July 2022 Stampin Friends Blog Hop

 

Welcome Crafting Friends!

Once a month my stamping friends and I create two projects--a card and a 3-D item.  The theme for this month's hop is Perfectly Punched.  We are demonstrating the use of punches in crafting. If you are following the hop, you may have come from Maureen's blog.  Weren't her projects awesome? You will find a list of all the bloggers at the bottom of my post. 

I am showcasing the Best Label Punch and Alphabest stamp set--found in the new 2022-2023 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog.  Here are my projects:

The gift bag on the left is made from a white paper lunch bag.  I folded the top down and trimmed it with a Basic Border die. The ribbon for the closure is threaded through two punched holes. 

Inside greeting is from the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set

Alphabest Bundle includes the stamp set and the punch.  (They can be purchased as a bundle with 10% savings or separately.) I will use these often!!!!  So versatile.

Unfortunately, I got this far in the blog preparation last week and began feeling ill.  A positive COVID test resulted in my spending much needed blog hop time in isolation--away from my craft room and family computer.  I apologize for this very short blog post!  I hope you will leave me a comment and click on Jo's link to see how she used a punch (or more?) to make her lovely projects. 

1. Teri Pocock - (UK)

2. Maureen Rauchfuss (USA)

3. Jean Beaulieu (USA) You are here.

4. Jo Blackman (UK)

5. Steph Jandrow -USA

6. Barb Pfeffer (Canada)

7. Tiziana Milano (USA)

Products I used for the card:

Smoky Slate card stock #131202

Blushing Bride card stock #131198

Subtles 6 x 6 designer series paper #159255

Scalloped Contour dies #155560

Designer Tags dies #159165

Stitched Rectangle dies #151820

Alphabest Bundle #158886

Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set #152517

Other Products I used for the gift bag:

White paper lunch bag

Cottage Flowers stamp set #159040

May 2022 Stampin Friends Blog

 

Welcome Crafting Friends!

Once a month my stamping friends and I create two projects--a card and a 3-D item.  The theme for this month's hop is Celebrating Men.  Let's not forget about all those wonderful men in our lives!  If you are following the hop, you may have come from Jo's blog.  Weren't her projects awesome? You will find a list of all the bloggers at the bottom of my post. 

Here are my projects:  an off-center Z fold card and a baseball card gift box

Father's Day in the US is June 19.  My card is for a baseball fan who has saved baseball cards for many years, and I made a gift box to hold a few baseball cards I am giving him.  

 

I got my card inspiration from fellow demonstrator, Julie Davison.  Thank you, Julie!

Card dimensions and how to:

 

Card base:

Shaded Spruce card base is 5 1/2" x 10 3/4" and is scored at 3 3/4 and 7"

Front Panel:

Very Vanilla background piece 3 1/2 x 5 1/4"

Shaded Spruce mat for greeting 3 1/4 x 1 7/8"

Very Vanilla greeting piece from the Stitched Rectangles dies

Stamped greeting found in the Your Biggest Fan stamp set, pennant, stars and Let's Get Together and Celebrate (die cuts from the Sports Event dies)

Middle Panel:

DSP strip 5 1/4 x 2" (Stampin' Up 12 x 12 designer series paper Hey Sports Fan)

Shaded Spruce strip 2 x 5 1/4" (which overlaps the DSP a little)

Baseballs are punched from another sheet of designer series paper Hey Sports Fan

Third Panel:

Very Vanilla background piece 3 1/2 x 5 1/4"

Night of Navy Contrasting Strip 3/4 x 5 1/4" (part of the designer series paper set)

Inside message and embellishments are all part of the bundle of products.

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Believe it or not--The inspiration for the box came from a Mini Box of Werther's Originals!  I needed a box for baseball cards, so I took the candy box apart and to see how it was put together.  I reworked some of the dimensions and this is my baseball card sized box.

All the decorations are die cut from the designer series paper mentioned above.

Linen Thread unties to open the box.

On the back pennants are adhered to a tag cut from the new Designer Tags die set.

Side panel and lid detail

This is the template I used for the box. Solid red lines indicate cutting.  Blue dotted lines are score lines.  The pink shaded areas are pieces that are trimmed away.

Begin with a 6 x 7 1/2" piece of cardstock.  

Score on the longer side at 

1/2"   3 1/4"   4"   6 3/4"

Score on the shorter side at

3/4"   1 1/2"   5 1/4"

I hope you have found some tips or inspiration in my masculine projects, you will continue on to Maureen's blog.  We love it when you share comments with us.  Here is a list of my fellow bloggers:

1. Jo Blackman (UK)

2. Jean Beaulieu (USA)You are here.

3. Maureen Rauchfuss (USA)

4. Teri Pocock - UK

5. Barb Pfeffer (Canada)

6. Steph Jandrow (US)

7. Tiziana Milano (USA)

8. Melissa Thomas- Sea to Sea Stampin (USA)

Shop with Me!

To purchase items I used, click on the links below.

The Your Biggest Fan stamp set, and the Sports Event dies can be purchased individually or in a bundle with a 10% discount. (Available in the Mini Catalog until the end of June.)

Linen Thread [104199] $5.00	Designer Tags Dies [159165] $32.00	Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146981] $9.25	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $9.25
Hey Sports Fan 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157882] $11.50	Your Biggest Fan Bundle (English) [157893] $40.50	Your Biggest Fan Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158060] $18.00	Sports Event Dies [157892] $27.00

April 2022 Stampin Friends Blog Hop

 

Welcome Crafting Friends!

The theme for this month's hop is All About the Flowers.  If you are following the hop, you may have come from Teri's blog.  Weren't her projects awesome? You will find a list of all the bloggers at the bottom of my post. 

