Pinkies Spring/Summer Blog Hop Weekend…

We’re so glad you could join us on Part 1 of the Pinkies Spring/Summer Blog Hop. We are showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from the new Stampin’ Up!® Spring/Summer Catalogue. We have so much inspiration to share with you so we will be offering two Blog Hops – Part 2 will be tomorrow (Sunday 10th February). Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep on hopping. Do come back tomorrow to see what Part 2 has in store. We love comments, so please tell us what you think!

If you have arrived here from Michelle’s blog, welcome and I hope you enjoy looking at the lovely new products …

I know there’s been a lot of hearts on my blog lately, but I literally fell in love with the more amore specialty designer series paper, and couldn’t resist using it with the core’dinations cardstock to make a double easel Valentine’s card.

The core’dinations cardstock really comes into its own when it’s embossed and sanded to reveal the lighter core, highlighting the designs of the embossing folders.

I added a row of the vanilla flower trim -

gorgeous vintage dimensional flowers on strips of tulle …

With a sprinkling of adhesive pearls and a tiny bow of very vanilla seam binding ribbon …

Despite being so dimensional, the card folds flat to fit into an envelope for giving.

There’s a helpful video showing how to make the basic card on Melissa’s blog here.

Here’s what you need to make today’s card – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

cardstock: pool party and primrose petals core-dinations; dies: hearts collection framelits; accessories:  more amore specialty dsp, very vanilla seam binding ribbon, adhesive pearls, big shot, simply scored scoring tool, perfect polka dots and woodgrain textured impressions embossing folders, stampin’ dimensionals, mini glue dots, snail adhesive.

So next stop is Erna’s blog, and she has some wonderful projects to share with you.

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Serendipity Valentine …

I love the word serendipity – the word itself sounds so lovely and its meaning is even better – a happy accident.  Today’s card is just that – a happy accident.

I was tidying my craft desk and had lots of scraps left over from other projects.  I don’t know about you, but I hate throwing away my scraps, especially if they are punched shapes ‘cos I always think they’ll come in useful for something.

I just loved these colours together  …

 

 The stamped heart in the centre is from a piece I’d been experimenting with designs for my daughter’s wedding invitations some months ago.   The world and compass stamped images were perfect – my Valentine means the world to me and he is my north, south, east and west … serendipity …

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Here’s what you need to make today’s card – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

stamps: open sea, “love you” sentiment (retired); cardstock: very vanilla, cherry cobbler, crumb cake; inks: crumb cake, early espresso, cherry cobbler; punches: heart, small heart, oval, scalloped oval, corner rounder; accessories: stampin’ dimensionals, first edition dsp, festival of prints dsp.

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Sale-a-brate good times, come on!

It’s a sale-a-bration!

(OK, so now that song will be going around my head for the rest of the day!)

I made this gift set using some of the fabulous stamp sets available for FREE during Stampin’ Up’s sale-a-bration

– madison avenue, vintage verses and patterned occasions (my favourite)…

The colour inspiration came from the candlelight Christmas specialty designer series paper – a great way to use up any Christmas papers you may still have around…

Hints of sparkle were added with small hearts punched from champagne glimmer paper, and tiny bows of early espresso scalloped tulle ribbon for texture.

I bought some chocolate hearts from my local suparmarket and adhered to the card with mini glue dots …

These projects are good for Valentines, anniversaries, birthdays or just because …

and they fitted in perfectly with my cake from cake class this week…

… a coffee cake covered with chocolate icing, embossed with roses.

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Here’s what you need to make today’s card – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

stamps: sale-a-bration sets – patterned occasions, madison avenue, vintage verses; cardstock: whisper white, early espresso, champagne glimmer; punches: heart, small heart, circle, scallop circle; accessories: stamp-a-majig, candlelight Christmas specialty dsp, early espresso tulle ribbon, mini glue dots; additional: chocolate heart.

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Chocolate Valentine …

More projects from the recent craft night… I love the way these colours look so good together – just perfect for Valentines, but by changing the colours and the sentiment, the card could be used for an anniversary, an engagement, a wedding, or even just because …

We used the ink resist and direct to paper technique on glossy white cardstock to make the central heart, and popped it up on stampin’ dimensionals over the linen thread, wrapped around a square of textured whisper white cardstock.

And a little sweet treat box in matching colours …

 

All three projects together … 

Margaret made us all giggle - we had sweeties to go inside the sweet treat box but she’d nearly eaten all hers by the time we came to make it! 

All supplies from Stampin’ Up!

Card recipe: stamps:  I heart hearts, sentiment (retired); cardstock: whisper white textured, whisper white glossy, crumb cake, chocolate chip, real red; inks: real red, whisper white, early espresso; accessories: linen thread, chocolate chip satin ribbon,  stampin’ dimensionals, small heart punch, large heart punch, heart to heart punch, word window punch, crop-a-dile, dotted scallop ribbon border punch.  

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