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September 14, 2013

Pinkies Stampin’ Up! autumn/winter seasonal catalogue blog hop …

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Thank you for joining us on another Pinkies Blog Hop! We’re showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from the new Stampin’ Up!® Autumn/Winter Seasonal Catalogue. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping!  

If you’ve arrived from Sarah’s blog, a big hello to you.  

There are so many lovely new products to choose from in the seasonal catalogue that I was spoiled for choice. The winter frost designer series paper really caught my eye as it is just beautiful.  The designs are so gorgeous – I love it all. After stroking the paper for a while (I know, us crafters love to stroke paper!) I cut into it to make this pretty gift box, ideal for holding personalised stationery, recipes or greetings cards … 

winter frost gift box and dividers

It will make an ideal Christmas gift and I know just who I’m going to give it to. 

I added some matching dividers with space to write notes such as birthdays and important dates …

box dividers

To make the box, you need just one 12”x12” piece of cardstock and one sheet of designer series paper, with a little extra for embellishments and dividers if you wish.  

The box holds standard sized cards and envelopes.  I have a tutorial available if you would like to make one yourself, with sizes in both inches and centimetres. 

There was enough designer paper left to also make a 6″x6″ card and matching gift tag …

Winter frost card and tag

Here’s what I used to make today’s projects – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

cardstock: smoky slate 12″x12″ co-ordinations, whisper white; stamp sets: festive flurry, wishing you; ink: soft sky, basic grey; punches/dies: 1” circle, festive flurry framelits, hole punch; accessories: frosted finishes embellishments, whisper white baker’s twine, winter frost dsp, stampin’ dimensionals, tombow multi purpose glue, anywhere glue stick,  simply scored scoreboard, adorning accents edgelits, paper cutter, paper snips, bone folder, bigshot machine.

I hope you have a great weekend and do make sure you stop by the next stop in the hop which is Lisa’s blog, as I know she has so much to inspire you too.

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July 13, 2013

Pinkies new catalogue blog hop…

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We’re so glad you could join us on our Blog Hop. We’ll be showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from the new Stampin’ Up!® Annual Catalogue. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping. We love comments, so please do tell us what you think!

My projects today highlight the happy day stamp set and the gorgeous quatrefancy specialty designer series paper (dsp) which looks so pretty teamed with the new smoky slate ink and cardstock. A piece of the printed window sheet from the same dsp pack made a fancy border for my card …

smoky slate card

And to match the card, I made some pretty packaging using the quick and easy, but fun to make, tag a bag gift box, decorated with strips of dsp and stamped images from the mosaic madness and happy day stamp sets, which work beautifully together …

smoky slate gift box

The tag was embossed with the modern mosaic embossing folder …

… and my paper snips were brilliant for cutting out the stamped images to make the embellishments.

I did a little stamping on the tissue paper for the inside too, so everything matched.

smoky slate gift tag

The new smoky slate ink colour is a beautiful silvery grey – I just love it!

And I love how the card and box look together – they are going to make the perfect gift for someone …

smoky slate card and box

Here’s what you need to make today’s projects – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

cardstock: smoky slate, whisper white; stamp sets: happy day, mosaic madness, itty bitty banners; inks: smoky slate, basic grey; punches: mosaic, corner, 2⅜” scallop circle; accessories: quatrefancy specialty dsp, tag-a-bag gift box, modern mosaic embossing folder, big shot machine, stamp-a-majig, large rhinestones, rhinestones, stampin’ dimensionals, whisper white baker’s twine, paper snips, sponge daubers.

If you like what you see, I’d be happy to place an order for you so you can make your own gift set, contact me.

Have a great weekend and do make sure you stop by the next stop in the hop

which is Suzette’s blog as I know she has so much to inspire you too.

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