Spring Has Sprung Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our Spring has Sprung Blog Hop. If you are joining me from my friend Rose's Blog I am happy to hopped on over  and if you are just starting then please be sure and follow the link to the next stop.  As you hop a long we would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know that you were here. My first card is inspired by all the ombre items that I have seen on pinterest and in the stores. An Easter Egg just seemed the perfect choice for such a technique. I used Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red and Cherry Cobbler and sponged the Glossy Card Stock after I embossed the cross with White Embossing Powder. I tip I do want to share is that if you are finding that your embossed area is looking a little less white and more like your ink color you can take a Blender Pen and go over the embossed area and help clean it up. This helps keep your sponged area looking nice and colorful and your embossed area white.
Supplies: Cherry Cobbler Card Stock and Ink Pad, Pink Pirouette Card Stock and Ink Pad, Riding Hood Red Ink Pad, Basic Rhinestones, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Ovals Collection Framelits Dies, Glossy White Card Stock, Crosses of Hope Stamp Set, Trust God Stamp Set, Scallop Trim Corner, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, and 5/8" Organza Ribbon

My second project probably isn't to terribly new but it was an idea I had for an upcoming Craft Show and I thought I would share it with you. They are cute little Bunny toppers for our 1"x 8" Cellophane Bags. I used Whisper White Card Stock, Basic Black Card Stock, Pink Pirouette Card Stock and Basic Gray Card Stock. The punches I used are the Large Oval, Scallop Oval, 1 3/4" Circle, 1/2" Circle, Owl Builder, and Small Heart. Cute yet simple enough to make a bunch if you need them.

Thank you for stopping by and please let me know if you have any questions. I will be happy to answer them. Now I will send you on your way to Dawn's blog. Have fun! Tonya
 

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Shellie G. of Craft Smashup
2. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
3. Nancy B. of Lady Stamps-A-Lot
4. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
5. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
6. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
7. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
8. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
9. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
10. Heidi B of Stuck on Stampin'
11. Jennifer B of NW Stamper
12. Bree of Craft-somnia
13. Diana E of Stampin' Fun with Diana

Pop-Up Posies

Monday is here and I have been busy with projects both in the Stamping area and knitting. While I don't share the knitting ones with you I will be sharing the stamping ones. The ones for today feature the Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit from the Spring Catalog. This kit has the supplies to make nine tags and while I added a few extras to mine they are super cute just with the supplies included. The Calypso Coral tag is just the supplies that came with the kit. The kit is just $12.95 and includes: 9 embossed Paper tags, 9 fabric covered brads, precut paper flower pieces, 9 pieces of thick Very Vanilla Baker's Twine, and the Just for you wood mount stamp. I added some designer paper to two of the tags and even made one into a quick note card just by adding it to a piece of Very Vanilla Card Stock that has been cut and scored into a 4"x 3 1/2" card. Please let me know if you would like more information about the kit or to place an order. I would love to help you out. Thanks for stopping by for my quick Monday project.

Vintage Print Quilt

Happy Tuesday! I will be back later with another post that includes today's new Digital Downloads. There are two free downloads today so be sure and check back to see those. While I watch the snow pile up outside I wanted to share with you this card we made last week. I haven't used the Quilting Technique lately and I decied to share it with the ladies that came last week. This is a great technique to use up smaller pieces of Designer paper. For this card we used the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack. I love the colors in it which are Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Primrose Petal and Gumball Green. The base of the card is Crumb Cake and the frame is Primrose Petal. For the sentiment we used the Vintage Verses Stamp Set which is  a Sale-a-bration option andn stamped it in Early Espresso. To make the quilt we simply punched out 1" Squares with the 1" Square Punch and attached them to a piece of 4x4" piece of Very Vanilla Card Stock. To make the piece look more quilted we ran it through the Big Shot with the Fancy Fan Folder Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. We added Crumb Cake Seam Binding to finish off the quilt before attaching it to the card front. This technique works great on all types of cards depending of the Designer Paper you use and with our punches you can do so many different patterns and designs. I am going to share another quilt card with you tomorrow that was inspired by a couple of my recent projects. Thanks for stopping by. Please let me know if you would like to make your own quilt card and I will be happy to help you get the supplies or we can schedule a workshop and I can show you and your guests how to make one.. Stay warm! Tonya

