Stampin' Up Artisan Blog Hop - Botanical Pineapple Thanks

Welcome back to the 2015-2016 Stampin' UP Artisan Design Team Blog Hop! 
I am so blessed that I get to create and inspire with these amazing Stampin' UP products and share with you all here for another wonderful year! Remember that every other Thursday, all 20 of us from all over the world will post on our blogs an inspiring project for you! Be sure to get Google Translate so that you can read in your language all about how they created their projects too. Please keep hoppin' thru them all....you do not want to miss anyone of these amazing ladies!

This week we are showcasing our Artisan projects for the Stampin' UP Facebook Page this month. For this project, the team was to focus on May Flowers with many different floral products available right now!  I used the Botanical Builder Framelits and came up with something floral with a tropical feel! Summer is around the corner in our end of the world!

I first took my large Clear Block E and smashed my Blushing Bride Classic Ink Pad all over it. Next I sprayed it with water in my Stampin' Spritzer. Place it on a piece of 3 3/4" x 5" Shimmery White Cardstock. Pull it off carefully. Let it dry completely. I love the watercolor effect this technique gives with such ease! I added some flower images from the Botanical Blooms Stamp set on the dry pink rectangle with more Blushing Bride Ink for a little dimension. The flowers are die cut from the Botanical Builder Framelits and I used Calypso Coral and Watermelon Wonder cardstock. I also used the same framelits to make the "pineapple" leaves in Old Olive cardstock. The Daffodil Delight cardstock pineapple is punched from the Large Oval Punch, trimmed off the bottom a bit and stamped with an image from the Sparkle and Shine Stamp set that created the pattern pineapple look. The greeting and banner comes from the Endless Thanks Stamp set.

And it would not be complete without a piece of pineapple on a stick! I cut a piece of Daffodil Delight Cardstock with the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits. I stamped the v images from the Sparkle and Shine Stamp set with Daffodil Delight Classic Ink pad. I did add more v's with a Daffodil Delight Stampin Write Marker in the spaces that was missing from the stamp set when I stamped all over the cut box piece. More Old Olive leaves and Watermelon Wonder flower with white center added with Mini Glue Dots. Add a Whisper White Baker's Twine bow. The straw is one I got at a local party supply store. You can see how to add the straw to the Curvy Keepsake Box HERE. (One of my very own favorite projects ever!) I thought these would be so cute for a summer party filled with yummy dried pineapple pieces or tropical flavored candies!

Thanks for stopping by here and if you leave a comment then THANKS for truly making my day! They mean the world to me!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy

Now on to one of the most talented papercrafters I know.....my friend, Connie Collins! She will blow your mind!

Supply List:

Botanical Builder Framelits

Botanical Blooms Stamp set

Sparkle and Shine Stamp set

Endless Thanks Stamp set

Thick Whisper White Cardstock

Shimmery White Cardstock

Daffodil Delight Cardstock

Watermelon Wonder Cardstock

Calypso Coral Cardstock

Old Olive Cardstock

Blushing Bride Classic Ink Pad

Watermelon Wonder Classic Ink Pad

Daffodil Delight Classic Ink Pad

Memento Black Ink Pad

 Daffodil Delight Stampin Write Marker

Whisper White Baker's Twine

Large Oval Punch

Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits

Clear Block E 

Mini Glue Dots

Black and White Straws (local party supply store)

Stampin' UP Artisan Blog Hop - Grateful Bunch Bundle Love

Welcome BACK to the 2015-2016 Stampin' UP Artisan Design Team Blog Hop! 
I am so blessed that I get to create and inspire with these amazing Stampin' UP products and share with you all here for another wonderful year! Remember that every other Thursday, all 20 of us from all over the world will post on our blogs an inspiring project for you! Be sure to get Google Translate so that you can read in your language all about how they created their projects too. Please keep hoppin' thru them all....you do not want to miss anyone of these amazing ladies!

This week is an "open to create" week but to stay within the parameters of goodies from our Artisan box. I chose to use Grateful Bunch Photopolymer Stamp set and the matching Blossom Bunch Punch. This is a great bundle at a 15% discount price from the Occasions Catalog! Get it now while you can! 

