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Sunday, September 11

I HAVE BLOG CANDY WINNERS!!

I used Random.org to find out who wins the blog candy from our blog hop this past week.

The first winner is CHRISTINA W. She wins the packet of designer papers, buttons, brads and ribbons.

Our grand prize winner is CARRIE K. She wins the same as above PLUS a Stampin' Up! stamp set.

Congrats to these ladies and thanks again to EVERYONE who visited my blog and left such wonderful comments.

I had so much fun with our first blog. We are going to do another one in the beginning of October, so don't miss it!!

Inky fingers y'all!!

Friday, September 9

FRIDAY: GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP - LAST DAY OF THE HOP

Thanks to all of you for visiting us on this FUN HOP - I have enjoyed your comments and praises. Thank you very much, I hope you have enjoyed seeing all our projects from both the New Idea Book and Catalog as well as the Holiday Mini Catalog.

If you do not have a current Stampin Up! Demonstrator, please consider letting ME be your Demonstrator and crafting coach. I can mail you a Holiday Mini Catalog to get you started. OR you can easily order from my website 24 hrs a day by clicking on my signature below.

I did some more flags, but for a more mature recipient this time. I used You're a Gem stamp set to stamp "Queen for a Day" words, the Artistic Etchings stamp set for the crowns, and Funky Four stamp set for the poppy parade color flag. The fleur de les is from a retired stamp set.

I used a clear blue plastic cup and filled it with skittles which holds up the straws or the flagpoles. I used the mini pompoms in daffodil delight from an earlier mini catalog to edge the cup. I tied the two stamped tags onto the trim with bakers twine. More mustard card stock is punched with the large tag punch, and the stamped images are punched with the small tag punch. They layer so nicely and make perfect partners to any of your punched items. I really use my punches a LOT, almost on EVERY project. LOVE PUNCHES!

I used the First Edition DSP for this flag and pennant. The penant was cut out with the Pennant Builder Punch. I used pool party card stock and ink, as well as early espresso ink for the stamped image. To tie the flag on pole I used Early espresso 1/8" ribbon. To tie the pennant onto the pole I used linen thread.

I like how bright and cheery the poppy parade ink and card stock is on this flag and pennant. I used 1/8" ribbon in poppy parade to tie the flag to its pole, and linen thread to tie the pennant. I again made "Cheerleader PomPoms" on the top with crimped pieces of card stock and glued them with Tombow Multipurpose glue. Tombow is very tacky and adheres quickly and strongly. Give it a try.

This is the most important flag and pennant in the set, because it tells my friend how I feel about her. Don't you love the Wild Wasabi card stock and ink I used on the First Edition DSP here? My friend is a WILD girl, so the color fits her perfectly!! ha just kidding.

Hope you have enjoyed our blog hop. We plan on doing this again soon. Keep checking in on my blog to find out the date of our NEXT blog hop, won't you?

I will be announcing the winner of my blog candies in the next few days. Stay tuned - if you didn't leave your email address or blog address, the only way you will know if you won is if you check my blog. GOOD LUCK
HINT: blog candy includes a stack of DSP tied up with a ribbon, some buttons, some brads and for the GRAND PRIZE winner (those who visited and commented EVERY DAY) they will get a stamp set as well as the rest of the prize items!!.

Your next stop is Stephanie Lorenz. Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions, please email me and I will get back to you.

INKY FINGERS Y'ALL. Y'all come back now, ya hear?

Thursday, September 8

Thursday: GLITTER QUEEN'S BLOG HOP - DAY FOUR

WELCOME BACK TO THE FOURTH DAY OF OUR GLITTER QUEEN'S BLOG HOP. We have had so much fun working together as a team to put this blog hop on for YOU. We are members of Dawn Griffith's GLITTER QUEENS and we are glad you are visiting our blog hop. WE LOVE TO STAMP!!

Isn't this awesome that the Pennant Parade stamp set can be used to make CHRISTMAS TREES!! HOW VERSATILE IS THAT??!! I stamped 3 of the pennants and 3 tree bases, then I also stamped one more pennant and popped it up on dimensionals in the middle. The star is also on a dimensional after I punched it out with the 1/2" Circle Punch. I used some Letters to Santa Christmas DSP for the card base front, then Brushed Gold card stock, and on top of that a layer of cherry cobbler card stock. I used whisper white card stock for the layer I stamped on.

For BLING (DON'T WE LOVE BLING!!) I used cherry cobbler dry embossing powder on the tree bases and heated it with my heat embossing tool. (all in the IBC) I wish it showed up in the photo. It is really pretty in real live! And - wait for it - BASIC PEARLS on the middle tree. On the sheets of basic pearls, there are some small ones all in a row that are on one long strip of sticky strip. I used those and put them on the tree where the design showed the lights to be and TAH DAH - PURE AWESOMENESS.

(Sorry for the bad lighting in this one) I forgot to mention that I punched out the stamped star first with the circle punch that comes in the set of three punches called Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack That circle is a little smaller than the 1/2" circle punch which I then used to punch out the brushed gold card stock and layer behind the star.

