It’s time for the OSAT Blog Hop for August! This month we’re doing a Tic Tac Toe challenge. We must choose three items in a row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) and include all three on our projects. I used the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set and Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies to create this card and gift container. The container came with cashews in it. Cashews would make a nice little gift, but since I ate the cashews already (they were honey roasted – how could I not?) I washed out the container and now it’s ready for candies or a small gift.
I’ve included a Holiday catalog sneak peek. The wood grain paper is from the new Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper, which is part of the new Festive Farmhouse suite. If you can’t wait until September 5 to order from the Holiday catalog, click here to join my team now. You can add the new products to your Starter Kit, and then you can order them on a demonstrator order!
Here’s the Tic Tac Toe challenge:
I went with the left column: Ribbon, DSP, Flowers.
First I used Gray Granite 1/2″ Textured Weave Ribbon on the card. Then I used Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper (DSP) on both the card and the container. And I used flowers (Crushed Curry dots) along the bottom of both projects.
The idea is that the critters are flying over a field of yellow flowers with a wooden barn or house in the background. At least that’s what I was going for.
Here’s what I made:
Here’s what I did:
Cut and scored with my Stampin’ Trimmer:
Gray Granite card stock (CS) cut to 4-1/4″ x 11″ , then scored in half at 5-1/2″
Basic Black CS cut to 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″
Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper (DSP) cut to 4″ x 5-1/4″
Whisper White CS cut to 3″ x 1/2″
Basic Black CS cut to 3-1/2″ x 5/8″
Crushed Curry CS cut to 4″ x 5-1/4″
Whisper White CS cut to 3-5/8″ x 4-7/8″
DSP cut to 12″ x 2-1/2″ (You’ll cut it to fit around your container.)
Stamped with the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set:
dragonfly in Memento black ink onto the 4″ x 5-1/4″ DSP layer
filled in dragonfly’s wings in Gray Granite ink
first part of sentiment in Gray Granite ink onto the 3″ x 1/2″ Whisper White CS strip
second part of sentiment in Gray Granite ink onto the 3-5/8″ x 4-7/8″ Whisper White CS
bee in Memento black ink onto the 3-5/8″ x 4-7/8″ Whisper White CS
dots (flowers) in Crushed Curry ink along the bottom of both pieces of DSP
Die cut using the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits:
one large dragonfly, one dragonfly cluster, and 2 bees from a scrap of Basic Black CS
Colored using a Stampin’ Write Marker:
bee’s body in Crushed Curry ink
Assembled the card:
burnished the fold in the card base with a Bone Folder
sentiment glued onto the Basic Black CS strip, then cut the ends of the Basic Black CS using Paper Snips
2 pieces of ribbon adhered onto the DSP layer using Tear & Tape
sentiment adhered onto the ribbon using Tear & Tape
DSP layer glued onto the Basic Black CS layer
3 Sahara Sand sequins applied to the DSP layer
Basic Black CS layer glued onto the front of the card base
stamped Whisper White CS layer glued onto the Crushed Curry CS layer
Crushed Curry CS layer glued onto the inside of the card base
Assembled the container:
die cut critters glued onto the 12″ x 2-1/2″ DSP, and trimmed any excess off the edges
12″ x 2-1/5″ DSP glued onto the nut container
Here’s the hop:
Here are today’s colors:
You can click on each one to see all the products that come in that color!
2) Color Your Seasons Special, August 1-31, 2018, While Supplies Last!
Stampin’ Up!’s® Blended Seasons Stamp Set, coordinating Framelits™ Dies, and Watercolor Pencils are perfect for every season of creating! Plus, save 10% when you buy the stamp set and Framelits in a bundle! But don’t wait—these exclusive products are only available until August 31 while supplies last. So get in the mood to create something full of colors and seasons!
Introducing the all-new, limited-time Color Your Season products:
Blended Seasons Stamp Set, an exclusive 12-piece wood- or clear-mount stamp set with images for every season – #149019 @ $53 (wood blocks included); #149016 @ $39 (suggested clear blocks: b, c, e, g, h)
Stitched Season Framelits Dies, a coordinating stitched die that includes stitching on both the positive and negative images! #149013 @ $33. Has10 dies. Largest die: 4-7/8″ x 3-3/8″.
