Let's Make It A Set + Blog Hop

Here we are with another Let's Get Hopping Blog Hop. This month's theme is card sets. Here's my crafty inspiration for you:

For this set I painted an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of photo paper with turquoise blue, white, and gold acrylic paint.

 

Once dry I cut it up into backgrounds. I wish that you could get touch sensation through a computer because you would be amazed how these cards feel. It is like a dreamy thick piece of textured vinyl. It's such a unique hand painted little piece of artwork.

For this card set I used one of my all time favorite stamp sets, Colorful Seasons from Stampin' Up. I love these bold sentiments. Here's a crafty tip: My husband brings me home all these silly little pieces of trinkets and trash that he finds on the floor at work, all the time, and asks if I can use it for something. Most of the time it goes straight into the circular file (shh, don't tell), but those cute little flip flops were one of his finds. I love being able to re-purpose items into my work. I have had these lying around my craft room for about three years waiting for an opportunity.

Honestly, I think I want to frame the "just breathe" card. I don't think I can part with it! Well I hope you enjoyed today's crafty inspiration. Let's "hop" on over to my pal Nina's blog to see what she came up with to share with you today.

 Have a crafty day!
~Sherry

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Let's Make It A Set + Blog Hop

So Very... Blog Hop

The theme for this month's Let's Get Hopping Blog Hop was to use Very Vanilla, instead of white, as your primary card color. I have to admit, I'm not a huge fan. I prefer a darker color such as crumb cake, but I decided I really needed to take this challenge on. So let's take a look at my... second card, I created for this challenge:

After I tossed out my first card I started hunting through my stash. I found a Stampin' Up Memories and More Bundle of Love card pack and realized it was perfect. Often when I get stuck my go to is a Memories and More card pack, half the work is done for you. Memories and More is primarily a ready made scrapbooking card set but, hence the name, they can be used for so much more than that. The Bundle of Love pack was the perfect color combination for this challenge. It was quick and it got the job done. I'm pretty happy with the results. I have a very vanilla base, with a very vanilla layer, and another layer cut from one of the large cards in the pack, and then I used one of the small cards as my sentiment. Ta-done!

Here's your crafty tip: One of the reasons I don't use Very Vanilla much, and particularly as a card base, is because it is too thin. Stampin' Up does sell a Very Vanilla Thick card stock now but I didn't have any on hand. No need to worry, all you have to do is layer layer layer. On this card I have four layers on top and two more on the bottom inside. The layers provided a sturdy, quality, card base like I'm accustomed to.

Let's hop on over to my pal Eimaer's blog to see what she came up with.

Enjoy the hop!
~Sherry

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So Very... Blog Hop

Window Box Bunny + Blog Hop

Oh My Cuteness! I can't stand it. I have been waiting weeks for this blog hop so I could share my crafty project with everyone. I created some Easter decor for this month's Let's Get Hopping blog hop.  Here's the money shot:

Do you know how hard it is to take a good photo of a bunny butt? He was just so darn cute though. I used the Window Box Thinlits for this first box.

My ears and feet were cut from felt with the smallest oval in the Stitched Shapes Framelits. For the feet I cut four ovals all together. I stitched two together to make one foot and stuffed it with, well, a piece of swiffer duster because it just so happened to be sitting on my desk. But hey, it worked. You could use anything. I just didn't want them to be completely flat.

For the pads of his feet (again it's felt) I used the heart from the Support Ribbon Framelits and for the toes it was the little raindrops from the Umbrella Weather Framelits. I attached these on with Aleene's Fabric Fusion. Easy peasy, you get enough play time to get his toes into the right position.

His "wittle" bum is a 3 inch white pom pom and the tail is a 1.5 inch pom pom that I trimmed down until it got to the size I liked. I hot glued the tail, feet, and ears to the "body". The trimmings I took off the tail I actually used on his feet so that they blended in with the "fur". And look Ma, he's just as cute in the Berry Basket.

Here is the supply list:

• Container - I used both the Window Box Thinlits and the Berry Basket
• Cardstock 
• Easter Grass
• White and Pink Felt
• Stitched Shapes Framelits
• Support Ribbon Framelits
• Umbrella Weather Framelits
• Aleene's Fabric Fusion
• 3 inch Pom Pom
• 1.5 inch Pom Pom
• Hot Glue Gun

Now why don't we "hop" on over to see what my pal Verity made. I can't wait to check out everybody else's projects.

I hope you "wuv" him as much as I do!
~Sherry

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Window Box Bunny + Blog Hop

Using Up Your Paper Scraps + Let's Get Hopping Blog Hop

Welcome! I'm so glad you joined us for the Let's Get Hopping blog hop! Today's blog theme is how to be thrifty, and nifty, and use up your stash of paper scraps.

If you are like me, you find it excruciating to throw away your paper scraps. I'm always on the look out for ways to use them. A while back I made this card set and had some leftover scraps, I just knew I would find a use for them. The first thing I did was take a piece of the scrap designer paper to make the matching pen for this set:

Then I came up with a way to use up those fabulous pieces of cardstock, I loved how awesome this card turned out:

You can also use some odd pieces of designer paper to make 3x3 cards. Here I used the Quilt Builder Framelits, and on the mini pizza box you can see I even used the leftover outline you get from that die set:

 

When I get down to the nitty gritty, I like to use them for making gift tags. On the bigger ones I used the oval tag die from the Window Box Thinlits to cut one layer of scrap white cardstock and one layer of scrap Christmas designer paper and adhered them together. I used the tag die from Bouquet Bunch Framelits for the smaller ones. I think that size is going to use up a lot of otherwise unusable scrap pieces, and not only would they be super cute on a bouquet card but I think they will be perfect for price tags on some of my smaller craft fair items. 

Now the only question is, what do I do with these pesky little buggers still hanging around? 

 I hope you enjoyed my tips, now hop on over to Eimear's blog for even more awesomeness:

Happy crafting!

-Sherry

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Using Up Your Paper Scraps + Let's Get Hopping Blog Hop