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Tour de Freaks – Dec 2017

Posted on December 19, 2017 | 6 comments

Welcome to the December Tour de Freaks Blog Hop!  This month our theme is NEW STUFF – Occasions Mini or Sale-a-bration things.

If you are going forward through the hop, you arrived here from my friend Connie Babbert’s Inkspired Treasures blog.  Went her things wonderful?

One of the first things that caught my eye was in the SAB brochure and was the Celebrate You thinlets that you can get with a $100 order.  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these!  I decided for my projects to pair these up with the Painted with LOVE Specialty dsp.  This is what I came up with.

Here’s the details…

  • Calypso Coral – 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded
  • Rich Razzleberry- 3 3/4 x 5, add to card front on an angle
  • Whisper White – 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 add to card front
  • Gold Foil – punch out four 3/4″ circles, add to card front
  • Calypso Coral – cut out celebrate and add to card front
  • Melon Mambo – cut out YOU and add to card front
  • Rich Razzleberry – cut out amazing and add to card front
  • Painted with Love dsp – punch out two small balloons, add using dimensionals, use journaling pen to add ‘strings’ to the balloon.

Here’s the details…

  • Calypso Coral – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
  • Painted with Love dsp – 2 x 4 1/4, add to card front
  • Whisper White – 4 1/4 x 4 1/2, cut bottom on an angle, add to card front using dimensionals
  • Gold Foil – 1/4 x 4 1/2, add to bottom on panel and trim ends
  • Melon Mambo – cut out amazing, add to card front
  • Calypso Coral – cut out YOU, add to card front using dimensionals
  • Gold Glimmer – punch out three 1/4″ holes, add to card front to finish off

Here’s the details…

  • Rich Razzleberry – 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded
  • Painted with Love dsp – 1 x 5 1/2, add to card front
  • Whipser White – 3 1/4 x 5 1/2, add piece of Melon Mambo 1/2 x 5 1/2, along bottom, add panel to card front using dimensionals
  • Melon Mambo – cut out celebrate, add to card front
  • Rich Razzleberry – cut out YOU, add to card front using dimensionals
  • Gold Glimmer and Gold Foil – punch out three Gold Glimmer and Gold Foil 1/4″ holes, add to card front to finish off

Here’s all the cards together…

 

Set(s): None
Paper: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Painted with Love dsp, Gold Foil, Gold Glimmer
Ink: None
Other: Celebrate You Thinlets, Balloon Duo Punch, 3/4″ Circle Punch, 1/4″ Hole Punch, Black Journaling Pen, Dimensionals

Time to head on in the hop.  You are in for a real treat as you head on over to Melissa Davies’ Blog

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Tour de Freaks – Nov 2017

Posted on November 19, 2017 | 3 comments

Welcome everyone to the November Tour de Freaks!  I am so glad that I finally have had some time to join the fun!  This month we are having fun with the Holiday Mini and celebrating Christmas.

If you are going forward through the hop you arrived here from the AMAZING Wendy Weixler.  LOVE her work!

I have a fun little project for you that I created using the Wishes All Aglow set, Merry Little Christmas dsp, notecards and a gold/white striped gift bag…a great little gift…perfect as a stocking stuffer.

I decorated the bag with an Old Olive banner, a Gold Foil banner, the greeting stamped and gold embossed, punched with the circle pun and layered onto Basic Black circle.  Added some Black Twine and mini gold sequin trim.  This is added to the bag with a gold clip.

Here’s the cards inside…

For each of the cared I stamped the image using Versamark and gold embossed.  I cut out the images using Circle/Oval Stitched framelits.  I used the the Merry Little Christmas dsp,Gold Foil  and Old Olive paper.  For the ho ho ho card, I cut out the individual lightbulbs then added some black twine for the ‘cord’. For the Jingle card, I stamp the little snowflake image on the notecard front and gold embossed.  Overall really easy cards to make

Here’s the whole set together…

Time to head on in the hop.  You are in for a real treat as you head on over to Cindy Elam’s blog.

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Tour de Freaks – Jan 17

Posted on January 19, 2017 | 18 comments

freakwelcome2013Happy January Control Freak Blog Hop everyone!

We are once again having fun with all of our new stuff in the Occasions Mini and the Sale-a-bration brochure.  If you are going forward through the hop you arrived here from Amy Koenders’s blog – weren’t her projects fun!

One of the things that first caught my eye in the Occasions Mini (well besides the dragonflies of course) was the Timeless Tags Thinlits…how cool these are!  Today I’m going to share three cards I made.  I decided to pair it with the cool piece of specialty paper in the Affectionately Yours Specialty dsp.

