Signs of Spring

I made a card for my Skipping Stones Design Team March post and loved it so much that I decided to make a set. I do not like to make the same card over and over with the exact same papers etc., so this is a variation on that initial theme. For me, Spring days are full of birds chirping, flowers blooming and of course, coffee drinking. Lately I have been enjoying the lovely pastel cups at Starbucks. 

Today is also the last day of the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I will be linking this card there. If you are in need of some inspiration and love coffee ( or tea or hot cocoa ) , please check out the Blog Hop. There are over 1000 link-ups this time -- an amazing record !! Shout-out to Amy Tsuruta and Chaitali Narla for coming up with the idea for this fabulous Hop back in Sept.2014.

• Using  Memories Black India Ink, I stamped the cup from  Skipping Stones Design Coffee Volume #2 and the sentiment from Best of Birds on white cardstock and cut them our. I also stamped the cup on a piece of  Crate Paper "Farmhouse" and cut out the sleeve portion.
• On a piece of polka-dotted patterned paper from We R Memory Keepers "Flower Girl" collection, I stamped the bird from SSD Heartsong 2 in the lower right corner and the music notes from  SSD Best of Birds above where the coffee cup would be placed.
• Portions of the bird and the top of the coffee cup were colored with Tim Holtz Distress Markers and Faber Castell PITT Artist Pens. A hint of shimmer was made using Wink of Stella Clear Brush Pen.
• I adhered the sleeve to the cup, then placed it on the left side of the patterned paper, underneath the steamy music notes. I was quite proud of thinking of that idea !! A paper-punched heart  ( using Pink Paislee "Memorandum" ) was adhered above the bird with the sentiment popped up on top with foam dimensionals.
• For some cute finishing touches, I added a bright green glitter heart to the coffee-cup sleeve and a strip of grass washi along the bottom of the patterned paper. 

I hope you've been inspired by my card. It's a dreary.rainy day here in Virginia Beach,VA, but any day off work is lovely to me !!  Stay creative and have a wonderful weekend !!

Debra Davison/ Meticulosity

Heartsong 2

Best of Birds

Coffee 2

Skip {ping} into Fall

Welcome to my second official Blog Hop as a Stamp Tramp for the fabulous Skipping Stones Design. As we enjoy our Fall weather here in Virginia Beach,  the scariest thing on our minds is NOT that Halloween is approaching --- it is Hurricane Matthew !! Hoping our area fares well, along with everyone in the path.. My project for today's Hop uses a sentiment & the doodled bird image from the Best of Birds stamp set. Take a look at all of the wonderful supplies available at the  Skipping Stones Store.This stamp set  is great for any season but today, I used rich Fall colors.  You might have gotten here from Jessie's blog; but just in case you haven't, the line-up is listed at the bottom of this post .. As you can see, I used an embroidery hoop to create a scene for a friend. I was an avid counted cross-stitch fanatic in the past and have many hoops and tons of fabric, so I enjoy putting them to good use in my stamping life..

• I first placed some linen fabric in a wooden hoop. If you do not have fabric, you can always use paper cut to the size of the hoop and glued to the outside rim.  The sentiment was stamped on white cardstock using Memories Black India Ink and then the background was colored using a foam applicator and a Tim Holtz Wild Honey Distress Ink Pad . I adhered the sentiment to the larger piece of fabric and then that piece to the fabric in the hoop.
• I fussy-cut 4 of the doodled birds and color-blocked 3 with Distress Inks. The 4th was colored using a combination of Distress Markers and Stabilo pens. They were then attached to the fabric in the hoop using large Glue Dots.
• Along the top of the sentiment, I alternated used 3 Prima flowers and 2 square Making Memories Crystal brads. A round brad from Making Memories completed the project at the bottom of the hoop.

There will be a giveaway of a stamp set of your choice to one lucky person. All you have to do is comment on each member's post and subscribe to each of our blogs. I hope that you enjoy all of our projects for this Hop !!

Here is the order of our Hop :

• Skipping Stones Design
• Cornelia
• Jessie
• Debra   YOU ARE HERE
• Martha
• Tanja

Thank you for visiting Meticulosity
and for hopping with all of the Stamp Tramps from SSD.