Stampin' UP! Artisan Blog Hop - Hello Moroccan

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! 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 Thoughtful Banners Stamp Set and Duet Banner Punch with the Moroccan Designer Series Paper and Moroccan Nights Stamp Set in the Moroccan Suite. A tall order but I think what I came up with fits the bill.

For this project, I picked to use the more simple pattern side of the DSP and a combination of both stamp sets with the punch. Once I created the card, I wanted to make a matching envelope for it. Using the DSP for this, made it super easy to do.

For the card, I covered a Very Vanilla card base with the pattern DSP. I took the Emerald Envy Solid Baker's Twine and made a tassel with it. I wrapped the same twine around the card and added the tassel to it. I stamped the large medallion with Crushed Curry Ink on the Delightful Dijon cardstock. This give a lighter stamp image rather than use the Delightful Dijon on the same color cardstock but darker than using Versa Mark on the cardstock. I used the Layering Circle Framelits Dies to cut it out. I used Early Espresso, Delightful Dijon and Emerald Envy inks to stamp the Thoughtful Banner stamp images. To finish, I added the Pumpkin Pie sequins from the Brights Sequins Assortment.

For the envelope, I took the DSP and made a standard size envelope with the Envelope Punch Board. I stamped the line image from the Moroccan Nights Stamp Set with Early Espresso Classic Ink. Instead of sealing it like a normal envelope, I decided to make it like a package. I punched two 3/4" Circle in Delightful Dijon and placed them on the smaller tabs. Punch a hole with the 1/8" Handheld Punch in each of them. Add another Emerald Envy tassel and tie with the twine to close. Don't forget to add a little banner tag with greeting from the Thoughtful Banner Stamp Set too!

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.....Connie Collins! She will blow your mind!

Stampin' UP Supplies List

Thoughtful Banner Stamp Set

Moroccan Nights Stamp Set 

Duet Banner Punch

Moroccan Designer Series Paper

Delightful Dijon Cardstock

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Emerald Envy Ink

Delightful Dijon Ink

Crushed Curry Ink

Early Espresso Ink

Emerald Envy Solid Baker's Twine

Brights Sequins Assortment

3/4" Circle Punch

1/8" Handheld Punch

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

Big Shot

Envelope Punch Board

Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin' UP Artisan Blog Hop - Christmas in July

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! 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!
(Thank you all for the overwhelming response to our Artisan blog hop for the Thoughtful Branches Introduction!!! We were on cloud nine all day!!!)

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 "Christmas in July" using the Peace for Christmas Stamp Set and the This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper. Many papercrafters actually start making their numerous Christmas cards in the summer and for this reason, our team was given the task to showcase these amazing new products from the Stampin' UP Annual Catalog. It is a great idea to get them done before the mad rush of the holidays, so come get inspired!

Here is my main card design. Just 4 simple layers. I mixed the Peace for Christmas Stamp set with the Gold Metallic Foil Doilies, the Gold 1/4" Natural Trim Ribbon and the Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. To get the different colored greenery, just stamp twice with Garden Green Classic Ink Pad to get a bold and then light color. I stamped the greeting first, next the greenery and then line up your Lots of Labels Framelit Dies and roll thru the Big Shot.

Then I took this lovely pattern from the This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper and made a custom envelope with the Envelope Punch Board. My flipgram shows how it works. I punched two holes near the point with the 1/8" circle handheld punch first. Then attach a length of the trim with glue dots to the bottom. Pull ribbon thru the holes and make a bow. Add your tag to complete your envelope gift package. You could add a giftcard inside the card and place in this envelope for an extra special Christmas surprise!

Here are some more card ideas using these same products. Don't forget to dress up those envelopes too! Just add a strip of the DSP and trim to the shape of the flap.

I must say this Christmas Designer Series Paper is fantastic! You get 4 sheets of each pattern and that is perfect to mass produce several Christmas cards. Be sure to order soon!

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.....Connie Collins! She will blow your mind!

Stampin' UP Supplies List

Peace for Christmas Stamp Set 

Oh, What Fun Photopolymer Stamp Set

This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper

This Christmas 8-1/2" x 11" Cardstock Pack

Basic Black Cardstock

Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes

Garden Green Classic Ink Pad and Write Marker

Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink Pad and Write Marker

Soft Suede Classic Ink Pad

Basic Black Archival Ink Pad

Metallic Foil Doilies

 Gold 1/4" Natural Trim Ribbon

Lots of Labels Framelits Dies

Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Big Shot

1/8" circle handheld punch

Envelope Punch Board

Fussy Cutting Blooms - Stampin' UP Artisan Blog Hop

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 Easter Lamb Stamp or the Birthday Blooms Stamp set with the Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper. Plan to see a lot of different design styles with these selective products as you move thru the blog hop! 

