The Stamp Review Crew: Perfect Pennants

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 the fun and popular all-occasions set, Perfect Pennants, which comes as a bundle with coordinating Banner framelits.  If you are hopping around in a circle, you have just come from Deb Burgin's blog.  Deb has such a lovely style!

I was looking around for some stampin' inspiration and came across the Sunday Stamps Color Challenge #89, It's All Plum.  Plum is one of my troublesome colors.  Hey, don't get me wrong, I love purple.  I just don't seem to stamp with it much.

I love playing with embossing paste and stencils.  It's just one of those messy processes that I find really satisfying... even if I have to wait for it to dry.  I decided to recycle a card layout I have used in the past with this set, Perfect Pennants.

Stamps: Perfect Pennants; Paper: Wisteria Wonder, Very Vanilla, Gold Designer Vellum; Ink: Perfect Plum; Accessories: Gold sequin trim, Translucent embossing paste, Hearts & Stars decorative masks, Banners framelits, Big Shot, Sewing machine, Thread, Dimensionals.

I challenged myself to make a Valentine's project with this set.

Here I incorporated some items from the upcoming Occasions catalog, Confetti Heart border punch and Stacked with Love DSP.  I used the color combination from Color Throwdown #323 and sketch from Retro Sketches #146.

Stamps: Perfect Pennants; Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla, Stacked with Love DSP, Gold Foil sheet; Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Baked Brown Sugar, Versamark; Accessories: Rhinestone jewels, Confetti Heart border punch, Gold EP, Sponge, Hearts Collection framelits, Squares Collection framelits, Big Shot, Sewing machine, Thread, Dimensionals. 

I thought I was done.  Since it is the new year, I started playing around with New Year's card ideas.  "Make a Wish" makes for a good sentiment for the occasion.

Similar layout to the first card, I stamped Dotty Angles background with both heat-embossed silver and Silver Encore ink.  I also incorporated some bokeh effect with White Craft ink and silver sequins.

Stamps: Perfect Pennants, Dotty Angles; Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Basic Black, Silver Fancy Foil Vellum, Silver Glimmer; Ink: White Craft, Silver Encore, Versamark; Accessories: Frosted Sequins, Silver EP, Clear EP, Circle punches, Itty Bitty Accents punch pack, Sponge dauber, Banners framelits, Big Shot, Sewing machine, Thread, Dimensionals.

Make sure you check out the next stop to see what lovelies the fabulous Kerry Willard Bray has put together with Perfect Pennants.