GSF Blog Hop – Foil and Glimmer

Howdy Everyone!

Welcome to another hop with the talented ladies of the Global Stamping Friends! We are all demonstrators from around the global and love to share our crafting joys! This month’s theme was Foil and Glimmer.

Here is the card I made… 

I used the So Many Stars stamp set and the Stitched Stars dies (which are carrying over, thank goodness!) I used a faux embossing technique that I CASEd from Lauren Alarid when I hopped along the Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop. I cut out a bunch of the star swirls in the Shaded Spruce and then put them all over the Shaded Spruce panel. What a great idea! Although in the future, I would cut them after putting the paper on sticky paper. Gluing was tedious! Don’t let that stop you, though! It looks so cool!

I had an idea for this set that I am still going to do, but there were 2 challenges that caught my eye and inspired this card…

 

EDITED/UPDATED: This card was a winner for this CAS Colours & Sketches challenge! Yippee!

 

So, that is it for me today. Now it is time to see what lovely project Jan Musselman has to share with us! Click the next arrow, please.

Blog Hop Roll Call

1. Rachel Macleod
2. Amanda Farlinger
3. Tricia Butts
4. June Olsen
5. Jan Musselman
6. Libby Dyson
7. Angélique Stempelkeuken
8. Marieke Bart
9. Kimberley Anne Morris

Thank you for reading and taking this crafting journey with me! It’s nice to have you along! Enjoy your own Stampin’, Scrappin’, and Craftin’ journey! Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this project. Feel free to CASE my projects and share them in the comments below! I love to see what others create!

Blessings, June

 

Supplies Used: If you don’t currently have a demonstrator, I would be blessed to have you as a customer! Click Here to Shop for these items Now

• So Many Stars Bundle
• Cardstock – Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce, Whisper White
• Ink – Cherry Cobbler
• Punches– Detailed Trio Punch(corner rounding), Triple Banner

This new trimmer is so Ah-Mazing!! Cuts so smooth! Love it!! It has BOTH centimeters and inches on it!! So when you find that really cool card or 3D project online and it’s only out there in centimeters…no more conversion tables and almost getting it perfect!

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December Kit details:

First, it features 13 carefully selected sentiments to help you have just the right words for almost any occasion! And, 12 full-sized, beautifully designed cards (plus coordinating envelopes) which are suited for everything from weddings to birthdays and everything in between.

Card size: 4 1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm)

Coordinating colors: Crushed Curry, Grapefruit Grove, Old Olive, Shaded Spruce, Terracotta Tile

If you like what you see then you will definitely want to sign up for Paper Pumpkin! Contact your demonstrator to get started or ***CLICK HERE*** to subscribe with me as your demonstrator. I would be happy and blessed to have you join my Paper Pumpkin Club!

Challenges this project is entered into:

CAS Colours & Sketches – Challenge #350

Fusion – Christmas

YEAR-END CLOSEOUT IS ON NOW! Click on the picture to go straight to the shopping! 

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Ongoing

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ICS Blog Hop Color Challenge

Howdy, Everyone!

It’s that time of the month when the ICS Blog Hop happens! WooHoo! I love hopping with these ladies!!

Yes, it has been awhile since I posted anything again. Life has a way of doing that sometimes. I had lots of visitors during August and then also went to see my sister in Septemeber, who is slowly losing her battle with cancer. I’ll be leaving again next week for a long weekend. Sadly, it will be the last time I see her. Please bare with me and have patience if my posts are scattered for while. I’ll get myself on track again soon!

Ok, enough sad stuff…it is time for the monthly Inspire, Create, Share Blog Hop and I am ready this month! It’s a color challenge and for me it was a time to get Happy for Halloween!

Here are the colors we needed to use:

Aren’t those some fun colors?! They totally screamed HALLOWEEN at me, so I went for it!

My Silver Metallic ink is on back order (yes, a necessary evil at times) and so I made do with all the other colors and tossed some Silver Metallic thread on there instead!

I used the new Harvest Hellos stamp set and matching punch for the pumpkins and sentiment. I also used a new technique…well, new to me…bubble wrap stamping. How cool is that?! I rolled a bit of bubble wrap onto my ink pad and then rolled it onto the card stock! Did I take a picture, you ask? Um, nope. 😦 But I promise to next time, for sure! I plan on using this easy technique a few more times! Keep an eye out for it!

