Literally My Joy: Stampin Friends Spring Blog Hop

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Stampin Friends Spring Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stampin Friends March Blog Hop! We will be hopping on the third Thursday every month, with a different theme to inspire you each time. The theme for March is "Spring or Pastel colors."

If you arrived from Carolina's Blog, thank you for continuing with the hop! If you didn't then be sure to click on the previous button below to see what she created for us.

Be sure to visit this month's Guest Hoppers:

Barbara Welch

Charlene Luks

Cheryl Piotrowski

Do not forget to click the Next button below to check out Lynn’s lovely creations. If you get lost along the way, I have provided the full list of participants at the bottom of this post. PLUS, keep reading for a change to win a bunch of new crafting gifts!

Ready to view what I created?

Here is a picture of all the items together. I will go through the details on each individual project below.

First to show is a card. I chose to use a new to me stamp set/punch bundle called Grateful Bunch with the Blossoms Bunch punch. (Don't try to say that too fast or too many times. Fun tongue twister). At first, I didn't think I needed another flower stamp set but this is not like the others and well yep, I needed it! And you will too! (Your Welcome) It may be hard to tell in the photo but I had stamped off in Blushing Bride ink the lace border to the left and right of the DSP strips. There is added sparkle to the flowers using the Clear Wink of Stella® glitter brush. If you look close you will see the shimmer.

Next up is a recycled Starbucks iced coffee glass jar. It's filled with Easter Peanut M & M's. Added an Easter tag and viola you have yourself a quick treat to give to anyone.

I had used the 1 ¾” Circle punch and a strip of ¼” by 6” piece of Birthday Bouquet DSP to cover up the Starbucks logo on the lid.

Final project for today is one that Stampin' Up! showcased with other Easter inspired creations on their website.

This envelope box is the perfect size to hold a York Peppermint Patty egg.

After creating these items for the hop, I noticed that they coordinated with the Bunny Banner and Easter Berry Basket I made last week. So I just had to take a photo with all of them together. Don’t you love how everything matches?

Before you leave…

Do you love crafting supplies? If the answer is YES, be sure to visit all 11 Blog Posts in this hop, leave a comment in addition with the hashtag #SFMarHop. One lucky commenter will win an awesome crafting gift from every blogger! That mean you have 11 chances to win 11 crafty gifts.

Thank you for visiting us today. Good Luck to you on being a lucky winner! Be sure to comment (don’t forget that hashtag - #SFMarHop) and let me know what you think. Now let’s hop on over to Lynn’s blog with the next button or use the participant list below.

Blog Hop Participants:

Melissa Thomas
Cheryl Piotrowski
Steph Jandrow
Kathie Rotti
Barbara Welch
Charlene Luks
Carolina Evans
Leanne Johnson <--------------------YOU ARE HERE
Lynn Steifert
Kirsteen Gill
Elizabeth Jeanne

I used the color challenge for my card from Fab Friday (#FabFri82).

Measurements:

Grateful Card

Whisper White card base 4 ¼” x 11” scored at 5 ½”
Whisper White 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”
Birthday Bouquet DSP strips ½” x 5 3/8”

Bunny Envelope Treat Box

Whisper White 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”
Using the Envelope Punch Board line up card stock/paper at 2 5/8” line punch and score
Shift card stock/paoer right to the 2 ¼” line and punch and score.
Rotate card stock/paper 90 degrees.
Line up first score line with indicator, punch and score
Line up second score line with indicator, punch and score.
Round all corners using the corner rounder on the opposite side.
Cut out the corners from where both score lines meet from your punched areas.
Score and adhere together
Decorate as you wish