Box Full of Love

This is the last of the Blog Hop projects. I did add a little something more on this post. I didn't have any nuggets in the house when I made this project originally so I didn't have anything to fill this little box with!

After I got some nuggets, I was able to add the It's a Wrap Holidays stamped address labels to some nuggets and toss a bunch in the box. I only decorated the top 3. I have had too many people tell me they were too pretty to eat when I gave them away. Not the goal!! Eat the chocolate, people!
You do have to cut your white paper to size and score it before die cutting the doily, then I just put the doily on a piece of scrap paper and quickly zig-zag my liquid adhesive over the back of it. Then I glue it to the inside of the box. 

Love that you can use just portions on the doily , like the Early Espresso piece here. I spritzed it with the Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz.

• Stamps: PS I Love You, It's a Wrap Holiday
• Paper: Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Red Glimmer
• Ink: Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso
• Other: Big Shot with Box #2 die, Hearts Framelits, Paper Doily Sizzlet, Large Heart punch, Small Heart punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, address labels

The box is Spritzed with the Vanilla Smooch Spritz. Loving this stuff again! 

Look at how that Smooch Spritz even looks pink on the Early Espresso!!   ♥ ♥ ♥

OK, now I can stop worrying about getting the Blog Hop stuff better explained. Good thing too, it is almost time for the next hop!!

Strawberry & Doily

I am still trying to get all of the Blog Hop stuff caught up, for anybody that wanted more details :)
This one has the center of the doily cut out and the doily is popped up.

The cardstock base is stamped with Distressed Dots BG with Frost White Shimmer paint, then the Whisper White 2½" circle is stamped with Distressed Dots BG in Blushing Bride. I have been trying to use up my scraps of Cherry Cobbler.. I made 150 matchbox books for a wedding last spring and have a TON of scraps of Cherry Cobbler about 2½" wide.... good for punches! That is what I matted the Strawberry with.

• Stamps: PS I Love You, Distressed Dots BG
• Paper: Blushing Bride, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
• Ink: Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso
• Other: Big Shot with Paper Doily Sizzlet, 2½" Circle punch, 1¼" Circle punch, 1-3/8" Circle punch, approx 2" circle die (Framelit style), Signo white gel pen, Cherry Cobbler Scalloped Dots ribbon

This card could be used for a variety of things, thank you, thinking of you, birthday, party invite, valentine...

Can you see the shimmer pain polka dots a little better here? Shimmer Paint is still one of my favorite things to add a little bling with. I can tell you I have already gone through at least 1½ bottles of each color! It might even be time to order another of the Frost White and Champagne Mist.
You can also see a little better that the doily is popped up on dimensionals. I cut them really little to fit behind it.

I even stamped some Distressed Dots on the inside, but with Blushing Bride this time. and another strawberry. I had made a few strawberries for a different project and ended up using them up on this card :)
Well, I think I only have one more Blog Hop project to sneak in some time soon! Hope I am not boring you all with these :)

Elementary Elegance Swap Card

 I was a swapping maniac right before Christmas, and this is my Sale-A-Bration swap. I am so excited that SAB starts soon! SO many yummy new things, that you can earn for free!

I used a lot of the new things here. Love the Twitterpated paper, and the new Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz! It has amazing coverage. I accidentally ordered 2 bottles of it, but I don't think that is going to be a problem ;)

• Stamps: Elementary Elegance, Bordering on Romance
• Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Naturals White, Twitterpated DSP
• Ink: Soft Suede, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz
• Other: Big Shot with Labels Framelits, Adorning Accents Edgelits and embossing folders, and Beautiful Wings embosslit, Curly Label punch, Signo white gel pen, Blushing Bride Pleated Satin Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Sticky Strip

 I am not really a girlie-girl, but I think I am channeling my inner girl with this mini!

SA Scrapbook Challenge- Christmas Scoobie

 

The new year has begun and it is time to get back to our Saturday Scrapbook Challenges over at  StampinAddicts! The first weekend of the month is my turn to come up with a sketch challenge, and here it is!

Lots of fun shapes and a definite winter feel.

And here is a page I made using the sketch. My kids won this great big Scoobie Do at the County Fair a couple years ago, and gave it to their Dad. I got tired of tripping over him and sent him out to the garbage cans to be thrown away. The kids threw such a fuss, I had to tell them they could keep him if they found a use for him. Well, Dakota went and found a chair for him to sit in, and started dressing him for the weather and the season and made him a kind of mascot for the front door..... I wonder how many people have a Scoobie guarding their front door! In this picture, I was actually testing spots for our family picture, the one I posted on Christmas day.

