**Create It 3-Ways Instagram Hop -- Summer*

It's time for the Create it 3-Ways Instagram Hop!  Each month, a group of us create three cards using a set theme... and those three cards have to have at least one thing in common with each other... a product used, colours, papers, tools, techinque, layout...  but something in common between all three of our cards.

For June, our theme is "summer" and I chose to play with an ice cream cone die I have.

For my first card I went with some bright and fun colours and a mix of fonts.  I created my colours by swiping inks on to white cardstock.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake

*Images:  Simon Says Stamp Big Old Birthday

*Ink:  Catherine Pooler Mandarin Spiace, Party Dress, Mardi Gras; Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Poppy Stamps Whittle Ice Cream Cone; MFT Impact Alphabet

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challengs:  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

For my second card I cut a rainbow of ice cream scoops to put on the front of my card.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake, Mango Medley, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade, Pacific Point

*Images:  Simon Says Stamp Big Old Birthday
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Poppy Stamps Whittle Ice Cream Cone; MFT Stitched Rectangles

*Challengs:  Just Us Girls #731; Addicted to Stamps & More #470; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

For my third card I wanted to go clean and simple.  I did some ink blending on a piece of white cardstock and cut my scoops out of that... and I happened to have a scrap of pattern paper that came awfully close to matching.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Paper:  Paper Rose Studio Rainbow Twirl 2.0

*Images:  MFT Something for Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tim Holtz Distress Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean

*Dies:  Poppy Stamps Whittle Ice Cream Cone; Waffle Flower Nesting Circles, Additional Circles; MFT Something for Everything