Monday Montage #34

        Hello there and welcome back for the bi-weekly Monday Montage blog hop.  You should have arrived from the fabulous Cathy Casey's blog. If not and I'm your first stop- Welcome!  Please be sure to use the next/back links to visit the other amazing ladies on this hop as well!  I know they have lots of beautiful projects to share with you!

My project today is a a project that I first saw in the Stampin' Success magazine.  Stampin' Success is a bi-monthly magazine that Stampin' Up! sends it's demonstrators.  Each issue is filled with lots of beautiful projects, business ideas, recognition and much much more!  As soon as I received my copy last month- I opened it up and began to browse.  When I came across the set of 3 absolutely adorable trees- I knew I just *had* to make them!  Now- I didn't alter mine much from the ones pictured in the magazine but I did add a few of my own little touches to them.

The picture above shows all 3 trees.  They are all different sizes.  The smallest one is in a 2.5" terra cotta pot. The medium size is in a  3.5" pot and the largest size is in a 4.5" pot.  The trees themselves aren't difficult to make but they are somewhat time consuming.  The terra cotta pots were painted with black craft paint and the bottoms were embossed using Versamark and Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder.  The embossing took a little longer than I expected but that's because the pot needed to get somewhat hot in order for it to melt.   Embossing on card stock is much quicker!

Here is a close-up of  the smallest tree:

For the small tree- I only added 3 stars punched from Gold Glimmer paper.  On the medium tree shown below- I made a tiny garland from the stars punched from Gold Glimmer Paper.

My favorite- the largest tree- has a little banner that was created using the Mini Banner punch and the word MERRY which I created using MDS.  Aren't they cute?

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to click the next button to head on over to see what the wonderful Dara Gloden has to share.

Ingredients:

DSP:  Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper, Silver Glimmer Paper, Red Glimmer Paper, Gold Glimmer Paper

Inks:  Crumb Cake

Tools/other supplies:  MDS, Stampin' Trimmer, Paper Piercing tool, Linen Thread, Big Shot, Stars Collection Framelits, Mini Banner Punch, Paper Snips, Sponge Dauber, terra cotta pot, moss, hot glue gun/hot glue sticks, wooden dowel

Inking Everything Team Blog Hop

Hello there and welcome back for another Inking Everything Team Blog Hop.  I am so excited to have you here!  Tonight we are sharing creative packaging ideas from Stampin' Up!.  If I am your first stop- I hope you enjoy what I created!  Please use the back/next buttons at the bottom of this post to continue along the hop.  Inking Everything is a fabulous team with lots of beautiful projects to share so be sure to check them out!

The product I chose to feature is the absolutely amazing Hamburger Box die.  Not only is this die perfect for birthday party favors but it's also the perfect packaging for all of your Christmas stocking stuffer needs!   Who wouldn't love to receive a gift in such beautiful packaging?

I love this little box!  It is super cute and fun to create!  The Ornamental Pine stamp set adds the perfect touch!  I used the Star Border punch to create a fancy edge on the front of the box.  I even saved the stars that I punched out for a later time.  Someone will be getting tons of confetti in their Christmas card!

For the inside of this box- I stamped the sentiment from the Ornamental Pine set in Cherry Cobbler ink onto Very Vanilla card stock and then sponged the edges with Crumb Cake.  My favorite color combination for this holiday season!

For another product made using the Hamburger Box die- please visit my Facebook page 

Please hit the next button to see what the fabulous Jen Guarino has to share with you today!

Monday Montage #32

        Hello there and welcome back for the bi-weekly Monday Montage blog hop.  You should have arrived from the fabulous Cathy Casey's blog. If not and I'm your first stop- Welcome!  Please be sure to use the next/back links to visit the other amazing ladies on this hop as well!  I know they have lots of beautiful projects to share with you!

My project today is a Christmas card created using the Lovely as a Tree stamp set.  I'm not quite sure how I've managed to be a demo for almost 3 years and never purchase that set but believe it or not- it's true!  The stamp I used below makes the perfect Christmas Tree!  So happy I finally bought Lovely as a Tree!

I thought about making this into a shaker card but then I discovered I'm out of Shaker Frames.  Guess I know what to order next!

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to click the next button to head on over to see what the wonderful Dara Gloden has to share.

Ingredients:

Card Stock: Crumb Cake

Stamps: Festival of Trees (bird), White Christmas, Lovely as a Tree

Inks: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Tools/other supplies:  Big Shot, Ovals Collection Framelits, Stampin' Trimmer, Gold Metal Buttons, Linen Thread, 1-1/4" Cherry Cobbler Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

A tiny retro camper?

Hello there!
Several days ago while browsing Pinterest- I came across the absolute most adorable Curvy Keepsake box EVER!  It looked like a tiny retro camper!  Seriously?  Who thinks of this stuff?  Thankfully the person who created it was kind enough to share a tutorial on how to make it.