I am excited about this month's theme!  I love flowers and flower gardening, and even though I have several flower stamp sets, I am always looking for more! Because I am a demonstrator, I am able to see the catalog early and preorder from the new  Stampin' Up! 2022-2023 Annual Catalog.  The products in the new catalog are available for purchase on May 3. 

Wisteria don't thrive in western Montana due to our cold winters, but I have seen them growing in the Seattle area--so beautiful!  When I saw the Wisteria Wishes stamp set in the new catalog, it went to the top of my wish list.  It comes with a die set in a "bundle."

I used the Wisteria Wishes bundle to make a card for a friend.  The two large flowers were made with two sizes of dies from the set.  The smaller flowers were stamped first with Fresh Freesia and then stamped over with Highland Heather. 

Wisteria Wishes available May 3.

These dies cut stamped images from the die set.

These are some of the dies in the set that don't have coordinating stamps.

I used Fresh Freesia card stock for the larger flower piece and Highland Heather card stock for the smaller piece and then layered them.

 I love the leaf die in the set.  It cut and embossed these beautiful leaves.  Can you see the trellis just barely visible in the back?  It's made with another die from the set.

I try to find stamps I can use in multiple ways.   I am already thinking about Christmas cards (yes, really!) Turn the stamp upside down and it becomes pine trees!   

Trees are stamped and then cut.

Two die cuts to make a tree!

My 3-D project is a slim pleated gift bag to hold a prayer journal I am giving to my friend.   I used a 12 x 12" piece of two-sided pretty paper for my bag. The contrasting border along the top was made by folding over an inch.  I used a die from the Color and Contour die set to make the white focal background piece. I stamped the leaves and flowers and used my die cutting machine to cut them.  

Back of bag

Close up of the side pleat

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you will continue on to Barb's blog.  We really look forward to seeing your comments!

1. Maureen Rauchfuss

2. Teri Pocock - UK

3. Jean Beaulieu (USA)     You are here.

4. Barb Pfeffer (Canada)

5. Tiziana Milano (USA)

6. Jo Blackman (UK)

7. Steph Jandrow 8. Melissa Thomas- Sea to Sea Stampin (USA)

Product List

Wisteria Wishes Bundle available May 3.  Catalog # 158860

Scalloped Contours Dies [155560] $35.00	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131201] $8.75	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $7.50	Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986] $8.75
Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $7.50	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613] $8.75	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $7.50

March 2022 Stampin Friends Blog Hop

 

 Welcome, Crafting Friends!

Time for another Stampin Friends Blog Hop.  This month's theme is Monochromatic March.  We have chosen a favorite color and created cards and projects with just that color.  I can't wait to see the monochromatic cards and projects my friends have created.  They are sure to be awesome.  If you are following the "hop" you may have come from Maureen's blog.  Be sure to click on Steph's link in the list of links listed at the bottom of my blog to continue "hopping."

I have chosen various shades of blue (Night of Navy, Pacific Point, and Balmy Blue) for my card and project: 

Treat Pouches in shades of blue

Card

I began with with a piece of basic white card stock 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4".  I used stamps from the Forever Ferns set to create the background.  I used dies from the Forever Flourishing set to cut the background embellishments.  I cut a Balmy Blue rectangle, a Night of Navy rectangle, and a Pacific Point rectangle with the Stitched Rectangles die set.  The bird, the flowers, and the hello are stamps in the Sentimental Swirl stamp set.  The bird, flowers, and the swirl were stamped with Versamark ink, sprinkled with white embossing powder, and heat embossed.  A little piece of ribbon and some gems finished the card.

Treat Pouches

I always have a little chocolate treat for my class attendees, and these are pouches for this month's treats.  They are very easy to make!  

Use a 6 x 6" card stock or designer series "pretty" paper.  I made my own pretty paper by randomly stamping leaves from the Forever Fern set on the card stock.  

Do this first!  Then proceed to the following steps.

1. Score along one side at 1 3/8".

2. Turn the piece 90 degrees to the right.

3. Score again at 1 3/8" only to the first score line.

4. Score at 2 3/4" only to the first score line.

5. Score at 4 1/8" only to the first score line.

6. Score at 5 1/2" all the way to the bottom of the piece.  This 1/2" piece will be the flap.

7. Cut from the edge stopping at the first score line along the 

1 3/8, 2 3/4, 4 1/8, and 5 1/2.

8. Remove the little 1/2" corner piece. 

9. Next apply adhesive to the 1/2" flap.

10. Gently roll the card stock and bring the flap to the other side. Tuck the sticky flap inside lining up the edge of the card with the 1/2" fold line. 

11. Fold the bottom squares in on top of each other and adhere forming the bottom of the pouch.

12. Punch two holes in the top of the pouch.

13. Insert a ribbon and tie a square knot.

14. Finish with a tag cut from the Tailored Tags die set and some die cut leaves from the Forever Flourishing die cut set.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  I hope you will click on the links below to continue on to my Stampin' friends' blogs and  see what monochromatic projects they created.  We love it when you leave comments!

1. Jo Blackman (UK)

2. Barb Pfeffer (Canada)

3. Maureen Rauchfuss

4. Jean Beaulieu (USA)

5. Steph Jandrow (USA)

6. Teri Pocock (UK)

7. Tiziana Milano (USA) 8.Melissa Thomas- Sea to Sea Stampin (USA)

These are some of the products I used to make my card and pouches.  To purchase them from my online "store" click on the links below.  

Forever Fern Cling Stamp Set (English) [152559] $24.00	Sentimental Swirls Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [157996] $22.00	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $22.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $35.00
Forever Flourishing Dies [152714] $36.00	Strawberry Builder Punch [154239] $18.00	Pacific Point 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [111350] $8.75	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $8.75
Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982] $8.75	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad* [111837] $5.95	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $7.50	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $7.50

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