first product release. Oh well. What’s enough anyway. Love the new collection. My favorite stamp set is Tropically yours with the borders a close second. Those dies are pretty cool also.
nothing is ever a mistake, just a new way of doing something
All the work you put into the cards really shows, they are beautiful.
WOW! All awesome cards! You always have great ideas and techniques! My favorite is the Good Vibes card!
I thought I left a message here, but can’t find it. So, in case I somehow missed you, I love your cards! The grunge background is one of my faves in the collection! TFS
Ingrid, great work on a great theme. You make your cards come alive!
Love your cards Ingrid 😍
Ingrid, I couldn’t agree more. This background stamp it gonna be a staple, I’m sure! Love your cards!
One of my favorite Beatles songs :-). That card is simply lovely! Bit the mixed media knocked my socks off, I need to dig out the gelli plate! Thanks for sharing all your talent.
Your projects are AMAZING!!! I love how you used the border stamps on your projects and I think that’s what I’m most excited about but everything is just perfect so I know it’s gonna be so much fun!
YOU are going to love those Jodi!!! 🙂
Great cards. Wonderful collection of stamps and dies.
Such beautiful cards! I’m totally inspired by all the different looks and feels you were able to achieve with this collection! Amazing!
all wonderful cards. Love the way the flamingos are entwined–very clever. And that sun scene is outstanding!
You are amazing. Every card was stunning.
All your cards are gorgeous. Love the one with the flamingos. So cute.
Ingrid, I’m loving your cards. They are all so beautiful.
Wow, your projects are absolutely stunning! Thank you so much for sharing! This may be my favorite SOA collection! I love everything about it!
Simply stunning cards!
Wow! what a selection of fabulous cards! Can’t pick my favorite one; all are superb.
They are all so gorgeous, but the mixed media card with the background stamp- made me gasp. So stunning! Your patience must be rock solid. I have watched videos of yours where the card colouring took over an hour and a half and I would have just packed it in. You are brilliant and talented that is for sure. thanks so much for sharing
Oh my gosh, Ingrid. All your cards are amazing! This collection is awesome. I agree that this is going to be one of my favorites…
Beautiful cards. You are so creative & love the colors.
Just love love love this collection, awesome cards!
Your cards are just beautiful and so creative! I can’t wait to get this new collection. Thanks so much for sharing with us!!
Your use of color is amazing! Such fun cards. What a talent you have.
Here comes the sun has great color blending. I love the background colors!
Wonderful release and awesome creations!!! LOVE them all!
Love your cards, your colors and your designs! I agree with you, I have all of the SOA boxes, but this one is my all time favorite!
WOW, WOW, WOW so many AMAZING cards! I especially like the top one! I LOVE how you have the Flamingos positioned just so precious! And the color combinations for it are really FANTASTIC too!!!
What great cards! They are all just fabulous!
I have no idea how you can all make such fun and different cards using the same products, but love what you are doing! That grunge background is fabulous! Beautiful cards
The cards are all so bright and colourful and just speak “summer”
Your cards are obviously all very gorgeous — but WOW, LOVE your Mixed Media look. It is so rich and full of color and texture. BRAVO.
Anyone who sees that’s cards will buy the box if they were thinking they didn’t need it.
These are awesome. I seriously can’t wait to get that darn background stamp. OK, and the borders. Ok, maybe all of it.
I see so much versatility with this collection. Great colors to make this work for masculine cards. Fabulous inspiration!
Ingrid, words can not describe the beauty you created. These are just fabulous!
You really did go to town and you rocked it. Great job! Such great inspiration.
Last young lady on the blog hop this week, and I am stunned. These are fabulous. That background stamp is amazing. Thank you for all the inspiration. So excited for tonight!
TOTALLY see your love for this release in each of your creations here. I too love the texture that is created with the Canvas Grunge background. Can’t wait to play with that stamp!
Ingrid, you’re the last on the list, but you did not LEAF me disappointed! I absolutely adore your two leafy cards. The colour-blended stamping and the mono-print panel (yes, it looks TOTALLY like batik you might purchase in the Caribbean…) are beautiful; full of eye-pleasing details. Can’t wait to see tomorrow’s projects.
Thanks Caroline – that made me chuckle!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it all! 🙂
Fabulous cards, Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to get this kit.
You have wowed me today with your wonderful cards. The last card is stunning but I love all of them. You deserve many blessings today and great things to happen. This SOA is my favorite so far!
