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Introducing: Concord & 9th 2023 NEW Color Collection! Ink pads and papers! And More!

Hi friends! It's going to be a fun crafty week! Happy Monday! How was your Easter? I hope you had a lovely weekend with loved ones! We had bright sunny skies and it was so uplifting! Looking forward to a very busy week this week. Hope you are doing well! My Easter card photo didn't post correctly yesterday – it's there now if you would like to see it! I'm still having intermitent problems with my website hosting service – with posting photos. It's making me crazy! Really frustrating!! So thank you to the people who gave me a shoutout that my photo was missing!!

Today's post is something VERY exciting! Today is the official launch day of the NEW COLOR COLLECTION from Concord and 9th! 25 (yes 25) new colors of ink pads, reinkers and cardstock!! WOOHOOOOO! I was very happy to be included in the launch festivities and I've been using the new colors for a couple of weeks making projects to share with you. Excellent! I looooove all the new colors but my favorites so far are Lemongrass, Tidepool and Dragonfruit! And I used those colors today along with some new stencils and dies…. There is a loooooottttt of new! Everything is already available in the C9 Store. I have a photo of all the new colors farther down in my post, and you can CLICK HERE to see my post about the original C9 colors. The new ink pads are juicy and easy to stamp or stencil with!!

My finished card is a big 5.25" x 5.25" square card made from white cardstock. I layered Lemongrass cardstock and then that gorgeous bold floral. I used the brand new Flower Press Stencils to make the floral and I used the brand new Just Say More dies for the sentiment and the hearts…. SO much color!!!

Who wouldn't want some BIG hugs in the mail?! My colors are listed in the photo above! The swatch strip is another new product launching today, and I'll talk more about it in a post later!! (YAY)

There is a huge Instagram Hop today – with prizes at every stop!! Head on over to Instagram to enter to win!!

These floral stencils are so fresh and modern! And perfect for mixing and matching your favorite color combos…. They stencil so nice and easy. I splashed on some white paint for an artsy effect.

These are the 25 new ink colors! Aren't they fabulous???

And these are the 25 new matching cardstock colors!! The supplies I used to make my swatchbook are in the supplies link at the bottom of my post. I do love making swatches, don't you?!

I wrapped a strip of vellum across the bottom of my card. Then I die cut a circle and mounted it as the 'ground' for my big sentiment. I love this font! I added a few matching hearts and some enamel dots. This card layout would work in any colors!!

That's it for today's exciting news and projects!! Head on over to Concord and 9th to check out all the new items and the new colors!! I will see you back here real soon, my dearies! XO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies used for today's projects! (Affiliate Links Used)

April 10, 2023
Hip Hip Hooray! Fun watercolor birthday card for Concord & 9th Feature Friday!

Hi friends! Happy Friday! And since it's a July Friday – you know what that means! Concord & 9th Feature Friday! Woot! I'm super honored to be part of the launch team for Concord & 9th's Color Collection!! I'll be sharing projects every Friday this month featuring the new colors. The team has been given certain topics to feature each week. This week we're all sharing a favorite ink or paper technique. I wanted to see how the new ink pads would be to watercolor with, because I love water coloring with ink pads!! I'm going to just tell you that the new inks were GREAT to water color with! Yeah!!

I chose to make a slimline birthday card using some of my fav stamp sets from Concord & 9th…. My finished card is 3.75" x 6.75". It will fit into a 5×7 envelope for mailing. The card base is kraft and I chose this color palette: Cranberry, Buttercup and Wheat.

I used watercolor paper for all the stamped parts of this card. I used my MISTI to get a nice clean impression on the textured paper. I started by stamping and die cutting out the hat, bow and present. The face and the sentiment are stamped directly onto the card. The Buttercup sprinkles are also stamped right onto that top layer. I used Cranberry Cardstock for the bottom layer in between the kraft and white.

To watercolor with the ink pads, I used a stamping block and 'smushed' ink onto it. I used a paint brush and water mixed with the ink to paint. I think the colors stayed true and vivid!! Love how easy it was…The brown for the hair was a mixture of a bunch of colors until I got the desired shade.