Another new thing I did was to use the Tailored Tag punch, which I affectionately call the Hampton Inn punch because it is shaped the same as their sign. 🙂 Kinda funny! I drive by there daily and it makes me want to go home and use this punch! So, today I did! I stuck a strip of cardstock across the middle of it and punched out what I actually needed since the punched image would have been way too big. Cool, eh? 2 new techniques in 1 post! I amaze myself. 😉

So, here is my card. What do you think? Please do comment below!

Supplies are listed below as well as other current Stampin’ Up! specials and information you need to know! For now, you can hop on over to Lisa Ann Bernard and see what these colors inspired her to create!

 

Thank you for reading and taking this crafting journey with me! It’s nice to have you along! Enjoy your Stampin’, Scrappin’, and Craftin’ journey! Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about this project. Feel free to CASE my projects and share them in the comments! I love to see what others create! 

Blessings, June

 

Supplies Used  Click on any item you want to check out and it will take you to my store and show you pictures and prices.)

• Harvest Hellos Bundle (means 10% off) from the Holiday Catalog
• Cardstock – Pumpkin Pie, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Very Vanilla
• Ink – Pumpkin Pie, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Tuxedo Black
• Gorgeous Grape Mini Striped Ribbon
• Silver Metallic Thread
• Tailored Tag Punch – used to make the sentiment strip

When you place an order, please use the September Hostess Code F7MQN2D9.  Any orders of $25 or more will receive a handmade ‘Thank you’ card from me! If you place an order of $150 or more, please enjoy your rewards as well as a handmade card!! Thank you!

 

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October Kit

Kit details: Makes 10 cards and envelopes

Card size: 4 1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm)

Coordinating colors: Early Espresso, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, and Shaded Spruce

November Kit

Kit details: Makes 24 holiday-themed gift tags of 4 various sizes and designs.

Coordinating colors: Early Espresso, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, and Shaded Spruce

The October and November kits coordinate; however, each kit is all-inclusive and can stand alone.

If you like what you see then you will definitely want to sign up for Paper Pumpkin! Contact your demonstrator to get started or CLICK HERE* to subscribe with me as your demonstrator. I would be happy to have you in my Paper Pumpkin Club!

Ready for the holidays this fall? Check out the awesome new Holiday Catalog! Just CLICK on the picture and be whisked away to stampin’ dream land!

 

Updated regularly! Check often! While supplies last! They just put STAMP SETS on here for the first time…click on the banner and go check them out! Remember to use the Hostess Code, please!

Click here to go to the New Annual Catalog! Get ready to drool!🙂

New Organizing! Click on the picture to find out more!

 

Ongoing

 

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Around the Corner w/ Tropical Chic

Howdy, Everyone!

Wow! It’s summer vacation! Yay! However, this is not my usual kind of summer because I got a new teaching job! I started teaching English to Chinese children online. It is lots of fun! I think of it as being a host of my own children’s show! It is really boosting the creative side of my brain! Which means you’ll probably be seeing more posts on here…not a bad thing, right?! That’s the best kind of summer!

I whipped this card up faster than I think I have ever done! Creative juices have been flowing! Love these fun bright colors!

Fusion was the inspiration for the colors…

And here is my card…I did a combination of the colors from the VW and the sketch.

I started with a card base in Daffodil Delight. Created a Whisper White rectangle with the Stitched dies. The stamp set is Tropical Chic with the matching dies for my main focal images. The flowers are in Mango Melody and Melon Mambo while the leaves are in Bermuda Bay.

Then I used the ‘Hello There’ sentiment from the Around the Corner stamp set. I think this might be the first time using both of these sets. Glad they carried over into the new Annual catalog!

I’m truly loving the feeling these bright summer colors give me!! We’re still waiting on summer weather here in Montana! Lots of rain and cool days. Definitely not like in Arizona, where it’s triple digits! Don’t really miss that, just would like some days warmer than 50-60s! 😁

That’s all for today…I’ll be back sooner than usual! I have some graduation cards to share!

Thank you for reading and taking this crafting journey with me! It’s nice to have you along! Enjoy your Stampin’, Scrappin’, and Craftin’ journey and feel free to share and CASE with me! I love to see what others create!

