Fancy Friday Blog Hop - Mixed Metallic Challenge

Welcome to the Fancy Friday Blog Hop...a super fun hop where I'm lucky to get to work with some fancy friends...who also happen to be past or current Stampin' Up! Artisans!  Each month we hop with a new challenge...and this month's Mixed Metallic Challenge is all about being inspired by the Year of Cheer Suite!

You can read more about the Year of Cheer Suite HERE, and I hope you'll check it out...but first...check out my Fancy Friday challenge project!

Seriously...I don't even know where to start talking about this challenge...there's so much to be inspired by in the Year of Cheer Suite!  But I gotta start somewhere...so let's begin with the Year of Cheer Specialty DSP.  I thought this classic, foil designed paper would be perfect for the matchbook New Year's Eve party favors I wanted to make...and oh my goodness..they were So EASY to  make!  I simply cut several 8-1/2" x 3" pieces and  scored and folded them at 3-1/2"; 3-3/4" and 7-3/4".  Truly...that's it.  I then added the Foil Snowflakes...and wrapped it with Linen Thread.  To top it off I grabbed some fun new products from the soon-to-be-released Sale-a-Bration brochure and added sentiments...the heat embossed let's and die cut celebrate in varied foil sheets, including Champagne Foil Sheets from our inspiration suite.  I think my favorite part of these little favors is the fun combination of classic and rustic elements.

Thank you so much for stopping by for the Fancy Friday Blog Hop!  I hope you're inspired to create something fabulous with the Year of Cheer Suite...and I'd LOVE to see it!  So...post it, using #fancyfridaybloghop when you share it...and let me or one of my fancy friends know!

And now...hop over to my see what my talented, fancy friend Rochelle has to share!

Have an amazing day!

Ordering online?  Remember to use this month's Host Code for a special gift from me!

Current Product List

Year Of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper [144640]

Silver Foil Sheets [132178]

Gold Foil Sheets [132622]

Champagne Foil Sheets [144748]

Foil Snowflakes [144642]

Linen Thread [104199]

Products Available January 3rd

Amazing You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147215]

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies [146840]

#TGIFC134 - Gratitude Challenge

Good morning...and happy Friday!  I'm back...with something lovely for this week's TGIF Challenge!

 It's #TGIFC134...and it's a Gratitude Challenge!

Click the image above to go to the TGIF Challenges blog for all the details.  You'll be able to see what the TGIF designers have shared to inspire you...and you'll be able to see what other challengers have created, too!  But first...here's my Gratitude Challenge project!

Yes...it's a spoon...etched with one of my favorite all time words...thankful.  I think there are so many things to be grateful for year round...but I love Thanksgiving...a time to set other things aside and focus on gratitude, on blessings and on being thankful.

For many years I cooked the Thanksgiving meal.  I'd take off from work and spend three whole days cooking everything from scratch...all the way down to homemade bread and chicken stock for the stuffing!  Yep...kinda crazy...and I LOVED it...but at a certain point it became a bit overwhelming.  So...we started eating at a restaurant...which was good...but there's nothing like a home cooked Thanksgiving meal.  This year, I'm thankful that we'll be cooking at home with family again.   And I'm not cooking...which I'm also thankful for.  When we're the holiday guests I like to share something with the host.  I was out and about and found this spoon...and I knew it would be the perfect Thanksgiving hostess gift.  It already says exactly what I know I'll be feeling about sharing the day.  So I picked it up...and added a simple tag.  And it's simple and perfect!

How will YOU be inspired by this week's Gratitude Challenge?  You'll find the link to add your own project at the #TGIFC134 Challenge page HERE.  I can't wait to see what you create!

Have an amazing day!

Ordering online?  Remember to use this month's Host Code for a special gift from me!

Product List

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Bundle [145348]

Night Of Navy 1/2" Gingham Ribbon [144232]

Twine Baker's Whisper White [124262]

Tag Topper Scalloped Punch [133324]

Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]

OSAT Blog Hop - Fall/Halloween

Good morning...and happy Thursday!  I'm back to hop with the fabulous One Stamp at a Time Blog Hop...and this month's theme is all about Fall...including Halloween! 

I've made what seems like a gazillion Halloween cards...and I truly think sending Halloween cards are my favorite!  But...I also love sending fall cards..and I typically can't resist adding a fall treat, too!  So...for this month's hop I pulled out a few of my favorite dies...from both the Holiday and Annual Catalogs...and an awesome sentiment from the Seasonal Lantern Stamp Set.  It's one of the things I adore about Stampin' Up!...that everything goes together!

