February Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop

Wow - we have a nice long list of blogs to visit during this blog hop!!  Welcome to my blog.   You may have arrived here from Dawn's blog.   Make sure to leave comments at all of the blogs you visit as we bloggers need to feel the love!! This months theme is Sale-a-bration or Valentines Day. Here are my projects.

This is my first project:

This Valentines wreath started with a flat decorative heart that I found at Dollarama. It actually had two smaller hearts hanging inside. I removed the two smaller hearts and I'm sure I will find some other use for them. The rosettes (or medallions) were made by scoring the brights and subtles pattern pack DSP on the Simply Scored. Some of the rosettes have a lovely border created by using the Pinking Hearts Border punch. The stamps used were from P.S. I Love You found in the Occasions Mini printed using My Digital Studio. I love this program for the ability to access such a variety of stamp sets and how easy it is to select the colour and size of the images you want to use. Check below for a list of product used here.

My second project:

This card meets the February colour challenge of perfect plum, blushing bride and sahara sand. It also fills the Sale-a-bration and Valentines categories. The colour combination is definitely out of my comfort zone so this challenge was just what I needed. The card base is perfect plum layered with sahara sand DSP from the patterns pack.  It is hard to see but the perfect plum card base has been scored on all four sides.   The image is from Outlined Occasions (SAB) stamped on whisper white and cut using the labels collection framelit.   This stamp set is perfect for paper piercing and you might be able to see where I pierced the central image.  The pleated blushing bride ribbon makes a beautiful frame for the framelit! The hearts are cut from blushing bride and perfect plum card stock using the new Fashionable Hearts embosslits die.

A little Valentine's Day project:

This little sour cream container uses the PS I Love you set (Occasions Mini) and the Outlined Occasions set (SAB). Just a little something full of kisses for Valentines Day!

SUPPLY LIST

Project #1

Stamps: P.S. I Love You (MDS)
Card stock: Real Red, Patterns Pack Brights and Subtles, Red Shimmer Paper
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, Pretty in Pink
Embellishments: Designer Buttons, Real Red Ribbon, Pretty-in-Pink Ribbon
Tools: Big Heart Punch, Small Heart Punch, Modern Label Punch, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Simply Scored,

Project #2

Stamps: Outlined Occasions (SAB)
Card stock: Perfect Plum, Patterns Pack Neutrals, Blushing Bride, Whisper White
Ink: Perfect Plum, Blushing Bride
Embellishments: Basic Pearls, Pleated Blushing Bride Ribbon
Tools: Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits, Fashionable Hearts Embosslits Die, ticket corner punch, paper piercer and mat, Simply Scored

Project #3

Stamps: Outlined Occasions (SAB), PS I Love You (Occasions Mini/MDS)
Card Stock: Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Regal Rose, Real Red
Embellishments: Real Red and Whisper White 1/8" taffeta ribbon
Tools: Large heart punch, crimper, 1 3/8 circle punch, designer label punch, crop-a-dile

I hope you are enjoying the blog hop. Please stop by Heather's blog next and don't forget to leave a comment. Thanks for stopping by.


Pat

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Blog Hop Participants:

1. Shellie G. of Creative Electica
2. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
3. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
4. Nancy B. of Lady Stamps a Lot
5. Anji C. of Altered Scraps Blog
6. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
7. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
8. Amanda H. of Live Laugh Craft
9. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
10. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
11. Heather W. of Heather's Stampin' Blog
12. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
13. Linda O. of Stamp at Linda's
14. Marla R. of Marla's Stampin' Spot
15. Michele M. of Michele's Stampin' Blog
16. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
17. Pam S. of Sunny Girl Scraps
18. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim

Looking forward to the Blog Hop!!

It's getting closer!!!   Make sure to check in on Thursday, February 2nd for the Stylin' Stampin' Squad February Blog Hop.    There are lots of blogs in this month's hop so be prepared to see some awesome projects.

Have fun hopping!!

Pat

Retired but not forgotten

Here are a couple of projects using retired product:

This card uses the retired valentine stamp set Filled with Love and retired DSP Night and Day for the envelope. The card base is basic black layered with real red that has been embossed using the square lattice embossing folder. The envelope is cut using the scallop envelope die. The heart is from the Filled with Love set punched out with the large heart punch. A mini clothespin is prettied up with a heart punched from red shimmer paper using the small heart punch. The final touches are white bakers twine and rhinestones coloured with red sharpie. We will be using this card for my son's class as our Valentine project.