Isn't it adorable?  The picture below is of the back window.

For this tiny camper- I kept my version pretty much the same.  The only exception was instead of using the Basic Black marker to create the center of the tires- I used a 1/8" Silver Brad.  This was so much fun to create and I'm looking forward to creating a few more!  Perhaps one with Strawberry Slush!

Thanks for stopping by!  Thanks to #jominacreations for the fabulous tutorial!
Happy Stamping!

Ingredients:
Card Stock:  Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Basic Black, Silver Foil Sheets
Tools/other supplies:  Big Shot, Curvy Keepsakes Box Thinlits, 3/4" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, Fast Fuse, Paper Snips, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, 1/8" Silver Brads

Inking Everything's Happy Fall Blog Hop

     Hello there and welcome to the first Inking Everything team blog hop.  You may have just arrived from my fabulous upline Becky Robert's blog.  If not and I am your first stop on our hop- I hope you will take the time to browse the links below and visit each one of our designer's blogs.  We have each prepared a few beautiful projects for your viewing pleasure!

 My first project is a home decor piece created for the Fall season.  I used an old reclaimed barn wood frame, a sheet of Color me Autumn DSP and added some leaves from the Autumn Accents Bigz die.  Each leaf was embossed and then the edges were sponged using Crumb Cake ink.  A Thankful sentiment was cut from the Perfect Print Alphabet Bigz dies.

It's hard to see in the picture above but the little Autumn Wooden Accent is embossed with Gold embossing powder.  Here is a close up which shows a little better detail:

Please be sure to click the link below to see my second project which is featured on the Dani's Thoughtful Corner Facebook page.  

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have enjoyed my project!

Ingredients:

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Mandy Schneider

Becky Roberts

Dani Dziama YOU ARE HERE

Jen Guarino

Carin Kearns

Janey Backer

Ti Kaheiki

Delaney Martin

Carla Blake

Michelle McDaniel

Penny Smiley

Raquelle Batth

Kari Karlin

Silver & Gold- Monday Montage Blog Hop 31

        Hello there and welcome back for the bi-weekly Monday Montage blog hop.  You should have arrived here from the amazing Cathy Casey's blog.  If not and I'm your first stop- no worries! Simply use the back/next buttons at the bottom of this post to navigate your way around the hop.

Thanks to my super fabulous upline Becky Roberts, today I have a super cute favor box to share.  It's made from the French Fry box die and is super easy to create!  I'm thinking that I'll be creating a bunch of these in the near future as co-worker gifts!  These can be fully created in right around 10 minutes.  I have filled my little favor box with some Ghirardelli Mini's in my favorite flavors (of course!)!

Here is the side view:

As you can see from the picture- even though this box is small-it still holds quite a few treats!  What a fun little treat!  I can't wait to share them at my office!

Thanks for stopping by!  Hopefully I'm not your last stop and that you'll click the next button to head on over to see what the wonderful Dara Gloden has to share.

Ingredients:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper
DSP:  Under the Tree Specialty

Stamps: Good Greetings

Inks: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler

Tools/other supplies:  Big Shot, Stars Collection Framelits, Stampin' Trimmer, Large Oval Punch, Gold Metal Buttons, Linen Thread, Gold Sequin Trim, Under the Tree Tag a Bag Kit, French Fry Box Die

Think Pink!

        Hello there and welcome back for the bi-weekly Monday Montage blog hop.  You should have arrived here from the amazing Cathy Casey's blog.  If not and I'm your first stop- no worries! Simply use the back/next buttons at the bottom of this post to navigate your way around the hop.

This past weekend a friend of mine asked me if I would help her make some cute little Curvy Keepsake boxes for a friend of ours who has Breast Cancer.  Since the 3 of us do craft shows together- we decided to make a bunch of these and surprise our friend!  She loves anything pink and I'm sure she will absolutely adore these cute little boxes.  Now- this is not our original idea- and I'm not exactly sure who the idea belongs to as my friend said she saw them on Pinterest but didn't write down who created them.  So if it's your design- let me know and I'm happy to give credit.

Here is the side view:

The tag was created using 1/4" Melon Mambo Cotton Ribbon, the Note Tag punch and the Good Greetings stamp set.  I think they are adorable!  

Thanks for stopping by!  Hopefully I'm not your last stop and that you'll click the next button to head on over to see what the wonderful Dara Gloden has to share.

Ingredients:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette
DSP:  Brights DSP Paper Stack

Stamps: Good Greetings

Inks: Melon Mambo

Tools/other supplies:  Big Shot, Hearts Collection Framelits, Stampin' Trimmer, Note Tag Punch, Handheld Stapler, White Baker's Twine, 1/4" Melon Mambo Cotton Ribbon, SNAIL, Fast Fuse