Blessings, June

Shop Here Now – For the supplies used

Please use Hostess Code R3EQMXZV for any orders under $150. Any orders of $25 or more will receive a handmade ‘Thank you’ card from me and a package of clear Rhinestones

If you place an order of $150 or more, please enjoy your rewards as well as the above gifts!! 

Challenges this card was entered into:

Fusion – VW Hippie

Crafting by designs – Anything Goes Challenge – June 2019

A Bit More Time To Craft – Challenge #94

Through the Craft Room Door – June 18th 2019 Challenge

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Challenge #108

Current Happenings with Stampin’ Up! Click on any picture to get more information!

Until July 10th…don’t miss out! Next month the kit will be coordinating with 3 different suites from the Annual Catalog! Yes, 3!! That is so cool! You can pick which one you like best and go to town making as many projects as you wish! Think of the fun!

If you like any of these sets, then you will definitely want to sign up for Paper Pumpkin and order the sets! Contact your demonstrator to get started or CLICK HERE* to subscribe with me as your demonstrator. I would be happy to have you in my Paper Pumpkin Club!

Click here to go to the New Annual Catalog! Get ready to drool! 🙂

Updated regularly! Check often! While supplies last!

 

New Organizing! Click on the picture to find out more!

Ongoing

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ICS – It’s a Spring Thing!!

Howdy!

It’s the 1st Wednesday of the month so it’s time for the Inspire, Create & Share Blog Hop! I love hopping with these lovely ladies!

This blog hop is all about Spring! It’s here according to the calendar…just not according to our actual weather, although the snow is melting.

Since I have 3 Mother-in-Laws (Mom, Step-mom, Father-in-Law’s partner) and 1 mother of my own, I have Mother’s Day on the brain already. So, here is a card I made for one of the Mother-in-Laws…won’t say which one in case they see this. 😉

It started off as a sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch and a Color Throwdown combination 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and turned into this:

I like how it turned out! Soft and pretty, just like the lovely lady who will get this card! I even used some Wink of Stella on the embossed flowers. You can kind of see the sparkle in this photo. Subtle, but effective.

Materials used on this card are:

• Pear Pizzazz cardstock
• Blushing Bride cardstock
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Momento Black Ink
• Amazing Life stamp set
• Around the Corner Stamp set
• Meant to Be stamp set and framlit bundle
• Make a Difference alphabet stamp set
• Petal Pair Embossing folder
• Wink of Stella

 

Now you can hop along to Tricia Butts blog and see what she created for her Spring Thing! Enjoy the hopping!

 

Thank you for reading and taking this crafting journey with me! It’s nice to have you along! Enjoy your Stampin’, Scrappin’, and Craftin’ journey and feel free to share and CASE with me! I love to see what others create!

Blessings, June

 

Until April 10th…don’t miss out!

More about the April Kit from Stampin’ Up!

• Makes 9 cards (3 cards of 3 designs)
• Includes an adorable gift box—in addition to your 9 cards
• Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite, Mint Macron, and So Saffron.

What is a Distinktive stamp, you ask? It is a stamp that is a picture turned into a stamp! Very detailed and gorgeous! Here are a couple samples of what I mean:

 

If you like the looks of these stamps…then you will definitely want to sign up for Paper Pumpkin! Contact your demonstrator to get started or CLICK HERE* to subscribe with me as your demonstrator. 

 

Challenges this card is entered into:

• CAS(E) this Sketch – #315
• Color Throwdown – ctd#536 (darn…was too late! Bummer!)

 

 

Current Happenings with Stampin’ Up! Click on any picture to get more information!

New this month! Click on the picture to find out more!

Until June 3rd

 

If you were still wanting some items from the Holiday catalog…check this out…until June 3rd!

Click on the picture to watch a video about the:

Updated regularly! Check often! While supplies last!

Ongoing

Until June 3, 2019

Sketch + Colors = Mom?

Howdy!

Was on a good creative roll this weekend and wanted to get the cards blogged before the challenges run out…seems to happen a bit to me lately!

So, here is the color combo from Fab Friday and the sketch from Sketch Saturday. They were some great inspiration for this card!

 

 

And here is my creation using these 2 wonderful inspirations!