I'm loving this clean card design – you could make this in any color! Those sentiments from the Type Talk Stamp Set and perfect for these long cards!!

I added a few gems to the card for a bit of festive shimmer!

CLICK HERE to shop all the colors!! Here they are in all their glory!! 🙂

Thank you for stopping by on Feature Friday! YEAH! Did you get some of the new goodies?? What is your favorite technique?? Colors?! CLICK HERE to shop the Concord & 9th Store!!

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies I used for today's card! (Affiliate Links Used)! I will see you soon. XOXO

July 17, 2020
Soaring by to say hi! Sweet Summer Kites card for Feature Friday!

Hey everyone! Soaring by to say hi today with a fun and colorful kite card! Hope you had a good week. I feel like this week went by so fast. Lots going on here in my craft room! So excited about the ink and paper launch from Concord & 9th this week and lots of other good crafty things. It's really hot here and I'm trying not to melt. Haven't even left the house in a week. Isn't that strange?? I usually have just been going out one time a week for errands, groceries etc. I wonder if life will ever return to normal??

I'm super honored to be part of the launch team for Concord & 9th's Color Collection!! I'll be sharing projects every Friday this month featuring the new colors. The team has been given certain topics to feature each week. This week we're talking about some of our favorite color combinations of the new inks!! Well, that was easy and hard! Easy because I love so many color combos…and hard because I had to choose one! I decided upon a bright and happy Summer Color combination: Buttercup, Honeysuckle, Aqua Sky and Midnight! I used the awesome new Kite Turnabout stamp and this card happened!!

My finished card is a 5×5 inch square. I've been making lots of square cards and odd sized cards lately. I let the layout speak to me and then build my card base/card size around it. This one just felt like a square!

I LOVE Turnabout Stamps! Do you have some?? This kite one is SO nice!! It's my first time inking it up… You can see how nicely the inks did on a brand new stamp. Perfect! This was my first try at this turnabout. I stamped the background kites first with my MISTI and my four colors. I trimmed it into a 4.5 x 4.5 inch square and set it aside.

Here is my fresh color combination today!!! I love it!!!

To build my card I stamped two kites, one Buttercup and one Honeysuckle. I die cut them with the matching dies. Then I die cut a white stitched circle and stamped the sentiment directly onto the circle. I also stamped some little hearts onto the circle.

Here are my four colors – in the matching cardstock!

To finish the card I did a layer of Aqua Sky paper, then my kite stamped paper. I wrapped those two layers with a strip of vellum and attached it to a white card base with foam tape. I affixed the circle in the center and then put the kites on, again with foam tape.

I hope I've inspired you to try a summer project with these colors!

Just a reminder that all the new inks and papers are available now for purchase! There are some great bundles on the Concord & 9th website. These are all of the colors. The directions for my cute swatch book are on my post from earlier this week.

Thank you for stopping by on Feature Friday! YEAH! Did you get some of the new goodies?? CLICK HERE to shop the Concord & 9th Store!! I'll be back next week with a brand new release from The Greetery!!! You're gonna love that too!! XOXO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies I used for today's card. (Affiliate Links Used).

July 10, 2020
Introducing: Concord & 9th Color Collection! Ink pads and papers! Coming this week!

Hi everyone!! I am over the moon excited about today's blog post! I worked really really hard on this post and all the photos and projects and everything. Truly a fun and exciting post that I really put my heart into. I'm glad I can finally share everything with you and tell you what's up with our friends at Concord & 9th! Today I am part of the team helping to launch the first Color Collection from Concord & 9th! Creating in Color! Beautiful ink pads and matching cardstock in gorgeous colors! YIPPEEEE!

At Creativation I was able to see the new color collection in person at the C9 booth… and I was excited back then! But then, you know, 2020 happened and everything kept getting delayed. Well…now it's time! Finally it's time! I have been making projects for a couple of weeks and really have given the inks and papers a crafty workout. Verdict: LOVE. For sure these inks are staying on my desk. They are wonderful. I'll talk more about them later in my post. I have two projects to share today. AND…there is a huge Instagram Hop going on with AMAZING prizes!! I'll tell you the details about that too!

