Welcome to the April Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop! This month we are featuring The Neutrals Collection with our projects.


A few people had asked me to make some Father's Day cards and the Neutral collection is perfect for them. I had bought the Best Catch bundle from the Occasions Catalogue for scrapbooking pictures of my husband's fishing but it also fits for Father's Day.


I used Shimmery White cardstock for the water, embossed it using the Seaside Embossing Folder,  sprinkled Prussian Blue Brusho over the "waves" and spritzed with water. I left some of it white thinking that it looked like whitecaps on the water. You can see the sparkle of the Shimmery cardstock in the above picture. The fishies were die cut and then embossed using the Subtle Embossing Folder. Love how this card turned out - definitely have to make more cards using this stamp set!

Supplies
Stamps: Best Catch
Colours: Night of Navy, Mossy Mellow, Early Espresso, Gray Granite, Whisper White, Shimmery White
Accessories: Prussian Blue Brusho, Catch of the Day Thinlits, Seaside Texture Impressions Embossing Folder, Subtle Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder, Silver Metallic Thread, Tailored Tag Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thank you for stopping by today, it would be lovely if you left me a comment before moving on to visit Libby's blog.
~ Amanda
Blog Hop Roll Call

1. June Olsen
2. Tricia Butts
3. Amanda Farlinger You are here!
4. Libby Dyson
5. Amber Thompson
6. Anastasia Radloff
7. Jenn Curtis Charles 
8. Lisa Henderson
9. Amanda Bates 
10. Jan Musselman 
11. Angélique Stempelkeuken 
12. Kimberley Anne Morris 

This beautiful card was made at March's team meeting that Lisa held at her place. Love that it resembles Delftware - maybe not in the design but the colouring! The Painted Seasons stamp set is part of a bundle that was part of the Sale-A-Bration Second Release, it comes with the Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper and is free when you spend $120. Sale-A-Bration is almost over - ends on March 31 - this Sunday! Place your order online with me here: www.amandafarlinger.stampinup.net

Supplies
Stamps: Painted Seasons
Colours: Night of Navy, Whisper White
Accessories: Silver Embossing powder, Silver Pearls

~ Amanda

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Crop Kingston's March Crop in support of Martha's Table. I was able to work on my swaps for Onstage in April - hard to believe April is next week already! For our Make & Takes we used the Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper that was in each participant's grab bag.

A few months ago - how are we into the middle of March already?! - I participated in a swap. We needed to use a stamp set from the Occasions Catalogue and I really wanted to use the Humming Along stamp set but did not own the Hummingbird framelits yet, so I settled on hand cutting about 50 leaves! The background was watercolour washed using a Mint Macaron ink refill and an Aquapainter. Each card was a little different depending on how much water vs ink that was used. I did try using Thick Whisper White cardstock and the Shimmery White cardstock but both warped as they dried. The Watercolor paper is perfect for this technique!

Supplies
Stamps: Humming Along
Colours: Mint Macaron, Smokey Slate, Pool Party
Accessories: Watercolor Paper, Silver Embossing Powder, Pearls, Aquapainter, Stampin' Mini Dimensionals

~ Amanda

With St. Patrick's Day coming up very soon I made this card using the Shamrock stamp from the Amazing life stamp set. It has a little bit of flare with the Gold Glimmer scalloped circle! I struggle to use the Gingham Gala Designer Series Paper. I started with a piece of Lemon Lime Twist sheet from the pack and added colours until I had something that would work for St. Patrick's day. Sometimes we just have to throw things together to see what it makes!

Supplies
Stamps: Amazing Life
Colours: Smokey Slate, Call Me Clover
Accessories: Gingham Gala Designer Series Paper, Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends, Gold Glimmer Paper, Layering Circle Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

Last month my upline Lisa gave the team a creative challenge to use the Occasion catalogue to CASE one card and add our own twist to it. My card is from page 16 and I changed the Designer Series Paper to the Animal Expedition designer series paper and used a piece of Pool Party cardstock instead of ribbon. This little otter is very cute!

Supplies
Stamps: Hey Love, Amazing Life
Colours: Shaded Spruce, Pool Party, Whisper White
Accessories: Rectangle Stitched framelits, Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper, Metallic Pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda