Hello crafty friends,

It's time for a special event with past and current design team members (and former owner) of So Suzy Stamps.  We have created a TON of inspiration for you and hope to inspire your creativity.   There are 4 prizes being offered (see details at end of post) to those who visit and leave a comment on each stop!


I'm always on the lookout for new ideas to make handmade cards for the special people in my life.  I'm a big believer in giving people encouragement and the sentiment used here is spot on for someone graduating or pursuing some other really important life goal. The top panel is the only stamped part of this card.  I used a patterned paper, some kraft paper, another solid teal color paper (torn around the edges) and layered it all on a cream colored card base.



I used a circle mask on the top layer and stamped the tall leafy branch stamp all around the outside of the circle to create a frame.  After removing the mask, I added bottle green Nuvo drops around the circle (leaving a little space in between) to create a division between the center space and the stamping.  I used my Brother Scan N Cut machine to cut out around the stamped panel.  It could also be fussy cut.

The sentiment was stamped in two steps.  I covered up the words below "Be Fearless" with some washi tape,  stamped on a Versamark ink pad, removed the tape, then stamped onto the circle.  I added hot chocolate Nuvo embossing powder and heat set.

The bottom part of the sentiment was stamped with Versamark (same approach as above) onto a piece of vellum, added detail white embossing powder and heat set.  I colored the back of the vellum afterwards with a bright teal alcohol marker to coordinate with the patterned paper and used fine tip scissors to add fringe to the ends.  I glued the vellum with double sided tape, which wasn't visible due to the coloring.

Here's the lineup for this hop: