Brae-er's Team Blog Hop - SE2

Welcome to another Team Brae-er Blog Hop where we are excited to show you creations featuring products from the newest edition of Seasonal Expressions.  I have favorites, and if you have been following my blog you probably have a good idea what products I'm going to show you.

If you have come here from the awesome artwork of Jessica then you are moving in the right direction. Our hop of 7 team members might not be a long one, but it will be sure to leave you inspired.

Here is my creation: 

I love the new Blossom paper, and the flowers found in Shower Flower(C1612) pair up perfect with the paper.  I stamped the flowers using first and second generation, and layered them, in Glacier, Lagoon, Smoothie and Sunset. The leaves are stamped in Pear.  I layered the zipstrip onto the reverse of the flower pattern and stamped the sentiment in Lagoon Pigment ink and heat set it with Clear Embossing Powder. The sentiment is from the stamp set Finding the Words(D1646). I also used the Scallop Embossing folder from the Annual Inspirations catalog to add dimension to the card.

Your next stop along this hop is Tamara, and you will find her creative style has lots of flair.

You can purchase these products along with anything featured along the hop from your local consultant or you can start shopping here.

What makes you happy? AHSC # 102

I'm still not sure how we managed to get to sketch #102 already, it just seems like yesterday that I was still in the planning phase of creating the sketch challenge and doodling sketches in my notebook.

Anyway, I changed up the sketch a little as I stamped my sentiment in the matted section of my card instead of directly on my base piece.  I am always second guessing myself, and might try a different sentiment that isn't quite so large and recreate this one again......but all I know is that I love to craft and teach others this passion of mine.....it is what makes me happy.

Here is this weeks sketch:

Here is my card:

I used the Blossom paper and coordinating colors to create this card. The flower and sentiment are from the Stamp Set Wavy Blooms (D1651) and were colored with ShinHan Touch Twin Alcohol Markers.  I used the Thick Twine in Glacier for my embellishment and stamped the sentiment in Black Ink.  To create the scallop border on the mat I used the scallop border punch and used 3D foam tape to pop the mat and the flower.

I hope you will head on over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and visit the creations from my Design Team.