DAY 3 - GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP

HEY STAMPERS, ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?  WOW, I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH MY FELLOW GLITTER QUEENS AND THEIR CREATIVITY, AREN'T YOU?  AWESOME PROJECTS GALS!!

BEFORE I SHOW YOU MY CREATIONS FOR TODAY, I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT A NEW PILOT PROGRAM FROM STAMPIN' UP!  CALLED SINGLE STAMPS. WE CAN PURCHASE SINGLE STAMPS FROM 3 STAMP SETS BELOW:

• Word Play
• Perfectly Penned
• Seasonal Sayings 

Single Stamps will be available right now until January 2, 2013 

Things to know :

THESE SINGLE IMAGES WILL BE IN CLEAR MOUNT ONLY AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CLEAR BLOCK.

IMAGES WILL BE DELIVERED IN CLEAR CELLO BAGS, NOT IN OUR TYPICAL PACKAGING.

THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO HOW MANY SINGLE STAMPS YOU CAN PURCHASE.

PLEASE USE THE SPECIAL ITEM NUMBERS LOCATED ON EACH FLYER BELOW FOR THE IMAGES YOU WANT TO ORDER.  

Word Play flyer HERE 

Perfectly Penned flyer HERE

Seasonal Sayings  flyer HERE

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NOW ON TO MY CREATIONS FOR THE BLOG HOP:

TODAY I HAVE SOME CHRISTMAS FUN FOR YOU.  I KNOW IT IS EARLY, BUT IT IS NEVER TOO EARLY TO START PREPARING, THAT'S FOR SURE.

 FIRST LET ME SAY THAT I AM LOVING THE NEW GUMBALL GREEN "IN COLOR".  IT IS BRIGHT AND SUCH A SATURATED COLOR.  IT GOES PERFECTLY WITH MY CHERRY COBBLER, DON'T YOU THINK?  THIS CARD WAS CREATED AFTER SEEING A SIMILAR ONE FROM MARY FISH.  THANKS MARY FOR THE IDEA.

 I MADE THESE FOR A CARD SWAP WITH MY DOWNLINE AND FRIENDS.  IT WAS FUN TO DO THE SWAP AND I GOT SOME AWESOME CARDS BACK THAT I WILL SHOW YOU IN ANOTHER POST LATER ON.  THE STAMP SET IS "CHOCK FULL OF CHEER" AND THE DESIGNER PAPER IS" BE OF GOOD CHEER."  BOTH ARE FABULOUS AND IN THE CURRENT HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG.

I USED CHERRY COBBLER, GUMBALL GREEN AND WHISPER WHITE CARD STOCK AND INK.  I USED MY MITTEN PUNCH AND PUT THEM ON DIMENSIONALS, ADDED TOMBOW MULTI-GLUE AND DAZZLING DIAMONDS ON THEM FOR PRETTINESS.  AND I ADDED THE STITCHED GUMBALL GREEN RIBBON HERE, TIED IN A KNOT.  I LOVE HOW SOFT AND EASY TO USE THIS RIBBON IS.

I WOULD LOVE A PAIR OF THESE CUTE MITTENS FOR REAL, WOULDN'T YOU??  DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR MITTENS FROM WHEN YOU WERE SMALL?  I DO, MY AUNTIE ANN GAVE THEM TO ME FOR CHRISTMAS ONE YEAR AND I LOVED THEM.  THEY WERE ALL STITCHED AND PRETTY.  I BELIEVE THEY HAD MOHAIR ON THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE THE FLUFFIEST AND SOFTEST MITTENS I HAD EVER HAD.

HERE IS A CLOSEUP OF THE MITTENS SO YOU CAN SEE MY DAZZLING DIAMONDS GIVING THE MITTENS THE "CUTENESS" FACTOR.  

 AND I DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET TO MENTION THE 3 BRADS TO GIVE IT THE FINAL TOUCH.  ON SOME OF THE CARDS, I USED TOMBOW AND ADDED SOME DAZZLING DIAMONDS.  THEY LOOK LIKE LITTLE GUMDROPS WITH THAT SPARKLE ON THEM.  THIS ONE DOES NOT HAVE IT ON IT.  I JUST COULDN'T DECIDE IF I LIKED IT ON THIS CARD OR NOT, SO I DID SOME WITH AND SOME WITHOUT.