Autumn Greetings...isn't this sentiment wonderful!  I think it IS...and it's perfectly embossed in Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder here to fit right in with the fall collection of die cuts on this card.

And then...I simply pulled the same elements from the cards's focal point to create this adorable little crate.  My plan is to fill it with a cello bag of  homemade caramel...finished with some Copper Ribbon! 

Thanks for hopping with us today...and now...click on over to see what my crafty friend Pam Staples has for you!  It's sure to be something wonderful!

And just in case you're looking for it...here's the full list of hop links.  Enjoy!

Elizabeth Jeanne - http://craftsbyhappystamper.com/2017/10/12/osat-blog-hop-fallhalloween/

Jenny Hall - https://www.jennystampsup.com/2017/...
Kelly Acheson - http://astampabove.typepad.com/my-b...
Tina Riddle - http://www.tinascropshop.com/2017/1...
Dena Rekow http://www.thecreativitycave.com/my...
Maria Willis - https://cardbomb.blogspot.com/2017/...
Lori Mueller -- http://www.stampindreams.com/my-blo...
Melissa Davies - https://rubberfunatics.blogspot.com/...
Megan Thompson - https://meganttstamps.blogspot.com/...
Jennifer Hill - https://wp.me/p72MWS-cY
Sue Plote - https://thispinkrooster.blogspot.com/...
Pam Staples - https://wp.me/p3p2VA-1Z7
Jessie Holton - http://www.jessieholton.com/2017/10...
Rick Adkins - http://wp.me/p2AuXD-4jr
Marisa Gunn - http://dzinesbymeg.typepad.com/dzin...

Have an amazing day!

Ordering online?  Remember to use this month's Host Code for a special gift from me!

Product List

Seasonal Lantern Photopolymer Stamp Set [144941]

Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits Dies [144670]

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies [143751]

Copper Foil Sheets [142020]

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636]

Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143708]

#TGIF112 - Let's Hear It For the Boys!

Good morning...and happy Friday!  I'm back...with something lovely for this week's TGIF Challenge!

 It's #TGIF112..and it's a challenge all about the boys!  Big boys or little boys...this week is all about them!

Click the image above to go to the TGIF Challenges blog for all the details.  You'll be able to see what the TGIF designers have shared to inspire you...and you'll be able to see what other challengers have created, too!  But first...here's my Let's Hear It For the Boys challenge project...or should I say projects? 

So...we're lucky grandparents in that we get to spend some time each summer with our grandsons...Timothy and Kenneth...and each week I like to surprise them with a small gift.  We're doing a lot of reading this summer...so this week's gift is a new book...and this week's TGIF Challenge was the perfect opportunity to do some fun wrapping.   Timothy is 7-1/2, and he is an amazing reader!  His summer goal is to read 500 pages each week!  He reads most of them...but we also take turns reading, too.  A couple of weeks ago I asked him why he had left his books in the car, and he looked at me like I was crazy and said "I read in the car, too, Nana!"  I don't know what I was thinking!   Ha!  And Kenneth...he's five...and he's all about dinosaurs, super heroes and Star Wars.

I started with the tags...and I pulled out Celebrations Thinlints for the base, the Pieces & Patterns stamp set, and the Coffee Break DSP.   The dinosaur is for Kenneth, of course...and the bear is for Timothy.  I'm completely smitten with the hello there sentitment...and it's actually what I say to the boys each morning!
 

I made matching note cards, too...

and I LOVE how fun they are.  Sweet, simple and full of color...just like those little grandsons of ours! 

How will YOU be inspired by this week's Let's Hear It For the Boys challenge?  You'll find the link to add your own project at the #TGIF112 Challenge page HERE.  I can't wait to see what you create!

Have an amazing day!

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Product List

Pieces & Patterns Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143840] $27.00	Pieces & Patterns Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143843] $19.00	Coffee Break Designer Series Paper [144155] $11.00	Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131203] $8.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974] $6.50
Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527] $6.00	Crushed Curry 3/8" Mini Chevron Ribbon [144197] $7.00	Crushed Curry Solid Baker’S Twine [144354] $3.00	Linen Thread [104199] $4.50	Basics Pack 3 Washi Tape [144223] $8.00	1-3/4" Circle Punch [119850] $18.00
2-1/4" (5.7 Cm) Circle Punch [143720] $18.00	1-3/8" Circle Punch [119860] $16.00	Big Shot [143263] $110.00	Celebration Thinlits Dies [143703] $30.00	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026] $10.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $7.00