Concord & 9th is one of my favorite companies – you guys already know that! I used new dies from this month's release for my card today! I'll be posting today to launch the festivities, and then I'll be posting every Friday in July – more projects made with the new inks and papers. Soooo a lot happening and I'm so glad. All the new ink pads, cardstock and July stamps/dies will be available in the C9 Store on Thursday, July 9th at 11am EST!! Set your alarm for it!

First up today is a big chunky flower card!! I used six of the new hues to make this one…. SO FRESH! I also used the new Fresh Cut Florals dies that will be released later this week. A whole card with just dies – no stamping on this one. The finished card is slightly larger than an A2 card. I made a custom size for this one. Colors: Honeysuckle, Stardust, Ballet Slipper, Parsley, Aqua Sky and Sorbet. YUM.

It was super fun and relaxing to sit and die cut flowers and put them together…. You can see that I used the same color ink pad and cardstock to make the florals: I used Honeysuckle cardstock and then inked the edges with Honeysuckle Ink, etc. Gives more depth and dimension to otherwise plain die cuts. I also used a white gel pen to add accents to all the pieces.

I unified the look by making the flower centers all black. Makes it pop and look graphic too. Very modern! The sentiment is also a die cut from black cardstock. I love how this turned out. These flowers are pretty on a card but would be perfect for making a paper wreath, or gluing onto treat boxes or presents!!

Here are the cardstock colors used on this project…. I'll be sharing my cute little swatch book next!!!

Let's talk about that beautiful Stitched Blooms Die! OH MY WORD…. It's a die that makes this amazing design into the paper!!! I think you're going to be seeing this a lot in my projects. I felt like it just added a little something!

Okay – so the color collection comes in: Full size ink pads, ink cubes, reinkers and cardstock. 22 fresh and fabulous colors of ink. The paper pack includes black and white also. Kraft is called Wheat in this collection. The pinks and greens are luscious… All the ink pads are foam. They are CRISP and clear! So my test of new inks is to use Neenah Solar White paper with a brand new stamp and the brand new ink… These ink pads passed the test with flying colors! NO pooling or blotches… You'll see in my project on Friday – I used tons of inks. They are so nice.

CLICK HERE to read the details about the colors on the C9 website!

I made this adorable little swatch book on a ring to keep track of my colors. I love this project!! Here are all the cardstock colors…

And here are all my pretty ink pads all in a row…. Swoon….

And here is my sweet little swatch book!! EEP. Don't you love it!? I used the Crafty Turnabout Stamp Set, Crafty Dies, Tall Type Alphas and Numbers, and of course the new cardstock. I used the postage stamp die from the Crafty Dies set and die cut one of each color of cardstock. I used a hole punch to punch a hole in the corner of each one. Then I made a front cover and a back cover!! I put them all on a ring that is now happily hanging in my craft room. The #C9 part is the back cover!!

Here is the front cover…. The scissors are from Oceanside and Dove papers and the stamp is Wheat and Honeysuckle papers. The hearts are the Cranberry paper.

And here is the back cover! Black, Dove, Aqua Sky, and Mushroom papers. Aqua Sky ink! I used the Crafty Dies and the Tall Type Alpha and Numbers…

Here's a picture of it in my hand so you can see the scale of it. Those dies are the sweetest thing!!

Okay! You've made it through this long post! Thanks for coming by to visit today! I hope you can feel my excitement and I hope you are excited too! I cannot wait to share all month with you. My projects are coming along nicely and I'm very inspired. All the new inks and papers will be available with the July release: Thursday July 9th, 11am EST.

PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT!!! The prizes for this release are all happening on Instagram!! We are doing an Insta-hop with 18 craft bloggers. We are all featuring the new color collection on our Instagram feeds!! Please pop over to my Instagram for all the details. The prizes are AMAAAZZZING but you can only enter on IG. Here's a hint – the grand prize is one of everything!!! Oh YEAH! Good Luck friends!

