Happy New Year!!!
2024 will be the greatest yet!
Thank you all for being a part of my Stampin’ UP! life and my life in general! This year I have so much more in store…some being more online/live interaction; different technique classes; and much more!
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If you are in the U.S.A, Happy Thanksgiving!! Yesterday, we stuffed ourselves until we couldn’t move and had to unbutton our pants, lol. (Did you?) And today we are at our end of this years Blog Hop! It’s always a sad day, but even it went into December, I would be too busy to contribute!
This month’s Blog Hop is all about tags, bags and boxes, just in time for all the December Holidays where most of us will be giving lots of gifts. I can’t wait to share with you the Pop-In Zoom Class I just had on this exact topic. The class was called Tags & More and we made 4 different giftcard holders and 10 tags using to of the Christmas Tag kits available through Stampin’ Up!
So…if you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Maureen’s Blog. Be sure to read through my Blog, comment below and continue to Jo’s Blog. If you get lost along the way, no worries, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog. ENJOY!
MATERIALS USED – Giftcard Holders
Kit: Love, Santa Tag Kit | 158375 | $22.00
Cardbase: Basic White 7” x 5”
DSP Layer: 3.5” x 5”
Envelope: 2 5/8” x 3 5/8”
Cardstock Layer: 2 5/8” x 3 1/4”
Tools/Accessories: Baker Twine and Ribbon, Rhinestones, etc
Ink: Polished Pink, Bumblebee, Just Jade, Poppy Parade, Night of Navy, Momento Black
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Adhere the 3.5” x 5” DSP to the cardbase front.
2. Trim the long edge of the envelopes to 3 1/4” and seal them. This will be the pocket for the giftcard.
3. You can run them through with an embossing folder (see GC 1 and 3) or cover with cardstock (see GC 2). Adhere to card front.
4. Place tag piece over the envelope and accessorize.
5. For image 4, I cut a slit towards the top of the tag. I then used strips of foam tape around the edge of the tag and adhered it to the cardbase. This enables the tag to pop off the card front and a giftcard can slide through the slit but not fall out the sides or bottom. For this card I also used gold accent pieces that did not come from the kit but it is/was a Stampin’ UP! product.
MATERIALS USED – Tags
Kit: Festive Tags Kit | 162485 | $13.00
Ink: Polished Pink, Lost Lagoon, Just Jade, Real Red, Poppy Parade, Flirty Flamingo, Night of Navy
Dies: Celebrate with Tags and Bonanza Dies
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. These tags are designed to have three layers. To show you how to extend these amazing kits and get a better bang for your buck, I separated most of the two base layers. I then created the second layer out of coordinating cardstock, velum and DSP.
2. Here are all the tags I created. There are a total of 10 different tags. So, with this kit and some cardstock or DSP you have laying around, you can triple the kit and make 30 tags!!! You do not need to buy new things achieve this, any holiday stamp set, and paper will do!
3. The following images, show the pieces that each tag used.
So, this ends our Blog Hop for the year! Get ready for new and exciting things to come in 2024! And of course thanks for taking this Blog Hop journey with me! Comments of any kind (well hopefully nice ones, lol) are greatly appreciated. When you are done be sure to hop on over to the next blogger, Jo, on the list!
See you in 2024!
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I hope your Summer is going wonderfully, that is if it is Summer where you are. We, in New England have finally got the heat and Humidity. Most people hate this weather, but not me! It doesn’t last long here, so I will take all that days of it that is given to me.
Our July blog hop is all about “Perfectly Punched”. What I am gathering from this topic is that it can be anything that uses a hand help punch. It seems lately, there are not too many of them, with the cricket and metal dies. I however, prefer punches over the others. They are easy to use, and people share them very well in a class setting, lol. I was also happy that this was a topic for the hops because I have a few of them that have never been used. So today, I am using Happy Hedgehog stamp set and coordinating punch. Check it out below!
If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Maureen’s blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Barb’s blog. If you get lost along the way, no worries, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog. ENJOY!
MATERIALS NEEDED
Stamp Sets: Happy Hedgehog Bundle; Color & Contour; Petal Park Bundle
Paper: Copper Clay CS (5 ½” x 8 ¼”), scored at 4 ¼”)
Fresh As a Daisy Designer Series Paper (DSP) (4” x 5 ¼”)
Basic White (3 ¾” x 5”); ( 5 1/4” x 4”); (Scraps for stamping and punching)
Ink: Basic Grey; Pecan Pie, Colypso Coral; Petal Pink; Momento Black
Tools/Accessories: Picture This Dies (R); Adhesive Backed Solid Gems; Liquid Enamel Dots
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Today’s card I started with a base of copper clay cardstock, layered with a 3 ¾” x 5” piece of very vanilla cardstock. I stamped the speckled image from Color & Contour in Old Olive ink and used the stamp off method to lighten the color a little.
2. The next layer is a piece of 4” x 5 ¼” Fresh as a Daisy DSP. I die cut the circles in the DSP using the Picture This die. We can set this aside and work on the rest of the card.