Save 10%! Blended Seasons BUNDLE – BLENDED SEASONS STAMP SET + STITCHED SEASONS FRAMELITS DIES – Wood-mount #149893 @ $77.25, Clear-mount #149894 @ $64.75
Watercolor Pencils in 10 new colors! #149014 @ $12.50. Acid free, lignin free.10 pencils in Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Flirty Flamingo, Garden Green, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy
Products available while supplies last until August 31, 2018 – while supplies last
Items may be included as part of a new demonstrator’s Starter Kit.
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This month on the ICS Blog Hop we’re featuring three returning colors. I’ve used the Varied Vases bundle (Varied Vases stamp set and Vases Builder Punch) to create a card that uses all three.
Here are the colors:
Here’s what I made:
Here’s what I did:
Cut and scored with my Stampin’ Trimmer:
Whisper White Thick card stock (CS) cut to 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, then scored in half at 4-1/4″
Nature’s Poem Designer Series Paper (DSP) cut to 3-3/4″ x 4-1/8″ (Blackberry Bliss pattern)
Tea Room Specialty Designer Series Paper (SDSP) cut to 3-1/2″ x 4″ (Coastal Cabana pattern)
Whisper White CS layer cut to 3-1/4″ x 3-7/8″
Nature’s Poem DSP cut to 3-1/4″ x 3/4″
Whisper White CS cut to 3-1/8″ x 5/8″
Stamped with the Varied Vases stamp set:
vase in Blackberry Bliss ink onto a scrap of Whisper White CS
3 flowers in Flirty Flamingo ink onto a scrap of Flirty Flamingo CS
3 stems in Coastal Cabana ink onto the 3-1/4″ x 3-7/8″ Whisper White CS layer
sentiment in Flirty Flamingo ink onto the 3-1/8″ x 5/8″ Whisper White CS strip
Cut using the Vases Builder Punch:
stamped images: vase and 3 flowers
2 leaves from a scrap of the Tea Room SDSP
Assembled the card:
burnished the fold in the card base with a Bone Folder
Nature’s Poem DSP layer glued onto the front of the card base
2) Color Your Seasons Special, August 1-31, 2018, While Supplies Last!
Stampin’ Up!’s® Blended Seasons Stamp Set, coordinating Framelits™ Dies, and Watercolor Pencils are perfect for every season of creating! Plus, save 10% when you buy the stamp set and Framelits in a bundle! But don’t wait—these exclusive products are only available until August 31 while supplies last. So get in the mood to create something full of colors and seasons!
Introducing the all-new, limited-time Color Your Season products:
Blended Seasons Stamp Set, an exclusive 12-piece wood- or clear-mount stamp set with images for every season – #149019 @ $53 (wood blocks included); #149016 @ $39 (suggested clear blocks: b, c, e, g, h)
Stitched Season Framelits Dies, a coordinating stitched die that includes stitching on both the positive and negative images! #149013 @ $33. Has10 dies. Largest die: 4-7/8″ x 3-3/8″.
Save 10%! Blended Seasons BUNDLE – BLENDED SEASONS STAMP SET + STITCHED SEASONS FRAMELITS DIES – Wood-mount #149893 @ $77.25, Clear-mount #149894 @ $64.75
Watercolor Pencils in 10 new colors! #149014 @ $12.50. Acid free, lignin free.10 pencils in Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Flirty Flamingo, Garden Green, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy
Products available while supplies last until August 31, 2018 – while supplies last
Items may be included as part of a new demonstrator’s Starter Kit.
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s July Blog Hop! This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by popular songs, and this month’s song is “I Don’t Want to Wait ’til Christmas.” You can play it near the bottom of this post. We are half-way through the year, so there’s no better time to start thinking about the joy of Christmas. For my card, I used the Mistletoe Season stamp set, the Seasonal Wreath Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, and Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper. Check it out below. And be sure to hop to all the other InKing Royalty Blog Hop participants!
