Welcome to the InStyle Stamp blog hop! You should have arrived here from Jan and when your done here hop on over to Sarah next. When you get finished, make sure to head back to the InStyle Stamp blog where you can leave comments AND vote for your favorite DT creation! One lucky commenter/voter on their site will receive a $25 goodie bag; and the winning DT member also get a prize! So, um… well, vote for me! LOL!

I made this card using the new digital release of Alma from InStyle Stamps. The main image was enlarged for the centerpiece and used again, in it’s entirety, in a smaller size as the “painted picture” accent on the bottom of the easel card.

Blog Hop: InStyle Stamps Release Blog Hop
Main Stamp: Alma (ISS)
Patterned Paper: Nana’s Kids (DCWV)
Copic Colors:
-ducks: C1, YR00, YR12, YR14, Y02, Y04, Y08, 0
-other: E40, E41, E42, E43, YG01, YG03, B60

Did you know? Mount Albion Cemetery in Albion, New York, has one of the rare butternut trees in the region. Butternut trees, also known as White Walnut trees, are typically limited to the eastern Northern Americas.

This project is a chocolate bar wrap, however, if it stays on my desk too much longer then it’s going to be an empty wrapper! This is my second attempt to find a pink salmon color – I’m getting closer. I used the digital stamp Ellie from InStyle Stamps which is newly released. Head on over to their blog as they are giving away a free digit when they hit 300 followers. Be sure to leave them a comment letting them know you came from here! (I think I get brownie points!)

Challenge: Aud Sentiments – Challenge #9
Main Stamp: Ellie (ISS)
Patterned Paper: unknown scraps
Copic Colors:
-R22, YR02, R02, R11, G82, E42, E44, YR20, YR21, YR23

Did you know? The movie Cast Away was filmed on Monuriki, a member of the Mamanuca Islands. It is in a subgroup of the Mamanuca archipelago, which is sited off the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji’s largest island. The island became a tourist attraction following the film’s release. Although it is identified by Kelly after Chuck’s return as being “about 600 miles south of the Cook Islands,” there is actually no land between Antarctica and the southern-most Cook Islands of Mangaia.
[Cast Away, Wikipedia.org]

I made this card using the digital stamp Linc from InStyle Stamps, which is due to be released tomorrow! For this card, after I colored and cut around Linc, I then embossed it to give it texture.

Main Stamp: Linc (ISS)
Patterned Paper: Nana’s Nursery – Baby Girl (DCWV)
Dry Embossing: Cuttlebug Embossing Folders Tiny Bubbles
Copic Colors:
-lion: R11, R12, R14

Did you know? In 1911, Thomas William Burgess, on his sixteenth attempt, became the second man to swim across the English Channel. He later trained Gertrude Ederle, who in 1926, became the first woman to swim across.
[Thomas William Burgess, Wikipedia.org]

I made this card using the digital stamp Molly from InStyle Stamps, which is also available in stamp form. The challenge is to create a card or project using the inspirational photo and a color guide. The color inspiration photo used for this challenge is also the same photo used for the second challenge!

Challenge: InStyle Stamps Color Challenge
Challenge: The Play Date Cafe – Challenge #43
Main Stamp: Molly (ISS)
Patterned Paper: (none)
Dry Embossing: Cuttlebug Embossing Folders Script & Blue Dots
Spellbinders: Nestabilities Dahlia
Copic Colors:
-skin: E000, E00, R20
-hair: W2, W4, W6, W8, W10
-clothes: 0, W1, BG11, BG13
-other: BG11, BG13, YG41, YG45, E41, E42, E43

Did you know? The structured program theorem is a result in programming language theory. It states that every computable function can be implemented in a programming language that combines subprograms in only three specific ways. These three control structures are sequence, selection and repetition.[Structured Program Theorem, Wikipedia.org]

The challenge is to create a card or project based on the inspirational photo provided. I choose to focus on the element of three shown by the pictures on the wall and also I kept a boy theme. The other challenge was to use diecuts.

This would be fun hanging on a door or wall of a kids room. I made this decoration using three cute digital stamps from InStyle Stamps: Hanna, Ellie and Linc, which will be released this August 20.

Challenge: InStyle Stamps – InSpirational Challenge
Challenge: All That Scraps – Weekly Wednesday Challenge
Main Stamp: Hanna, Ellie and Linc (ISS)
Patterned Paper: Animal Crackers (DCWV)
Spellbinders: Nestabilities Labels One
Copic Colors:
-Hanna: G12, G14, G17, G19
-Ellie: B91, B93, B34, B37, B39, R24, R29, G17
-Linc: R22, R24, R27, R29

Did you know? Comet Hale-Bopp, the Great Comet of 1997, was arguably the most widely observed comet of the twentieth century, and one of the brightest seen for many decades. It was visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months!
[Comet Hale-Bopp, Wikipedia.org]

I made this card using the Kristina digital stamp from InStyle Stamps. The challenge this week is to create an easel card based on the sketch provided plus to use butterflies, bees or bugs on a second challenge.

Blog Candy Alert! Are you a follower yet? I post new creations daily for a good source of morning inspiration! If you love my creations then you’ll love my blog candy… I have two small packages of my cards to mail out to two lucky followers! You have from now until Saturday 11pm EST to officially “Follow” my blog and the winners will be announced Sunday!

Sketch: InStyle Stamps – Wednesday Sketch
Challenge: Pile It On – Challenge #30
Main Stamp: Kristina (InStyle Stamps)
Patterned Paper: The Green Stack (DCWV)
Copic Colors:
-skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
-hair: E51, E53, E55
-clothes: E70, E71, E74, G20, G21, G24, G28
-other: B91, B93, B95, BG72, BG75, BG78, C1, C3

Did you know? The beaver is actually a rodent and it is second-largest rodent in the world, after the Capybara. Beavers are known for building dams, canals and lodges and is often chosen for national symbols, crests and mascots.