Stampin Friends 2021 August Blog Hop--It's All About Paper

 

Welcome!

It's time for my Stampin' Friends and I to share our latest cards and 3-D projects. Our theme this month is: All About Paper. Who doesn't love to craft with pretty patterned paper? (I admit to being one of those paper hoarders who can't bear to cut up a pretty sheet of designer paper!)

If you are following the blog hop, you may have come from Katja's blog. Continue on to see Teri's wonderful projects. A list of bloggers is found at the bottom of my blog.

My card and project this month highlight some fun, bright paper from Stampin' Up! called Sweet Symmetry. I love the color combinations in this set of Designer Series Paper (DSP): Bumblebee, Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Night of Navy, and Just Jade.

Thank you to fellow demonstrator Chris Slogar (buckeyeinklings.com) for her inspiration for this sweet card. Complete directions for constructing the card are found further down in my blog.

 

Card base: Night of Navy card stock 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

Swirly Wreath: Night of Navy card stock and Seasonal Swirls Die Set

Calypso Coral zig zag embellishment: Basic Borders die set

Greeting: Sweet Strawberry stamp set and Tasteful Labels die set

DSP for front and inside: Sweet Symmetry 12" x 5-1/4"

The inside pocket contains an insert for a message.

Mat: Night of Navy card stock 4-1/2" x 3-1/2"

Message Piece:White cardstock 4-3/8" x 3-3/8"

Here are the directions for the card. I have used different DSP for this "practice" card.

1. Cut a piece of pretty patterned paper 5-1/4" x 12". Score on the long side at 4" and 8". You will need to be careful when using directional patterned paper. (See below for an example of what not to do!)

2. Score on the diagonal from the bottom left corner to the 8" score line.

3. Cut off the bottom corner leaving a 1/2" flap. Set aside the triangle for later use. Trim a small triangle off the flap for ease in folding.

4. Fold over the flap and glue it down.

5. Adhere a piece of Tear and Tape along the left side of the triangle piece.

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At this point with my "real" card, I decided to add a bit of border (in years past we called this "rick rack.")

I placed a die from the Basic Borders set down the middle of a 1" piece of cardstock and ran it through my die cut machine.

This is what it looked like:

I snipped each end of the card stock and got this:

Yay! Two pieces!

I glued them along the long side of the triangle pocket and the triangle piece for the front of the card.

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6. Remove the top covering of the Tear and Tape and fold the triangle piece up to form the inside pocket.

7. Cut a piece of card stock 5-1/2" x 4-1/4".

8. Adhere the patterned paper pocket piece to the card stock.

9. Decorate as desired. I glued the triangle piece I had cut off to the bottom corner of the front.

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(Don't do what I did with my first attempt at this card!) This is what I mean about being careful with directional patterns:

This is a strip of another piece of the Sweet Symmetry patterned paper. Notice the directional pattern.

The back side also has a directional pattern.

Look how the inside turned out with my first attempt at making this card. The design on the pocket is correct, but the pattern in the coral piece is not! Oops, I had to start over using different paper!)

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On to my 3-D project: A very special thanks to my fellow demos Heidi Gartzman, Lolo, MT in the US and Sam Hammond Donald (pootles.co.uk) in the UK whose projects were the inspiration for this little backpack to hold candy treats or other small items. Theirs were adorable, and I had to have a go at making one of my own! I think it turned out beautifully! Fun! Next up: make ones for my two teenage grandsons as a "good luck in the new school year" treat package.

Sam's video for making the backpack can be found here(15) How To Make a Cardstock BackPack - YouTube . She used magnets to close the top and pockets, but I used 1/2" Velcro circles.

Side view:

Thanks for stopping by! Before you leave, please leave a comment for me and also at the end of the other stampers' blogs. The list of bloggers is found below. I always look forward to seeing what my friends make and what others say about our creations! We will be back next month with more cards and projects. I hope you will join us.

