Where I am versus where I would have been - darn Covid-19!!

Hi Friends,
All week, I've been thinking about how I should be in Maui. I normally don't think that but it's true this week!  Last year, I earned a Stampin'Up! Incentive trip to Maui that would be occurring this week, had it not been canceled and then rescheduled for next May, due to Covid-19.  I was relieved it was canceled because I certainly didn't want to experience the trip of a lifetime with a mask on or all the fun things shut down. That would  have been such a disappointment!  As it is, we get to go in May of 2021 and I'm hopeful all will be mostly right with the world by then.

I sat down to play with a new stamp set today and only after making two different cards did I realize it perfectly captured "where I am" versus "where I would have been".  See what you think:

MONTANA:

And MAUI:

Amazing to get two very different looks with the same stamp set!  It's called "Sending Sunshine" and is a fun set to simply stamp with. I had to play around a little with the water stamps and the sun stamps. In the Montana one, I used So Saffron cardstock and stamped with Misty Moonlight ink for the water and Pumpkin Pie for the sun. In the Maui card, I used Very Vanilla card stock and stamped with Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay for the water and Bumblebee for the sun. I think the "cloud" stamps I used could be clouds or water or even some ground/grass. That's what's fun about these scene-building stamps. They put your creativity to work to see what you can do.  I let the trees clearly distinguish the locations with pine trees from the Waterfront set for the Montana card and palm trees die cut from the "In the Tropics" dies.  My Montana card borrowed a sentiment from the "Many Mates" stamp set while the Maui card used the featured "Sending Sunshine" stamp set.

What do you think? Both look very peaceful and idyllic but are completely different locations.  The Montana card reminds me of many drives past Flathead Lake this past year. I can't tell you what the Maui card reminds me of, ask me next year, haha! I guess both are vacation destinations so I should be too disappointed that I am where I am and not where I would be ;)

You can get this fun stamp set as well as many of our other scene building stamp sets in the online store. I've listed them below in my supplies and a click on any one of the products will direct you to the store! Please contact me if you have questions, I love to help! Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek. I would love it if you "subscribed" to my blog so I know you are there. It would be really amazing if you shared my blog with a friend or fellow stamper!  I would love that!.

I hope that wherever you are, you are having a sunshine-filled day!
Happy Stampin',
Sarah