Thursday, January 19, 2017

Stampin Friends - January Blog Hop

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Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop! This month’s theme is "Love". If you’re following along the hop, you’ve arrived from Melissa’s blog.  Wasn't her creations great?

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Don’t forget to click the Next button at the bottom to continue on the hop at Maureen’s blog.

I am glad to be kicking off 2017 with my fellow bloggers of the SF Blog Hop.  Since this month's creative theme is love, I decided to use the Sending Love Suite from the new Stampin' Up Occasions catalog.



For this card, I used the "Sending Love" 6 x 6 DSP.  Aren't the little hearts just adorable?

I also incorporated the silver metallic foil doilies from the annual catalog.  The two sizes really fit right into my project designs for this month's hop.

The silver from the doily and cording really give this card a little extra punch against the red, white and black color scheme.

The sentiment is from the "Sealed with Love" stamp set.  The more that I am using the photopolymer stamp sets, the more I am falling in love with them.  I find myself ordering these sets whenever possible.  I love the idea of looking straight thru the stamp while positioning my images to ensure that I am hitting the proper section when stamping.

The miniature kisses for the background and stamped off image along side of the sentiment are really cute additions to the card.  Although not used in my projects this month, the coordinating framelits with the arrows and miniature envelopes will definitely be used for future projects.

Here is a close up shot of the sentiment and lip print.

With the 27 different pieces contained in the stamp set, you could easily make your own DSP with several backgrounds.  Have you every tried to make your own DSP?


To continue on with the heart theme, I decided to create a gift box that coordinates with the Valentine card.







 I could see this box holding something sparkly to go along with the shimmer of the foil and metallic ribbon!

I am so glad you were able to join my for my blog project.  Please continue to follow along with the remaining hoppers.

You can click on the "Next" button below to progress to the next participant or click the name below for a direct link.






If you like our projects, please take time to comment.  I enjoy creating projects and having others' creations shared with me.  As a paper crafter, feedback is always appreciated.



As we are getting closer to the end of the week, I hope you have a great day and enjoy the upcoming weekend.... and as always - Happy Stampin'!


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Now is an excellent time to signn up to be a Stampin' Up demonstrator!  Whether you want to be a hobby demo for the discount or pursue it as a business, the Sale-A-Bration deal is awesome!  For $99 you can chose $125 worth of new product and receive a free Paper Pumpkin kit.  During SAB Stampin' Up is adding a bonus to the deal!!  You can choose ANY 2 Stampin' Up Stamp sets for FREE.....yep, you read that right - FREE!  This could be up to $108 in value depending on what two sets you choose.

If you aren't quite ready to join Stampin' Up, you can still benefit from Sale-A-Bration.  For every $50 spent from the annual or occasions catalog, you can pick a free item from the SAB flyer!  Who doesn't like FREE?

If you are interested in a catalog or would like to join my team, please feel free to contact me or visit my business page.
http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/kimsmith/

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Thursday, January 12, 2017

OSAT - No rules New Year Blog Hop



Good morning everyone!  Welcome to the first 2017 One Stamp at a Time Blog Hop!  This month's theme is No Rules New Year.  I am glad to be joining my friends again this year to bring you creations that hopefully will inspire you.


In November I attended my first Stampin' Up event and had a wonderful time!  One of the make and takes that we created was the lovely card that you see below using product from the current catalog and items from the new Occasions catalog and Sale-A-Bration items that you can earn for FREE!  I love using the new water color pencils along with the blender pens to color in the designer series paper.


To compliment the card and to incorporate the current trend, I created a travel adult coloring book.  This would be perfect to throw into your travel bag or purse for a long road trip.  I used several different stamp sets to create the designs (Paisleys and Posies and Remarkable You).


When I began to color the stamped images, I had to stop myself in order to take the picture for my blog!  Very relaxing!


I love the bright colors with this Sale-A-Bration DSP.  You can't help but smile!  I used the Lift me Up stamp set to accent the sentiment that was used from the Baloon Adventures stamp set.


I hope you have enjoyed the creations presented this month and will continue to hop along with Jeanna!  You can continue your journey by clicking the direct links below or the next button.  Until next month...... as always - Happy Stampin'!

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Now is an excellent time to signn up to be a Stampin' Up demonstrator!  Whether you want to be a hobby demo for the discount or pursue it as a business, the Sale-A-Bration deal is awesome!  For $99 you can chose $125 worth of new product and receive a free Paper Pumpkin kit.  During SAB Stampin' Up is adding a bonus to the deal!!  You can choose ANY 2 Stampin' Up Stamp sets for FREE.....yep, you read that right - FREE!  This could be up to $108 in value depending on what two sets you choose.

If you aren't quite ready to join Stampin' Up, you can still benefit from Sale-A-Bration.  For every $50 spent from the annual or occasions catalog, you can pick a free item from the SAB flyer!  Who doesn't like FREE?

If you are interested in a catalog or would like to join my team, please feel free to contact me or visit my business page.

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/kimsmith/

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