Stamp to the Max May Blog Hop

Welcome to May!  I love this time of year.  Spring is one of my favorite times of the year because it starts to warm up and the snow is gone and everything starts to bloom.  I won't mention that it snowed here in Logan on May 1st...woops, did I just say that? Not my favorite.

The card I have to show you today makes me think of spring with the birds and the flowers coming out.  It uses the stamp set Betsy's Blossoms.  I mixed some bold colors with Rich Razzleberry and Gumball Green with the neutral Whisper White to make a bright bold statement.  I love the way it turned out.

Since we are celebrating Mother's Day and Father's Day on this blog hop I decided that this card worked for that even though the sentiment is not something traditional.  I talk to my sweet mom pretty much every day, 3 times yesterday!  I am always thinking of her, so this sentiment made sense for me and is part of the stamp set called Sweet Essentials.

Another awesome product that makes me think spring is the new Bloomin' Bouquet Project Kit. One of these is definitely going to my mom for mother's day.  She can enjoy these flower all year long rather than just a week.  Plus, at only $12.95 they are way cheaper than real flowers too.  Grab the kit in my online store now!

Hope you enjoyed the projects I showed.  Hop along to the next stop and enjoy more parental merriment. 

Maxine Conrad   www.stamptothemax.com

Christina Ash-Mansker   www.crazystampmom.blogspot.com

Norma Fox    www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/normafox/blog

Martha Haddock    www.stampinmartha.blogspot.com (You are here)

Stephanie Bradley   www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stampwithsteph/blog

Lisa Fennewald   www.lisaloostamps.com

Elizabeth Harris   www.elizabethloves2stamp.com

 

Happy Stamping!

Martha

March Stamp to the Max Blog Hop

Hey there!  Its that time again.  Are you having fun hopping around and getting some fun ideas? 

I love spring time and I am so excited that that pesky groundhog said that spring was coming early.  Of course, I live in extreme northern Utah and we have snow on the ground until May usually.  But it is warming up! The highs have been in the 30s lately.

I was dying to get some spring in my life so I decided to make some cards with some fun stuff for you.  I make cards for a local nonprofit group here in Cache Valley and they are always needing "thinking of you" sentiments.  Both of these cards are ones that I made for them.

The first is a fun card that uses the Distressed Dots background stamp and the Summer Smooches DSP.  I took advantage of the new oval framelits to cut out my sentiment.  I am just over the dark colors of fall and winter and this did the trick for me. 

 

The second card I did was an idea that I got from a fellow demonstrator with a few changes.  I used the leaf stamp from Besty's Blossoms and Curly Cute for the sentiment.  Stamp the leaf repeatedly gives that Whisper White a look of DSP.  You can create your own DSP with any stamp in any color you want!  Cool right?  Yah, I thought so too. 

Thanks from coming by.  Now, hop your way to the next blog and enjoy the sights you see.  You are bound to find lots that you like and want to recreate. 

1. Maxine Conrad www.stamptothemax.com
2. Christina Mansker www.crazystampmom.blogspot.com
3. Martha Haddock www.stampinmartha.blogspot.com  (you are here)
4. Stephanie Bradley www.stampwithsteph.stampinup.net
5. Lisa Fennewald www.lisaloostamps.com
6. Elizabeth Harris www.elizabethloves2stamp.com

 

Happy Stamping!

Martha