MY OTHER CARD I DID FOR THE SHARE (WE SHARED TWO DIFFERENT CARDS) IS A CUTE SNOWMAN CARD:

 I REALLY REALLY LIKE THIS CARD, DON'T YOU?  I EMBOSSED WITH THE SNOW FLURRIES EF ON WHITE, THE LAYER BEHIND IT IS BASIC BLACK AND THE CARD BASE IS RED.

 IT WAS SO FUN TO SEE 7 SNOWMEN ACROSS MY TABLE AS I WAS ASSEMBLING THEM. I USED EITHER RED OR GREEN BUTTONS WITH A PIECE OF CARD STOCK IN THE HOLES TO LOOK LIKE SEWING.  I USED THE "BE OF GOOD CHEER" DESIGNER PAPER FROM THE NEW HOLIDAY CATALOG FOR THE TWO STRIPS.

 I WATER COLORED THE SNOWMAN WITH THE AQUA MARKER AND INK.  I HEAT EMBOSSED HIS NOSE AND THE SPOTS ON HIS SCARF WITH EMBOSSING POWDERS.  I THEN USED A CRAYON TO COLOR THE SNOWMAN WHITE.

HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE INSIDE SENTIMENT CUTE WITH THE DECORATIVE LABEL DIE.

HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY PROJECTS. DON'T FORGET TO SCROLL DOWN AND LEAVE A COMMENT FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN BLOG CANDY!!

OUR BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Dawn

Dee               

Jan              

Bridgett        

Jennifer    (THAT'S ME)  
Judy    

Ronnel        

             TO GO TO JUDY NEXT, CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW:

IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS BLOG, CLICK BELOW::

NOW THE BLOG CANDY RULES:

1.  BE A PUBLIC FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG AND LEAVE ME A COMMENT TELLING ME YOU ARE. (ONLY NEED TO TELL ME ONE TIME THIS WEEK.)

2.  LEAVE ME A COMMENT ANSWERING MY QUESTION ABOVE AS WELL AS LEAVING ME A LITTLE "LOVE" ABOUT MY CARDS.

3.  VISIT AND LEAVE A COMMENT ON ALL FIVE POSTS FOR THE HOP THIS WEEK.

THAT'S IT!!  THEN I WILL PUT EVERYONE'S NAME INTO THE RANDOM PICKER AND WE WILL HAVE A WINNER.

HERE'S TO INKY FINGERS!!  SEE YOU TOMORROW.

DAY TWO - GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP

DID YOU ENJOY ALL OUR PROJECTS FROM YESTERDAY?  I GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS FROM MY FELLOW GLITTER QUEENS!!

TODAY I HAVE SOME MORE HALLOWEEN IDEAS FOR YOU.  TAKE A LOOK AT THIS:

ISN'T THIS JACK-O-LANTERN ADORABLE??!!  THIS IS FROM THE" GOT TREATS" STAMP SET.  I HAVE A LOT GOING ON BUT IT IS ALL PRETTY SIMPLE.  FIRST, MY CARD BASE IS PUMPKIN PIE.  THEN A LAYER OF BASIC BLACK TOPPED WITH SOME DESIGNER PAPER IN PUMPKIN PIE.  A SMALL LAYER OF DESIGNER PAPER PUMPKINS AT THE BOTTOM FINISHES OFF THE LAYERS.

THE BLACK DOILY LAYER BEHIND MY JACK IS FROM THE PENNANT DIE FOR THE BIG SHOT.  LOVE IT!!  AND I USED THE SCALLOP CIRCLE PUNCH TO PUNCH OUT JACK AFTER I STAMPED HIM IN PUMPKIN PIE.  I COLORED IN HIS EYES WITH MY BLACK MARKER.  I WANTED TO USE MY BLACK RHINESTONES BUT COULD NOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIND THEM.  BUT THIS WORKS JUST FINE.

