Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Celebrating Good Times

 

 Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today is the Stamping Sunday blog hop for the month of October and for this month's theme is "Celebrating Good Times". It's the 3rd Sunday of the month and can you believe it we are not too far away until the end of the year! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's projects and you'll be able to see them by clicking on their names which will be at the end of my blog.

For my theme I actually went with something different as my oldest daughter has just finished her last day of school and then she'll have her exams over the next month. I wanted to make her something special for her graduation next month, so I made two projects a card and a mini gift box to give to her.    

When I was thinking about my project, I knew I wanted to use the Wanted to Say Dies and use the Celebrate die for both projects. I also wanted to keep the colours soft tones and add sparkle for some of the elements.

Let's Celebrate You! Card

I just love Pecan Pie and would one of my favourite Stampin' Up! color! I like to tone it down when using it with Basic White and Very Vanilla Cardstock. Adding ink with the Blending Brush to the embossed cardstock using the very popular Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder and then rip along the edges of the cardstock.

I've added a number of different layers to the card starting with Oxidized Copper Specialty Designer Series Paper, Burlap Ribbon I just love the white stitching on the ribbon and Very Vanilla Baker's Twine.

For a soft pretty look I added a couple of Petal Pink daisies by using the daisies masks from the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks and then fussy cut them out.

I've used the Celebrate with Tags Stamp Set for the sentiment and the Celebrate die using the Oxidized Copper Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Celebrate Envelope Treat Box

Have you seen the cute Envelope Treat Boxes? They are on page 126 of the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and they make the perfect gift for someone special. They are white but you can stamp on them or add colour to the boxes. I used Pecan Pie ink and applied it with the Blending Brush.

I added a belly band to the box and decorated it. Starting with a strip of Basic White Cardstock and embossed it using the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder. Using the same embossing folder, I embossed the Very Vanilla gift tag and added Pecan Pie ink with the Blending Brush.

I like the idea of mixing up Very Vanilla and Basic White together it gives you a fresh clean look and added a soft subtle colour like Petal Pink gives it a wow look! For the Celebrate I die-cut the image out using the Champagne paper from the More Dazzle Specialty Paper. 

Other elements used are Natural Wavy Trim and I unraveled the Burlap Ribbon to form lots of strands.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my projects by leaving a comment below.

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Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

To see all of the amazing projects by the Stamping Sunday Design Team please click on their names below.