I used Wink of Stella on the wreath and the bow to give it a little more pizzazz…who doesn’t love a little sparkle, right? Here is a closer look…

Over all, I love the bright springy colors on this card! I am sure my Mother-in-Law will too!

Materials used were:

• Highland Heather cardstock
• Bermuda Bay cardstock
• Flirty Flamingo cardstock
• Lemon Lime Twist cardstock
• Lemon Lime Twist ruffled ribbon
• Bermuda Bay ink (sentiment)
• Flirty Flamingo ink (bow)
• Swirly Scribbles thinlits
• Wishing you Well stamp set (one of the distinktive stamps sets I mention below because next month’s Paper Pumpkin will have them in the kit…I really LOVE how the bow looks so 3D! That’s what makes it distinktive!)
• Make a Difference alphabet stamp set
• All Adorned (sorry, it was in the SAB brochure which ended yesterday…you could use the Around the Corner stamp set for the corner stamping)

Thank you for reading and taking this crafting journey with me! It’s nice to have you along! Enjoy your Stampin’, Scrappin’, and Craftin’ journey and feel free to share and CASE with me! I love to see what others create!

Blessings, June

 

Until April 10th…don’t miss out!

More about the April Kit from Stampin’ Up!

• Makes 9 cards (3 cards of 3 designs)
• Includes an adorable gift box—in addition to your 9 cards
• Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite, Mint Macaron, and So Saffron.

What is a Distinktive stamp, you ask? It is a stamp that is a picture turned into a stamp! Very detailed and gorgeous! Here are a couple samples of what I mean:

 

If you like the looks of these stamps…then you will definitely want to sign up for Paper Pumpkin! Contact your demonstrator to get started or CLICK HERE* to subscribe with me as your demonstrator. 

 

Challenges this card is entered into:

• Fab Friday – #160
• Sketch Saturday Week #557 – Sketch #347 by Niki

 

 

Current Happenings with Stampin’ Up! Click on any picture to get more information!

New this month! Click on the picture to find out more!

Until June 3rd

 

If you were still wanting some items from the Holiday catalog…check this out…until June 3rd!

Click on the picture to watch a video about the:

Updated regularly! Check often! While supplies last!

Ongoing

Until June 3, 2019

 

 

 

Tricky card = Cool Card!

Howdy!

Yep, that is what I usually use in person vs. the “Hello, Hello” I have been using…so I’m going to use it here! It’s me…from AZ! (that’s where I grew up)

I started this tricky card with this sketch from CAS(E)this Sketch:

Then I looked over at Fab Friday and saw this awesome color challenge:

When I saw that cool sketch I thought strips of paper would be neat! Then, on the Fab Friday page I saw that Brian King had pieced paper strips in a circle with some of the colors and I thought a paper piecing strip would be good and easy. Not! The paper piecing was easy enough, it was figuring out how to get the strips onto the card without messing it all up that was tough. 🙂

Thank goodness for the Sizzix adhesive multipurpose sheets! Although, once I got the strips on there…how to transfer them became an issue. So, very carefully, I peeled off the backing and prayed they all stayed together while I flipped them over and put them on the card front. They did, shew!

And, viola! My card…

I used the Tranquil Tide ink for the “You are” and Highland Heather for “amazing” sentiment parts. They came from the Amazing Life stamp set. (and, no, I did not realize I used the same sentiment as Brian did until I was doing all the links…great minds and all that 🙂 ) The card front is backed on to Highland Heather cardstock. Since purple and green is my favorite color combination right now, I wanted to use it the most. Pear Pizzazz is the card front. Then Tranquil Tide, Mint Macaron, and Lemon Lime Twist fill in the other colors.

Here is the inside of the card:

Keeping it simple! The sentiment and flower also came from the Amazing Life stamp set. What do you think? Got any tips to make it easier? I’m all ears!

And so, after subbing all day and almost losing my voice because of this cold, it is time to hit the hay for this girl! G’nite!

Thank you for reading and taking this crafting journey with me! It’s nice to have you along! Enjoy your Stampin’, Scrappin’, and Craftin’ journey and feel free to share and CASE with me! I love to see what others create!

