National Stamping Month Blog Hop: #30 Years of Happy

In honor of National Stamping Month and the #30yearsofhappy special stamp set, we are celebrating with a special blog hop!  (If you're already hopping then you've arrived from Lillian Yeh's blog.  You will go check out Amie Kiger next.)

Have you noticed the current nautical trend?  I love it!  (I guess that comes from living on a lake most all of my life?)  When I saw the anchor stamp in this set, I knew that I would be using it a lot.  I had so much fun designing this life buoy to pair with the anchor!  I started with a 2-1/4" circle that I cut with my Cricut.  I then used my 1" circle punch to cut out the center.  Next, I wrapped the Ruby washi tape around the buoy four times.  I then punched out the center again to get rid of the inside edges of the washi tape and used scissors to round out the outside edge.  Wrapping the Ruby baker's twine was a bit challenging and time consuming, but I had to have it on there!  The pretty Glacier B&T comes from the Seaside and Snowhaven paper packs.  A little silver shimmer trim and white epoxy dot were required for some bling, and the Ruby washi stripe really set off the card.

Complete Hop List HERE

Since there are 30 different stamps in this set, you are going to want to visit each blog along this hop.  (Of course you can come back here if you get lost on the way.)  Please leave me a comment before setting sail to AMIE'S BLOG!