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Here’s the details…

  • Crumb Cake – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
  • Very Vanilla – 3 3/4 x 5, layer onto Basic Black 3 7/8 x 5 1/8, stamp the image using Crumb Cake, add to card front using dimensionals
  • Crumb Cake/Copper dsp – 1 1/2 x 3 3/4 add to card front
  • Copper Foil and Crumb Cake – 1/2 x 3 3/4, cut into banners, add to card front
  • Basic Black – 3/8 x 3 3/4, cut into banner, add to card front
  • Basic Back – cut out the solid frame
  • Very Vanilla – cut out the solid frame and the butterfly at the same time
  • Copper Foil – cut out the butterflies and insert into the Vanilla tag, stamp greeting using Memento Black, add using dimensionals
  • Linen thread – fold over 3 times, tie into a bow and add to top of tag

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Here’s the details…

  • Crumb Cake – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
  • Very Vanilla – 3 1/2 x 4 3/4, add Crumb Cake/Copper dsp strip – 1 x 4 3/4 then Copper Foil -1/8 x 4 3/4, stamp greeting and copper emboss
  • Very Vanilla – solid over tag
  • Crumb Cake and Copper Foil – cut out flower overlay, add the the copper outline to the Very Vanilla tag and add the leaves, stem and center in Crumb Cake
  • Linen Thread – fold over three times, tie into a bow and add using glue dot

And the last one…

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Here’s the details…

  • Crumb Cake – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
  • Very Vanilla – 3 3/4 x 5, stamp the little 3 star image using Crumb Cake, later onto Basic Black 3 7/8 x 5 1/8, add to card front using dimensionls
  • Crumb Cake/Copper dsp – 1 1/2 x 3 1/2, cut into a banner add to card front using dimensionals,
  • Basic Black – cut out solid tag
  • Copper Foil, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla – cut out the tag from each, add the Crumb Cake outline to the Basic Black tag, then ad the copper and black pieces back in, stamp the Very Vanilla piece using Memento Black and the greeting with Versamark and copper emboss – don’t add this yet
  • Copper foil – 1/2 x 3 1/2 cut into banner and add
  • Basic Black – 1/4 x 3 1/4, cut end on slant and add to copper piece, add the stamped Very Vanilla piece to finish off

Here’s the three cards together…

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Time to head on in the hop.  You are in for a real treat as you head on over to Wendy Weixler’s blog.

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wisig16

 

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Tour de Freak December 2016

Posted on December 19, 2016 | 7 comments

freakwelcome2013Hello everyone and welcome to the December Tour de Freaks Blog Hop!  As demonstrators we just LOVE NEW STUFF and that is what this month’s hop is all about…NEW STUFF!!!!  If you are going forward through the hop you arrived here from Amy Koenders Blog.

There are so many things in the occasions mini that I just LOVE and trying to pick something was difficult.  My DH’s birthday was on the 16th and I needed to make him a card and decided to use that (since I used NEW STUFF) and add a little treat box.

Here’s the card (and my DH thought it was COOL…especially the new hexagon embossing folder)

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This is really a pretty easy card.  Here’s the details..

  • Delightful Dijon – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
  • Basic Black – 3 7/8 x 5 1/8, add to card front
  • Very Vanillia – 3 3/4 x 5, run through the Hexagon Dynamic Embossing Folder and add to card front (Look MUCH cooler in real life!)
  • Dijon print – 1 3/4 x 4, add to card front
  • Urban Underground Washi Tape – add two strips to card front
  • Cut our larger stars from the Urban Underground Black/Silver dsp and Silver Folder, smaller star from the Vanilla/Black tiny dot and Delightful Dijon, layer and add to card front
  • Very Vanilla – stamp banner in Memento Black and greeting in Delightful Dijon, cut out and add to card front using dimensionals
 Set(s): Balloon Adventure
Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Delightful Dijon, Urban Underground dsp, Silver Foil
Ink: Memento Black, Delightful Dijon
Other: Urban Dynamics Embossing Folder, Urban Underground Washi Tape, Stars Framelits, Dimensionals

Then I decided to make a little treat box.  This is the snap close treat box but I made mine smaller.

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This is the front and the back so you can see what I did with it.

