Summer Barn & Windmill

I am on vacation this week, but I can't go a whole week without making a card! My husband and I took two carry-on bags with us, mine was entirely filled with stamps, dies and crafting supplies. I held my breath as TSA scanned my bag fully expecting my metal dies to be considered "weapons", but I got lucky and it went through with no problem, although I did have to have a full body scan and my husband did not!

I spent a very fun day yesterday using some new Serendipity stamps I received the day before we left. I love the cozy feel of the Summer Barn and Windmill stamp. It creates such a warm, comforting feel and is such a detailed stamp, just perfect for stamping without having to color it. Here is the card I made with it:

I used one of my new Spellbinder dies (Thanks Jeanne) which creates a beautiful frame for the barn image. I added a few rolling hills and added an additional popped up windmill for dimension. Don't those little cow and pig silhouette dies look cute with the barn scene? The sentiment is from Everyday Words, small horizontal and fit perfectly onto a Spellbinder fancy tag. I packed some gingham ribbon since it adds such a homespun feel to a card. This is my very favorite Serendipity stamp so far...(notice I said so far) since every time I look through the store I find a stamp I can not wait to use! Make sure to check out the store and I am sure you will agree.

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Waltzingmouse July Blog Party- The Great Outdoors

Today is the 17th of the month and you know what that means...Waltzingmouse Stamps is having their monthly blog party!  This months theme is The Great Outdoors and was one of very favorite so far.  Who doesn't love Summer and everything it brings with it, sunshine and warm sunny days, green grass and sweet summer fruit.  Those things are what I chose to base my card on for this challenge.

I cut a little strawberry basket using an svg file on my cricut from My Scrap Chick and stamped it with an image from Picnic Patterns...looks like a woven basket, don't you think?

I used a Cheery Lynn Border Carnivale die cut wrapped with twine to embellish the basket.  The little leaves are actually a little tree image from Frame It stamped in two different colors of green.  I cut some sunbeams from Summer Sunrise patterned paper, pinked the edges, added a grass border and my favorite thing...those cute little crochet The last thing was a sentiment from Sewing Box Hugs which I think went well with the sunshine theme  I love anything crocheted!

Want to see some more projects featuring the Great Outdoors?  Here's a link to the Waltzingmouse Blog Party.