Here’s what I made:
Here’s what I did:
Cut and scored with my Stampin’ Trimmer:
Early Espresso card stock (CS) cut to 4-1/4″ x 11″, then scored in half at 5-1/2″
Real Red CS cut to 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″
Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper (DSP) cut to 3″ x 5-3/8″
Old Olive CS cut to 3-7/8″ x 3-7/8″
Whisper White CS cut to 4″ x 5-1/4″
Stamped with the Mistletoe Season stamp set:
sentiment in Early Espresso ink onto a scrap of Whisper White CS
Cut using the 1-3/4″ Circle Punch:
sentiment
Cut using the 2″ Circle Punch:
a scrap of the DSP
Embossed using the Seasonal Wreath Dynamic Embossing Folder:
Old Olive CS
NOTE: For some reason the embossed wreath doesn’t show up very well in the photos, but it looks awesome in real life!
Assembled the card:
burnished the fold in the card base with a Bone Folder
Real Red CS glued onto the front of the card base
DSP glued onto the Real Red CS
Old Olive CS glued over the DSP
adhered Real Red ribbon onto the Old Olive CS using Tear & Tape (or Snail)
sentiment glued onto the DSP circle
DSP circle adhered over the ribbon using Stampin’ Dimensionals
3 Red Rhinestones applied to the sentiment
Whisper White CS glued onto the inside of the card base
Here’s the hop:
Be sure to check out all the stops along the hop! You don’t want to miss any of the projects made by this talented group of stampers! Next up isImogene Thomas at MomoMakes.com
It’s time for the July OSAT Blog Hop. This month’s theme is Creature Comforts. and we’re featuring animal themed projects. For my projects today, I used the Kindness & Compassion stamp set with the Graceful Glass Designer Vellum to create a thank you card and a box for the bird lover in your life.
There is an accidental technique used on these projects. I colored the vellum on the back with Stampin’ Write Markers and let them dry. Then I used a sponge to spread glue all over the back, and the ink smeared and created a marbled effect. I liked it so much that I repeated it on the second one.
Here’s what I made:
Here’s what I did:
Cut and scored with my Stampin’ Trimmer:
Petal Pink card stock (CS) cut to 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, then scored in half at 4-1/4″
Petal Pink CS cut to 2-1/2″ x 7/8″
Basic Black CS cut to 2-5/8″ x 1″
Graceful Glass Designer Vellum cut to 5-1/4″ x 2″ (birds)
Graceful Glass Designer Vellum cut to 5-1/4″ x 1″ (grid, 2 pieces)
Basic Black CS cut to 4″ x 2″
Petal Pink CS cut to 3-7/8″ x 1-7/8″
Graceful Glass Vellum cut to 3-7/8″ x 1-7/8″ (birds)
Stamped with the Kindness & Compassion stamp set:
sentiment in Memento black ink onto the 2-1/2″ x 7/8″ Petal Pink CS
Colored using Stampin’ Write Markers:
birds in Real Red, Soft Sea Foam, Calypso Coral, Blueberry Bushel, and Pineapple Punch
NOTE: color on the back of the vellum and let dry (can use Heat Tool to speed drying)
Assembled the card:
burnished the fold in the card base with a Bone Folder
vellum birds glued onto the front of the card base
two vellum grids glued onto the front of the card base, above and below the birds
sentiment glued onto the 2-5/8″ x 1″ Basic Black CS
2-5/8″ x 1″ Basic Black CS adhered to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals
Assembled the box:
3-7/8″ x 1-7/8″ vellum birds glued onto the 3-7/8″ x 1-7/8″ Petal Pink CS
3-7/8″ x 1-7/8″ Petal Pink CS glued onto the 4″ x 2″ Basic Black CS
4″ x 2″ Basic Black CS glued onto the gable box side
black satin ribbon tied in a bow around the top of the box
Here’s the hop:
Click on the Next button to hop to the next stop, Jo Anne Hewins of Luv 2 Create:
Use this list if you get lost along the hop:
Here are today’s colors:
You can click on each one to see all the products that come in that color!