All of these are such great Spring products that I decided to showcase ALL of them and create a group of projects with the same color combo. I also focused on the technique that many stampers really dislike or love....fussy cutting!

For this card, I cut these beautiful flower blooms directly from the Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper, used the Birthday Blooms stamp for around the blooms and the greeting. One of the blooms is popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals. I also added mini hearts in Gold Glimmer Paper with the Confetti Heart Border Punch. 

For the gift box, I used the Takeout Boxes with a strip of the Birthday Blooms Designer Series Paper. Don't you love the yummy Watermelon Wonder 1" Stitched Satin Ribbon?Then I cut just a part of a bloom off the same Designer Series Paper and added it to the Note Tag Punch with a Clothespin. Now I have the perfect package and card set for someone's Spring birthday! But wait, there is MORE....

For this card, I fussy cut that adorable image of the Easter Lamb out. I stamped him first in Basic Gray Archival Classic Ink and added Blushing Bride color with a Blender Pen. Some more fussy cutting happened with the Fringe Scissors to make cut grass of Mossy Meadow and Old Olive. The 2015-2017 In Color Blossom Accents in Watermelon Wonder make the flowers. Perfect to send next month!

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!

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Fancy Friday - Color Challenge!

Welcome to the FANCY FRIDAY BLOG HOP 

for a color challenge!

My fancy friends and I are BACK! 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! Each month on the last Friday, we will bring to you new challenges of all kinds (color,sketch, stamp focus, etc) that you can even participate in!  Use #fancyfriday with your challenge project!

This month we are having fun with a color challenge brought to us by the fancy Jeanna! Do you enjoy a color challenge as much as I? I also love to have this type of challenge when I am in need of a card to send right away. 

This was super quick card to create using the Project Life Moments Like This 4x6 and 4x4 cards, the Moments Like This Stamp Set and some of the Cherry on Top and Everyday Chic Designer washi tape! I love the wood Expressions Natural Elements words! Here I need them to have a little more POP in color, so I colored the wood in black with a Sharpie. I also love how the washi tape and inside of the Everyday Chic Designer Series Paper envelope match! Nice little bonus I thought!

This card went to my friend Becky Cowley (she is on this Blog Hop too) 

for her getting an awesome new job! She deserves it so much!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspire you today!

Cindy

You saw Cathy Caines before me and now move on to 

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Altered Market Fresh - Stampin' UP Artisan Blog Hop

Welcome back to the Stampin' UP Artisan Design Team Blog Hop! 

We are finishing on our August 2015 box from Stampin' UP. 

This box was FULL of more BRAND NEW products 

from the Stampin' UP 2015-2016 Annual Catalog!!!!!  Remember that every Thursday of each week, all 14 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. Now on to my 4th and last project for August....

This week we are showcasing the Market Fresh Stamp Set and the Farmers Market Designer Series Paper from the Annual Catalog's Artistic Expression section starting on page 111. I am sure that you are going to love this suite by the time you finish our hop this week! So many yummy ideas!

I recently received a special treat from my Aunt Dar in Michigan. She gave me a jar of her homegrown and homemade strawberry jam! IT IS SO GOOD! I knew right away what I wanted to do once I saw this stamp set. However, I want to have the saying "Thank You" instead. I stamped the strawberry image with Staz On Black onto watercolor paper. I then used my Aqua painter with Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler to color it in. Then I stamped the other grape stamp with the saying I wanted using the same supplies. This is where some fancy cutting comes into play. I added a visual for you to see just what I mean.

I did use some Stampin dimensionals on the banner so it has a 3D effect as well.

And the background? It is strips of the new 5/8" Striped Cotton Ribbon in Mossy Meadow adhered with Fast Fuse. I just weaved them! Don't forget to make a matching envelope with the Farmers Market Designer Series Paper and the Envelope Punch Board. You need a special size for this 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" card!

 Here is another "altered" stamp set idea! I wanted to make some blueberries instead of the grapes. (to go with the White Chocolate Blueberry Scones that I was giving as a gift) I stamped with Staz On Black onto watercolor paper again. I watercolored in the leaves using my Aqua Painter and Old Olive ink. When you fussy cut out the image, you want to alter the leaves to look like the leaves from a blueberry instead. Another visual for you!

 To complete, you will want to color on the edges with Stampin marker in Basic Black. This makes it look like a real stamp image! I also cut some of the grapes off at the bottom to resemble a bunch of real blueberries.

Then a little more watercoloring with Island Indigo to make them appear like blueberries.

