Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

This month’s theme is Favorites! If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Katja Ettig blog. 
Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Kim Quades blog. 
If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog. 

Here are the projects I created for this month’s hop, since the hop is all about favorites I thought I would showcase my Favorite from Stampin' Up!, Magnolia Lane Suite!  I used this suite for all the things needed for my Wedding: Invitations, Favors, Centerpieces and a 12x12 Scrapbook spread.  

So let's get started!


Here is my Wedding Invitation:

• Card Base: I used the Magnolia Lane Large Specialty Memories & More Cards & Envelopes for the base. This made prepping so much easier.
• Stamp Sets: Magnolia Blooms Stamp Set and Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set
• Ink: Momento Black/Colored Pencils
• Stock: Whisper White, Vellum
• Accessories: Magnolia Memory Dies, Heart Punch, Silver Metallic Thread, Sequins

Here is a view of the inside of the card.

I actually had two favors, one for the men and one for the women.  Here's the one for the women.  A mini calendar that can be hung any where in the home or office.

• The base is a wooden cut out 3.25" x 5".  I drilled two holes in the top corners so I could string some hemp twine to create a loop.
• I covered it with a piece of Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper.  
• Then I made a paper magnolia flower using the Magnolia Memories Die Set.  
• And the phrase comes from Good Morning Magnolia.

Lastly, I made a 12"x12" Scrapbook Spread to add to my Wedding Scrapbook Album.

Here's the recipe for the pages:

1.  Spread Base: Whisper White
2.  Patterned paper is the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper.
3.  All the flowers were stamped and colored and either die cut out or fussy cut.  The images came from Magnolia Blooms Stamp Set and Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set.
4.  The Card with the phrase "You & Me" came from the Magnolia Lane Memories & More Card Pack
5.  Picture mats are Mossy Meadow
6.  The accessories came from Magnolia Lane Cork Embellishments, Butterfly & Heart Wood Elements, Antique Buttons and Pearl basic Jewels.

 Well there you have it, can you see why Magnolia Lane Suite from Stampin' Up! is my "Favorites"  It was the perfect suite for all of my Wedding decor needs!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Oh and any constructive feedback is greatly appreciated seeing as this is my first blog hop.  

Don't forget to hop around the other blogs and see what everyone else is making for their "Favorites" - there are lots of very creative people in this hop! 

Rachael Rife

Jo Blackman (UK)

Teri Pocock

Jean Bolen Beaulieu

Stephanie Jandrow

Katja Ettig

Tiziana Milano **you are here**
Kim Quade

Kim Lamos

Anne Marie Hile

Cheryl Taylor (UK)

Heidi Collins

Barbara Welch
Maureen Rauchfuss

Technique/Punch Art - January 202

Do you love learning new stamping techniques??
         Do you love creating with your punches???


Well, once a month I have a technique/punch art class which I would love to share here as well!

Many of my techniques come from https://www.splitcoaststampers.com.  If you haven't heard of this site, you REALLY need to go check it out.  There is so much there, you can spend days navigating their site!!

Now lets get to my January class.  Calling all quilters!!!  This is definitely a technique that would appeal to you! In this class we learned the Stack and Cut Quilt Cards.  When doing this technique it is best to make five cards at one time, so that  your "quilt" will have a pattern from each DSP (Designer Series Paper).

The technique is shown here as the background, I've even added some stitches so it really looks like a quilt. Don't you think?



OK, now onto one of my favorite things to do....PUNCH ART!!!  We invest so much money in punches that I just love to see what people create with them.  I'm sure we all basically purchase punches for their basic shapes, however, there are a ton of you that can see beyond the basic shape and create all sorts of fun things with them.  For that I am very envious...maybe one day I will too.

Any hoot, in January I thought it would be fun to make a seal.  This idea came from surfing Pinterest with punch art in the search bar.  Then I see what will work with the punches I already own.  This seal was so much fun to make and easy too!  I "borrowed" the idea from kartenparadies.blogspot.de.  All it takes is a couple of oval punches and a couple of circle punches and the five petal punch from Stampin' Up! and presto...there's a seal.

What do you think? Isn't he just the cutest!

Thanks for looking and stopping by! 

To order these fabulous products please visit https://tiziana.stampinup.net/

If you're not stampin', you should be!

Tiziana