procrastistamper: January 2020

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Third Thursdays Blog Hop - Sweet Treats

Welcome once again to our Third Thursdays Blog Hop! This month our theme for the hop is Sweet Treats! Our posts will feature projects of anything "sweet" that would be a "treat" to receive.
{you'll find Product Purchase Links for current items I've used, below the Blog Roll}

My project is kind of a TBT (throw back thursday) project. Years ago I made a Ghirardelli Chocolate Square Holder Tutorial, but the Word Window Punch I used for it has long since retired. We now have the Classic Label Punch available, and you can make the project pretty much the same way by subbing in that punch! If you don't want to look at the past tutorial, all you need to know is that you cut a sheet of card stock to 3"x8" for the base, then score the card stock at 3-7/8" and at 4-1/8". You only punch the slot on one side of the card stock.

To get my Classic Label Punch to make the slot in the right place for the chocolate square, I measured about 1/4" from the bottom of the depressed circle of the punch on the back, and made a line across with permanent marker. Then, I just line up the end of my cardstock with that line, and punch! The cardstock is 3" wide, so you can just barely see the edges of the cardstock sticking out of each side of the punch if you tilt it to either side - and that's how you can see it's centered, as well.

The old tutorial also uses a retired Slot Punch to make holes for the ribbon. In later years I subbed in a Handheld Circle Punch, but now we don't carry those, either. It's really not a problem, though, because there are 3 other methods you could use to close/secure the treat holder without using any other punch: 1) wrap ribbon around the treat holder in a bow or knot, 2) staple the top of the treat holder and then wrap ribbon around (or just adhere a trimmed bow over the staple), and 3) adhere the holder closed with SNAIL Adhesive or Tear & Tape Adhesive and then wrap ribbon around or adhere a trimmed bow.

If you use SNAIL Adhesive, be sure to put adhesive on both sides of the inside top of the holder, to give it extra strength. And when you close it, make sure the top edges are lined up exactly with one another. I actually prefer stapling the holder closed, because I line up the center of the Petal Pink Metallic Edge Ribbon to the center of the back side of the holder, and the staple keeps the ribbon from sliding off...and the bow covers the staple.

TIPS: You can cut out the center of the Heart Doily with the flat sided punch from the Heart Punch Pack, then you layer the scalloped heart that you punched from the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper with the scalloped heart punch from the Heart Punch Pack over the top. You can't tell the center of the doily is gone, and you have that extra piece you can use on something else! You will also want to be sure to use the StazOn Jet Black Ink Pad if you are going to stamp on the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper like I have, because other inks are not going to dry on the shiny foil bits of that paper.

Stampin' Supplies: Heartfelt BUNDLE (includes stamp set + heart punch pack), Real Red Cardstock, StazOn Jet Black Ink Pad, From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper, Classic Label Punch, Heart Doilies, Petal Pink 1/4" Metallic Edge Ribbon, SNAIL or Tear & Tape Adhesive, Tombow Liquid Glue or Fine Tip Glue (to adhere the doily), Paper Snips, Grid Paper, Stampin' Trimmer. {optional: stapler}

January 2020 Third Thursdays Blog Roll: Sweet Treats

Angie McKenzie
Andrea Tracy-Tucker
Kimberley Morris
Jan Musselman
Susan Legits
Anne Marie Hile
Tatiana Tobin

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:

Heartfelt Bundle (English)	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad	From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper
Classic Label Punch	Heart Doilies	Petal Pink 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Metallic-Edge Ribbon	Snail Adhesive
Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Paper Snips	Grid Paper	Paper Trimmer

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Sunday, January 12, 2020

Color Combo Blog Hop - January 2020

Products listed in bold are available in My Online Store, please see the bottom of the post for a complete list of Product Purchase Links under the Blog Roll.
DISCLAIMER: this is an International blog hop...I am in the United States, and I can only do business with those in my country, or those who have an APO/FPO address for shipping. So sorry for any inconvenience!

For my project this month, I've gone back to #simplestamping (using just stamps, ink, and paper) once again. I am featuring a Sale-a-Bration stamp set called The Gang's All Meer that you can choose for FREE with a $50 USD purchase. Try starting with the Watercolor Paper and Aqua Painters if you don't have those, as well as the StazOn Jet Black Ink Pad (and refill!), for a waterproof stamped image you can watercolor.

Next, you'll want to pick up the Pumpkin Pie Cardstock and Pumpkin Pie Ink Pad (and refill), the Pear Pizzazz Cardstock and Pear Pizzazz Ink Pad (and refill), and finally, the Basic Gray Cardstock and Basic Gray Ink Pad (and refill). Then you'll have all the supplies and colors you need to make a whole bunch of cards like this with The Gang's All Meer Cling-Mount Stamp Set you can choose for FREE with your $50 USD purchase!

I love that The Gang's All Meer stamp set includes the little tiny lizard, and the chubby little cactus. They are fantastic for giving the meerkats a deserty, dusty backdrop. Oh, and the little birthday hat comes right in the stamp set, too! I just stamped it a few times on a scrap piece of the Watercolor Paper, and cut each hat out with my Paper Snips, then adhered one over each adorable little meerkat noggin with a Mini Stampin' Dimensional.