We made this clean and simple card in a Beginner Card Class. I had cut this paper for another project ages ago and never did use it. The card base is the retired green galore card stock, layered with certainly celery and whisper white. The stamp set used is Vintage Vogue stamped in certainly celery and pretty in pink. A very basic card which was a good place to start our class. The ladies impressed me so much with their talent and ability and I look forward to seeing them at future classes.

I have been busy preparing for the upcoming blog hop which will take place on February 2nd. Make sure you check out the hop for some awesome projects. I also have been preparing for the upcoming Mommy & Me Valentine's Class and for clubs. Stay tuned for those projects!! Thanks for stopping by.

Pat

January Club #1 Projects

Hello everyone.   I hope you enjoyed the blog hop last week.   It's a great way to see a lot of projects and get some motivation!    Make sure to check in the first week in February to see the next round.

It was so good to get back together with my Club ladies.    I always end up with a severe case of crafter's burnout after the Christmas craft sale season.    The little break between Christmas and the New Year does not involve any crafting at all.   However, though the break is nice, it is so hard to get the crafting mojo going again.   My Club ladies are my incentive to get it in gear and once I start again, it's all good.   I love my Club ladies!

Here are the projects we worked on:

This card uses the I (Love) Love jumbo wheel.    The card base is basic black which is embossed on the bottom using the heart folder from the new Textured Impressions Embossing Folders found in the Occasions Mini.   The real red layer is punched using the Pinking Hearts Border punch.   The wheel is inked with real red and run on whisper white.   We coloured basic rhinestones using a permanent marker to add just a bit of bling to this card.    This works well as a masculine card.   I actually gave this card to my husband for our anniversary yesterday.

Our next project used the shaving cream technique.   The card base is in marina mist, layered with whisper white embossed with the vintage wallpaper folder.    The blushing bride layer and the shaving cream glossy layer are cut with the new Labels Collection framelits die.   This die is so perfect for layering!   Our shaving cream layer is done with marina mist and pretty in pink ink refills on glossy paper.    The ribbon is the new pleated ribbon in blushing bride.   The pearls were coloured using a permanent marker.

Our final project was a romantic layout.    I always do one this time of year as it is our anniversary and Valentine's Day is coming up so it seems appropriate.    This layout uses a crumb cake base.   The very vanilla layer is stamped in early espresso using a stamp from Artistic Etchings.    The envelope is cut using the Big Shot and the scallop envelope die.   The luxurious paper used for the envelope comes from the Mocha Morning Specialty Designer Series Paper.   Love this paper!!   The image behind the envelope is stamped in early espresso using a stamp from the Notably Ornate set.    The insert for the envelope is also from the Notably Ornate set and it has the date written on it.  The hearts are silver glimmer paper sponged with more mustard and cajun craze and punched out with the large heart from the Heart to Heart Punch.

My next post will include the projects used in Club #2 and the Beginner Card Class that was held yesterday.   It is so exciting to meet new stampers.   They thoroughly impressed me with their craftiness!   

Thanks for stopping by!

Pat

January Blog Hop

I'm so excited to be involved in my first blog hop! You may have just come here from Erin's blog. This month's blog hop is focusing on the new Occasions Mini product and/or a thank you. My project uses the new Occasions Mini set Sweet Cake which I used for a thank you card:

The card base is chocolate chip with a layer of pretty in pink DSP from the pattern pack. The next chocolate chip and pretty in pink layers were cut using the new Framelits Labels Collection. The cupcake image is stamped on whisper white with chocolate chip ink. The stem of the cherry is wiped clean using a blender pen and then coloured with an old olive marker. This image is then trimmed out and popped up using dimensionals. The "You're So Sweet" saying is stamped using melon mambo. The cherry and heart are silver glimmer paper coloured with melon mambo reinker and an aqua painter. The icing on the cupcake has a beautiful shimmer thanks to the application of dazzling details. A pretty in pink button, white bakers twine and a thanks so much from the Tiny Tags set finishes off this card nicely.

SUPPLIES

STAMPS:

Sweet Cake

Tiny Tags

Curvy Verses

PAPER:

Chocolate Chip

Pretty in Pink Pattern DSP

Pretty in Pink

Whisper White

Silver Glimmer Paper

INK:

Chocolate Chip

Melon Mambo

Old Olive

ACCESSORIES:

Big Shot

Labels Collection Framelits

Ticket corner punch

Tiny Tag punch

Small heart punch

Small circle from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Pretty in Pink button from Subtles Designer Buttons

White Bakers Twine

Dazzling Details

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed the blog hop! Make sure to stop by Shellie's blog if you haven't already.