 I have a couple of cards with two very different style to share today. The first two have a softer look in the same layout. You will find So Saffron, Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral and Perfect Plum for the color combo here. I also used the Paper Doiles that are retiring! Some Crumb Cake splatter done with the Aqua Painter and the Linen Thread complete the cards.

My next card is a louder bolder color combo of Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango and Basic Black. I just used the butterfly stamp image and the part of the greeting from the Grateful Bunch Stamp set here. I took the Melon Mambo/Basic Black striped Baker's Twine from the Baker's Twine Combo Pack and just wrapped it a couple of times around the card base. I colored the butterfly with Tangerine Tango and Melon Mambo inks with the Aqua Painter. I used the Hello You Thinlits Dies to cut my large "You" in Basic Black. I stamped just a part of the greeting image in Basic Black Archival Ink. You have to be careful to just color the part of the stamp you want with the ink pad. You could also color with the Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker for the same effect.

So which one is your s? Soft and pastel OR loud and bold?

Thanks for stopping by here and if you leave a comment then thanks for truly making my day!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy

Now on to one of the most talented papercrafters I know.....Connie Collins! She will blow your mind!

Going Global Graduation with the Creation Station Blog Hop

The Creation Station Design and Blog Hop is back this month! I was beyond thrilled to be asked to join this group of talented women for a monthly blog hop to inspire you with creative top of the line projects with a theme from all around the globe! We hope that you hop thru each blog and leave comments as we all love to hear praise about our creations!

This month we were to cover a masculine theme for a birthday, thank you or sympathy using the Going Global Suite or the In the Meadow Stamp set with Kraft cardstock. Well how about a Graduation theme with Going Global Suite and Kraft cardstock? I thought it would fit and it also fits my need for graduation cards and gift card packaging. You see I have a high school graduate in my house this year!!! I am stocking up on tissue boxes already! Hang on to your seat and stay a bit....lots to see on this post!

Here is my first double giftcard holder. It is seriously so easy to make with just a few items! The greeting comes from the Beautiful Ride Stamp set.

It opens up to reveal two giftcards. 

  It is a single 6" x 6" piece from the Global Places DSP stack. Score vertical at 3" and horizontal at 2". Cut a V slit at the bottom as shown in the picture.  

Add Tear and Tape Adhesive just on the inside bottom pieces. This creates the pockets to hold the gift cards in place.

The next gift card holder is for a single gift card. I love the shaker element on this one! Can you see the Going Global Stamp set map image in there? I used the Metallic Sequins Assortment on the inside.

To create this one, take a piece of the 6" x 6" Going Places DSP Stack and cut down to 6" x 4 1/2". Then score vertical at 3". 

Add some Tear and Tape Adhesive on one side. Then use a circle punch to make the half hole on one side. Pretty simple and easy too!

And I then created some cards....This one uses the Kraft cardstock, the Going Places DSP Stack, the Going Global Stamp set, lots of circle punches! I loved using the Washi Tape Punch on all of projects. I am sad to say that it is sold out completely, but you can just cut a rectangle instead. If you want to make that Graduation cap with punches, just search it on Pinterest. I could not believe how easy to make!

 To create this graduation cap card, I made a tassel out of the Baker's Twine Combo Pack with the Mint Macaron/Basic Black. The background DSP is the Going Places DSP Stack.

Here is a tip: Use the longest clear block to wrap the baker's twine around for the tassel length. I just looked up on Pinterest how to make them. Again, so simple!

And lastly, one more special card for my Megan. Love this car in the Beautiful Ride Stamp set! It fits her well as she has her very own Beetle! I pulled some threads of that same Mint Macaron Baker's Twine and wrapped them around the stamped luggage.

The journey begins for her.....let me go grab a tissue.

Thanks for stopping by my post for the Creations Station Blog Hop!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy

You saw Elizabeth's awesome project before me and now move on to Denita's incredible project by clicking on the next button below! 

Elizabeth Price

Sara Levin

Fancy Friday - "Other than a card" challenge

Welcome back to the Fancy Friday Blog Hop!

