Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Red, White and Blue Week Day 3

Welcome to Red, White and Blue Week
DAY 3
Treat Yo Self has been a favorite of mine since it was released last year, so I definitely chose this one to red, white and blue!
I stenciled the background in Festive Berried Distress Oxide Ink and Chipped Sapphire on the Stars and Stripes Forever Stencil
The images are colored with Copic Markers and layered on the Scallop A2 dies
The uber fancy dots amongst the coffee beans?  Ya, I used my Sharpie Marker skills on those. 😂

Treat Yo Self Stamps and Dies

United We Stand Stamps and Dies


See you tomorrow for Day 4 of Red, White and Blue Week.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Red, White and Blue Week Day 2

Welcome to Red, White and Blue Week
DAY 2
I don't know about you, but I've never celebrated the 4th of July without flip flops!  
I actually wear them year around for the most part until it snows and I'm forced to go out. 😎


Honey Bee Stamps has a patriotic set called United We Stand that has a coordinating stencil.
I stenciled on white cardstock with Festive Berried Distress Oxide Ink and then die cut the flip flops from it to get the stripe.
There is a star pattern stamp in the set and I used that to cut the bows.

I added a few 1/4" strips of cardstock and heat embossed the sentiment in white embossing powder.
United We Stand Stamps and Dies
Flip Flop Builder Dies


See you tomorrow for Day 3 of Red, White and Blue Week.

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Monday, June 28, 2021

Hoppy Holidays

Yep, you read that correctly, Hoppy Holidays!  
At least it is at The Rabbit Hole Designs.  This is a super cute new stamp set being released today.


I love a good coloring set!  This could easily be embossed on colored cardstock and would not have to be colored, but I do love to color, you know! 😍
I stamped the image on the card front and then stamped an additional image so I could cut out some pieces and layer them with foam tape.  I like a bit of dimension on my cards.
The candy canes, bird, tree and star are all raised.
The holly and berries are separate in the set and I hand cut those and added them to the envelope.





I did the same thing here, stamped the image directly on the tag, then another one to cut out and layer.
The smaller tag uses two of the sentiments in the set, one stamped in red ink and one embossed in white on black cardstock.
I added holly and berries to the sentiment tag and ties it up with ribbon.


If you haven't been to The Rabbit Hole Designs, you might want to head over there and see what else is in this new release. It's never to early to start thinking about Christmas. 🎄

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Red, White and Blue Week Day 1

Welcome to Red, White and Blue Week 
DAY 1!

All products this week are from Honey Bee Stamps.  I can honestly say I've never stamped red, white and blue before like this, and although not my ideal colors, it is a FUN way to lead up to the 4th of July celebration.


It's SUPER hard to photograph this shiny silver paper on the cookie sheet.  I couldn't get a great shot  without it either being slightly dark or so glaring you could not see it at all. 

The cookie sheet dies make a perfect A2 size card or you can position it on a card front. I love shaped cards!  I once did a poll on Instagram asking if you like shaped cards and it turns out that 93% of the people who voted do too!

The cookie dies and the spatula all come in this set.  
I decorated the cookies in red, white and blue cardstocks.  Before adhering the frosting to the cookie, I turned them over on a mat and used a ball stylus to curve the middle.  Then I adhered them to the cookie with a tiny piece of foam tape right in the middle to keep the dimensional shape.

Cookie Sheet Dies


The sentiment is from United We Stand Stamps and Dies.

See you tomorrow for Day 2 of Red, White and Blue week.
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Saturday, June 26, 2021

Concord & 9th Summer Camp Projects

Who is attending Concord & 9th's Summer Camp this weekend??
We're having so much fun!  This afternoon Caly Person and I are teaching Arts & Crafts.  During my portion, we will be making this flower wreath with exclusive dies only available to Summer Camp members.

I love making and teaching paper flowers.  I've been doing it for many years and it never gets old.  Once you make the flowers and greens, you can turn them into anything - wreaths, corsages, cards, so many options.


  Concord & 9th designed the die set and it's been fun to work with new flowers. 
I have figured out how to make several different kinds of flowers from these dies and will be doing demonstrations on them.

You could also use the flowers on cards.  This sentiment is from an exclusive stamp set that campers received.


Then as always, my favorite - the wrist corsage, 
If you are not camping with us this weekend, be sure to join the next time it rolls around.  The projects, games and prizes have been fantastic!  

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

Idaho Custom Creations July Tiered Tray Kit & Adirondack Chair Video

It's time for a new tiered tray set up with the Idaho Custom Creations kit of the month.  
July is all about tropical decor,  Adirondack chairs, tiki bars and pineapples.  Sounds delightful, doesn't it?
You have until the 15th of July to subscribe and get this kit.


My tier tray is from Felt Creative Home Goods and can be found HERE.


Here are all the items in this months kit. 
They come unfinished with all the supplies you need to paint them...except, I used my own paint to customize to the colors I wanted.  That's the fun of a DIY kit!!


The freebie this month is an Adirondack Chair and boy, is this thing cute!
I was a little 'assembly challenged' when I tried to put it together, so I had our son Nicholas make a quick video assembling it in case you too have issue. 
 
The assembly video is at the end of this post.




This adorable little pineapple hat is hand knitted by VinVan Knits
The hat is on a Marshmallow Mug and you can get a set of them HERE

 

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Garden Picks Thank You

Are you looking for a quick and easy thank you card idea?  This one is mostly dies and goes pretty quick for mass producing.
 
I used the Garden Picks 3D die set from Altenew and the Thank you is from Lots of Thanks Word Dies from The Stamp Market. I have it backed on Vellum.   
The scallop rectangle is one of the  Scallop A2 Card Frames from Honey Bee Stamps and the stripe is a background stamp called Woven Stripes from Concord & 9th.


Altenew offers a easy to follow how-to guide for this die set.



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