National Ice Cream Day Blog Hop - Ellen Hutson and Catherine Pooler

I'm very happy to participate in a hop celebrating a topic that is near and dear to my heart ... Ice Cream!! Seriously, I have the largest sweet tooth ever. I'm a dessert-before-the-meal type person. We have McDonald's soft serve cones weekly during the summer, as well as treats from the local ice cream shop. Today on the way home from my oldest son's baseball tournament we stopped for ice cream and I saw the strangest of all flavors I've ever heard of .... Play Doh!

Of course I had to try it. So what does Play Doh ice cream taste like? It's a sweet base with chunks that have the same texture as cookie dough, but without the taste. So you kind of feel like you're eating dough, but it's tasting incredibly good! Such an odd experience, but I totally want to go back for more!

Anyway, a very warm (or cool) welcome to the Ellen Hutson and Catherine Pooler blog hop celebrating national ice cream day! You may have come from the lovely Jen Carter, but if not please feel free to start at the beginning with Adelina Starace.

Given my ice cream passion, I've created THREE cards for today! All three are ice cream birthday cards, and all use the same three stamp sets:

• Catherine Pooler I Scream, You Scream
• Essentials by Ellen Little Lady or Little Gentleman
• Essentials by Ellen  Totally Random Sayings, Vol. 2

First up is an adorable birthday card for a boy. Love the bunting on top from the I Scream set, and love how the sentiment from that same set actually fits perfectly into the banner from the Little Gentleman set! How "cool" is that?! Those cute little stars around his feet are also from the I Scream die set. 

I was also happy about how the ice cream cone fits so well into the Little Gentleman's die cut hand, and how it's oversized just enough to call attention to it. Love, love, love!!

My second card is a girl birthday card, and this one features a RAINBOW ice cream cone ... YUMMM!!! Because I wanted that to really stand out, I left the remaining images on the card uncolored for contrast. Also loved being able to use the adjective "sweetest" from Totally Random Sayings to fit wit my ice cream theme.

Since I didn't get to color in the fun ice cream truck on my second card, I just had to make a third card. It's just TOO CUTE!!

Love the little music notes from the I Scream set to really bring my ice cream truck to life. And again the stars for accents.

Here they all are together! So many different ways to use these sets!

PRIZES: 

We've got fun prizes!!! We are giving away $25 to the EH shop and $25 to the Catherine Pooler shop! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Two random & lucky commenters will win! Comment before Sunday, July 28th at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be notified by email.

Your next stop is the fabulous Karen Baker!!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a SWEET day!!
-Kelly


Supplies Used (including affiliate links; thanks so much for your support!!!):

I Scream You Scream, Catherine Pooler Clear Stamps I Scream You Scream, Catherine Pooler Dies Leading Ladies - Little Gentleman by Brandi Kincaid, Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps Leading Ladies - Little Gentleman by Brandi Kincaid, Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies Leading Ladies - Little Lady By Brandi Kincaid, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps Leading Ladies - Little Lady By Brandi Kincaid, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies Totally Random Sayings Vol. 2 by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps Painted Stripes by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps Bed Of Roses by Julie Ebersole, Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies (Retiring) Life Changing Blender Brush - 4 Piece Broad, Picket Fence Studios (LCB-4) Mint To Be, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad Lemongrass, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad Green Tea, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad Juniper Mist, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad Aquatini, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad Queen For A Day, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad Party Dress, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad Black Jack, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad Teflon Bone Folder, Essentials by Ellen My Sweet Petunia Mini MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool (6-1/8 X 7)