MY BANNER WAS MADE ON WHISPER WHITE AS I STAMPED THE SENTIMENT "GOT TREATS?" 3 TIMES IN A ROW.  I SNIPPED THE ENDS TO BE BANNER-ISH (IS THAT A WORD?) AND USED GLUE DOTS AT BEGINNING AND END TO HAVE IT FLAP IN THE BREEZE, SO TO SPEAK.  I ROUGHLY TREATED THE EDGES OF THE BANNER WITH SOME PUMPKIN PIE INK.

NEXT ARE TWO CUTE TREAT CONTAINERS FOR SOME FRIENDS. 

 I USED MY LARGE SCALLOP CIRCLE DIE FOR MY BIG SHOT.  THIS IS A 3 1/2 INCH CIRCLE, I BELIEVE.  IT IS BIG THAT MUCH I KNOW.  I CUT 8 SCALLOPS STRAIGHT OFF THE BOTTOM SO IT WOULD STAND FLAT.

THEN I AGAIN USED THE "GOT TREATS?" STAMP SET AND STAMPED THE LARGER SENTIMENT FOR THIS PROJECT.  I USED PUMPKIN PIE SATIN RIBBON TOPPED WITH 1/8 INCH BLACK RIBBON ON TOP.  I PUNCHED HOLES WITH MY CROP-A-DILE AND TIED A KNOT INSIDE WITH THE RIBBON TO MAKE THE HANDLES.  I USED GLUE DOTS TO KEEP THE TWO RIBBONS TOGETHER.

HERE IS THE SAME TREAT CARRIER IN A DIFFERENT DESIGNER PAPER.  THIS IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE PAPER FROM LAST YEAR.  I STILL HAVE A FEW SHEETS LEFT THAT I AM HOARDING BECAUSE I CAN'T BEAR TO THINK IT WILL BE GONE FOREVER!!

THE INSIDE WHERE YOU PUT THE CANDY IS JUST A SIMPLE SKINNY BOX  SCORED AND THEN GLUED TO THE TWO LARGE CIRCLE SCALLOPS.

YOU CAN PUT THE RIBBON STRAPS THROUGH EACH OTHER LIKE ABOVE AND IT LOOKS SO CUTE, OR KEEP THEM SEPARATE AS YOU CARRY IT.  DO YOU HAVE A BIG SHOT YET?  IF YES, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DIE.  IF NO, WHY NOT?  IF I OFFERED IT TO YOU AT A DISCOUNT, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED?

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THESE PROJECTS TODAY.

OUR BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Dawn

Dee               

Jan              

Bridgett        

Jennifer    (THAT'S ME) 
Judy     

Ronnel        

             TO GO TO JUDY NEXT, CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW:

IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS BLOG, CLICK BELOW::

NOW THE BLOG CANDY RULES:

1.  BE A PUBLIC FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG AND LEAVE ME A COMMENT TELLING ME YOU ARE. (ONLY NEED TO TELL ME ONE TIME THIS WEEK)

2.  LEAVE ME A COMMENT ANSWERING MY QUESTION ABOVE ABOUT THE BIG SHOT, AS WELL AS LEAVING ME A LITTLE "LOVE" ABOUT MY TREAT PURSE/CONTAINER..

3.  VISIT AND LEAVE A COMMENT ON ALL FIVE POSTS FOR THE HOP THIS WEEK.

THAT'S IT!!  THEN I WILL PUT EVERYONE'S NAME INTO THE RANDOM PICKER AND WE WILL HAVE A WINNER.

HERE'S TO INKY FINGERS!!  SEE YOU TOMORROW.

BLOG HOP DAY 1 ---I AM BATTY FOR HALLOWEEN

HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE GLITTER QUEENS OCTOBER BLOG HOP - DAY ONE.  I AM SO GLAD YOU FOUND US AND I HOPE YOU FIND SOME INSPIRATION AS YOU HOP ALONG.

BEFORE I SHOW YOU MY CREATIONS, I WANT TO MENTION THAT YOU NEED TO READ ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM BECAUSE THERE IS BLOG CANDY AVAILABLE!!

