There She Goes Blog Hop - Garden of Friends!!

Hi everyone! Happy Wednesday! Welcome to the 2nd day of Blog Hops for the newest There She Goes release!! You should have made your way here from Jessie's Blog!

Today, the Trendsetters get to show you sneak peeks of an AMAZING new set called Garden of Friends! Jessica has done it again and has created a stunning floral set!!

The images and sentiments in this set are just beautiful. I have two cards to share with you today! On one, I colored the image with Copic Markers, and on the other, I stamped the image in colored ink! I wanted to show you how versatile this set is!

For my first card, I began by stamping this GORGEOUS vase of flowers in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Buttercream Cardstock and colored it with Copic Markers. I cut it out with Labels 9 Nestabilities and while the cardstock was in the nestie, I sponged the edges with Memento Canteloupe (I have been doing this ALL the time lately...I think it's my newest "thing").

This image was so fun to color, and I knew I wanted purple to feature heavily on my card, so I went with a Buttercream/Wizard Medium combo. I love this color by Prism...it's more of a plum than a purple! Yummy!! The Buttercream panel was run through the Cuttlebug with the D'Vine Swirl Embossing Folder and I also sponged the raised design with Memento Canteloupe.

On my center panel, I stamped some of the flowers in Perfect Plum onto the Wizard Medium Cardstock. I added some of Taylor's Tiny Twinkles to the top corner as well as both sides of the sentiment, "In a garden of friends...Happiness grows", which was punched out with my Word Window Punch. I finished this off with some White Gel Pen highlights on the flowers and the vase, as well as a double ribbon of Very Vanilla Taffeta, one of which I colored purple with a Copic Marker!


For my second card, I went with a graphic look! I decided I wanted a fun color combo, so I went with Intense Orange, Rose Dark and Choice White Cardstock. I started by stamping three different images from Garden of Friends in Memento Tangelo, Memento Rose Bud & Memento Pear Tart.

I added some fun Polka Dot Ribbon to make the colors pop, and the sentiment, "Thinking Of You" was stamped and punched from a 1 Inch Circle Punch and placed under the ribbon.

The center of EACH of the flowers in each cluster have a dot of Diamond Stickles. You can't really tell in the photograph, but it's super sparkly in real life!!

The next stop on the Garden of Friends Hop is over at Julie's Blog!

How would YOU like a chance at winning your very own set of Garden of Friends? It's easy to get that chance! Hop along the blog hop and comment on each of the Trendsetter's Garden of Friends post! When you are done, head on over to the TSG Blog and leave your name in Mr. Linky for the Garden of Friends Challenge! One lucky winner will be randomly chosen to win their own set of Garden of Friends!!

Thanks SO much for stopping by! Make sure to head back tomorrow at a peek at a SUPER fun set!

Happiness Grows Card Recipe:
Stamp: Garden of Friends by There She Goes
Paper: Choice Buttercream & Wizard Medium
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black & Memento Canteloupe
Accessories: Copic Markers, Labels 9 Nestabilites, Sponge, Taylor's Tiny Twinkles, Very Vanilla Taffetta Ribbon, Cuttlebug, D'Vine Swirls Embossing Folder, Word Window Punch and Foam Tape

Thinking Of You Card Recipe:
Stamps: Garden of Friends by There She Goes
Paper: Intense Orange, Rose Dark & Choice Snow White Cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Tangelo, Memento Rose Bud & Memento Pear Tart
Accessories: Diamond Stickles, 1 Inch Circle Punch, Polka Dot Ribbon and Foam Tape

Jodi