Blessings, June

**If you like items that you saw me use, please contact your SU Demonstrator. If you don’t have a demonstrator yet, I am happy to assist you with your stamping and crafting needs! You can order by clicking on the blue words in the text or Click Here Now. Or you can leave me a comment and I will contact you to help you with your order. If your order is less than $150, please use January Hostess Code 3S9KHWAN and I will send you a personal Thank You card and gift. If you place an order over $150, enjoy the rewards you’ve earned and receive a special Thank You card and gift from me in the mail as well!**

Challenges this has been entered in to:

• CAS(E) this Sketch – #304
• Fab Friday – #154

Current Happenings with Stampin’ Up! Click on any picture to get more information!

Until March 31st

Click on the picture to watch a video about the new tote, then ask me how to get yours!

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Updated regularly! Check often! While supplies last!

Ongoing

Until May 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Animal Outing Double Challenge

Hello, Hello!

I recently got this great stamp set during the Online Extravaganza called Animal Outing. It is so adorable and also comes with the Animal Friends Thinlit dies as a bundle…yep, gotta love Bundles! (click on the picture if you gotta have it, too!)

I have been wanting to make a card using this set and just wasn’t getting a color combo idea in my head, so off to The Color Throwdown Challenge site, I went! And they had this great color combo that I probably wouldn’t have thought of myself!

For my colors I used So Saffron, Old Olive, and Basic Black, plus I needed Smokey Slate (you’ll see why).

Then, I figured I needed a sketch to really help my creative juices roll, so I went to CAS(E) this Sketch, another favorite challenge blog of mine, and found this lovely sketch:

And then the creative juices started pouring out of my head and I came up with this card that I think is so stinking cute!!

I ended up turning it on it’s side and then it just came together and I love it! What do you think? Isn’t that rhino a cutie?

For the card base and branches I used Old Olive cardstock. I used Versamark for the background inking of the branches. So Saffron cardstock for the sentiment portion and the bird on the rhino’s horn. Then I used Basic Black cardstock for the Stitched Cirlce Framelit, another regularly used and favorite framelit set! Plus, I used Tuxedo Black ink for the distressing around the card base, smudging of the sentiment piece, and for the sentiment itself. Then I added Smokey Slate cardstock for the rhino cutout and Basic Gray ink for the rhino image.

Well? Let me know what you think of this card! I haven’t done a sentiment on the inside yet because I am thinking of making it a Valentine’s card…the sentiment makes me think of that…we’ll see! Oh, and speaking of which…this stamp set will coordinate with the upcoming Paper Pumpkin kit for January…so subscribe now and don’t miss out! More info below so check it out!!

That’s it for now. Thank you for reading and taking this crafting journey with me! It’s nice to have you along! Enjoy your Stampin’, Scrappin’, and Craftin’ journey and feel free to share and CASE with me! I love to see what others create!

Blessings, June

Here’s the exciting info about paper Pumpkin! 3 days left to subscribe! Click on the picture NOW!

• Makes 24 adorable Valentine’s treat packages
• Coordinating colors: Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist, Melon Mambo, Petal Pink, and Pool Party
• Subscribe before January 10th – Don’t miss out!
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**If you like items that you saw me use, please contact your SU Demonstrator. If you don’t have a demonstrator yet, I am happy to assist you with your stamping and crafting needs! You can order by clicking on the blue words in the text or Click Here Now. Or you can leave me a comment and I will contact you to help you with your order. If your order is less than $150, please use January Hostess Code 3S9KHWAN and I will send you a personal Thank You card and gift. If you place an order over $150, enjoy the rewards you’ve earned and receive a special Thank You from me in the mail as well!**

Card Challenges this card is entered into:

• Color Throwdown – Color Throwdown Countdown #524
• CAS(E) this Sketch – Challenge #303
• A Bit More Time to Craft – Anything Goes #83
• Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog – Anything Goes Challenge #411
• TTCRD – Anything Goes Week of 1-1-19
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Challenge #97
• Crafting with Friends Challenge Blog – Challenge #77

Current Happenings with Stampin’ Up! Click on any picture to get more information!

Click on the picture to watch a video about the new tote, then ask me how to get yours!

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Updated regularly! Check often! While supplies last!

 

 

 

Ongoing

Until Jan. 3, 2018

Until May 31, 2018

Coming soon