Stampin Friends March Bog Hop - Monochromatic March!!

Welcome to another installment Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

Happy March, it's Monochromatic March!!!  It's weird that I have never tried to make a monochromatic card or project.  It is hard for me to stick with one color. I tried my best for this hop and hope you like what I have come up with.

 If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Katja's blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Kristy'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!

Believe it or not I started my project last April.  I was working on my Easter treats then, and then the world shut down and Easter was cancelled.  Seeing as we may have an Easter here in the States, I pulled out my treats and decided to finish them up and add a card.  Don't worry, the treats I had picked up is just a flavored powdered sugar in a plastic carrot container.  When I hand these out I will give full disclaimer that they were from last year, lol.  So they can take their chance on whether or not they will want to eat it.

Let's start with the greeting card.  Again, these were mostly prepped last year, so the stamp set used is retired, but you can substitute any stamp set for this card.

SUPPLIES:

Stamp Sets: Welcome Easter

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Momento Black

Paper: Gorgeous Grape Cardstock (scrap)

Brights 6"x6" DSP (5 3/8"x4 1/8"; 1 7/8"2 3/4")

Highland Heather Cardstock (scraps)

Bright White Cardstock (8 1/2"x5 1/2"; 2 1/4"x5 1/2", 5/8"x2 3/4"; 2"x3 1/2")

Tools/Accessories:Scalloped Tag Punch, Rectangular Postage Stamp, Small Flower Punch, Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon, Basic Rhinstones, Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folders

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Adhere the Gorgeous Grape DSP to the front of the card base. 
2. Next emboss the 2 1/4"x5 1/2" bright white cardstock with the wrapped in texture embossing folder. Then adhere this to the card base towards the top.
3. Punch out three rectangular postage out of gorgeous grape cardstock and adhere this to the bright white cardstock using dimensional, evenly spaced apart.
4. Stamp one each of the characters in moments black ink from the stamp set Welcome Easter, and adhere to the gorgeous grape pieces on the card front.
5. Stamp the Easter Greeting in gorgeous grape ink onto the 5/8"x2 3/4" bright white strip of paper and adhere to the lower right hand side of the card using dimensional.
6. Lastly, punch out three small flowers, arrange them next to the greeting and add rhinestones to the center.

Here's my treat that will accompany my Easter greeting card.

As I mentioned earlier, these were in the works last year, however, Easter was cancelled so they've been sitting and waiting for this year.  I found these plastic carrots filled with flavored powdered sugar, I put them in cello bags and added some Easter basket grass to them.  Lastly, I added a tag to them to coordinate with the card.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. I created a tag, using the Scalloped Tag punch.  The size bright white cardstock I used is 2x3 1/2".  I then layered the 1 7/8"x2 3/4" piece of DSP.
2. I punched out another rectangle postage out of gorgeous grape and adhered this to the tag front with dimensionals.
3. I stamped a bunny from the Welcome Easter stamp set and applied him to the rectangular postage.
4. Lastly, I used highland heather sheer ribbon to attach it to the cello bag.

I hope you enjoyed my monochromatic Easter Card and Treat!!   Comments of any kind (well hopefully nice ones, lol) are greatly appreciated.  When you are done here be sure to check out Kristy's blog for more fun ideas!

See you next month!

Kirsty Pattrick (UK)
Teri Pocock (UK)
Jean Beaulieu (US)
Maureen Rauchfuss (US)
Kim Lamos (US)
Jo Blackman (UK)
Heidi Collins (US)
Steph Jandrow (US)
Melissa Thomas (US)
Katja Ettig (GER)
Tiziana Milano (US)

March 2021 Events!

Stampin' w/Tiziana March 2021 NEWS!

March Hostess Code!!

27ADEUCP

 

 

Jan – June Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration!

Recap:  Are you enjoying this mini catalog as much as I am???  Every time I open it up, I find something else I JUST HAVE TO HAVE!  My next bundle to purchase will be Friends Are Like Seashells (#156205 $54) keep an eye out for it in one of my Pop-In Zoom Classes.

 

 

Are you ready for another BEAUTIFUL Suite – Available March 2nd!!!

Bring in the beauty of nature with the artistic designs of the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle and coordinating designer series paper, along with textured specialty paper that will put a pop of brilliance on every project. Attached is a pdf with more information.

