New Release at TPD Stamps Day 2 + Sale

It's day 2 of the August release at Two Paper Divas Stamps and today I'm sharing a card that features, "Anchors The Soul".  I make a lot of sympathy and encouragement cards as a ministry of our church and I am so happy to own this new stamp set, particularly as the sentiment that I'm using is a line from a favorite song, not to mention that there is so much truth in that statement.  Grab this and any of the other new release stamp sets, discounted at 20% off today only.

I have already mailed this card and in spite of the difficult health news that one of our members received recently, I hope this will cheer him up.  If you are a believer in the power of prayer, I'm sure Robert would appreciate you lifting him up. 

As for the details on this card, my anchor image was colored with Zig clean color brushes and the papers that I'm using today are from the DCWV Hey Sailor collection, as well as DCWV Bella Armoire.  I've also embellished with metallic gold ribbon trim and DoubleClick Skittles bubble embellishments.

Purchase Anchors the Soul, here.

Visit the Two Paper Divas Blog for daily project inspiration and on Wednesdays for the Design Team Roundup.  Check out the newest release right here:

http://www.twopaperdivas.com/product-category/whats-new/

Shop Two Paper Divas for a wide selection of clear stamps, digital stamps and accessories.

Also linking to these challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #242-243- Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #12

Additional supplies:  Elizabeth Craft Designs Pierced Scallop dies, LaLa Land Crafts stitched circle dies, Cuttlebug, mounted foam tape, hot glue, doily, A2 Ivory card from Coredinations.

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Blog Hop with Ribbon Resource and Stampendous

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Yes!  You made it to Friday!  All week long, the Prima Ribbonista's from The Ribbon Resource, (the online retail store for May Arts Ribbon) and the design team from Stampendous, are having a super fun blog hop.  Today is the last day and obviously, they saved the best for last, right?  Haha!  Be sure and scroll to the end for prize details.......

I thought I would create two different projects with the same stamp set.  I was sent the Animal Mobile stamp set which includes 11 different stamps and is one of their newer releases.

http://www.stampendous.com/products-page/animal-mobile-clear-stamps/

Now, I could have gone for the obvious and made a colorful rainbow-ish card, as pictured in the stamp set above, but I like to showcase the not so obvious on occasion, and went with a Noah's Ark kind of Zoo-like theme, for my first card.

Yes, I know, there are no sock monkeys on Noah's Ark, haha, but I did it anyway.  Who doesn't love sock monkeys?  I took the mobile "umbrella" stamp and turned it upside down, colored it with the same earth tones that I used for the animals and folded the panels so it would pop out on the card.  I used my Champagne Two-tone Paper Raffia to make an embellishment that resembles a lion's mane, which fits with my theme.

The next product I received was the Summer Shine Embossing Powder.  Oh my.  I love, love, love embossing powders. 

http://www.stampendous.com/products-page/summer-shine-embossing-powder-kit/

This card is very CAS.  I actually don't do a lot of CAS cards so I stepped out of my comfort zone a bit, which is always good to do.

I used a paint dabber and swiped some white distress paint onto my card, sprinkling the powder and heating it, one color and one swipe at a time, so the colors wouldn't mix.  I masked the star stamp to get a shorter length and have them dangle at different levels.  

Now for the ribbon, I used the wired Pom Poms.  Just trim a 3" section, twist your pom poms together, then pull and stretch out the pom poms to "fluff" it up and hot glue it to make clouds.  

So easy!

The Ribbon Resource is giving away three $25.00 gift cards, plus Stampendous is giving away a prize pack as well.  Be sure you comment on all the stops Monday through Friday of this week.  If you missed the previous days, here are some links to help you out:

Monday

Ribbon Resource Blog
Stampendous Blog

Tuesday

Ribbon Resource Blog
Stampendous Blog (no post on Tuesday)

Wednesday

Ribbon Resource Blog

Stampendous Blog

Thursday

Ribbon Resource Blog

Stampendous Blog

Friday

Ribbon Resource Blog
Stampendous Blog

Additional supplies used:

Lil Inker Designs Flag Banner die

American Crafts Dot embossed Kraft Cards

Zig Clean Color brushes

White gel pen

Ranger Picket Fence Distress Paint Dabber

Ranger Archival Ink Black

DoubleClick Skittles bubble embellishments

Xyron adhesives

DCWV White A2 card

Marvy Le Pen Ultra Fine Point Black