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies I used for today's projects! (Affiliate Links Used). I will see you soon (Friday!) Take care. XOXO

July 7, 2020
Color Crush New Release from The Stamp Market!

OH MY GOODNESS! I am SOOOOO happy and excited to be posting this blog post today! It's finally here, and live, and available for shopping! The 2019 Color Crush Collection from The Stamp Market! WAHOOOO! I have been a fan of The Stamp Market since they opened up shop two years ago. I love everything Amy creates. The words that come to mind to describe The Stamp Market are: Fresh, Modern, Pretty, Graphic, and Clean. Literally, everything is perfect. I want it all. (I may have bought it all, already! LOL) And now, there is a new release today that includes new stamps, dies, and the Color Crush Collection of inks, re-inkers, papers, and enamel dots all color coordinate in the modern colors that The Stamp Market is known for.

I was honored to be part of the team that helped reveal the colors over on Instagram. There are thirteen gorgeous new colors! Did you follow along with me there?? You can pop over and look at my Instagram Stories Highlights to see all the colors/photos!

The new release is available now! We are doing a big blog hop today to share ideas and inspiration with the new products. I'm sharing a card and a treat box idea with you. Enjoy the hop! The full list of blogs is at the bottom of this post along with supply links. Thanks so much for coming by! XO

For my projects for today, I wanted to showcase my favorite colors from Color Crush! They are Citrine, Tropic Teal, and Bubble Gum. I also used Mossy Green in there for a darker shade, that wasn't black. I wanted to create a Mad Men 60's vibe with argyle and retro colors! I love everything from that time period and there are such great design elements from that period also. Here is my card, and the treat box!

The card finished is A2 and made from Citrine Cardstock. I layered white cardstock as my top layer. I die cut the diamond shape from the Floral Diamond Set in my chosen colors and glued them to the white paper. They I used the amazing new Fine Lines jumbo stamp to stamp the argyle pattern lines across the diamonds. I used Mossy Green ink for this part. The sentiment is also stamped in Mossy.

I made the pillow box treat box using the We R Memory Keepers Pillow Box Punch Board and the same Citrine cardstock as the card so they would match. Man, I love that color!! I used a pretty strip of patterned paper to wrap around the center of the box, and then some twine. The big flower is the brand new Large Peony Die set. Normally, the petals would be folded in like a peony, but I wanted to show another option, by bending them outward! I used three layers of Bubble Gum cardstock for the flower. The set comes with two sizes of flowers (this is the small one), the leaves, and the center. I used Mossy Green for the Center, and Leafy Green for the leaves. I splattered everything with white ink for an artsy feeling.

The friend die cut is from the Scalloped Notecards Die Set (A favorite). The new collection comes with clear enamel dots also! So pretty as an accent on leaves.

Here's a close up of the flower! SOOOO pretty! This is going to get used a lot in my craft room!

The focal point of my card is the Big HI die cut. I splattered it with a bit of white. This is two cardstock layers together to make it a bit thicker on the paper.

I made cardstock swatches of all the colors in the Color Crush lineup! Here they are for you! YUMMMMMMMY. There are thirteen colors in this launch. They are all bright, clear, and happy colors. The paper is so nice to work with and the ink pads are great also. I have some photos below of all the new items in the color family! YAY!

And here's a picture of the ink pads. These ink pads are JUICY! I mean super juicy. Clear, bright and vivid colors. A little goes a long way with these. I'm so happy to add these colors to my ink pad collection! I will reach for them often, I am sure!

There are re-inkers available in every color.

I had fun making some 'hello's' when I was testing out the new colors! HELLO!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! XO

September 5, 2019
Color Pop #6!

Hi everyone! Hope your weekend has been a fun one! Can you even believe that next weekend is Labor Day? Gosh! I'm not complaining though… because….FALL is coming! And that makes me super happy. Are your kiddos back in the school groove yet? Are you having changing temperatures? It's still hot as heck here but I'm ready anyway.