Stampin Friends:

1. Jo Blackman (UK) -
2. Maureen Rauchfuss (USA) -
3. Katja Ettig (GER) -
4. Jean Beaulieu (USA) - You are here.
5. Teri Pocock (UK) -
6. Steph Jandrow (US) -
7. Tiziana Milano (US) -
8. Melissa Thomas (USA) -

Product List

Clicking on the product picture will take you to my online Stampin' Up! "shop." My August Host Code is

UGJ746CA. Thanks for using it when ordering online!

Sweet Strawberry Photopolymer Stamp Set [154394] $18.00	Basic Borders Dies [155558] $29.00	Seasonal Swirls Dies [156564] $34.00	Sweet Symmetry 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155605] $11.50
Just Jade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153079] $8.75	Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122925] $8.75	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $8.75

Stampin Friends 2021--July Blog Hop--Just Rewind & Redo

 

Welcome, Crafting Friends!

It's time for my Stampin' Friends and I to share our latest cards and 3-D projects. Our theme this month is: Just Rewind & Redo. We are looking back to past projects and techniques, remaking those favorite projects, and giving them a fun update using new products. If you are following our blog hop, you may have come from Jo's blog. For more inspiration I hope you will continue on to Katja's blog. A list of bloggers and their links are found at the end of my blog. We appreciate comments posted at the end of each person's blog. Thanks!

Sometimes I have trouble with card design, so I often turn to Pinterest for Card Sketches. The sweet sketch below is one of the very first one I pinned. I used it for one of the first classes I held after becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator five years ago. It's still one I use often! The attendees at that class were beginners at stamping. They had such great success with this simple card, they were eager to come to another class. Some of them are still stamping with me!

This is the card I made for this month's blog:

I used Pansy Petals designer series paper for the background and used other In Colors for the banners and flower "button."  Each banner has two layers.  The underlayer is from the In Colors DSP set and the top layer is some some shimmery vellum.  I offset the layers to show a bit of the underlayer. The photo below gives an idea of its pretty shimmer.

Rather than use a button for the twine embellishment, I cut a flower using the Pierced Bloom Dies and punched two holes for the twine.  I love the look of the pierced flower!

My simple 3-D project is one I made after watching a YouTube video made by Caroline Helwigh Wright  a former demonstrator in the UK.  I usually give a little chocolate treat to my class attendees, and this is a quick and easy treat bag to make using a 6 x 6" piece of pretty paper. Here is the link to watch Caroline make the bag:   (532) Ombre Gift Pouches - Video Tutorial with Colourful Seasons DSP - Stampin' UP New Catalogue Week - YouTube

The doily and the stamp set I used for the greeting are no longer available from Stampin' Up,  but the rest of the products can be found in the list at the bottom of my blog.

Here is the template I used to make the bag. (I used some scratch paper, so it's a little messy, but you get the idea....)

 

1.  Score at 1 inch.  This is the bottom of the bag, so if you are using paper with a directional pattern, you will need to position it properly.

2.  Turn the paper and score at 1-3/4", 2-3/4 ", 4-1/2" stopping at the 1" score line. 

 3. Score at 5-1/2" all the way down the side. 

4.   Cut away the shade area. 

5.  Keeping the paper slightly rolled, adhere the tab to the other side.

6.  To make the bottom of the bag, cut on the short score lines to the 1" score line.  Fold the side flaps in first. Fold the other flaps in, apply adhesive to the last flap.

7.  Decorate as you wish.

Below are the names of my stampin friends.  Click on each name to go to her blog.  

1.. Kim Lamos - 

2. Jo Blackman -

3. Jean Beaulieu - You are here.

4. Katja Ettig -

5. Heidi Collins -

6. Teri Pocock -

7. Melissa Thomas -

8. Tiziana Milano (US) -

⁠9. Steph Jandrow -

Here are the current products I used in my card and project.  If you would like to shop with me, simply click on the item.  You will automatically be linked to my online "store."

Product List

Pansy Petals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155807] $11.50	2021–2023 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155641] $11.50	2021–2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum [155616] $12.00	Pale Papaya 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155668] $8.75	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574] $8.75
Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $31.00	Pierced Blooms Dies [154312] $37.00	Tailored Tag Punch [145667] $18.00

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful rest of July, and I hope to see you next month!

