OSAT Blog Hop – Down on the Farm – Daisy Style

 Hi stamping friends!!! 

     Hope you are having a wonderful summer day! I hope I don't jinx things, but we've actually been having a pretty mild summer here. Our high today is expected to be 108, but that's been about as high as we've gotten so far. Anyhow, it is hot enough to make me daydream about being almost anywhere other than in the middle of the desert. The beach, the mountains, maybe a nice country farm some where? This month our theme is Down on the Farm. I started out with visions of our awesome Over the Moon or This Little Piggy stamp sets, but my visions kind of took a bit of a turn, maybe to a little flower patch behind the barn…like a little Daisy Lane!

   Daisy Lane is probably one of my favorite bundles in the new Stampin' Up! Catalog. I have a few, and I am not sure I could pick an actual favorite (kind of like my kiddos – LOL)but I keep going back to this one! So my projects today focus on this great bundle. A sweet little country farm inspired card and wreath.

I'll start with the wreath as is was my initial inspiration. This was seriously picked and pulled from pieces in my stamp room. A simple grapevine wreath from the dollar store, and a sweet little galvanized milk can from Hobby Lobby that was still sitting in it's bag I brought it home in, just waiting for the perfect project. 

Sweet little thing, right? I can not get enough of this adorable scalloped edge ribbon!!! I want to use it everywhere! 

 All that was left was to fill it with cute little daisies! I stamped the daisy image on Whisper White card stock with Versamark Ink, and embossed them with White Stampin' Emboss powder. It was kind of tricky to see them, but sponging their centers with some Daffodil Delight ink made it a little easier to line up in the coordinating punch. After gluing them together, I just added them around the wreath.

 I managed to resist putting one more daisy on my wreath, so that I could add it to my card. I LOVE the bright, country feel of this color combo, gingham and scallop edging! The stem image is stamped on the Crumb Cake card stock with Early Espresso ink, then colored in with Watercolor pencils. After coloring, I ran it through my embossing machine in the Subtles Texture folder. There is a little Wink of Stella on the word friend, but that is usually pretty hard to photograph – but I promise it looks cute!

 I hope you get a chance to check out the whole hop. There will surely be some fantastic inspiration for you! Here's everyone who's participating this month!

 

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 I put together a shopping list of the items I used for these projects for you. All you have to do is clock on the image and you'll be taken right to my online store! It's a great time to add these items to your stamping stash as it's BONUS DAYS time! That means for every $50 you spend this month, you get a coupon towards your purchase next month! Pretty great, right? 

 Please remember to use hostess code 6MX3UVS2 when you order, and in addition to your BONUS DAYS coupon, you'll also receive this month's tutorial bundle, a special gift from me! This month's even features the Daisy Lane Bundle!!! How perfect is that?

 

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Thank you so much for visiting today! As always, I hope that you have a great day, and a great week, and take some time to create, because it's always Stamp Time Somewhere!