I have been eagerly waiting to see what piece of mixed media fabulousness you would make with the grunge background. It is amazing!!
Ingrid the stamping goddess, once again, did not disappoint! I appreciate the step by step instructions on the multi-media card.
Wow! Great cards! I can’t wait to get my hands on those flamingos and that grunge background! This SOA is over the top!!
Wow, AMAZING cards! This products suits your style so well and it shows in your fantastic cards.
What beautiful cards – but I think the mixed media is my favorite!!
I love the Aloha card with the flamingos the best!!
Wow, Ingrid, this really is a case of leaving the best for last. I was expecting a lot from you, considering how much you love this collection, and the grungy background in particular. And boy, did you deliver! I am totally loving those wonderful orangy-green-brown leaves on your second card, but your mixed media project made my heart skip a beat, even though I’m a CAS girl at heart (or so I think) and green is not my favourite colour. Go figure!
BTW, the term ‘faux bleaching’ did not ring any bells, but I know and have used the technique, which was named ‘iron-off embossing’ by Jennifer McGuire.
I’m so glad you enjoyed these Marianne! Yes, Faux Bleaching or Iron Off Embossing has been around for years and years. Long before YouTube was popular. It’s such a great technique…I forget to bring it out myself! 🙂
Love the new release. The inspiration cards are really gorgeous!
love the cards, colors are great.
will try posting again. had some problems when I tried earlier.
Love all the colors and those leaves and flamingos are perfect. I really like the grunge card you did. I want to try that one.
Thanks for such great art.
Gorgeous! Love the grunge backgrounds. The multi-colored leaves on card #2 are so pretty.
Super cards, Ingrid! I looove the batik, grungy ones, great for masculine tropical cards. Ok, so how is Catherine going to best this SOA collection because it is THE BEST SO FAR!
I know, right?!!!
These are all so much fun! Love the look you go on all the leaves! Absolutely stunning as always.
These projects are fabulous, especially the mixed media one! This is a great collection, can’t wait to get it.
Wow. Such unique cards. Love the grunge background.
You have created such wonderful cards, but the tag one is my favorite. Love the grunge background stamp. Smiles, Darby
You are so creative. Love the cards
Ingrid I love the multimedia cards as well as the others, but I love the whole idea of multimedia! Thanks for sharing!!!
As usual, my dear, you blew the top of this set!!! I love all your work, but your last card with the leaves in the greens and browns, is to die for! Thanks for sharing all your magnificent talent.
How does one choose when I adore all of these cards. I love the techniques with the sunset, trash to treasure, and colorful…all are yummy!
These cards are gorgeous Ingrid and …here comes the sun, little dah-ling… 🙂
Wow, don’t know which one I like the best, all are incredible! Ready to order this SOA, thanks
Love how you combine colors to
make gorgeous cards.
thanks for sharing
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I’m most excited about those border stamps! So many possibilities!
Wow! Fantastic cards, I like how the flamingos are intertwined.
I really want to try the faux bleaching, but I also love the grunge canvas look.
Your cards are so intricate and beautiful. Each one is different and even more beautiful than the last. So well done!
The textures and colors you used are simply yummy! Always great cards you create!
Wow ! You had me at the first look ! Amazing cards, so bright, funky, loved seeing all these & what inspiration with that s fab kit. Don’t you just adore the tile dies & grungy canvas stamp, thank you for sharing x
Ingrid, your cards are awesome! Really love this canvas grunge, wow! Thanks for another great Blog Hop. really enjoy seeing your amazing cards so very talented. Great collection to have!
That grunge stamp melts my heart. Love all of your beautiful creations and looking forward to seeing the rest.
Beautiful cards, Ingrid. I love that awesome canvas grunge
stamp and the way you’ve used it on 3 of the cards.
Draw dropping gorgeous creations. I’m head over heels for the entire collection. If I had to pick a favorite it would be a tie between the grudge background and Cabana Tiles, but all the sentiments are amazing.
stunning cards – love your tropical sunset:)
Wow how hard it is to choose a favorite but I love flamingoes so that’s the card for me it was hard to choose those colorful flowers leaves and beautiful sunset too!
Fabulous as always!
I love all your cards but the last one has to be my absolute favourite! I just love it- the colours, texture- everything!
Note to self- don’t throw anything away 😂.