Pat

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Go to Shellie's blog!

Blog Hop Participants:

Shellie Hepner Grindy www.creativeeclectica.com

Annie Lee http://lovemecard.blogspot.com/  

Pam Steckman http://stampininthesun77.blogspot.com/

Tonya L Ball www.stampinwithtonya.blogspot.com

Dawn Snowangel http://www.dawnscreativechalet.blogspot.com/

Erin Hindman www.erinbh.typepad.com

Patricia Thompson  http://sunnystampin.blogspot.com/   ------------ you are here!

Blog Hopping!!

I'm so excited to be taking part in my first blog hop! I will be joining several other Stampin' Up! demos in this blog hop which will take place tomorrow. Make sure to stop back in to see what we have all been up to.

Thanks for stopping by.

Pat

December projects

Poor, poor neglected blog!! My blog definitely got neglected with all of the craziness of the Christmas season. Between preparing for and attending craft sales every weekend from mid November to right before Christmas and trying to prepare for Christmas at home, there was just no time to keep the blog up-to-date. Hopefully things will get back on track here soon.

There were times when I didn't even take pictures of the projects I was working on but I will post what I did manage to photograph. This is a pic of a gift card holder that proved to be a good seller at the craft sales:

This gift card holder uses one piece of paper folded in half and placed on the stocking die so that the crease is just below the top cutting mark of the stocking. The cuff, heel and toe are cut from the silver glimmer paper and the holly berry is cut from the stocking accessories die from always artichoke card stock and red glimmer paper. There is a pocket inside that holds the gift card.

Here are some of December's club projects:

This ornament is cut from red glimmer paper using the scallop circle die and a treat cup. The snowman is stamped on vellum using black stazon ink and coloured using markers. A small amount of mica flakes are placed in the treat cup before attaching the stamped vellum to the back of the cup. You don't want to use too much of the mica flakes or the snowman looks buried in the snow! Punch a circle out of the red glimmer scallop circle using the 1 3/4 circle punch. By putting the scallop circle in as far as it will go into the punch you end up punching out towards the bottom of the circle but that's okay as it gives you room to place a Merry Christmas banner on the top. A second red glimmer scallop circle is also punched out with the circle punch. These two scallop circles will be attached to each other but remember to attach a loop of ribbon at the top first so you have something to hang your ornament by. Having the back punched out allows the Christmas tree lights to shine through the ornament. The Merry Christmas banner was stamped on whisper white using basic black ink and cut out free hand (something I don't do well!). I loved how this ornament turned out!!

This Christmas card uses non traditional colours and the bling is a definite wow! The colours used here are basic black and tempting turquoise. The ornament is punched out of the silver glimmer paper using the ornament punch and then coloured using an aqua pen and tempting turquoise reinker. Thank you to Patty Bennett for the instructions on colouring the silver glimmer paper. Check out Patty's blog here:

http://www.pattystamps.typepad.com/pattys_stamping_spot/

The whisper white layer is embossed using the perfect petals embossing folder. A piece of black 1/8 ribbon is placed on the whisper white layer before it is attached to the tempting turquoise layer. A piece of silver glimmer paper is punched out using the ribbon punch, placed on the coloured ornament and then the sides are trimmed. The ornament was popped up and a black ribbon bow was attached to the top of the ornament. The bling on this card is stunning! Love it!

Another club project was a post-it note holder. This item holds a mini gel pen and a post-it note pad inside. A simple project and a popular item at the craft sales.

I finally was able to play with some of my new product that will be coming out in the Occasions Mini starting January 4th:

This card also uses the coloured silver glimmer paper but this time I used baja breeze. Some of the products used are the baja breeze 3/8" pleated satin ribbon, the labels collection framelits die, the adorning accents edgelit die and the adorning accents textured impressions embossing folders. I am such a sucker for anything using the Big Shot so all of the wonderful new dies in this mini made me very happy!!

Today I need to prep for a kids class we are having tomorrow. A very smart Grandma booked a class so that the kids could have a little something to do during the Christmas break. I will post pics of our class projects after tomorrow.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Thanks for stopping by.

Pat