It’s Paper Palooza on the ICS Blog Hop today! July’s theme is Designer Series Paper (DSP) which is perfect since Stampin’ Up! is having a DSP sale in July. You can see more details on the sale near the bottom of this post. For my card today I used the Petal Promenade DSP, a beautiful floral set with lots of pinks. I also used the Beautiful Promenade bundle and Petal Pink Rhinestone Gems. They’re all part of the gorgeous Petal Promenade Suite.
Here’s what I made:
Here’s what I did:
Cut and scored with my Stampin’ Trimmer:
Old Olive card stock (CS) cut to 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, then scored in half at 4-1/4″
Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper (DSP) cut to 4-1/2″ x 4″ (pink marble)
DSP cut to 5-1/8″ x 2″ (pink flowers)
Blushing Bride CS cut to 5-1/4″ x 4″ for the inside of the card base
Stamped with the Beautiful Promedade stamp set:
sentiment in Fresh Fig ink onto a scrap of Blushing Bride CS
Die cut using the Beautiful Layers Thinlits:
doily from a scrap of Smoky Slate CS
three leaves from a scrap of Fresh Fig CS
both ends of the 5-1/8″ x 2″ DSP
Die cut using the Stitched Labels Framelits:
sentiment
Assembled the card:
burnished the fold in the card base with a Bone Folder
marble DSP layer glued onto the front of the card base
floral DSP strip glued over the marble DSP layer
Old Olive Colored Doily glued onto the floral DSP strip
Smoky Slate die cut doily glued over the Old Olive doily
sentiment adhered to the Smoky Slate doily using Stampin’ Dimensionals
three die cut Fresh Fig leaves glued onto the card front, with the stems tucked under the doilies
three Petal Pink Rhinestone Gems applied to the card front
Here’s the hop:
Click the image to hop to the next blog, Sharon Burkert of sharonburkert.com:
Here are today’s colors:
You can click on each one to see all the products that come in that color!
It’s time for the APPT (A Paper Pumpkin Thing) Blog Hop for June. This month’s PP kit, called Broadway Star, coordinates with the new Broadway Bound suite in the annual catalog, and it is a winner winner chicken dinner! It’s all so fun and bright and cheery. You can’t help but smile. For today’s hop I made some small note cards and a holder to store them in.
There are so many different things you can make using this kit, especially when you combine it with the products in the suite. I decided to keep it rather simple. The Candle Embellishments are the only thing from the suite I used on my projects. I didn’t even use a stamp, even though the ones in the PP kit and the ones in the suite are terrific.
This is the Paper Pumpkin kit…
…and this is the suite from the catalog.
Here’s what I made:
Here’s what I did:
Cut and scored with my Stampin’ Trimmer:
cut 3 black striped and 3 green cards down to 4-1/2″ x 6-3/4″, making sure to keep the score line centered, so once the cards are folded they measure 4-1/2″ x 3-3/8″ – in other words, cut 1″ x 8-1/2″ strip off the long side, and cut 7/8″ off each end
scored one of the envelopes 1/2″ in from either side and 1/2″ in from the bottom, then burnished the folds with a bone folder
Cut using Paper Snips:
cut away the outer edges of the envelope flap, that fall outside the score lines
Assembled the cards:
burnished the fold in the card bases with a Bone Folder
banners applied onto the front of the card bases (green onto the black card, and white onto the green card)
balloon applied to the left side of the card front
gold Hooray applied to the banner
tied bows with the black & gold twine from the kit and adhered them to the balloons on the green cards using a rolled up glue dot
applied self stick sequins to the front of the black & white cards
Assembled the holder:
applied a self stick red layer onto the front of the envelope
glued two cakes together to make a taller cake, then glued them onto the red layer
applied 5 gold candles onto the red layer
applied a self stick gold Hooray onto the front of the flap
used an Embossing Buddy to powder the bits of the Hooray that stick out from the flap, so they wouldn’t be sticky
with one hand inside the envelope and one hand outside, flattened the sides and bottom until they were square
tucked under the points at the bottom corners and glued them to the bottom of the holder
put the cards in the holder and tied it closed with a piece of the black & gold twine
Here’s the APPT hop:
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Here are today’s colors:
You can click on each one to see all the products that come in that color!
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