  • Delightful Dijon – 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 (you can find videos online on how to make these), run through the Hexagon Dynamics Emboss Folder and put together, round corners on top
  • Silver Glimmer – 1/2 x 2 1/2, add to top
  • Add strip of the Vanilla/Black diagonal strip – 1/2 x 3
  • Stamp Balloon and strings using Memento Black on Very Vanilla, color with Smoky Slate and Delightful Dijon markers, punch out out layer onto diagonal strip, add to box front using double dimensionals
  • Basic Black – 3/8 x 2, stamp greeting using Versamark and silver emboss, cut into banner on both end an add to box.
 Set(s): Balloon Adventure
Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Delightful Dijon, Urban Underground dsp, Silver Glimmer
Ink: Versamark
Other: Urban Dynamics Embossing Folder, Urban Balloon Duo Punch, Silver Embossing Powder, Corner Rounder, Dimensionals

Here’s my two project together…

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Next up on the hop is Heidi Baks…I always LOVE her stuff!

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Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

wisig16

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Tour de Freaks Aug 16

Posted on August 19, 2016 | 9 comments

freakwelcome2013Welcome everyone to the Tour de Freaks Blog Hop for August!  This month we are celebrating the NEW Holiday Catalog (which is filled with such goodness!).

If you are going forward through the hop you arrived here from Debbie Henderson’s Debbie’s Designs blog.  LOVE her ideas!.

One of the first sets to catch my eye in the new Holiday Mini was Totally Trees.  I LOVE ANYTHING with TREES so this was a no brainer for me!  I’ve just started playing with this set and I just love how colorful you can make these.

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Now isn’t this just happy?  I LOVE these colors together!  Here’s the details…

  • Pool Party – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
  • Whisper White – 4 x 5 1/4, stamp the solid image in Sweet Sugarplum, Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz and the ‘tree’ in Basic Grey Archival; add to card front
  • Sweet Sugarplum Envelope dsp print 4 1/4 x 1 1/8, layer piece of Pear Pizzazz – 1/2 x 4 1/4 behind it then add to card front
  • Silver Glimmer – 1/4 x 3 5/8, cut end on angle and add to card front
  • Pear Pizzazz – 1/2 x 2 3/4, stamp greeting using Versamark and Silver Emboss, cut into banner and add to card front
  • Add some Fancy Frosted Sequins to finish off
Set(s): Totally Trees, Greatest Greetings
Paper: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Incolor Envelope dsp, Silver Glimmer
Ink: Basic Grey Archival, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Sweet Sugarplum, Versamark
Other: Silver Embossing Powder, Fancy Frosted Sequin,  Dimensionals

 

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This is a super quick and easy treat box using the Popcorn Box framelit.  Here’s the details…

  • Whisper White – cut out two of the Popcorn Box framelit.
  • On one side stamp solid image using Pear Pizzazz, Sweet Sugarplum and Pool Party and tree using Basic Grey Archival; stamp ‘ground’ using Pear Pizzazz
  • Put box together, pinch in sides
  • Pear Pizzazz – 1/2 x 1 5/8, stamp greeting using Basic Grey Archival, cut into banner, layer piece of Sweet Sugarplum Glitter Ribbon behind it and piece of Pool Party/White Diagonal stripe (A Little Foxy) 1/2 x 2 5/8, add to top of box using a Gold Binder Clip
  • Add some Fancy Frost Sequins to trees to finish off.
Set(s): Totally Trees, Perfectly Wrapped
Paper: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, A Little Foxy dsp,
Ink: Basic Grey Archival, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Sweet Sugarplum, Versamark
Other: Sweet Sugarplum Glitter Ribbon, Fancy Frosted Sequin, Gold Binder Clip, Popcorn Box Framelits  Dimensionals

Here’s a picture of the two together…

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How cool is this!  Now it is time to head over to Dawn Olchefske’s DO Stamping with Dawn blog.  You are in for a treat!

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Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SummerSiggy

 

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Tour de Freaks – July 16

Posted on July 19, 2016 | 9 comments

freakwelcome2013Welcome to the July Tour de Freaks where this month – ANYTHING GOES!

How’s that for a fun theme!  Can’t wait to see what all the freaks have in store for us this month!

If you are going forward through the hop you arrived here from Debbie Hendersson – Debbie’s Designs blog.  She always has such FUN ideas!

Oh what to do…what to do for this month?  I have been having such fun with the Foxy Friends set so I decided to have a little fun with that.