Today is installment number six in my fun Color Pop Series with Simon Says Stamp. I love sharing this with you each month. What is your favorite color so far? I think mine is still Twisted Citron… Hmmm, that's a hard question though. I have news and updates about my feature over at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Blog. Today is the post for new ink color #7 which is the bright and beautiful Blueprint Sketch! This color is pretty and clean and clear. I looooove blue so I was very happy about this color. It is the exact color of architectural blueprints! It has just the very slightest undertone of violet to it. A cool blue. My mind immediately went to red with this color and it pops with it for sure! I made a fun card using the Tim Holtz Blueprint Stamps (of course!) and some fun techniques. I hope you like it too.

You know if it's Simon Says Stamp, then there must be cool prizes…and there are! Leave a comment over on my SSS Blog Post post for some Tim Holtz swag! Sweet! Big thanks to Heidi and the rest of the crew at SSS for giving away such great prizes all the time. Right!?

Here is a very sneaky peek at my project:

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ENTIRE PROJECT!

Here is my color swatch for this month. Blueprint Sketch fits right in with all the other gorgeous blues in the Distress Ink family. It is very bright and clear and bold. In my book, you can never have too much blue! CLICK on the photo below to see all the different mediums it comes in.

In case you didn't see it - CLICK HERE to see last month's project tutorial. It features the mysterious Hickory Smoke Ink! I used it with some pretty pastel colors to create a gift box project.

Next month's color is rich, dark Ground Espresso! It is the exact color of a beautiful cup of coffee. It just came in the mail this past week. Can't wait to get my hands inky. You're gonna love that one too. I have so many ideas! Thanks for following along with me on this Color Pop adventure! Have an awesome day. XOXO I'll be back with a fun blog hop on Wednesday to celebrate Stamp-tember! YAY!

August 30, 2015
The Color of FUN! Simon Says Stamp New Release Blog Hop!

Helloooo! Have you been enjoying all the sneak peeks of the amazing new release from Simon Says Stamp for the past week or so? The new release is finally live and you can see it all! Are you having fun today on this awesome blog hop!? We are celebrating the newest release from our friends at Simon Says Stamp today! The release is called The Color of FUN! There are 12 new GORGEOUS ink pad colors, hand chosen by some of our favorite designers…and loads of fabulous new stamps and dies too. I say it every time…but I think this is my favorite release ever! It's so perfect for Summer. Can't wait for you to see the entire collection if you haven't already. CLICK HERE!

Be sure to go all the way to the bottom to find the next link on the blog hop…. And be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win a prize package! Yeah!

I have three cards to share with you! First is a pretty floral Thank You card made using the Many Thanks set and the Big Scripty Greetings set. LOVE! If you get a new sentiment set this summer – this is THE ONE to get. SO nice!

I tied a sweet twine bow at the top, because, well, I just love pink and white twine! I couldn't help myself. I stamped the flower images and then layered two of the Stitched Squares dies, both in white. Very crisp and clean.

Um, you gotta get some of this new GRID PAPER for stamping on! Yippeeeee!

Oh, gosh, how I love this next set…. One with Nature. Seriously. Seriously? Yeah, it's perfect. I stamped the trees and leaves using the new ink colors of Scuba and Jellybean. Then I used rich brown for my accents and sentiment.

Back to the awesome florals again! This time in a totally different color scheme! Popped it with pink and lavender and yellow. I really think these florals are so feminine so I added some pearls to the flower centers.

I cut these out by hand and layered them around a Stitched Circle die to showcase the nice sentiment. Used some foam tape to pop some of them higher off the card.

PRIZE PACK GIVEAWAY!!

Each stop on the hop will have a winner that will receive a Simon Says Stamp Prize pack! The winners will be randomly selected by Simon on June 15th. Be sure to comment here, and on each post along the way for more chances to win!! Gotta play to win!! Yes indeed!

I have all my supplies listed below…and HERE is the link to see the entire release!

Thanks for hopping by today! Your next stop is to the amazing, talented Anna-Karin!

Maybe you arrived from awesome Lucy's blog? If you get lost along the way, head on over to the Simon Says Stamp blog for all the links! I'm so happy to have you visit today for this fabulous mega-hop!

June 12, 2015