I LOVE THE FALL SEASON AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE HALLOWEEN AND THE FUN PART OF IT.  I DO NOT LIKE THE BLOODY, ICKY PART THAT SOME FOCUS ON.  ICK INDEED.

BUT I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE FALL COLORS!!  THE ORANGES, BURNT REDS, GOLDS, ETC.  AWESOME.

MY FIRST PROJECT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS A BAT TREAT CONTAINER.  I LOVE THE OWL PUNCH AND THAT IS WHAT I USED TO CREATE MY BAT HANGING IN THE MOONLIGHT.

ISN'T THIS LITTLE GUY JUST ADORABLE??!!  I USED CRAFT INK SPONGED AROUND HIS BODY AND WINGS AND THE TOP OF THE BOX.  HIS WINGS ARE 2 OF HIS LITTLE VESTS FROM THE OWL PUNCH AND PART OF IT TUCKED BEHIND HIS BODY.

HERE HE IS IN A CLOSEUP SO YOU CAN SEE HIM VERY WELL.  HIS WHITE MOUTH WAS GOING TO BE WITH MY WHITE PEN, BUT IT WAS TRY.  SO I JUST WIGGLED AND CUT A SMALL PIECE OF WHISPER WHITE CARD STOCK AND BLUED IT ON.  HE IS HANGING ONTO THE BRANCH FROM THE BIRD PUNCH, AND I USED THE 1 3/8 CIRCLE PUNCH IN DAFFODIL DELIGHT AND THEN SPONGED CAJUN CRAZE AND TANGERINE TANGO AROUND THE CIRCLE FOR THE MOON.  S-P-O-O-K-Y AND FUN!!

WHY DOES IT SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY INSTEAD OF HAPPY HALLOWEEN??  WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY IN OUR FAMILY COMING UP AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS A CUTE WAY TO PRESENT A GIFT CARD IN THE BODY OF THE TREAT BOX.  HOWEVER, HAPPY HALLOWEEN DOES COME WITH THIS STAMP SET AS WELL, CALLED WACKY WISHES, A HOSTESS SET YOU CAN PURCHASE WITH YOUR HOSTESS DOLLARS WHEN YOU HOST A WORKSHOP IN YOUR HOME OR YOU ORDER AT LEAST $150 IN PRODUCT FROM ME.  IT IS A NICE SET.

CANDY CORN, CHOCOLATE PIECES LIKE M&Ms, REESES PIECES, OR MINI CHOCOLATE BARS CAN FIT IN THIS CUTE DECORATED BOX.  WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN IT IF IT WERE YOUR GIFT?

OUR BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Dawn

Dee               

Jan              

Bridgett        

Jennifer    (THAT'S ME)   
Judy   

Ronnel        

             TO GO TO JUDY NEXT, CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW:

IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS BLOG, CLICK BELOW::

NOW THE BLOG CANDY RULES:

1.  BE A PUBLIC FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG AND LEAVE ME A COMMENT TELLING ME YOU ARE.

2.  LEAVE ME A COMMENT ANSWERING MY QUESTION ABOVE AS WELL AS LEAVING ME A LITTLE "LOVE" ABOUT MY BATTY TREAT BOX.

3.  VISIT AND LEAVE A COMMENT ON ALL FIVE POSTS FOR THE HOP THIS WEEK.

THAT'S IT!!  THEN I WILL PUT EVERYONE'S NAME INTO THE RANDOM PICKER AND WE WILL HAVE A WINNER.

SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP - OCT 1-5

   GET READY FOR ANOTHER GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP!!  THIS TIME WE HAVE A FIVE DAY HOP WITH NEW ITEMS EVERY DAY.  WE WILL HAVE HALLOWEEN, FALL, THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS ITEMS FEATURED.

I FOUND GEORGE THE BUNNY ON HIS ON BLOG AND COULDN'T HELP BUT POST HIS ADORABLE PHOTO - HOP HOP HOP...GET IT??!!

PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS AS WELL TO COME VISIT OUR SITES.  THERE WILL BE BLOG CANDY, TUTORIALS AND LOTS OF INSPIRATION.

