Taheerah Atchia

Hi everyone, and welcome, welcome, welcome to this month’s inaugural StampSpotlight post!!

I am so super-excited to be bringing you the next installment of this monthly feature on my blog! Last month’s StampSpotlight was such a blast and as soon as it was over I was already looking forward to the next one!!

In case you missed yesterday’s post with all the info, here are some specifics:

The Details

• StampSpotlight is a monthly feature that runs on my blog at the beginning of each month.
• The Spotlight will run from the first Tuesday of each month and last for 3 days. That’s 3 days of inspiration!
• Each post will go live at 7am EST/Midday GMT.
• I will be sharing new projects I’ve created each month that featured my spotlighted set.
• Each Spotlight will focus on a favourite set of mine. My aim is to showcase a set from a different manufacturer each month, but it totally depends on which particular stamp I’m wanting to showcase – I won’t be tied down to any one manufacturer and I am not receiving anything from the manufacturers that I do spotlight – it’s all out of love!
• I have asked the manufacturers if they will help spread the word about StampSpotlight when they are featured but this does not affiliate me with the manufacturers in any way. Just wanting them to help spread the word!
• If any manufacturers decide to sponsor the giveaway of the free set then I will explicitly state this.
• Each set I will showcase is one I genuinely adore from top to bottom, inside and out – and I want to show you just why I love them!

Enough to whet your appetite?! Then let’s get started!!

So yesterday I shared this sneak peek of the set for this month’s Spotlight:

I thought I made this one pretty difficult but evidently you guys are getting pretty good at this. 😛

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This month’s StampSpotlight is…

*drumroll*

 Becky Oehlers’ (through GinaK Designs) Mistletoe Memories!!

 I’ve been waiting and waiting and *waiting* for Winter to approach before spotlighting this set!! Finally I get to gush about this one!!

There are so many reasons why this set is worthy of the Spotlight. Firstly – it’s so hard to find a *good* mistletoe set. The size/scale, mix between modern and cutesy, the overall ‘feel’ – I’ve always struggled to find one that truly spoke to me. 

Then this beauty came along and changed everything!!!

Just *look* as those wonderfully modern, *versatile* images!! Look at all the options for customisation!! Look at those bold fonts and awesome staples!! And those seals too!! The stitches on the berries!!!! Gah!!! To top it all off, this set is designed by a very good and extremely talented friend of mine – Becky Oehlers. Dudes, she is amazing. No, like, really. And this set is amazing. I’ve even been published with it!! So there!!!

I can’t tell you how much I love this set. Okay, maybe I can. See, I was creating with it last year and I lost the berry trio stamp. I looked, on hands and knees, for *hours* for it – on more than one day. I couldn’t find it. I was so sad and missed it so badly that I ordered another entire stamp set just to get its replacement. That’s how much I love it!!

I think I’m done. For now. lol!! Hopefully the projects over the next few days will let the set speak for itself. 🙂

Now that all the introductions are out of the way, let’s get on with the projects for Day 1, shall we? 🙂

Modern magical marvellousness!!

I really wanted to create a bright, modern card in non-traditional colours. Thrilled at the results!!

I stamped the sprig using Mama Elephant ink in Smoke, and the leaves in Lollipop, Eggplant and Ocean. Then came the berries in that bright yellow Sunshine!! It’s not as bright as the photo shows, but it is a great yellow!!

The sentiment was stamped in smoke, and some falling berries completed the look!

Fancy being the lucky winner of this month’s Spotlight? Here’s the rules of how to participate!

I do hope you’ve enjoyed today’s post! I’m so dying to hear what you think about the series and about the projects!! Thank you all so much for stopping by – I’ll see you back here for Day 2 tomorrow!!

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