My fancy friends and I are back with some NEW fancy friends too! We loved working with each other so much that we decided to continue on with an all new blog hop to inspire you in fun new ways! Then a few of us had to take a break so we invited some new FANCY friends to join us and make the blog hop a little longer for your enjoyment! These are a group of past and current Artisans that have become fast friends thru the Artisan journey.

 Each month on the last Friday, we will bring to you new challenges of all kinds (color,sketch, stamp focus, etc)! This month the amazing Cathy Caines picked our theme "Other than a card". I have been wanting to play with the Friends and Flowers Stamp set from the Occasions Catalog (which by the way, it NOT carrying over to the New Stampin' UP Catalog so get it while you can) and I was happy to make something other than a card with it! Well I made a card too! LOL

Friends and Flowers Stamp Set 

Such a versatile set to have! Come see what I made with it.....

This first project was made with the Shine On Specialty Designer Paper and the Gift Bag Punch Board. I so loved this DSP for the thickness and shine of the silver metallic images. You must get a pack of it before it leave us forever! I used the flower petal images in the stamp set with the Festive Flower Punch to create the large Daffodil Delight bloom. The middle of the flower is from the Botancial Builder Framelits Dies. The greeting is from Circle of Spring Stamp set. That ribbon is the Bermuda Bay 1/8" Stitched Ribbon and it is fantastic!

I took the fish and fins from the same stamp set with Bermuda Bay ink to make my cute fish. Polka Dot Cone Cellophane Bags are perfect for a little treat for a special little boy. I added the clear sequins from the Metallic Sequins Assortment for the fish bubbles. The mini 3x3 card is easy to make with another fish and the leaves and flower centers from the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies. Looks like coral or seaweed to me! The greetings are also from the Circle of Spring Stamp set.

For this last project with this stamp set, I created this special card for my dear friend from across the other side of the world, Susan Wong. She recently welcomed her 4th child in the world and I sent this card to her. I know that it gave her a good chuckle! ;) 

Thanks for stopping by my post for the Fancy Friday blog hop!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy
You saw Cathy Caines's project before me and now move on to 

Mercedes Weber's project by clicking on the next button below! 

Stampin' UP Artisan Blog Hop - Gathering Mother's Day Flowers

Welcome back to the 2015-2016 Stampin' UP Artisan Design Team Blog Hop! 
I am so blessed that I get to create and inspire with these amazing Stampin' UP products and share with you all here for another wonderful year! Remember that every other Thursday, all 20 of us from all over the world will post on our blogs an inspiring project for you! Be sure to get Google Translate so that you can read in your language all about how they created their projects too. Please keep hoppin' thru them all....you do not want to miss anyone of these amazing ladies!

This week we are showcasing our Artisan projects for the Stampin' UP Facebook Page this month. For this project, the team was to focus on the two tools and three stamp sets with a "Perfect Packaging" for a Baby or Bridal Shower or Mother's Day so plan to see A LOT of different design styles with these selective products as you move thru the blog hop! 

I choose to use the Gift Box Punch Board with the Circle of Spring Stamp Set and the Botancial Builder Framelits Dies to create a Mother's Day packaging. The Gift Box Punch Board is great for making MANY different sizes of boxes but I choose to make a gathering basket from a box. Simple to make really: just make any size box you want and score only two sides, leave the other two sides open and add a handle. I added some fresh cut flowers inside a Polka Dot Cone Cellophane Bag and tied with Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Cotton Ribbon. I stamped the wreath image in Old Olive ink and used the matching Wonderous Wreath Framelits Dies to cut out. To finish, add some beautiful flowers with the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies. 

So here is a cute little box made with the Gift Box Punch Board. The highlight of this piece is the Botanical Builder Framelit Dies and the Corrugated Kraft Paper. I placed the flower and the pieces on a 1 1/4" Circle Punch piece of Window Sheet so that the linen thread it attached for a belly band on the box.

For the card, I made a few more SEVERAL flowers using the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies in the shades of purples like Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum and the retiring Blackberry Bliss. I used Kraft Cardstock with the Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for a textured background. 