REMEMBER OCTOBER 1-5.   SEE YOU SOON.

GREAT PUMPKIN BLOG HOP WEEK #6

HEY STAMPERS AND BLOGGER FRIENDS,

AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, I GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN POSTS ABOUT STAMPING AND POSTS ABOUT MY QUILTING.  WELL TODAY, I HAVE A POST THAT IS BOTH.  I CREATED A CARD FROM AN APPLIQUE QUILT BLOCK.  HUH??

I CUT A CIRCLE WITH MY BIG SHOT AND THE 3 INCH CIRCLE DIE OUT OF AN ORANGE PRINT DSP, THEN I USED MY SCISSORS AND CUT IT INTO PIECES LIKE I WOULD IF IT WAS FABRIC.  I ARRANGED HOW I WANTED THE PIECES TO BE AND GLUED THEM ON MY CARD. (GLUING SURE IS EASIER THAN SEWING!!)

THIS CARD IS MY OWN ORIGINAL DESIGN:

ISN'T IT CUTE?  IT IS LIKE AN EXPLODED VIEW OF SOMETHING WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS.  I GLUED THE PIECES ONTO ANOTHER PRINT DSP AND THEN ONTO VERY VANILLA CARD STOCK FOR THE CARD BASE.  I ADDED SOME VERY THIN RIBBON AT THE BOTTOM AND MADE A GATHERED BOW.

THIS IS A THANK YOU CARD SO I STAMPED THE LITTLE BANNER AND DIE CUT IT WITH MY BIG SHOT.  LOOOOVE MY BIG SHOT!!

IF YOU DECIDE TO MAKE A CARD LIKE THIS, PLEASE PROVIDE A LINK BACK TO MY BLOG SINCE I DESIGNED THIS CARD MYSELF.  THANK YOU.

NOW IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO POST YOUR HALLOWEEN/FALL CARD FOR THIS BLOG HOP.  YOU COULD WIN THE $50 STAMPIN' UP! GIFT CERTIFICATE JUST BY ENTERING!

TGIF - THANK GOODNESS IT'S FRIDAY!! AND UPCOMING BLOG HOP

HI Y'ALL.  WHAT A WONDERFUL MORNING THIS HAS BEEN.  IT IS OVERCAST SO IT HAS NOT GOTTEN TOO HOT YET HERE IN HOT AND HUMID OL' HOUSTON.  SO I GOT SOME THINGS DONE OUT IN THE GARDEN I WANTED TO DO.  MY SEEDS ARE ALL SPROUTING - YELLOW SQUASH, ZUCCHINI, BANANA PEPPERS, YARD LONG GREEN BEANS.  AND MY JALAPENO PEPPERS HAVE ABOUT 16 LITTLE BITTY PEPPERS JUST STARTING TO GROW ON EACH BUSH.  SO LIVE IS GOOD HERE.  HOW ARE YOU DOING?

I MADE SOME CUTE THINGS FOR MY GRAND DAUGHTER, KAYLEIGH, FOR HER 12TH BIRTHDAY.  IN OUR CHURCH, TURNING 12 IS A VERY BIG DEAL!!  IT IS WHEN THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO GO INTO THE CHILDREN'S CLASSES, BUT ARE NOW YOUNG WOMEN AND YOUNG MEN AND HAVE THEIR OWN CLASSES GEARED TO THEIR AGE.

AMONG OTHER THINGS WHICH I CANNOT SHOW YOU UNTIL SHE RECEIVES THEM TOMORROW, I MADE HER THIS CUTE LITTLE NOTECARD ON A CHAIN.  I USED MY BIG SHOT AND THE FLOWER BIGZ DIE (SEE THE CLEARANCE RACK FOR THE GREAT PRICE ON THIS OF ONLY $7.99!!) AND SOME STIFF CARDBOARD FROM PACKAGING.  I USED DECORATIVE PAPER TO COVER THE CARDBOARD FRONT AND BACK, THEN USED CARD STOCK IN SOME FUN IN COLORS  FOR THE INSIDE NOTES.  HOPE YOU LIKE THIS SIMPLE BUT FUN GIFT.

