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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Papertrey Ink February Blog Hop

Today, I'm participating in the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

This month's challenge is this lovely inspirational photo:


It totally had me wishing that I had some pear stamps! LOL!

Instead, I decided to focus on the arrangement and the flowers 
and I created this:


I diecut my tag using Tag Sale #7, which I inked with a blending tool and sweet blush ink.
I stamped the Songbirds leaves onto the tag and onto my background,
first in a lighter shade of green and then again, with a darker green that I sponged onto 
the ends of the leaves with my blending tool.


I stamped the Bloomers flowers onto their coordinating diecuts in sweet blush,
with gold centres.
I stamped the sentiment (from KIS: Belated Birthday) and heat embossed it
in white on a strip of black cardstock.

I'm also linking this up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

51 comments:

  1. Very pretty and clean!

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  2. so pretty Leigh - love everything about it!

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  3. So soft and pretty!!! LOVE your card!!! Have a great day Leigh!

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  4. really pretty leigh! i love the way you double stamped your leaves to give them depth and dimension.

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  5. This is so pretty, Leigh!

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  6. So soft and pretty, Leigh! :)

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  7. I too was totally smitten with that lovely bloom in the photo!

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  8. Love the black sentiment popping off the soft colors of your tag and pretty flowers!

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  9. Leigh, this is so soft looking. The pop of black looks great!

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  10. A real CAS beauty Leigh...love it!! :0)

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  11. This is lovely, Leigh! So pretty! I like how you arranged the cluster of blooms around your tag.

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  12. Gorgeous in the soft pastels! Love the perfect inking!

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  13. Leigh, I always love looking at your cards! You are an artist! Love the blending here. :)

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  14. Lovely! That pinked up tag is great too.

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  15. LOVE this beauty!! A tag element always makes me happy!

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  16. Gorgeous, Leigh! Love the cluster of soft pink flowers on this sweet tag!

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  17. So soft and pretty Leigh, and I love it!

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  18. Such a wonderful card with the soft pink touches

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  19. Oh, darn, your post got me thinking I do have PTI pear stamps from a long, long time ago. I may have to make another card, but my order is arriving today so we will see.

    Beautiful card as always Lee. Hope you and your beautiful daughter are doing well. I always love when I see her crafting with you.


    Joyce

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  20. What a soft and lovely card, Leigh! I love the black label sentiment. It really stands out on your sweet card!
    Funny, this challenge had me wishing I had Meadow Greens. It's been on my wish list forever!

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  21. Did you color your blog to match your lovely card today?! : ) What a beautiful card and blog you have Leigh. The sentiment on black is the perfect pop of contrast. Great job!!

    Patti

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  22. So soft & pretty, Leigh!

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  23. Gorgeous, Leigh. Love how you always find something new to do with those Songbird leaves.

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  24. This came out beautiful, Leigh...you don't need the pears ;-)

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  25. What a lovely take on the inspiration, Leigh! I love these soft colors, and your design is a pretty way to show them off! Thanks for sharing it with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

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  26. Great design, Leigh! Love the leaves peeking out from under the tag. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  27. This is so soft and pretty, Leigh! Love the tag and layered flowers! Beautifully done!

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  28. You never fail to delight with these hops, Leigh! This is so lovely and feminine!! Enjoy the hop! Hugs, Darnell

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  29. This is really lovely! I especially like the use of the tag behind the blooms.

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  30. So sweet, so beautiful! Love your design!

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  31. Soft, feminine and ever so pretty!!

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  32. You rocked this Leigh! Love your simple layers!

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  33. So soft and pretty with the twine bow and delicate leaves. Lovely color variation in your greens and pinks.

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  34. I like the interesting layers you created for your flowers!

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  35. So soft and beautiful, Leigh. I love this!!

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  36. You always make gorgeous flowers! Great card Leigh!

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  37. Just beautiful Leigh!! I love how you stamped the leaves on the tag!!

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  38. Just beautiful, Leigh. You always inspire me.

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  39. Beautiful card, Leigh! The leaves stamped on the base, as well as the tag add interest behind those beautiful flowers, and I love how you've included the tag. I always forget I have that option. Thanks for the inspiration, as well as for the sweet comment on my card!

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  40. Beautiful! Love the flowers! And I really adore how you used the tag on here. Great touch to have some of the leaves peeking out from underneath!

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  41. Gorgeous, Leigh! Great idea to stamp the leaves under the tag as well as on the tag. Your Bloomers are beautiful with their gold centers.

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  42. Such a pretty take on that inspiration photo. I love the twine and the contrast from the black sentiment piece.

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  43. Absolutely beautiful!! Love the flowers and the way the sentiment pops!! Fabulous!

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  44. Beautiful card! I like the soft colors with the tag.

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  45. Leigh, this is so pretty.
    I love it.

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  46. Leigh, this is beautiful!!! Yay for the completely deserved shout out! I was wishing for pears, too. :) Thank you so much for your huge compliment on my card. You always say the sweetest things!

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