March Blast from the Past Blog Hop

It's time for another Blast from the Past Blog Hop! I always finish the hop feeling inspired to pull out some of my "old favorites" and I'm sure this month will be no different! If you haven't joined us for a Blast from the Past Blog Hop, then you're in for a treat from our fabulous customers! And if you'd like to join us on the hop next month you can find all of the details at the end of this post. As always, the wonderful Sankari Wegman has given us a jump start with another fun sketch. The sketch provides a great jumping off point, but it is optional for participants. I followed along with the majority of the sketch, but what I'm really most proud of is that I remembered to use an older stamp set (perhaps you remember my blunder last month!? *grin*). Our theme for the March blog hop is Spring...soft pastel plaids or bright happy florals... tulips breaking through the melting snow or a flirty new dress and sandals! We've been getting a lot of rain lately, so I figured that means the flowers are coming soon and I used the Friendship Blooms set for my project. Here it is!

I started off by cutting patterned paper strips from the Stella Rose Mabel 6x6 Pad by My Mind's Eye. Then I cut my image panel, stamped the stems in Olive Pastel Chalk, and began the flower arrangement. I used a combination of stamped flowers and centers from Friendship Blooms along with several die cut flowers using the coordinating Friendship Blooms dies. The ink colors I used are Pumpkin Spice & Deep Lagoon. I popped up several of the flowers and centers with foam tape and added a Split Pea rhinestone to each of the centers. I added a small scalloped border at the bottom to serve as whimsical grass and the sentiment is from A Year of Sweet Sentiments. And then I finished it off with some Caribbean Satin ribbon. 


The cardstock colors I used are Intense Teal, Papaya Puree Medium, Papaya Puree Dark, Hillary, and Choice Buttercream.


Thanks so much for stopping by for our Blast from the Past blog hop! I hope you'll click through the links below and check out what the rest of our hoppers have created! We'd love to have you join us for the blog hop next month too! You can find all the details here.