Now if you want, add a tag on the box too! All the greetings I used on these projects are from the Circle of Spring Stamp Set. I got a piece of Brighton jewelry for my mom while I was in the Salt Lake City recently. I was there attending the Stampin' UP Onstage Live event where we got to see all the new products coming soon! 

You are going to love it! Trust me! We on the Artisan Team will be sharing some new products in June so be sure to tune in then!

Thanks for stopping by here and if you leave a comment then thanks for truly making my day!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy

Now on to one of my dearest friends and Artisan Design Team sister for life.....Connie Collins! She will blow your mind!

April Birthday Flowers with the Creation Station Blog Hop

The Creation Station Design and Blog Hop is back this month! I was beyond thrilled to be asked to join this group of talented women for a monthly blog hop to inspire you with creative top of the line projects with a theme from all around the globe! We hope that you hop thru each blog and leave comments as we all love to hear praise about our creations!

This month we were to cover Spring Flowers by using the Botanical Blooms Bundle! Well after cutting what seems like a hundred of those blooms for an upcoming Artisan project, I was well.....spent. But I managed to cut just one more set of blooms for this great card!

I started by first using the Happy Patterns Decorative Masks and Memento ink with a sponge dauber to color on top of Very Vanilla cardstock. I hardly use masks but I reallly like the effect it gives a card. Then I grabbed a pattern sheet of paper from the Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper in the Mint Macaron. I stamped the leaf from the Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Stamp set and cut with the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies. I ran all three flower pieces in the Big Shot with the same dies and a piece of Watermelon Wonder cardstock. Finish off with the Basic Black Candy Dot and a piece of the 3/8" Stitched Basic Black Ribbon. The greeting is from the Balloon Celebration Photopolymer Stamp Set.

So I completed four cards for some friends who have April birthdays! I hope they like them!

Thanks for stopping by my post for the Creations Station Blog Hop!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy

You saw Kathy's awesome project before me and now move on to my sweet friend Holly's incredible project by clicking on the next button below! 

Kathy Kartak

Holly Stene

Stampin' UP Artisan Blog Hop - Sparkle and MORE Shine

Welcome to the 2015-2016 Stampin' UP Artisan Design Team Blog Hop! 
I am so blessed that I get to create and inspire with these amazing Stampin' UP products and share with you all here for another wonderful year! Remember that every other Thursday, all 20 of us from all over the world will post on our blogs an inspiring project for you! Be sure to get Google Translate so that you can read in your language all about how they created their projects too. Please keep hoppin' thru them all....you do not want to miss anyone of these amazing ladies!
This week is an "open to create" week but to stay within the parameters of goodies from our Artisan box. Plan to see a lot of different design styles with these selective products as you move thru the blog hop! I decided to use the Sparkle and Shine Stamp Set from the Occasions Catalog along with the truly awesome Shine On Specialty Designer Series Paper. The more I use this DSP, the more I love it! Be sure to pick up this gem before the Occasions Catalog ends!

I created two cards very similar in layout but using different paper patterns of the Shine On DSP and greetings from the Sparkle and Shine Stamp Set. I stamped the pattern images (the v's and raindrops) on a piece of cardstock and then punched out with my 2 1/2" Circle Punch for one of the layers. I am loving the Cucumber Crush together with the Watermelon Wonder and Bermuda Bay as well as the pop of Basic Black and Whisper White. Then make sure to make some custom envelopes for these 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" cards with the 2015-2017 In Color Envelope Paper. 

Last is a cute gift package made with the Gift Bag Punch Board and the Shine On DSP too! I am loving that Bermuda Bay 1/8" Stitched Ribbon so much, I hope it stays in the new Annual Catalog coming in June! 

Thanks for stopping by here and if you leave a comment then thanks for truly making my day!

Inspire. Create. Share. That's what I love to do.

Cindy

Now on to one of my dearest friends and Artisan Design Team sister for life.....Connie Collins! She will blow your mind and she is the sweetest lady ever! I got to see her last week and it made me so happy!