 

March 3^rd @8pm – Facebook Live: Hump Day Paper Pumpkin Frenzy

Tonight I will be showing you February's Paper Pumpkin Project along with some fun alternatives which includes three different card challenges!

 

March 10th – Paper Pumpkin 

The last day to sign up for March's Paper Pumpkin, HERE’S TO YOU  

Details:

·  Kit contains enough supplies to create 8 cards—4 each of 2 designs—and coordinating envelopes. The kit’s contents include printed card bases, die-cut paper pieces, embellishments, adhesive, and more!

·  Card size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" (10.8 x 14 cm)

·  Envelope size: 4-1/2" x 5-3/4" (11.4 x 14.6 cm)

·  Coordinating colors: Bumblebee, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Pretty Peacock, Seaside Spray

·  Includes four free stencils and a stamping sponge!

·  Arrives in a cute and collectible box.

 

March 11^th @ 8pm – Facebook Live: Thursdays Product Reveal

Tonight, I'll be going live showcasing Stampin' Up!'s Designer Series Paper (DSP).

You don't want to miss this!

 

March 16^th @ 8pm – Facebook Live: Technique Tuesday

Tonight, I'll be going live showcasing how to make a Flip Flap Card!

 

March 21^st @ 10am to 9pm (RSVP March 12^th ) – All Day Craft Day!

I have two spots left for the Craft Project Portion.  

Cost is $50, come when you can.  Project should take about 3 hours to complete.

I have plenty of spots left for the all day crafting/scrapbooking part. 

Cost is $15, I will be there from 10am to 9pm working on some projects of my own, along with helping my guests with the above.

PLEASE NOTE:  This will be a very safe and socially distanced event.

 

March 28^th @ 6pm (RSVP March 17^th ) – Pop-In Zoom Card Club - $15

When you sign up for my Pop-In Zoom Card Club, you will receive enough material to make four cards, two cards of two different designs.
In this "Club" you will learn either a simple technique or punch art, woo hooo! This month we will dive into making a Spiral Pop-Up Card!  Samples to come, please check back either my Facebook page or Stampin’ Up page for samples.

You can still sign up for this class even if you cannot make the Zoom class. The day of I will email a pdf with instructions.

If you are interested, please send payment via check or paypal:stampintiz@gmail.com (friends and family option please) and please send me your most current email address and postal address.

Till then, happy stampin! 

 

March 26^th @ 8am –Stampin Friends Blog Hop

March’s theme is Monochromatic March!

 

March 29^th  @ 8pm – Facebook Live: Stampin Friends Blog Hop Recap 

Last year I tried something new and joined a monthly Blog Hop.  Let me tell you, I fell in love and will be participating in it again this year.  So, every 4^th Friday my Blog Hop post goes live.  So, the following Monday I will go live showing my card and project and a step by step on how to make them.

 

Paper Pumpkin - April 10th

The last day to sign up for April's Paper Pumpkin.  Sign Up Here!

 

 

If you are not on Facebook, I am working on where to post the videos.  I believe I will be able to post them on my blog.  So, if you feel so inclined…please go and follow my blog, https://stampinwtiziana.blogspot.com.

Stampin Friends February Bog Hop - Brighten Your Day!

 Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

Happy February, this month we are Brightening Someone’s Day.  This topic can span across many different situations, it could be sending a get well message, sympathy thoughts, a simple Just Because/Hello and lastly sending some Love.  …I guess you can say my card and project has to do with sending a Hello/Love to brighten a mans day!!!  If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Steph’s blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Maureen’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!

So let’s begin! This month I had it in my head to focus on something Masculine.  I find it soooo easy to create for women or children but often neglect the men in my life. Even with February having Valentine’s Day, all I could muster up was a card, lol.  So I pushed myself and came up with not only a card, but a tic tac toe game board.  The board was very simple, but then again, what guy would want a frilly, cutesie one.

To make my projects I used Stampn’ Up!’s designer series paper and stamp sets.  

MATERIALS NEEDED

Stamp Sets: Game On, Geared Up Garage

Paper: Smokey Slate CS (8 1/2”x5 1/2” & 2 5/8”x3 1/2”); Basic Black CS (4”x5 1/4”); In Good Taste DSP (1 5/8”x3 3/4”); World of Good Specialty DSP (3 3/8”x 3 3/4”) Basic White CS (2 3/8”x3 1/4?” and 1/2”x2 1/4")

Ink: Momento Black Ink, Smokey Slate Ink, Smokey Slate Dark Stampin’ Blends and Petal Pink Light Stampin’ Blends, Black Sharpie, Black and Saddle Brown StazOn Ink.

