Stampin' Creative Global Blog Hop - Hearts of Friendship

Happy Thursday!  Welcome to the first Stampin' Creative Global Blog Hop for 2020!

Tamara Bertram coming to you from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  Yes, Canada ... the coldest place on the planet a few weeks ago, which gave me the PERFECT opportunity to hibernate in my Craft Cave and play!  This month my demonstrator friends from around the globe and I worked on projects with a "Hearts of Friendship" theme.  What does that mean??  Well ... I'm not sure *lol*.  The themes are kept quite general and generic so that it doesn't limit our creativity and/or imagination.  I thought and thought and thought about it and I wanted to create a card that I could send to my Girlfriends for Valentine's Day.  My girlfriends have been SUCH a huge support to me over the last 12-18 months.  I truly don't know how I would cope without them in my life.  I am SO blessed to have four Sisters-of-the-Heart living near me that I KNOW always have my back.  Now I'm not a "red heart" kinda gal ... but I CAN get down with some pretty flowers (and of course chocolate but that's a whole other post! lol)

This is the card I created for them:

 I made a few with an alternate sentiment

This is a VERY simple project to put together (well ... full disclosure ... it took me about 3 HOURS to put together but that was 2 hours and 50 minutes of playing, overthinking and using every craft supply I've ever owned before deciding on this clean, simple design!)

I actually started OFF CASEing the catalogue, and THIS project (bottom left) ...

I find it so funny how I START with a certain idea but end with something SO different!

Details:
Card Base:  Standard 5 1/2" x 4 1/2" (8 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded in half)
Layer: 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Parisian Blossom Specialty DSP
Top Whisper White Layer: 2 1/2" x 4"
Crumb Cake mat:  2 1/2" plus 2 ticks x 4" plus 2 ticks (or 2 5/8" x 4 1/8" for adults lol)
Stamp set:  Forever Blossoms (for both flower image and sentiment)
Inks:  Pool Party and Memento Black
Small pearls
Dimensionals
Wink of Stella
Linen thread: 22"
I stamped the sentiment on scrap Crumb Cake card stock then snipped apart with my paper snips and used glue to adhere

For this card I used the sentiment from the Peaceful Moments stamp set:

That's it!  My take on "Hearts of Friendship".  I pretty card I have already addressed and have ready to mail for Valentines Day ... or maybe it should be called GALentine's Day??

Of course Sale-a-brations is still in full swing and you can purchase all of the items through my online store over on the Right Hand Side.  With every $60 you spend you get a SAB item of your choice.  I'd be thrilled to be your Canadian Demonstrator, if you don't currently have one.

Right!  Now off you hop to check out what my friends have to share with you.  Have a stampy day .. and happy hopping!

Tam