Definitely not! Thanks for stopping by Anne-Marie… 🙂
I am glad you used the grunge stamp; I need all the help I can get to use it. You help to make it “likable” because I wouldn’t order it if it didn’t come with this kit!
Your other cards are great and much more me!
Oh Marcia – your world is about to get so much better with that stamp! Just remember – stamp it off first – that helps to keep it subtle. Don’t necessarily press the entire image onto your card. Leave a few spots out- it’s a cool look. Did you see what Kristie Goulet did black on black embossed texture – WOW! So many ways to use it.. 🙂
It looks like you had a LOT of fun with this SOA set! Great design ideas. Those border stamps are just fabulous! The whole collection is, but I do love them especially. Thanks for sharing.
Ingrid, the Here Comes the Sun card is stunning. I’m gonna run right home and create that background! We recently returned from Tahiti and that grunge background stamp brings out those memories.
Tahiti?!!! And I thought I had the charmed travel life since we own a travel agency…lol. Ahh…I’m picturing myself there now…lol! Enjoy it all. 🙂
Great cards, each unique. Thank you for sharing your creative talents.
Ingrid, the Here Comes the Sun card is stunning. I’m gonna run right home and create that background!
Fabulous cards. Each is quite different. Thank you!
I have been waiting ALL WEEK for your cards! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the texture you put in your cards! Thanks for explaining it too, so that I can re-create the neat textures when I get my hands on these goodies! WOW girl!
Oh thanks Lori – you MADE my day! 🙂 I promise to get the videos up in the next few weeks. They are packed with great stuff. 🙂
The flamingos are so cute. Nice job on your other cards too.
Your cards and blog posts are always so AMAZING!!! Love how you gave the tropical leaves a Fall look. =)
Awe, thanks Tracie!!! I’m blushing! LOVED your creations – everyone really did a fab job on all their projects. 🙂
Ingrid,
Every day of the Hop I have been anxiously waiting to see what you have created as you never disappoint. Today you wowed me once again. Beautiful cards. I can tell that you really love this set as you were so inspired. Thank you for sharing and inspiring me.
Amy
Thank you so much Amy – that means the world to me! SO glad it inspires you!! 🙂
There are so many fabulous things in this release and I love what you’ve done with them!
What a fabulous release!!!
These are amazing cards! I love the way you used the grunge stamp, incorporating it into the creative process and taking the cards to the next level! My favorite has to be the last one (I love green)!
Well then you MUST stop by tomorrow Christine – I have more green headed your way at 6 pm! 🙂
Love this background stamp!!! I can see why it’s your favorite! So looking forward to meeting you a week from Friday in MN! Thanks for sharing!
Oh that will be fun!!! Can’t wait to meet you too Linda! 🙂
Absolutely stunning cards, Ingrid! I especially love the last one! I is simply perfection! I can’t wait to get this collection so I can try your techniques!
WOW!!!! Amazing and inspiring cards Ingrid. My favorite is the mixed media one.
Love your designs!!! You showcased the collection beautifully!
I can tell you had fun with this set – beautiful cards. The best collection so far.
Wow, you were busy! I knew you loved this collection and you can tell! I really love how you added even more texture to the background stamp. Those turned out really really cool.
Good Vibes is perfect for that! You’ll LOVE the collection Sarah. 🙂
Wow!!! Fabulous cards!!! Colors are really gorgeous!!!
All your cards were so fun, but love, love, love your green “Sending You Good Vibes” card. Who wouldn’t love to receive this card?
Beautiful Ingrid! I think my favorite is the tag card…those leaves!!!
Me too – they are SO pretty. Working on the video still….watch my YouTube channel for that! 🙂
love the multimedia card
Awesome cards, love the mixed media card
Thank you for showing the Spa inks also work with this collection. That’s my favorite palette.
Me too Beth – I can’t get enough of them…lol! 🙂
I love your cards to showcase this collection Ingrid. Your passion for this collection really shows in your creations. I can’t wait to get a box!
Awe, thanks Jodie!!! You’ll have SO much fun playing with it. 🙂
enjoy this thanks for ideas. ready to buy set. alive in Florida use
all year make some Christmas cards with it get out gella plates
Exactly! I lived in the Orlando area for 10 years – so this collection really speaks to me. Have fun!
What can I say: this is a great collection and you have several beautiful examples you have shared. This collection makes me happy!