Lucky Me Card

Although there are many layers, this is a pretty easy layout, one that I will use over and over again, especially with stamps that do not come with dies to cut out the images, lol.

1. First, I stamp you image on the larger basic white card stock and your sentiment on the smaller one.  Color your image if needed.  Then adhere this to the smaller piece of smokey slate card stock.
2. Next, I adhered the different layers onto the card base.  The first layer to put down is the basic black.  Then layer the smaller DSP towards the top and the larger piece towards the bottom.
3. Lastly, I adhered the stamped panel and the sentiment to the card using dimensionals.

Tic Tac Toe Board

     

1. This is a fun way to brighten someone’s day.  A good old fashion game of Tic Tac Toe! I always love when I can use NON paper products with my stamps and inks.  
2. For the tic tac toe board, I used a 5 ?”x5 ?’ tile.  This I found at the home improvement store.  Any type will work too.  I measured out the board into six equal portions.  I used a black sharpie to draw the lines.  
3. Then I used Black and Saddle Brown StazOn ink to decorate the individual squares.  For this board I used the checker board image from Game On stamp set and the “You jump start my heart” phrase from Geared Up Garage stamp set. 
4. For the game pieces, I used those flat pieces of clear glass that are used in floral vases.  These can be found at your local craft store in the floral department.  To tell the pieces apart (usually they are “X’s” and “O’s”) I have adhered coordinating dsp from the greeting card to the back of the glass pieces.

  

I hope you enjoyed this project as much as I did putting it together!  I am looking forward to sharing a lot more with you this coming year!!  Comments of any kind (well hopefully nice ones, lol) are greatly appreciated.  When you are done here be sure to check out Maureen’s blog for more fun ideas!

See you next month!

Teri Pocock (UK)

Jo Blackman (UK)

Katja Ettig (GER)

Jean Beaulieu (US)

Steph Jandrow (US)

Tiziana Milano (US) – You Are Here

Maureen Rauchfuss (US)

Kim Lamos (US)

Heidi Collins (US)

Stampin Friends January Blog Hop - Birthday Celebrations

Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

Welcome, welcome, welcome 2021…let's sing Happy Birthday to the year!!!  If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Heidi’s blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue on to Jean’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!

Welcome one and all to 2021, with this said lets celebrate its birthday!  That’s right January’s Blog Hop is all about Birthday Celebrations!  I don’t know about you, but I spent most of the end of last year focusing on Winter Holidays, so this is a nice change of pace.

Shall we begin? I want to preface this years Blog Hop by thanking Steph for getting me out of the rut of being a Princess of Copy, lol.  (My friend Barbara calls herself Queen of Copy, and I am just a level below her since she has been doing this a lot longer than me.)  Every month see posts a Card Challenge in a group we belong to which forces me to come it with my own designs.  I hope you enjoy this months challenge! 

My Birthday Celebration uses the fun NEW stamp set in the January – June Mini Catalog called Hey Birthday Chick.  The cool thing about this stamp set, they have added a die set and they are bringing back the retired set called “Hey Chic” and have added coordinating dies, wooo hooo!!!

Happy Birthday Dancing Chick Card

MATERIALS NEEDED

Stamp Set: Hey Birthday Chick, Pampered Pets

Paper: Very Vanilla CS (8 ½”x5 ½” & Scraps); Crumb Cake CS (4”x5 ¼” & 4 ¼” x ½”); Poppy Parade CS (2”x4”); Mango Melody (2”x4”) In Good Taste Designer Series Paper (DSP)(scraps); Cherry Cobbler CS (scraps ); Basic White CS (scraps)

Ink: Early Espresso Ink, Basic Gray Ink, Assorted Blends,

Tools/Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framlits Dies; Chick Dies; Birthday Chick Dies; All Dressed Up Dies; Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder; Wrapped In Texture Embossing Folder, Mini Stampin’ Cut