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Isn’t this gang just the CUTEST???  They are just so much fun to make.  Here’s the details…

  • Tangerine Tango – 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded
  • Whisper White – 3 3/8 x 5 1/2, Smoky Slate bark print – 1/2 x 5 1/2, add to bottom, Basic Black 1/8 x 5 1/2, add to top, add panel to card front using dimensionals
  • Make the little critters – Fox – Tangerine Tango/Momento Black, Skunk – Momento Black/Whisper White, Racoon – Smoky Slate, Basic Grey Archival, Moment Black, cut them out and add to card front
  • Silver Glimmer – 1/8 x 5, add to card front
  • Tangerine Tango – 1/2 x 2 3/4, stamp greeting using Momento Black, cut into a pbanner, add to card front using dimensionals.
Set(s): Foxy Friends, Greatest Greetings
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, A Little Foxy dsp, Silver Blimmer
Ink: Momento Black, Basic Grey Archival, Smoky Slate, Tangerine Tango
Other: Fox Builder Punch,  Dimensionals

Since I was having so much fun with this I decided to make some little treats to go with it…

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I’m not going to go into a lot of detail but I want to show how I made the holder part…

  • Whisper White – 4 x 1 1/8, score at 1 1/2 and 2 1/2
  • Stamp as follows, trim, fold and staple at top
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  • Add head using a dimensional
  • Fox – Tangerine Tango, Momento Black
  • Skunk – Momento Black, Whisper White
  • Racoon – Smoky Slate, Basic Grey Archival, Momento Black
  • Reindeer – Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Momento Black, Real Red (bow tie from the Snow Place set)

Here’s my project together…

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Oh…just fun!  Now it is time to head over to Melissa’s Rubberfunatics Blog.  You are in for a treat!

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Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SummerSiggy

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Tour de Freaks May

Posted on May 19, 2016 | 3 comments

freakwelcome2013Welcome everyone to the May Tour de Freaks Blog Hop!  We are a small but mighty group this month (many of our members are Grand Vacation Achievers and are on their way!)

If you are going forward through the hop you arrived here from Melissa Davies – Rubberfunatics.  She always has such delightful ideas!

This month our theme is Something Old and/or Something New.  Well…I just HAD to go with the Something New part of the theme.  I’m having so much fun playing with my NEW STUFF (okay that and I’ve already cleared off my desk of retiring stuff so I would have ad to dig to get to those Something Old things!)

I decided I wanted to share with you thing made with Swirly Bird/Swirly Scribble bundle (with a little Thoughtful Banners thrown in!).  First up I wanted to use the cur little bird…

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Here’s the details…

  • Tempting Turquoise – 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded
  • Tempting Turquoise – 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, run through the butterfly embossing folder, add to card front
  • Whisper White – 3 x 4 1/4, stamp ‘sun’ using Daffodil Delight and greeting using Basic Black Archival.  The ‘branch’ is from the long ‘wave’ thinlit cut out of Chocolate Chip, add to card front
  • Real Red – 3 1/8 x 4 3/8, layer white panel on the add to card front using dimensionals
  • Stamp both the large and small leave on Whisper White using Gumball Green, cut out (by hand or thinlit) add to ‘branch’.
  • Stamp ‘nest’ in Crumb Cake and bird in Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, and Real Red, cut out (all by hand…any option) and add to branch.

Next up is a super simple card…

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Here’s the details…

  • Kraft – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
  • Real Red – 3/4 x 5 1/2, Daffodil Delight – 1/2 x 5 1/2, Tempting Turquoise 1/8 x 5 1/2, add to card base
  • Kraft – 3 1/2 x 4 3/4, cut out the small swirl scribble in Real Red, Daffodil Delight and Tempting Turquoise, add to panel, add panel to card front using dimensionals
  • Stamp banner using Basic Black Archival on Whisper White, stamp greeting using Real Red, punch out using Duet Banner punch, add using dimensionals

And finally a little picture.  I got this cute little frame at Michael’s and thought it would be just right for adding little stamped creations to it!

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Here’s the details…

  • Daffodil Delight – 3 x 3 5/8
  • Whisper White – 2 7/8 x 3 1/2, cut out ‘wave’ from Tempting Turquoise and add to Whisper White Panel, stamp ‘sun’ using Daffodil Delight, add to Daffodil Delight panel.
  • Boats – base/Night of Navy, small sail/ Daffodil Delight, striped sail/ Real Red, little flag/Tempting Turquoise, do two boats, cut out and add, one is added using dimenionals.
  • Add panel to frame

Are these all just fun and easy!  And here they are all together…

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Set(s): Swirly Bird, Thoughtful Banners
Paper: Whisper White, Kraft, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Basic Black Archival, Night of Navy, Real Read, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Gumball Green, Crumb Cake
Other: Butterfly Embossing Folder, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, Duet Banners Punch,  Dimensionals

Now it’s time to head on over to Cindy Elam – Heart’s Delight Cards…you are in for a TREAT!

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Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SP15Siggy

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