Welcome Spring! layout *Inspired By Stamping and Die Version Blog hop*

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Inspired By Stamping and Die Versions Blog Hop.  Twenty two talented designers have united to celebrate the new season and shake off the malaise of a snowy winter. Yay!!! Inspired by Stamping, which designs and manufactures the highest quality of photopolymer stamps that bring superior stamping to all crafters, has teamed up with Die-Versions, makers of low profile metal dies which works with virtually every machine out there and cuts through most materials, to create this special eye candy of Spring themed projects.

One lucky "hopper" will get a total prize package of $100 in gift certificates, a $50 gift certificate from Inspired by Stamping AND Die-Versions, so you can stock up on some awesome products that both of these companies have to offer.

For your chance to win the grand prize, visit all of the participating blogs, leaving a comment at each, then leave a comment telling us what you like the most about Spring at the Inspired By Stamping blog. All comments entered between now and April 28^th at 10 pm (Pacific time) will be eligible for the grand prize. We also encourage you to leave a comment on each of the designer’s blogs along the way, I’m sure they would appreciate the love.

Here's my contribution to the hop...

Welcome Spring! layout

Here's a couple of "behind the scene" photos while I was creating my layout...

When I received the background die from Die Versions, I was very impressed at how easy it was to create this intricate dot design. I liked it so much that I thought it would be fun to use it as a mask on my background page. I created the image on plain cardstock and then used that as a stencil over my pattern paper.

To add some "spring" flowers to my page, I used the Daisy stamp from Inspired By Stamping to create my layered floral embellishments. This is a great technique to use up scrap paper cause it adds some interesting look to your stamped images.

To finish off my layered flowers, I handcut them then layered them over each other. I added a button with twine threaded through it as a finishing touch.

I even used the misted cardstock on my page by punching out a tag from it which I layered over another plain cardstock. I loved the layered look of it.

I used the "remember" die to put on the top of my photo. It was a great little accent on the top of the page.

I decided to add a really cool quote on my page so I used this stamp set, cut out into strips then added it to the page. 

And here's the final page again....

and here are some close up shots...

Your next stop on the hop is Leah's blog  and if you ever get lost in the hop you can always go to Die Versions blog and Inspired By Stamping blog for the complete order list.

Till next time,
Grace