HERE IS THE FRONT WITH THE DSP ON TOP OF THE THIN CARDBOARD PACKAGING.  I ADDED A CUTE DIE CUT "K" AND A CUTE BUTTON FOR THE FRONT.

 NOW I HAVE IT OPENED SO YOU CAN SEE THE CARDSTOCK NOTES INSIDE THE LITTLE PAD.  ISN'T THIS A CUTE GIFT?  I HAVE TO RUN TO MY CRAFT STORE TO GET THE KEY RING INSTEAD OF THE RIBBON I USED TEMPORARILY.

FOR AN ADULT, THEY CAN CLIP IT TO THEIR PURSE HANDLE OR THEIR KEY RING.  FOR THE CHILDREN, THEY CAN CLIP IT TO THEIR BACKPACK, PURSE OR KEY RING.

I HAVE LINKED IT UP TO THE "MINUTES FOR ME" BLOG LINK AT http://marciascraftysewing.blogspot.com/2012/04/minutes-for-me-linky-party-15-every.html
SEE WHAT ELSE OTHERS HAVE COMPLETED THEMSELVES, OR LINK ONE OF YOUR COMPLETED ITEMS THERE AS WELL!!

WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER GLITTER QUEEN'S BLOG HOP APRIL 25 - 27 TO SHOW YOU SOME MORE FUN AND CRAFTY IDEAS.  COME BACK TO VISIT OFTEN AND ESPECIALLY THEN, OK?

HERE'S TO INKY FINGERS Y'ALL!!

BLOG CANDY WINNER

THROUGH PUTTING ALL THE NAMES ON SLIPS OF PAPER AND THEN STIRRING THEM UP AND PICKING ONE, WE HAVE A WINNER -KRISTIE GOULET, OR MUM OF 4 AS SHE IS SIGNED IN, HAS WON A FUN PACKAGE OF DESIGNER PAPERS, BRADS, RIBBON, BUTTONS AND ANYTHING ELSE I CAN FIT INTO THE ENVELOPE.

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR VISITING MY BLOG DURING THE FUN BLOGHOP.

STAY TUNED NEXT MONTH FOR ANOTHER GLITTER QUEEN'S HOP.  IN THE MEANTIME, VISIT ME NOW AND THEN TO SEE THE NEW ITEMS I HAVE CREATED AND DISPLAYED FOR YOU!!

WE HAVE A WINNER OF THE BLOG CANDY!!!

Hi Y'all,

Using Random.org, I now have a winner of my blog candy from our FUN BLOG HOP last week.  it is KATHY, who said:

Beautiful lollies. But, those gift bags knocked my socks off. Love them! Thanks for sharing this week.


Congratulations Kathy!!  I just need your reply to my email I sent to you and I will get your blog candy out to you.  Enjoy the card kits to make the cards from my BLOG HOP!!


Thanks to EVERYONE for your lovely comments.  I sincerely appreciate knowing you enjoyed my efforts.


Don't forget to keep checking regularly, because we will probably do another blog hop in a few weeks.


In the meantime, visit me to see what new projects I have up my sleeve!!  ha


And to all of you, here's hoping YOU get INKY FINGERS y'all!!

DAY THREE OF THE GLITTER QUEEN BLOG HOP - FALL HOP

ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?  Didn't you just love those cards at Stephanie's blog?  She is so creative.

More fun is awaiting you here at my blog as well.  I have tackled how to make a medallion or "lolly" as our Canadian friends seem to call them.  The pretty folded materials that are the main part of an award ribbon.  What do you call them?  I call them medallions.  My card below has one of those medallions on it for your viewing pleasure.

 Aren't the colors so fun?  I used Perfect Plum card stock for the base and the "lolly", the designer paper is Cast a Spell, and I also used whisper white and pumpkin pie card stock  I also used pumpkin pie satin ribbon, and the scallop oval and scallop circle punches.  Also the circle punch.