1. To put my card together, first I sponged just about everything lightly in early espresso ink to give it a dirty look. Chicks do live on farms ya know, lol
2. I then adhered the crumb cake cs to the very vanilla card front.
3. I used to different embossing folders for the poppy parade and mango melody cs.  I just wanted to give it some texture so it doesn’t matter which folders you use.  I adhered them to the top of the crumb cake, over lapping each other and making sure there is an even border at the top left and lower right.
4. Next I die cut some of the fencing and adhered it to the card front on an angle.  Below the fence I added a strip of crumb cake.
5. My focal point is the “Dancing Chicken” which I stamped on basic white cs and die cut it out using the 2” circle die from stitched shapes framelits dies. I colored her in using blends and adhered it to the center of the card with dimensionals.
6. Lastly, I die cut the words “Happy Birthday” in basic black cs and the sac of feed using the In Good Taste DSP.

I just have to say the DSP In Good Taste is PERFECT for these dies. The wood grain works well with the fence die and sign, along with the chicken cop!

   

Feed Sack Gift Bag

I thought I would use the “purse” die from All Dressed Up Dies and make it look like a feed sack bag.  Hopefully, that’s what you all see, lol.  Inside the sack, you can fit all kinds of small goodies.  Since this will be a gift, I decided to add a bath bomb (can’t we all use a little pampering?).  Here’s how this comes together.

1. I die cut the bag out of crumb cake cs and then ran it through the Stampin’ Cut using the Tasteful Texture embossing folder. Then, I lightly sponged this with early espresso ink and built the bag as is. 
2. I die cut the straps out of cherry cobbler and sponged those as well.  Instead of adhering them from the front to the back, I adhered them from side to side.  I used the buttons to give it more of a country feel also. 
3. I decorated the front of the sack with the chicken cop die and some fencing.
   

    

For the bath bomb, I made a simple bag topper.  

1. I used a 3 ½”  x 3” piece of poppy parade cs, scored at 1 ½”, so when the piece folds, it is 1 ½” in height.
2. I added more fencing to cover the staples and a sign that says “enjoy”.  The “enjoy” came from the stamp set Pampered Pets.
3. Lastly, I added the chick eating the cupcake to decorate the bag topper.  I also used blends to color the chick in.

I hope you enjoyed my first project of year!  I am looking forward to sharing a lot more with you this coming year!!  Comments of any kind (well hopefully nice ones, lol) are greatly appreciated, of any kind and then when you are done be sure to hop on over to the next blogger on the list!

 

See you next month!

  

Heidi Collins

Tiziana Milano – you are here!

Jean Beaulieu

Katja Ettig

Jo Blackman

Teri Pocock

Steph Jandrow

Maureen Rauchfuss

Kim Lamos

Melissa Thomas

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Stampin Friends November Blog Hop - Happy Holidays/Winter

 Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

Well we’ve made it through a whole year of blogs…the end this wonderful journey today’s blog will be about Winter/Holiday.  If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Steph Jandrow’s blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Lisa Ann Bernard’s blog. If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog. ENJOY!

 

Wow, what a year it has been!  I am excited that I was able to participate in this fun and amazing Blog Hop!  I can’t wait for next year to start the journey once again.  I know it is only November, but we’ve decided to take a break in December so we can gather our creative ideas for 2021.  With this being our last month, we are focusing this month’s theme to Holidays/Winter.  I have done a little of both.  My card feature’s a retired Stampin’ Up! stamp set that I never got around to using.  My project, on the other hand uses a plethora of stamps, dies, paper, ink etc.  I’ve decided to jump out of my comfort zone and tackle a Winter Sampler frame, YIKES!  Please continue on to see the details of my card and projects!

As mentioned earlier, I decided to use a retired stamp set for this card.  When “Christmas in the Making” first came out, I just had to have it.  Then as with most of my ‘have to have’ stamps it sat and then the Holidays were over.  So, I decided to bust it out and have fun with it. (that was another thing I was trying to accomplish this year, use sets I have used before). OK, enough rambling, let’s get to some stampin’ fun!