3. On basic white cardstock, stamp all the images needed. I stamped two sets of flowers from Petal Park. I used the colors calypso coral for the outlines and petal pick for the fill. I stamped three mushrooms, two small hedgehogs and one big hedgehog from the stamp set Happy Hedgehogs. I also stamped my sentiment in basic black.
4. I used the stampin blends for most of my coloring. (Sadly, I have not mastered the shading techniques with these markers. I really need to practice that).
5. All the pieces were fussy cut except for the large hedgehog. The one thing I did want to note about punching out the hedgehog, is if you stamp the image twice you can make him 3-D with the punch! I seen this technique from Tracy Elsom. What you do is punch a full hedgehog and then just the top part. Using the tool with the ball at the end you roll it around the smaller piece to create a pocket. Fill this pocket with a small piece cotton balls. Then attach it to the full punched hedgehog. Isn’t it the cutest?
6. When all of my pieces were completed, I then placed them onto the card base. All the hedgehogs and the sentiment were adhered with dimensionals and the other pieces with double sided adhesive.
7. Lastly, I embellished the flowers with adhesive backed solid gems and dotted the mushrooms with enamel dots. (These are so easy and fun to use! I am so happy Stampin’ Up! isn’t coming out with more colors)
So there you have it, my Perfectly Punched card! I hope you enjoyed this month’s blog post and found a fun way to use your punches!! Comments of any kind (well hopefully nice ones, lol) are greatly appreciated. When you are done be sure to hop on over to the next blogger, Barb on the list!
See you next month!
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April showers bring May flowers and that is what we are getting ready for today in our blog hop, all about flowers.
I would like to believe I have a green thumb but nope, not me. The flowers that do survive are purposely planted for that. They are low maintenance and come back every year. I do have a fascination for daisies but am hesitant to plant any. Usually when I plant a new flower, either the deer or chipmunks eat the seeds and or early greenery, grrr. The only way to enjoy daisies is via crafting with stamps, lol, so that is what I choose for today’s Hop.
If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Maureen’s blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Barb’s blog.
If you get lost along the way, no worries, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog. ENJOY!
I know WE all have an incredibly huge inventory of floral stamp sets. So, my dilemma was do I use things that will retire or Brand Spanking NEW items from the new catalog?? I chose the first option because sadly I still have things that haven’t been used yet.
MATERIALS NEEDED
Ink: Sweet Sorbet; Momento Black
Tools/Accessories: Harvest Dies; Meadow Dies; Deckled Rectangles Dies; Happy Labels Pick A Punch; Fern 3D Embossing Folder; Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels
See you next month!
Welcome to Stampin Friends Blog Hop! This month is “all about paper”. As paper crafters, where would we be without paper, lol. The point of this months blog is to showcase all the wonderful that is out, especially my favorite Designer Series paper from Stampin’ Up!
If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Jo’s blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Jean’s blog. If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog. ENJOY!
I am always amazed (not sure why though) at the product selection Stampin’ Up! has to offer. My greeting card and 3D project was made using only one of their Designer Series Paper pack and a bunch of coordinating card stock, along with one product bundle. Below are all the supplies used to make my projects.
MATERIALS:
Another great way to showcase DSP is by making a sampler frame. When I first noticed the bundle, Season of Chic, in the catalog (I’ll admit, it was just about two weeks ago) I fell in love and thought it would be the perfect bundle for a seasonal frame. My original plan was to use it in my frame class, but unfortunately, it didn’t come in in time. But I am excited that I got to use for my blog. Normally, I would make an insert for each season, this is what I did form my class. However, to be able to use the different sheets of DSP in one frame, I made this one to reflect all four seasons.
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FRAME
Frame size: 11 x 11, it the mats opening was 4 1/2” x 4 1/2”. by I enlarged it to be 6” x 6”.
Background stock: Gail Foil 7” x 7”
Squares: 4 pieces of DSP 3 16/17” x 3 16”/17”
Scraps: 5 1/2” x 8 1/2” in petal pink, pool party, mango melody, soft suede, basic white and very vanilla. 1/4” sheet of gold foil
Each square showcases a different season, so I only used the dies for this. The hardest part for me is always color coordination. This is how I solved the problem. I die cut ALL THE PIECES from the dies set (except the background die) in just about all the coordinating colors. Then I just played around with what I thought worked best. Here is the final result and of course I used basic rhinestones and pearls to embellish each panel.
To show how fun and versatile you can make these frames, here are the
inserts I made for me class. My apologies for using many retired
products.
I hope you enjoyed my “all about paper” projects! Don’t forget, comments of any kind (well hopefully nice ones, lol) are greatly appreciated. When you are done here be sure to hop on over to Jean’s Blog.
See you next month!
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Hi all!!! Are you enjoying this heat as much as I am? Seriously, I love this heat and feel we do not get enough of it! Just curious, what do you do in this weather? Me, I like to play in my craft room with the door cracked open to let some of the hot air in, lol. Good thing we do not have air conditioning in my craft room.
