Pinspired/Crafter's Companion Blog Hop!

Good morning! Welcome to the Pinspired/CC blog hop, running from May 3-5. So glad you could join us! If you are just joining in, you'll want to head to the Pinspired blog for the hop list and details. If you have hopped your way to my page, WELCOME! I design with Crafter's Companion,  and couldn't love it any more than I already do! Crafter's Companion is offering up a great prize to not only a commenter, but to someone who participates in the challenge as well.

A little about Crafter's Companion and Pinspired Challenge Blog:

Crafter's Companion

Crafter’s Companion is a U.K.-based company with offices in Anaheim, CA and Northern England. Well known for our innovative paper crafting tools and accessories, our products are distributed and sold worldwide. Our most popular products include Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, the Ultimate Crafter’s Companion Tool, the Ultimate Pen Storage, embossing folders, and EZMagnetic Storage panels for metal embossing and cutting dies. Our staff prides itself on top-notch service with a 100% customer satisfaction philosophy. If we have exceeded your expectations, then we’ve done our job!

Pinspired Challenge Blog

Pinspired Challenges was created by a group of girls that LOVE Pinterest and crafting.... We came up with the idea of the challenge in the latter part of 2012 and the challenges launched in January of 2013.  Our DT, or as we like to call them, "Pin Heads" have scoured Pinterest to bring you some amazing inspirational pins.  We will post a brand new challenge on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month. You will have until Thursday of the following week to link your entry onto the challenge post.  That's 9 whole days to play along!!!! Inspirational photos are for you to interpret anyway you want.  You can take from the colors, the style or the technique - whatever floats your boat! You can also feel free to make any kind of craft you want as well, whether its a card, layout or altered item.

The challenge: be inspired by the Pinterest image above. What lovely colors, how can you not be inspired by that? Here's what I came up with: 

I used Sheena's A Little Bit Floral - Magnolia Blossom for this card, isn't that image beautiful? I started with a sheet of pale blue cardstock, inking the edges with Memento Rich Cocoa. After stamping the image, I used my Spectrum Noir pens and a fun technique called palette blending, which you can find on the Spectrum Noir website here. I used CR4, CR1, and CT2 for the petals, LG2 and LG5 for the leaves, and EB2 and EB3 for the branch. Then I stamped the sentiment in the Rich Cocoa I inked the edges with, which comes from the Stamp It Australia Unmounted Stamp Set 60 - Friendship Sentiments. this was mounted on Heidi Swapp Sugar Chic floral paper, which was in turn adhered to a pretty doily. A piece of twine finishes it off!

So if you are hopping along, you should be headed to Lalo's blog next. Enjoy, and if you get lost, here's the lineup: 

Annette

Audrey

Chrissie

Christiana

Denise

Erica

Jean

Jennifer

Kendra

Khristen**you are here**

Lalo

Laurel

Mary Dawn

Roxanne

Stacy

Stephanie L.

Stephanie S.

Trena

Happy hopping!