 Here is a nice closeup of my Lolly or Medallion.  I used 1 1/2" wide cs, cut across the width of the paper, or 8 1/2 inches, and used two pieces.  I used my Simply Scored tool (LOVE IT) to score every half inch.  Then I adhered the two pieces together with sticky strip so it will hold well, and bring the ends together to form a circle and adhered them the same way.  Then I pushed down on the middle until it all flattened out into this beautiful rosette medallion.  I TRIED EVERY TAPE AND GLUE UNDER THE SUN, I REALLY DID!! Most would not hold, some held but then popped open later and were a sticky mess.  You know what worked for me and is still holding?  HOT GLUE.  I punched a circle of scrap and put hot glue all over it, then put my rosette medallion on top of it and held it down with my fingers until the glue cooled, just a minute or so.  VOILA.  It was stuck permanently.  No need to worry how the back looks, because it was then glued to the card so it does not show.  I used sticky strip for that part.  It doesn't matter what kind of glue you use for the top decorations because they do not have any stress of the folds pulling because those were taken care of by the hot glue on the back.  LOVE THAT HOT GLUE GUN WHEN YOU NEED SOME MUSCLE!!

On the right side of the rosette medallion, I put some sticky strip and then pinched and pleated some ribbon until it was as full as I wanted it to be.  Looks like I gathered and sewed it, but I did not.  I wanted easy after fighting with all those glues to figure out the lolly!!  ha

The Stamp sets I used were:  Scaredy Cat for the BOOOO, Wicked Cool for the witch hat and boots.  I also used markers to color in the details on the hat and boots.

Here it is again for one final look.  Click on the photo for a large photo to get a good look.

Hope you enjoyed this card.  I saw this idea somewhere on the web and forgot to write down whose it was.  If it is your original idea, please let me know so I can give you credit, ok?

Have you tried the wonderful Simply Scored tool yet?  It is precise and so easy to use.  I LOVE how I can do so many things easily and quickly with it.  Here is an idea with these Lollies, medallions or rosettes.  This is from Stampin' Up!, but I am working on my own version.

LOVE the fall colors of the card stock and Spice Cake designer paper.  AND look at the size of those buttons - these are made to go with the Spice Cake suite of paper and cloth.  Also included is the 1 1/2" espresso ribbon, antique designer brads, other buttons and brads.  FUN FUN FUN.

 Here are some smaller lollies/medallions on goodies bags from a recent party.  The First Edition designer paper with black or black and white striped ribbon is such a classic look.  AND we cut out some vinyl monograms for each person who attended.  CUTE CUTE CUTE

Close up of two of the goodie bags with their lollies on them.  Buttons, large pearl buttons, brads, small ribbon rosettes, etc. can be used for the middle of the lollies.

Another Halloween card but this time NO lollies.  I call it my BAT Masterson Symphony.  I took the Newsprint designer paper sheet that has music notes on it and then I  stamped bats where the notes are and heat embossed black embossing powder mixed with irridescent ice embossing powder.  After I was finished with the bats, I sponged Concord Grape, Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade ink on the music script.  It made it look a bit like a Halloween sunset, I think.  It is a fun card for my grandkids.  SPOOKY

One more idea for Halloween - we got some of those little mini pumpkins and decoupaged newsprint all over them.  Then cut out vinyl Halloween characters to stick onto them.  Black and white ribbons on the stems and we had a hit with all those who attended the party. They took them home for favors when the party was ovet/

You NEED this wonderful tool in your craft room too!!  I am offering a special discounted rate of only $24.99 for the SIMPLY SCORED instead of the regular $29.99 - BUT ONLY TODAY AND TOMORROW IF YOU ORDER AT MY STAMPIN' UP! STORE.  So if you are considering purchasing the Simply Scored, order it today by clicking below.  Once Iyou order, contact me by email and I will send you a $5.00 check rebate.  This is a special for my Blog Hop guests.

Thank you for looking at my creations.  I would love to hear from you - won't you leave me a comment?

Also, if you want to be considered for the BLOG CANDY, don't forget to leave a comment AND be a follower of my blog.  Thanks for visiting!!  Inky Fingers Y'all!! Next stop is HAWAII and Cely's blog.