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A Pattern Party for Pal’s Blog Hop

Posted by on Jul 13, 2016 in Brushwork Alphabet, Jars of Love, Ready to Pop | 5 comments

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Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for July 2016. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our new 2016 Blog Hop monthly themes.  This month we are featuring projects using our favorite Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper as well as coordinating embellishments. What we love about Stampin’ Up! is they make it so easy to mix and match colors. And, the amazing selection of embellishments provides a wonderful finished look to our projects. We hope to provide you with lots of ideas and that you enjoy our creations.

You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below.  The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.

I really concentrated on the party part of the hop and not the pattern!!!  Well so, I kinda just decided to go with it.  I had originally planned on using the paper from the blights designer series paper stack.  In particular, the polka dots.  But, when I went to get my paper I was all out…sad face :<  No worries thought…. I could still make a pretty real red paper using the Brushstrokes background stamp and my real red ink …. Now, I was ready….  The colors for this project were inspired by a summer picnic.  Red, Blue, with splashes of yellow and white.  Think red table-cloth, yellow Lemon-Aid, and blue flowers ( but instead of flowers words)  Any way, now that you understand my thought process…. or at least know where I was coming from.  I thought, no real party is not complete without a invitation.  And if you are partying in the summer then BBQ is the King in Alabama.  So, Let’s BBQ with Lemon-AidIMAG3436

Here are a few details:

  • The card colors are Smoky Slate, So Saffron, Dapper Denim, and Real Red
  • The jar is stamped in Smoky Slate and die cut using both the outside die and the inside die.   The Jars of love stamp set and dies make several different jars.  I used the largest one!  Then on vellum I added So Saffron ink to look like Lemon-Aid .  This was die cut using the outside die along with a whisper white.  Then glue all three together.
  • The enjoy is from the Ready to Pop stamp set
  • The Let’s BBQ is stamped in Dapper denim  using the Brushwork Alphabet stamp set

 

Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop! 

Blog Hop Line-up:  

  1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
  2. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
  3. Jackie Diediker at Stampin’ Jackie
  4. Amy Hoptay at Craft Carnivore
  5. Kalyn Shubnell at The Stamping Chronicles
  6. Kim Jolley at Stampin’ Artfully
  7. Karen Gooch at Inker’s Workshop
  8. Pamela Sadler at stampin pink rose
  9. Sherrie Gross at Stampin’ Sunshine
  10. Karen Zaring Browning at Stamp With Me KZB
  11. Becky Volpp at InkBlossomwithBecky
  12. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin
  13. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
  14. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
  15. Laura Schollaart at Laura b’ Stampin’
  16. Lynn Tague at Beyond Beaches & Blessings
  17. Shannon Jaramillo at ShannonKayPaperie
  18. Pam Dotts at Clearly Southern Stampin’
  19. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
  20. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
  21. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
  22. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
  23. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
  24. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts

Be sure to hop along with all the Pal’s today!  I am sure they have lots of fun inspiration for you today!

Much Love,

Jennifer

Reason for the Season and Fab Friday 91

Posted by on Jul 11, 2016 in fab friday, Festive Flower Builder Punch, Reason for the Season | 7 comments

The design team over at Fab Friday have a great sketch challenge going on.  When I saw my friend Brian King card for this challenge, I know I had to try to recreate it!  On my desk had been sitting a poinsettia that I made from watercolor paper.  All week, I had been staring at the poinsettia wondering what to do with it.  Well, I decided to use it as the focal point to recreate this sketch.  Here is the Fab Friday Sketch.  I hope that you hop over to Fab Friday and check out all the cards by the design team.

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I have had the Reason for The Season stamp set and the Festive Flower Builder Punch for a while now. Though, I am just now really beginning to use it.  I love how easy it is to create a flower that is beautiful in just a few steps.  I did thought have to watch the video on how to build the flowers to get it just right.  My first attempt was quite a special spectacle……. After watching the video it was fun and easy.  I made several poinsettia just for the fun of it one afternoon…

the stamp set:

Reason for the Season

Reason for the Season

and the builder punch:

Festive Flower Builder Punch

Festive Flower Builder Punch

 

Here is the video…

You are going to love-making these flowers… It is quite addictive…Fab Friday 91 with Festive Flower
Here are a few details:

  • The flowers are stamped with Cherry Cobbler in on watercolor paper.  Then spritz with Wink of Stella.  And set aside to dry
  • After the flowers are dried I punched each one out using the festive flower builder punch and assembled the flower.
  • Then I built my background following the Fab Friday Sketch. (via Brian King’s Card)
  • The sentiment is stamped in Basic Black and is from the Wondrous Wreath Stamp set
  •  The paper used is Emerald Envy, Very Vanilla, and This Christmas Designer Series Paper

 

The supply list:

Stamp Sets: Reason for the Season, Wondrous Wreath

Ink: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Emerald Envy, Very Vanilla, This Christmas, Watercolor Paper

Other: Festive Flower Builder Punch, 1′ circle punch,  Wink of Stella, Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Multipurpose glue

 

I am working on the next class for Westside Paper Creations.  We will be making cards using the Weather Together Stamp Set and Best Birds.  Be sure to check the class information page out!westside-eb (1)

 

Bonus Day’s are HERE!!!!  It is quite simple spend $50 today and receive a $5 coupon to use in August!!!!

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Have a great evening!  I will be back soon. Be sure to hop over to Fab Friday!

Much Love,

 

 

Jennifer