Jean

2021 Stampin Friends Blog Hop Dream In Colors

 

Welcome Crafting Friends!  

We are a group of paper crafters who publish a Blog Hop every month sharing our hand made cards and projects.  If you are following the blog, you may have come from Teri's blog.  Weren't her projects beautiful?  I hope you will hop to Jo's blog by clicking on her name in the list found at the bottom of this blog.  Please leave a comment for each of us.  It's so fun to see what you think of our creations!

 

This month's theme is Dream In Color.  Every year Stampin' Up! adds five new colors to their color collections and call them In Colors.  These colors are available for only two years.  This year's additions are Soft Succulent (sage), Polished Pink (vivid pink), Fresh Freesia (a shade of purple), Evening Evergreen (dark forest green) and Pale Papaya (soft light orange). 

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I really like making special orders, and recently a friend came to me with a very special request.  Her teenage granddaughter, a novice sewer, had stitched a quilt, entered it in a competition, and had won a blue ribbon for her effort!  My friend asked me to make a congratulatory card and a gift box for her granddaughter with a sewing theme.  I immediately thought of the Stitchery stamp set (pg. 22 in the Annual Catalog). It was very easy to create the pattern of stitches for the background of the card and the inside of the gift box lid.  I used the A Grand Kid stamp set (pg. 54) for the sentiments.  Since we were going with a sewing theme, I used the Playful Alphabet dies to cut the SEW, SEW, SEW letters to be included with the so proud of you.  All of the colors are the new In Colors.  I used the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch for both the front and inside greetings.  

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 On to the box... 

It  needed to be large enough to hold a few sewing supplies AND a gift card at her favorite fabric store.  The Scalloped Kraft Treat Box was just the thing (pg. 137 in the Annual Catalog).  These food safe boxes (3-1/2" x 3-1/2" by 2-1/2" come in a set of eight.  Gold foil dots cover the lid and the box.  Here is what they look like right out of the package.

The scored panels fold easily to make the lid and box without any adhesive.

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Here is the top view.  I made a faux "quilt square" by cutting four squares from scraps (In Colors) and adhering them to a 3" x 3" piece of  Evening Evergreen card stock.  I used my Alcohol Markers to color the Square Vellum Doily (pg. 135 in the catalog).  Polished Pink ribbon, a little tag with a sentiment from the Sweet Strawberry stamp set, and mats of In Color cardstock completed the top.

Here is a side view.  Each side has an Evening Evergreen mat and a strip of designer series paper matching the pieces in the "quilt piece" on the lid.

Here's a peek inside the box.

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I used my Envelope Punch Board (a retired product that I have used over and over!) to make the gift card envelope.  I used some small Velcro stickers to hold the card closed.  The sentiments are from a retired stamp set.

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As a final touch I decorated the inside of the lid.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and project.  Thanks for stopping by.  Be sure to check out the other blogs for lots of creative inspiration!

1. Teri Pocock -
2. Jean Beaulieu - You are here!
3. Jo Blackman -
4. Katja Ettig -
5. Maureen Rauchfuss (USA) -
6. Steph Jandrow (USA)
7. Tiziana Milano (USA)
8. Heidi Collins -
9. Melissa Thomas -

 Product List--Click on the product below to shop on my online "store."  Thanks so much!

In Color 2020–2022 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) Designer Series Paper [155230] $11.50	Pansy Petals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155807] $11.50	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613] $8.75	Polished Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155710] $8.75	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574] $8.75
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $7.50	Evening Evergreen Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155517] $9.00	Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155776] $8.75	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] $7.50	Pale Papaya 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155668] $8.75
Polished Pink 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155714] $7.00	Stitchery Cling Stamp Set [155074] $21.00	A Grand Kid Cling Stamp Set (English) [152500] $21.00	Sweet Strawberry Photopolymer Stamp Set [154394] $18.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $34.00
Lovely Labels Pick A Punch [152883] $23.00	Square Vellum Doilies [152484] $5.00	Scalloped Kraft Treat Boxes [155481] $10.00

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