Starburst with Spiral Flower Closure

I hope that you have had lots of time to soak up ideas

from our Blog Hop.  It was amazing fun!!

To build on the Blog Hop projects that I presented,

I wanted to post this card as a follow-up.

I had used this card base and SAB Sweet Sorbet DSP

with my club this week, to produce a card that tied shut

with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch (Occasions p 35).

I was challenged with what else I could do with the 

Spiral Flower Originals Die (Occasions p 32).  I was "craving" an

option that allowed me to send it in the regular mail.

This closure is what I came up with.  It works great

and looks kind of cool!  It's a very happy closure.

Set:  Starburst Sayings

Colors:  Pool Party, SAB Sweet Sorbet DSP, Whisper White,

Crisp Cantaloupe, Basic Black

Other:  Starburst Framelit Dies, Spiral Flower Originals Die,

Rhinestones

  

February Wacky Watercooler Hop

                                     

Welcome to the Wacky Watercooler Hop!!

You've likely just arrived from Gail's blog.

Her projects were wonderful! I love the fact that

this is an "international" hop, with both the 

US and Canada represented.

So..... here are my contributions:

 

The SAB offerings are really wonderful this year.

I'm not a "banner person", but I really like the

Heartfelt Banner Kit on page 16 of the SAB brochure,

because it can be used for other projects.

 Scrapbook pages are quick and easy to produce, 

because the materials are all cut and ready to position.

This is a picture of my (now) 26 year old niece.

Such a wonderful memory!  Hard to believe she is

taking time from her job in frigid MN and visiting my

Mom in AZ this week!

I trimmed her picture with the Starburst Framelits.

  

Colors:  Primrose Petals, Heartfelt Banner Kit

 My second project is a 3x6 card, featuring the Fresh Prints

Designer Series Paper Stack on page 33 and the Just Sayin'

& Word Bubbles Bundle on page 36 of the Occasions brochure.

For bling, I added some Gold Sequin Trim, and a couple flowers

made from Simply Pressed Clay (p 167).  The flowers work 

well with that flowered pattern!

Colors:  Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Pack 

(3 different designs),  Pool Party Textured paper

My final project uses one of the new tag punches;

the Scallop Tag Topper Punch.

In the picture above, a card technique with tie closure,
 that has been circulating the internet, is presented beside

the 3-1-3-1 box.  I made a band, with the 
Scallop Tag Topper Punch, as a closure for the box.

 I made the box and then "finished" the top by

running it through the Big Shot Top Note Die.

Because the top was 4 thicknesses, I had to run it 

thru a Bigz die, rather than a framelit die.  

I'm not sure if I like it any better than I did when

the top was just a straight line.... but then stamping is

"an experiment",  right?

You just kind of do what you feel, until it feels done.

 

  It this closeup, it shows that I decided to add butterflies,

using the Bitty Butterfly Punch with more Sweet Sorbet DSP.

I added the butterflies because this box with band and bottom

trim (made with the Tasteful Trim die) started to look like a 2 piece bathing suit to me.

I felt that adding butterflies would dispel that notion!

Products:  Red Core'Dinations Paper, 

Top Note Die, SAB Sweet Sorbet DSP, 

Tasteful Trim Die, 1/8" Black Taffeta Ribbon

Thank you for checking out my hop projects! 

 

 Now hop on over to see projects featured by our

 brilliant and dear friend, Jean

                                                                 

Gold CASEd Heart Card

This is a CASE of a card by Jennifer Timko

that was posted on www.stampinup.com.

SU posts information and samples 

on this blog.

Jennifer used Gesso on her card, but I opted

to use toilet paper.  Years ago, there was a technique

in which you wet toilet paper and then let it dry.  

You could also apply reinker color with an aqua painter.

Set:  Field Flowers

Other:  Gold Embossed Vellum, Gold Sequin, 

Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine

Just Sayin in Green

I haven't posted many of my completed

Just Sayin' cards, so guess I better get to it.

The Just Sayin' set, with coordinating

Word Bubbles Framelit Dies is a great combo,

with fun sentiments for so many situations.

For the "hey nephew" bubble, I used the "hey"
from Just Sayin' and added "nephew" from the
Family Reunion set.  Then cut the combo out with a 
different word bubble.  The beauty if it is that you can
stamp a variety of messages and use whatever word bubble
that fits, to cut them out with your Big Shot.

Sets:  Just Sayin' (p 36 in Occasions), Family Reunion (retired)

Colors:  Soft Suede, Whisper White, Gumball Green,

SAB Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper 

Other: Arrows Embossing Folder, Word Bubbles Framelit Dies,

Gumball Green Ribbon

Golden Starburst Sayings

Gold is the current color theme.

We have a huge number of new products 

to support that trend.

Set:  Starburst Sayings and coordinating Framelit Dies

Colors:  Whisper White,  Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum,

Other:  Gold Sequin Trim, Gold Embossing Powder