Stampin' Supplies: The Gang's All Meer Cling-Mount Stamp Set, Watercolor Paper, StazOn Jet Black Ink Pad, Aqua Painters, Basic Gray Ink Pad & Cardstock, Pumpkin Pie Ink Pad & Cardstock, Pear Pizzazz Ink Pad & Card Stock, SNAIL Adhesive, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips (to cut out party hats), Paper Trimmer (to cut and score card stock), Stampin' Scrub & Mist (to clean red rubber stamps), Grid Paper. {and don't forget your Whisper White Medium Envelopes for mailing your cards!}

Color Combo Blog Hop January 2020 BLOG ROLL:
Elisabeth Pirolt - Little Lizzy’s Crafts (AT)
Sue McDonald - Frankiesue Stampin’ (UK)
Kimberley Morris - procrastistamper (US)
Tricia Butts - Tricia’s Stamping Creations (US)
Angélique Nederpel - de Stempelkeuken (NL)
Rene Guenther - Stempeln-mit-Rene.de (DE)
Ramona Schneider - Stempel, Stanze & Co (DE)
Rebecca-Jo Unwin (AU)
Judith Postler - Judiths Stempelei (AT)
Cheryl Taylor (UK)
Sandra Roberts
Caroline Peck (US) - Sparkle and Stamp

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links

The Gang's All Meer Cling Stamp Set (English)	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Refill
Aqua Painters	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad	Basic Gray Stampin' Ink Refill	Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Ink Refill	Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Ink Refill	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Snail Adhesive	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
Paper Snips	Paper Trimmer	Stampin' Scrub	Stampin' Mist
Grid Paper	Whisper White Medium Envelopes

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Thursday, January 2, 2020

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop - Something for Everything

Welcome to our December 2019 #APaperPumpkinThing Blog Hop. Each month we share alternate projects using Stampin' Up!'s Paper Pumpkin Kit! We usually hop on the last Thursday of the month, but that was the day after Christmas so we postponed it a week.

Our Paper Pumpkin kit for December was called Something for Everything. It came with supplies to make 12 full-size cards, with coordinating envelopes. There were 4 each of 3 different designs that you could customize with your choice of 13 greetings (and some adorable little flower images) from the stamp set! Below is a picture of how the projects look if you make them according to the kit directions.

For my projects this month, I decided to make a box and a card. Once again, I stuck pretty close to the kit contents for my alternates. In fact, the only supplies I used other than what came in the kit was the Paper Snips and Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Actually, I guess I did use one more...I used our Paper Trimmer to score and trim a couple of pieces.

For my card, I cut the flowery front off of one card base, so it was 4-1/4"x5-1/2". Then I cut that piece in half, so it was 5-1/2"x2-1/8". I layered that onto the Crushed Curry side of another card base. There is a polka dot pattern that the instructions say to use as the front, but I find the dots to be too busy in the background of the flowery piece. To each his own! The gold swirl, and the pinkish separate flowers are self-adhesive pieces from the kit, as are the golden rhinestones in the flower centers. The banner with the greeting is another die cut from the kit, and I adhered it with some Stampin' Dimensionals that also came in the kit.

The box I made for this hop is one I've made a few times before with Paper Pumpkin kits. I have an easy pattern you can follow in this BOX TUTORIAL VIDEO in this post from several years ago. The only things I did different were: 1) I used Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the box flaps together, and 2) I used the other 5-1/2"x2-1/8" flowery piece I had leftover from making the card, to lay over the box and fold back on itself to make a flap to help open the box instead of cutting a half circle in the front of the lid.

The rest of the stuff decorating the box came from the Paper Pumpkin kit. The big flower and the leaves are self-adhesive die cuts, and I actually cut one leaf in half with my Paper Snips and tucked each piece under the edge of each side of the big flower, to make it look like two leaves. The greetings were stamped with the Terracotta Tile ink spot that came in the kit.

I didn't really measure the flowery strip, I just laid it over the top of the lid, starting at the back, and just kinda creased where the folds landed. Then I pulled the piece away from the box and sharpened the crease. Then I laid it back on the box and did the next crease that way, and so on...until I got down to the front of the lid. Whatever length of the strip was left, was just folded onto itself to make the tab. I used Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the strip down to the box, and to adhere the strip to itself at the end to make the tab.

The great thing about using the Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue for the box, is that the glue also works as a temporary adhesive to help keep those back bottom corners of the lid from sticking out. To create a temporary bond, put just a little dab of glue on the inside of each of the back bottom corners of the lid -- and be sure you don't touch the adhesive to any other part of the box until it is DRY. Once the adhesive is dry, you can press it against the box and it should stick just enough to keep the ends of those flaps against the box when it's closed. Or, you can even stick the flaps to the sides of the box to keep it partially open, like I've done above.

Stampin' Supplies: December 2019 Something for Everything Paper Pumpkin Kit, Paper Snips, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Simply Shammy, Paper Trimmer, Grid Paper.

NEXT UP: Jennifer Picard!
If you have any problems navigating the hop, there is also a Blog Roll listed below for your convenience.

DECEMBER 2019 BLOG ROLL: Something for Everything Kit

Unfortunately, when I checked last night, neither the Something for Everything FULL KIT, nor the Something for Everything Kit REFILL, were available on the PAST KITS page in my Online Store. As always, PAST KIT products are available only while supplies last, so you have to grab them as soon as they are released! Remember, the Refill Kits include the consumables only...meaning they do not include the stamp set & ink from the Full Kit. By the way, you're gonna have to be a Paper Pumpkin subscriber to buy whatever's available on that PAST KITS page, so go ahead and sign up HERE to get your email address in the system first!

Want some cute TREAT HOLDERS for Valentine's Day???: Make sure you SIGN UP no later than 11:50pm MT on January 10th to get the I'll Bee Yours Paper Pumpkin Kit!!! It includes ALL the supplies you'll need, to make 20 treat bags, and 10 mini cards + envelopes.

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:

1-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription	3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription	6-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription	One year Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription
Paper Snips	Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Simply Shammy	Paper Trimmer
Grid Paper	Clear Block D

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