• Supplies: MDS - Christmas Jingle DSP, half circle punch, snowflake punch,  flag punch, antique brads, Digs My Hart font
• Colors: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Whisper White

Let's see what you all come up with! Check out the challenge here.

Lacy Treats!

A little more follow up on my blog hop projects. I actually found some pretzel rods and made them up. I was hoping they would fit in the 1"x8" cello bags SU sells, but they are a little too big. Oh well...

For the embellishment on this one, I punched out a large Soft Suede heart and stamped the strawberry image in Soft Suede. Then I outlined the heart with Signo white gel pen stitches. Crystal Effects adds a lovely raised gloss to the chocolate dipped part, and the Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details makes the top of the strawberry look so luscious!! There is also a Small Heart punch of the Red Glimmer Paper popped up on a dimensionals. I tied the top with a piece of Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine and adhered the heart with a dimnesional. This looks so yummy to me!! And the whole thing fits in a quart sized ziplock.

The Large Heart of the this one was stamped repeatedly with a stamp from PS I Love You in Cherry Cobbler and Blushing Bride, then punched out. The love you is also stamped with 2 different images from the same set in Blushing Bride and Soft Suede and die cut with the smallest of the Heart Framelits. The middle heart is punched using the Heart to Heart punch, then glittered up witht he Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details. ♥ that stuff!! This one is tied with Early Espresso Baker's Twine.

One more shot of the yummy-ness. I am having a hard time keeping the guys out of these pretzels!! I gues salty and sweet is the combo for my guys :)

Paper Doily Camouflage

I got many requests for a tutorial on how I made the camouflage with the Paper Doily Sizzlet, so here I decided to do one quick. I thought you might like a closer look at the card since we are limited to 4 pictures during the hop :)

 You can see the embossing and dimension of the card a little better here. The labels are both popped up.

 I tried to keep it pretty simple since it is a guy card. No ribbon or bows, flowers or bling :)

• Stamps: Bring on the Cake
• Paper: Chocolate Chip, River Rock
• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, River Rock
• Other: Big Shot with distressed texture plate and Labels Framelits and Paper Doily Sizzlet, sponges, Stampin' Dimensionals

Inside I put another little strip of camo and sponged the edges of the River Rock with Choc Chip.

OK. Now for how to make the Camo!

Start with this mess of supplies (ink pads for the pictured sponges too)

• Paper Doily die cut
• piece of River Rock cardstock
• Soft Suede ink and sponge
• Crumb Cake ink and sponge
• Always Artichoke ink and sponge
• River Rock ink and sponge
• Chocolate Chip ink and sponge

I am really just using the masking technique here. For your first sponging, use the darkest inks only and scatter them around. I am just holding the mask down with my fingers while I sponge. It does not matter if it slips while you are sponging.

This is what it looks like after you move your mask. You can clearly see the paper doily and a variety of color around it.

 Now, put the mask back on the paper, shifting it so that you will be sponging a different area. Use the lighter colors in this round of sponging also.

Here is what round 2 looks like. Still lots of unsponged stuff showing, and now we are starting to get some layering of the colors.

 Place your mask again exposing more of the unsponged areas and use more of the dark inks this round, but continue to use all of the inks.

It is really starting to look like camo now!

One more time, place the mask over your paper and sponge with all of the inks. Use your judgment for what you need more of at this point. Every time you do this technique, it is going to look different.

For the last sponging, I did not use the mask. I took the Crumb Cake and River rock inks only, and sponged all over. This was to soften all of the remaining unsponged areas. Now your piece can be used in your project!

I would love to see what everyone makes with this, so please post a link to your creation!

SCORE! with USWDAF- TEa for Two~Party in a Box

At last! The event we have been waiting for since August when the Simply Scored arrived! If you want DOZENS of ideas for projects using the Simply Scored, then this event is just perfect for you. And since the new Occasions Mini and Sale-A-Bration are just around the corner, you will find lots of ideas using the new stuff too.
I got quite a surprise when I logged in to the first day of the event and saw that my project was the second one posted! Woo-hoo!!

This fun box will hold a couple of tea cups with tea bags, or a cup with a  small can of loose leaf tea and an infuser, or a couple of disposable hot cups and some tea bags, or...a lot of different things!! There are a couple of great tricks to try with our new Framelits dies in the tutorial too!


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