I used Stampin dimensionals to place on the 2 1/2" circle Thick White Cardstock. I absolutely love this white wash wood grain pattern in the Farmers Market DSP! I made the perfect size gift bag with the Gift Bag Punch Board with it! 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you to think 

outside the box with your stamp sets!!! 

Cindy

You saw my friend, Becky Cowley before me and now move on to my friend, Helene Legrand by clicking on the next button below! Be sure to stop by all 14 of us!

Project Life = Moments Like This - Stampin' UP Artisan Blog Hop

Welcome back to the Stampin' UP Artisan Design Team Blog Hop! 

We are just starting on our August 2015 box from Stampin' UP. 

This box was FULL of more BRAND NEW products 

from the Stampin' UP 2015-2016 Annual Catalog!!!!!  Remember that every Thursday of each week, all 14 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. Now on to my 2nd project for August... This week we were to use the Project Life® by Stampin' UP® Moments Like This Collection and focus on the versatility of Project Life for even other projects besides memory keeping. Naturally being Stampin' UP and our love for cards, I went that route. Well plus a little bonus project!

The cards are a Kraft cardstock 4x4 card base. I took the 4x4 Project Life® cards from the Moments Like This Collection and cut them down 1/4" on two sides. Then I added embellishments from the Moment Like This Accessory Pack. I love the gold foil ones as well as the gold sequins and gold paper clips! I used each word from the Hello You Thinlits with this project as well. I thought it went well with the script words from the Project Life® Moments Like This Stamp Set. I cannot forget the finishing touch of these....the matching envelopes! I used the Everyday Chic Designer Series Paper and the Envelope Punch Board to make them!  One more favorite thing - the AWESOME color combo! Watermelon Wonder, Mint Macaron, Basic Black, White and Gold.

And last is my little bonus project....I took the Kraft Gift Bag and one of the 4x6 cards from the Project Life® Moments Like This Card Collection, added a few additional elements that I used on the cards, paired with some Basic Black Baker's Twine. Super easy gift with the cards inside for someone special!

So I hope that I have shown you this week how Project Life® by Stampin' UP® can be more than just memory keeping! Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

You saw my friend, Becky Cowley before me and now move on to my friend, Helene Legrand by clicking on the next button below! Be sure to stop by all 14 of us!

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Page 64 Bundles - Stampin' UP Artisan Blog Hop

Welcome back to the Stampin' UP Artisan Design Team Blog Hop! 

We are just starting on our August 2015 box from Stampin' UP. 

This box was FULL of more BRAND NEW products 

from the Stampin' UP 2015-2016 Annual Catalog!!!!!  Remember that every Thursday of each week, all 14 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. Now on to my 1st projects for August....

This week we were to use one of the cute bundle offers on Page 64 in the Stampin' UP Annual Catalog! Why use one when you can show off both of them? 

 Here is the Happy Notes Stamp set with the Lots of Labels Framelit Dies Bundle and here is my card that I created with them....

With two weddings coming up, I need some cards to give. I had this idea to take the Everyday Chic Designer Series Paper and color in the mini hearts with Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo and Smoky Slate Stampin Write Markers. This gave me a base for my wedding themed card. These framelits are quickly becoming a favorite of mine!  Plan to see more of them this month!

Here is the Stake Your Claim Stamp Set with the Handpicked Framelits Dies Bundle and here are my treat boxes I made with them....(think Mike Wazowski)

 A sweet friend of mine gave me one for a swap at Convention and I had to recreate it for some Back to School fun treats (teachers could give to their students as a cute warning) or even silly Halloween (yes it is early but you have to plan ahead) treats!

They are super easy to create! I used the Envelope Punch Board to make these boxes. I cut a 5 1/8" x 5 1/8" piece of Cucumber Crush cardstock. Ran it thru the Big Shot with my Decorative Dot Embossing Folder. Then punch and score on the Envelope Punch Board at 2 1/4" and 3" on each side. Cut the corner notches that are left. Fold and assemble with Tear and Tape Adhesive.

I cut a slit with my paper snips on the flap. Slide your "stake" into the slit. I used a Stampin Dimensional to hold it in place. Now just add a piece of the 2014-2016 In Color Designer Washi Tape to keep it closed. I cut the eye ball with the 1/2" circle punch and popped it up with a dimensional. Don't forget to color in your eyeball with Bermuda Bay and add some Bermuda Bay Thick Baker's Twine too!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you to go get one of these cute bundles for yourself!  Thank you for all of the kind comments on last week's post! You made my day!

Cindy

You saw my friend, Becky Cowley before me and now move on to my friend, Helene Legrand by clicking on the next button below! Be sure to stop by all 14 of us!