Welcome to the Pals March 2018 Blog Hop. Our theme this month is “Spring has Sprung”. The Stampin’ Pretty Pals will inspire you with Spring or Spring-related projects. You may see floral, Easter or other general Spring-inspired designs. You may be just starting or hopped over from another Pal. In either case you’ll find the line-up toward the end of my post to help you move along.

This stamp set called, Blossoming Basket is the perfect addition to your collection of spring and floral stamp sets! And the fact that it is a FREE set that is part of a bundle (Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder) with a qualifying purchase of $100 just makes it over-the-top perfection!

The image was stamped in Basic Black Archival Ink onto Shimmery White card stock. I love to use my Aqua Painter to add just a touch of color to the image – with very little effort. I used Calypso Coral and Flirty Flamingo ink for the floral image and Sahara Sand for the basket. Using this watercoloring technique allows you to really control the richness of the desired color.

Although this stamp set has two beautiful sentiments, I chose a sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set and stamped it with Calypso Coral ink to pick up the underneath layer of DSP from the Delightful Daisy DSP. I cropped out the sentiment in a tag shape and inked up the edges with a sponge dauber using Calypso Coral ink.

I added a bow of Linen Thread to the top of the basket image and attached a short strand to the tag to look like it was connected. I added a few Calypso Coral Enamel Dots and that was it! I hope you liked my card project today!

Thank you so much for hopping with the Stampin’ Pretty Pals today. Please take a minute to mark your calendar for our next hop on April 11, 2018 for our Family First Hop. Now hop along using the Blog Hop Line-up below. Don’t forget to leave us a comment. We really like that.

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
3. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
4. Corinne Blake at The Creative Compendium
5. Linda Suarez at All Night Stamping
6. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
7. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
8. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
9. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
10. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
11. Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
12. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
13. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
14. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
15. Nina King at Ink Paper Sequins
16. Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
17. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stampin’ Habit!
18. Sara Hicks Stuart at Sentiments by Sara
19. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
20. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose

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Blossoming Basket Clear-Mount Bundle – 147505

Price: $0.00

Teeny Tiny Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set – 127802

Price: $27.00

Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper – 144137

Price: $11.00

Shimmery White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 101910

Price: $8.00

Aqua Painters – 103954

Price: $17.00

Linen Thread – 104199

Price: $4.50

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad – 140931

Price: $7.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126983

Price: $6.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad – 141397

Price: $6.50

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