 

Christmas in the Making Greeting Card

INGREDIENTS

Stamp Set: Itty Bitty Christmas; Christmas in the Making (r)

Paper: Whisper White CS (8 1/2”x5 1/2”); Real Red CS (4”x5 ¼”); Heart Warming Hugs Designer Series Paper (DSP)(3”x3” & Scraps); Shimmer White CS (4 ¼” x 5”, ¾ ”x2 ¼” ) Whisper White CS(large enough to stamp image on)

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Black Momento

Tools/Accessories: Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder; Frosted Frames Thinlits; Clear Embossing Powder; Heatt Gun; Big Shot; Dimensionals; Rhinestones; Colored Pencils

1. Dry emboss the real red cs with the stylish stripes embossing folder and adhere this to the front of the card base.
2. Layer onto the card base, the 3”x3” DSP in the upper right hand corner.  
3. Die cut the frosted frame out of the shimmer white cs. Adhere this in the center of the card base overlapping the dsp.
4. Stamp one of the images of the women, and using the scraps of dsp paper piece either all of her clothing or just part of it.  In my card, I only paper pieced the lower portion of her dress.  Color the rest of the image and adhere to the frosted frame with dimensionals.
5. Lastly, stamp your “holiday” phrase in mossy meadow ink onto a piece of scrap shimmer white cs.  Cover with clear embossing powder and heat set. Trim down to your desired length.  This keeps the phrase from smudging since we are stamping a colored ink onto a shimmery cs.
6. Now the very last thing (which I do not recall stating in any of my other posts) be sure to stamp the back of your greeting card with a personalized stamp.  Another must, is to stamp your envelope with a coordinating stamp.  It doesn’t have to be anything big, just enough so you are not sending out naked envelopes!

It was fun to do some paper piecing, I always forget about some of these simple yet amazing techniques!!  

Now onto showing you my project for the month!  As stated in the beginning, I struggle with these and hope you like what I have come up with.  I used a 12”x12” frame with a 10”x10” opening. I’ll also try my best to include EVERYTHING I used, but if you see that I missed something, please leave a comment.

 

Winter Sampler Frame

INGREDIENTS

Stamp Set: Spirited Snowmen (r); Playful Penguins (r); Scentsational Season (r); Warm Hugs; Poinsettia Petals

Paper: Pool Party CS (10”x10”); Holiday Fancy Foil DSP (10”x10”); Smoky Slate CS (7 ½”x7 ½” & scraps ); Whisper White CS (2-2 ¼”x 2 ¼”; 1 ¾”x 4 ¾” ; 2 ¼” x 2 ¾” ); Petal Pink CS (2 ¼”x 2 ¼); Crumb Cake CS (2 ¼”x 4 ¾”); Pear Pizzaz CS (2 ¼”x 2 ¼”); White Glitter, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP (scraps)

Ink: Black Momento; Gray Granite; So Saffron; Smoky Slate; Early Espresso; Mossy Meadow

Tools/Accessories: Winter Snow Embossing Folder; Subtle 3D Embossing Folder; Wooden Planks Embossing Folder; Sleigh Ride Edgelits; Alpine Sports Thinlits; Perfect Pines Framelits; Playful Alphabet Dies; Pointsettia Dies; Holiday Collection Framelits; Beaded Pearls, Wink of Stella; Basic Pearls (colored with a red sharpie); Silver Embossing Powder

 

Wow, that’s a lot of things!!  I won’t bore you with details, but I will show you an image of how I brain stormed and went about putting this frame together.  When you have a ton of stampin’ supplies, it can quickly get overwhelming with deciding what to use on your frame.  The key is to decide what type of sampler you are trying to achieve.  For this frame, I did not want to have anything Christmas related.  I want to have this hanging up all Winter long, so finding things that wasn’t Christmas related was quite difficult.  Another thing to keep in mind was color scheme.  Once, I decided on the background, I tried to find coordinating card stock.  For this frame I did not want monotone (something that is very difficult for me to do on such a large scale).

Here it is without the frame to see it better.

I hope you enjoyed my projects throughout the year and especially this months!  I had a lot of fun participating in this Blog Hop and sharing my creativity with you all. I would really appreciate a comment of any kind (well hopefully a nice one, lol) and then when you are done be sure to hop on over to the next blogger on the list!

Steph Jandrow (US)

Tiziana Milano (US) – You Are Here

Lisa Ann Bernard - Queen B Creations (US) –

Katja Ettig (GER) -

Teri Pocock

Sue Vine - MissPinksCraftSpot (Australia) –

Jean Bolen Beaulieu

Kim Lamos

Heidi Collins (US)

Kim Quade (US)

Maureen Rauchfuss (US)

Barbara Welch (US)

Anne Marie Hile (US)

Melissa Thomas (US)