Occasions Mini Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stampin' Addicts Occasions mini Blog hop! We are featuring the new stamp sets and accessories from the upcoming Occasions Mini. There are 16 stops along the way. You may have come from Adriana's blog where she featured the stamp set You're My Type or you may be starting here, that's OK! The hop is linked in a circle so you can start anywhere along the way! If you get lost, you can always go HERE to get back on track!

The stamp set that I'm highlighting today is called Mouthwatering. It has 4 delicious treat images that you can use. I have used each image. The first one is a card that I used in a swap with other demos, so some of you may have seen this one already! If you have seen it, you might want to smell it too! I used the Melon embossing powder on the Popsicle! Yum, it smells so good!

 The next card uses the great cherries in this set! I also used the new DSP called Sweet Shop. I'm loving this paper! The colors are faboo and the designs are so cute. I'm not into the large print DSP's and this one is much smaller and for me, easier to use. It helps that it's all bright colors and I love bright colors!

The third card that I created uses the watermelon image. I made the gingham background with the stripes embossing folder. Love how this turned out! Come back on Monday and I'll explain how I made the gingham.

My last project is something that I've wanted to create for a long time but just never took the time to get it done. This was just the push I needed to try it out. The results are an ice cream cone necklace! I'll explain the how to's for this on Monday too! It's not hard though and my girls are now fighting over this! They all want one!

I hope that I have given you some ideas for this great new stamp set! It has been lots of fun to play with and I think I still have a few more ideas to create! Stay tuned to see more!

The next blog on the list is Debra's Heartfelt Inkspiration, where she used the Fashionable Hearts Embosslits die to create her projects. She really has some out of the box ideas with these cute little hearts!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

Singin' the Blues

 This is the other card that we made at my workshop. This card was so much fun to create and I got a lot of WOW's with the heat embossing. The words are embossing with silver embossing powder. I also had a lady book a workshop so she could earn the Big Shot at half price! She loved the dry embossing that you can create with the embossing folders.

 Stamps: The Sounding Joy

Ink: Bashful Blue, VersaMark

Cardstock: Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Whisper White

Accessories: Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, 

Bashful Blue satin ribbon, silver embossing powder

I have some dates available for December if you would like to make this card with your friends and family! Email or call and we will get your workshop on the calendar!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

Fall Workshop Card

I recently had the privilege to do a workshop with a friend of mine. This is one of the cards that we created at her workshop. This card is a Z-fold card and uses the stamp set Gently Falling and Spice Cake DSP. This was a fun card to create. We Rock n Rolled the solid image of the leaf with More Mustard and Cajun Craze and over stamped with Early Espresso.

Stamps: Gently Falling, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso

Cardstock: Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Spice Cake DSP, Pool Party ribbon

Do you want to make a beautiful card like this? Well, let's book a workshop so you and your friends and family can! It will be lots of fun!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

Ornaments

These are some more projects from my Gift-ables class. The first ornament is my version of the ornament in the Holiday Mini. I have received several questions on how to create this ornament. The trick is to start with a square and roll it. Most guesses were starting with a triangle. It really didn't take that long to create this but it really has a WOW factor to it!

 Paper: Holly Berry Bouquet DSP, Very Vanilla cardstock

Accessories: Boho Blossoms punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Regal brads,

Tombo liquid adhesive, Early Espresso 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Crop-a-dile

This other ornament is even easier to create with the Simply Scored board. Score your paper every 1/2" or 1/4" and then accordion fold. I believe I had to use two strips of paper for both of the lollies in this ornament. The strips were 12" long. You can make your lollies different sizes depending on the width of the paper that you chose to use. They are lots of fun and super easy to create!

Stamps: Perfect Punches

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi

Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Holly Berry Bouquet DSP, Eyelet border punch, Scallop Circle punch,

1 3/8" circle punch, Tombo Adhesive, Mica flakes, 2 1/2" circle punch, Cherry Cobbler quilted ribbon

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley

Giftables Class

I just had a class where we made some small gifts to give for Christmas. This loaf pan is a quarter of a regular loaf pan. We tied a ribbon around it and made a cute little tag for it. All my class attendees had to do was make some bread and bake it! What a fun gift to give to a teacher or neighbor or someone you want to give a little something.

 Stamps: Snow Much Fun, Tiny Tags

Cardstock: Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Ink: Black Stazon, Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, Crop-a-dile

, Jewelry Tag punch, Pink Pirouette strip ribbon, Marina Mist 1/8" taffeta ribbon

Another little gift that we made was this notebook. I love having these notebooks around! They are so easy to carry with you and keep track of all those things that you need to know. We adhered Mocha Morning DSP to the cover of the notebook. Adhere the lace ribbon. Cut out some flowers and crunch them up. Smooth them out and adhere together with an Antique brad and onto the notebook. Stamp and punch the sentiment and Voila! You have a cute little gift that anyone can use!

Stamps: Perfect Punches

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Ink: Early Espresso

Accessories: Mocha Morning DSP, Curly Label punch, Curly label window,

Fun Flowers die, Antique brads, Victoria crochet trim, dimensionals

Watch for the other projects from this class tomorrow!

Happy Stampin'!

Shelley