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day and Thanks for stopping by! I am busy today preparing a Valentine's
Day Dinner for my family that has me making a heart shape cakes per my youngest son's request sort of a deal I made with him and he held up his end of the bargain so so am I. :-) Tuesday I had a class at our local library and this is one of the items we made. I just love the Candy Wrapper Die and since is cuts and scores all at once it really makes life easy. In addition we used the new More Amore Speciality Designer Series Paper to wrap around the container. The heart is made with the Primrose Petals Core'dinations Card Stock  and was cut out with the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits and then sanded.  A Basic Gray banner was made with the Big Shot and Bitty Banners Framelits which goes great with the Word Window Punch and the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set. So add just a few extra details to the candy wrapper we added Very Vanilla Seam Binding on each end to close our wrapper and one of the new Vanilla 5/8" Flower Trim Flowers was added. I love these little flowers and will have a card to share with you tomorrow that has a flower that I colored with our Aquapainter and Stamp Pads. Funny story, while I was handing the flowers out at the library I managed to drop one in a cup of coffee that belongs to an attendee. After I fished it out I joked about how we could die them with coffee which of course you could. There are a lot of possiblities for these cute little flowers and I hope we see them carry over after the Spring Catalog has ended.
Well, I am off to decorate a cake and a few cupcakes too. Have a wonderful day! Tonya

Ninjago Birthday Fun!

Good evening, I had planned to get this card posted earlier in the weekend but time did not allow. We had two birthdays this week and my youngest son's birthday was on Friday. He is a big Ninjago fan so I decided to create a card for him with some of his favorite characters. We have a few of the lego guys at our house and they made great models as I worked on this card. I used Real Red, Pacific Point, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Brushed Gold, and Brushed Silver Card Stock. I also used Basic Black 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon. The background is the new Cloudy Day Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Now for the fun part the list of punches I used to complete the project.  Word Window Punch (for arms, legs, and sword), Merry Minis Punch Pack (tree and star for head emblem, shoulder armor and spear head), Owl Builder (for head, hands, and face area), and Bird Builder (eye brows). I used the Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker to draw the eyes on, the Real Red and Pacific Point Stampin' Write Markers were used to add fold lines to the heads and sponged the cloud back ground just a bit with Bashful Blue Ink. Please let me know if you have any questions about the ninjas. My son loved the card so I was thrilled. Thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop January/ Spring Catalog

Hello and welcome to our January Blog Hop. This month we are featuring the new Spring Catalog. There are so many wonderful new items and I can't wait to try them all. Whether you are just joining the hop or if you have traveled from Rose's Blog I hope you continue along the way and please leave a comment or two as we love to hear from the views.
My first card using quite a few new supplies and was one of the first stamp sets that I had to have. The supplies are as follows:
Oh, Hello Stamp Set, Oval Collections Framelits Dies, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies, Baja Breeze Card Stock and Stampin Write Marker, Calypso Coral Stampin' Write Marker and Ink Pad, Early Espresso Card Stock and Stampin' Write Marker, Island Indigo Card Stock and Stampin' Write Marker, Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write Marker, Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write Marker, So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Crumb Cake Card Stock, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, and Sponges.


 

 

My second card is a birthday card that I created by my 15 year old's Birthday which was yesterday. I saw an idea similar to this one on Pinterest by Jill Hilliard and just knew the layout would be perfect for him. Jill used cash to make her candles just I went with Designer Paper from the new Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack. The rest of the supplies are:

 

Crumb Cake Card Stock, Midnight Muse Card Stock and Ink Pad, Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Summer Starfruit Card Stock, Primrose Petals Stampin' Write Marker, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Blossom Petals Builder, and Bring on the Cake Stamp Set. I used Sticky Strip to attach the candles to the card for extra staying power.

 

I hope you enjoyed my projects for today's hope. Your next stop is Dawn's Creative Chalet. You can click the next button below or you can use the links provided below. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! Tonya

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
2. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
3. Nancy B. of Lady Stamps-A-Lot
4. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
5. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
6. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
7. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
8. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
9. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
10. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
11. Terry B of Goin' Over the Edge
12. Justin K of JK Cards
13. Heidi B of Stuck on Stampin'
14. Jennifer B of NW Stamper
15. Bree R. of Craft-somnia
16. Diana E of Stampin' Fun with Diana