Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop - Back to School

Welcome to the AUGUST 2022 Edition of the Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop! You'll see projects in our hop from Stampin' Up! demonstrators around the world--I'm in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Note: I can only sell to customers in the US, so prices are in USD)

We generally hop the first Friday of each month, and our theme for today is Back to School! For my project I am featuring the Bottled Happiness BUNDLE, along with a little personalization using the Alphabest Stamp Set. {you'll find all Product Purchase Links below the Blog Roll near the bottom of the post}

I kind of made this card up as I went along, so if I did it over again, I'd probably extend the Smokey Slate Cardstock across the whole front of the card. But since I had already adhered the sentiment on the front of the little flap at the left, and even adhered another piece to the back to give it a little more weight, I didn't want to take it apart. I adhered it with Multipurpose Liquid Glue, though, so I could have carefully warmed it up with my Heat Tool and gently pulled it away - just remember that trick if you make a boo boo. This trick works with our Stampin' Seal adhesive, too. Oh, and don't strain your eyes trying to read the labels on those two tall, skinny bottles I punched out with the Vintage Bottle Punch. I just scribbled some lines on those labels using my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker.

Don't go getting the wrong idea about the inside of this card...I'm not suggesting teachers go to work drunk. It's just that my kids are wayyyyy out of school, so this is where my mind went with this month's theme! The Alphabest Stamp Set comes in a BUNDLE with a cute little tag sort of punch that each of the letters or symbols will fit into, but I only used the stamp set for this project. I put the solid "tag" image and the "outline" tag image on a block next to each other, and stamped them using the Soft Seafoam Ink Pad, onto the Soft Seafoam Cardstock of the card base, to look like a brick wall.

I did a little creative layering using Stampin' Dimensionals with the bottles, so the side of the chonky bottle to the left would hold down the flap, and the bottom corner of the skinny bottle all the way to the right would hold down the greeting. That way, the card stays closed until you're ready to spring the surprise! I think you might be able to see best on this last picture, where I dipped one of my Blender Pens in some ink I got from the lid of my Basic Gray Ink Pad, and dragged it along the top of the Smokey Slate Cardstock, so it would give it a bit of a shadow for some depth. And, you can see how I used the "Rock-n-Roll" technique to ink up the chonky bottle...I first inked up the image on my Balmy Blue Ink Pad, then stamped OFF once, then sort of rolled the outside edges of the bottle image onto the ink pad, and finally I stamped that on my Basic White Cardstock. That left the center part of the image lighter than the outline, and helped the greeting to stand out more.

Stampin' Supplies: Bottled Happiness BUNDLE (Bottled Happiness Stamp Set + Bottle Punch), Alphabest Stamp Set, Soft Seafoam Cardstock & Ink Pad, Smokey Slate Cardstock, Basic White Cardstock, Basic Gray Ink Pad, Blender Pens, Balmy Blue Ink Pad, Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker. Adhesive-Backed Sequins & Gems, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, Grid Paper, Paper Trimmer. And don't forget Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes, if you want to mail your card! {see Product Purchase Links under the Blog Roll}

 

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Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop AUGUST 2022 Blog Roll
1. Kimberley Morris YOU ARE HERE!
2. June Olsen
3. Tricia Butts
4. Marieke Bart
5. Jan Musselman

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:

Bottled Happiness Bundle (English)	Alphabest Photopolymer Stamp Set	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad
Blender Pens	Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker	Adhesive Backed Sequins & Gems	Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals	Simply Shammy	Bone Folder	Paper Snips
Grid Paper	Paper Trimmer	Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes

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 PLUS, this month you get a FREE GIFT of Gold Foil Honeycomb Sheets to bling up your kit cards, or to use on other projects! Coordinating colors for this kit include: Blackberry Bliss, Evening Evergreen, Melon Mambo, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, and of course, Crushed Curry, and Soft Suede.

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A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop - Picnic Paradise

Welcome to our July 2018 #APaperPumpkinThing Blog Hop. Our kit this month is called Picnic Paradise. It came with supplies to make 12 cards (3" x 3"), 4 each of 3 designs, with coordinating envelopes included for each card, plus 4 cute little baskets! Here are my alternates for this month...a card and a gift card holder:

If you've seen very many of my Paper Pumpkin alternates, you know I try to stick pretty closely to the kit contents. This month all I added was some Crumb Cake Cardstock for the full-size card. Here's what the projects were meant to look like if you assembled them according to the kit instructions:

I used the apples to go with a Back to School theme. What I did to make the card seems pretty obvious, but I'll point out a couple of details. I cut the white printed vellum piece that's under the apple, in half. I used the other half on the gift card holder. I cut some of the green/white tissue paper from the kit, and tore the sides so they'd be a little ragged, and match the vellum's zigzag edges. And, I stamped off the basket weave image one time on my Grid Paper before stamping the image down, to make it a touch lighter.

The gift card holder is made from one of the basket bases from the kit, with some edges trimmed slightly. You can see the other half of the white vellum piece from the card, that I used on this project. You can also see some of the green/white tissue paper sticking out from underneath the apple and the vellum.

You could tie your twine around the entire holder to keep it closed if you want, but I just wrapped my twine around the front flap, and used one of the mini glue dots that came in the kit as a "resealable" closure. To do this, I attached the glue dot under the front flap, then dabbed the exposed side of the glue with my finger a few times, to sort of dull the stickiness a bit. Since the printed side of the basket base is just a little bit coated and slick, the glue dot can be pressed firmly to keep the front flap closed, and the coated part will release the glue dot without ripping when it's pulled up.

On both the bottom of the front flap, and on the top of the inside flap, I placed a Short Brim Sticker from the kit, to cover the words that were printed on the Basket Base. I stamped the basket weave image on the sticker for the front flap before adhering it (see pic above). Placing one sticker on a Silicone Craft Sheet makes it super easy to stamp it without getting ink on the other stickers, and the sticker releases from the mat with no damage, and with the adhesive fully intact. Then you can just wipe the mat clean with your Simply Shammy. You'll notice that I chose to leave the inside sticker unstamped (see pic below).

I trimmed the shorter flaps of the basket just a little bit...taking off the edges that stuck out first, and then trimming the flat parts on the ends of the flaps that didn't have any texture on them.

And finally, when you open all the flaps, you'll see that a gift card fits perfectly inside! The baskets are super cute, but if you don't want a large 3-D project, making gift card holders out of them offers a more compact solution. Speaking of offers, make sure you scroll down past the Blog Roll for product purchasing links, and to find out how you can get 50% OFF your first Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Stampin' Supplies: July 2018 Picnic Paradise Paper Pumpkin Kit, Crumb Cake Cardstock, Whisper White Medium Envelopes (not shown - but you may want this for mailing your card), Silicone Craft Sheet, Simply Shammy, Grid Paper, Paper Snips, Stampin' Trimmer (for trimming and scoring).

NEXT UP: Click the Next button below to see Andrea's basketful of goodies! If you have any problems navigating the hop, there is also a Blog Roll listed below for your convenience.

JULY 2018 BLOG ROLL

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Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Medium Whisper White Envelopes	Paper Snips Scissors	Stampin' Trimmer
Silicone Craft Sheet	Simply Shammy	Grid Paper

JULY Monthly Perks Host Code: ETUQ33WU
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~Kimberley Morris Colorado Springs, CO
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator since 1994
procrastistamper@gmail.com
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