The Stamp Review Crew: Oh, Hello

Welcome to another Stamp Crew Review Blog Hop!  We share our take on a selected stamp set every first and third Monday.  This time we are hopping along with a versatile stamp set, little bit feminine, little bit masculine, called Oh, Hello. 

If you are hopping around in a circle, you have just come from Mike's blog.  Mike has such a different, refreshing take on sets that is so fun!   I fell in love with Oh, Hello at the Leadership Conference last year, with so many fun samples on display.  I couldn't wait to play with it, and I'm so glad to be able to pick it up again.

Coming up with a new and unique project can be a challenge.  Using trendy techniques, such as stencils and acrylic paint, with older sets can make what's old new again.  Using negative die-cuts is pretty popular right now too.

Using the My Digital Studio download and an e-cutter, I created my own chevron stencil for the background, inked with a mixture of acrylic paint and reinker.  This card uses Retro Sketches #107 and ColourQ #230.

Stamps: Oh, Hello; Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White; Ink: Summer Starfruit, Black Stazon, Coastal Cabana reinker; Accessories: White baker's twine, White acrylic paint, Oh, Hello MDS download, Hearts Collection framelits, Big Shot, Dimensionals.

The sentiments in the set are perfect for party planning, and it's been a while since we had a tea party.  I thought that might be fun.

For the invitation, I used the teacup image from the Tea Shoppe MDS download, and I printed and cut it out the old fashion way.  :)  The sketch came from Retro Sketches #108.

I've been wanting to cut out a pie box using the template from the Unknown Blessings MDS download.  In MDS, I recolored the pie box black (high contrast makes editing easier), imported it into Photoshop so I could select with the magic wand and paint the entire image black, and then imported it into my e-cutter.  After tracing the outline, overlay the matching stamp image of score lines from the download, and it is ready to cut out.  I cut a slightly smaller box for the bottom.  A little fringe flower, made with the Fringe Scissors, in the center of the spiral flower is so fun.

Stamps: Oh, Hello, Positively Chevron BG, Tea Shoppe MDS download, Unknown Blessings MDS download; Paper: Raspberry Ripple, Blushing Bride, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Whisper White; Ink: Blushing Bride, Raspberry Ripple, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Veramark; Accessories: Pearl jewels, Tea Lace paper doilies, Clear embossing powder, Sponges, Fringe scissors, Scallop Edge border punch, Fancy Fan EF, Little Leaves die, Spiral Flower die, Big Shot, Sewing machine, Thread, Dimensionals.

Make sure you check out the next stop to see what my creative friend Betty at Kitty Stamp put together with the set. 

 

The complete hop list:

1. Paula Wright paulastamps.blogspot.com
2. Dawn Tidd   tiddbitsfromdawn.typepad.com
3. Yapha Mason   yaphamason.com
4. Deb Currier  artfeltimpressions.blogspot.com
5. Nancy Smith  iguanastamp.wordpress.com
6. Holly Krautkremer  rubberredneck.typepad.com
7. Rita Wright  ritascreations.blogspot.com
8. Kerry Willard Bray peoniesandpaperchains.com
9. Shana Gaff   stressfreestamping.blogspot.com
10. Lisa Young   addinkandstamp.blogspot.com
11. Cindy Beach stampspaperandink.typepad.com
12. Jill Coleman  jillstamps.com
13. Mike Funke    stampin-style.typepad.com
14. Heidi Baks  runningwscissorsstamper.blogspot.com
15. Betty Traciak kittystamp.blogspot.com
16. Tanya Boser   tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com
17. Mary Rindal  maryrindal.com
18. Wendy Weixler   wickedlywonderfulcreations.blogspot.com