I forgot to mention one more thing - I used the Cherry Cobbler 1/8" ribbon with the white edges and just tied a knot. My card itself is pear pizzazz card stock so it is that color on the inside.

Your next stop is Stephanie Lorenz. If you get lost, we have all the participants posted at the end of each post.

Blog Hop Order:

Tracy Bradley
Eileen Cassisi
Anji Clements
Candice Crawford
Tamara Gadbury
Cely Havens
Jennifer Kay (ME)
Stephanie Lorenz
Bridgett Owens
Joan Robertson
Dee Slater
Deidra Williamson
Gina Wrona

Don't forget to leave a comment and become a follower to be eligible for the FREE BLOG CANDY I am giving away!!

BLOG CANDY HINT: In addition to the stack of DSP all tied up with a ribbon, I also have some ribbon, some buttons, some brads and... (find out tomorrow)

Inky Fingers y'all!@! SEE YOU TOMORROW

Wednesday, September 7

Wednesday: GLITTER QUEEN'S BLOG HOP - DAY THREE

ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?

HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING OUR BLOG HOP. IF YOU HAVE MISSED ANY DAYS OF MY PROJECTS, JUST CLICK ON "OLDER POSTS" AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE AND YOU CAN SEE ALL MY PREVIOUS PROJECTS.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments you have left me. I sincerely appreciate them and am glad you like my projects.

I am featuring the Pennant Parade Stamp Set as well as the Pennants Builder Punch from Stampin' Up! all week. Today I have a Halloween card and a 3-D fun item.

I used the Mini Milk Carton Die and my wonderful BIG SHOT from Stampin' Up! (both are in the big IBC) LOVE MY BIG SHOT. You absolutely MUST get one - you can do so much with it - like cut 80 different materials with it. So the cute little SPOOKY carton comes cut and scored when it is run it through the Big Shot.

I used Halloween Fright DSP as a border on both the mini carton and my card. Also used the PENNANT BUILDER PUNCH and stamped from the Wicked Cool Stamp Set the words HAVE A WICKED HALLOWEEN. Cute, huh? I added some strips of the DSP to look like ties on the pennant, as well the flags I put into the mouth of the carton "full of candy". Pixie Sticks hold the the Pennants punched out, as well as crimped card stock foofoo (kind of like Cheer Leader Pompoms) at the top for decoration and it will be a winning treat for someone sweet.

For the card I stamped the spider web and the word SPOOKY from the same Wicked Cool stamp set, layered it with basic black card stock and lucky limeade card stock for the card base. I then used CRYSTAL EFFECTS on the word and it makes it look like it has a plastic bubble on it or a puffy shiney effect. When the Crystal Effects (IBC) dries it is shiney and dimensional. I punched out the spider from the paper and used some old olive retired ribbon on the side.

Here is a closeup of the mini milk carton with the yummy candy in it. Isn't it spooky and fun all at the same time? I used a mini clip to keep the top closed and put a 1/2" circle punched spider on that as well. FUN FUN FUN

Here you can see my SPOOKY card up close. I also put a drop of the Crystal Effects on the body of the punched out spider to give it dimension. CREEPY and FUN. ha ha

Your next blog to hop to is Stephanie Lorenz. Don't forget to leave a comment AND become a follower of my blog to be eligible for my FREE BLOG CANDY before you go!! (HINT of blog candy: Many fun designer papers in a nice stack all tied with a ribbon is PART of the candy).

Our hop order:

Jennifer Kay (ME)

DON'T FORGET TO BECOME A FOLLOWER AND LEAVE A COMMENT TO BE IN THE DRAWING TO WIN FREE BLOG CANDY.

Thanks for stopping and hopping WITH ME.

Inky Fingers Y'all. SEE YOU TOMORROW.

Tuesday, September 6

Tuesday: DAY TWO - GLITTER QUEEN'S BLOG HOP

HELLO, HOW DID YOU LIKE OUR BLOG HOP YESTERDAY? We have lots of fun stuff today for you as well!!

I am spotlighting all week the Pennant Parade stamp set with the Pennant Builder Punch. I LOVE THEM. They are so cute and I have had fun with them making all these projects.

My projects for today are from my daughter and I stamping together trying to come up with fun things for YOU:

Above we made the banners HAPPY and DAY. We created a flag and glued it to wooden skeweres. The pennants were sewn to a fun ribbon before attaching it in front of the newsprint banner. At the top we crimped some cardstock and glued it with Tombow Multipurpose Glue for a topper. Kind of like a cheer leader's pompom, right? Rah, Rah, Rah!!

You can see both words on this pennant banner. Again the pennants were decorated with punched out letters to spell BIRTH DAY. The pennants were sewn by machine onto a fun ribbon before being glued onto the wooden skewer. Besides the rah rah pompom deco on top, we added a large pearl topper.

Here we made a HELLO banner with wide ribbon flowing from the deco straw. We also used the little decorative stamp from the Pennant Parade Stamp set - looks like it could be a snowflake, a flower or just an accent. It could be a pixie stick if you wanted to do that - wouldn't that be cute for a child or for anyone? After we took the photos, we realized we needed to sponge some ink around the edge of the newsprint DSP to give it some depth, which we did but forgot to take another photo. We were just talking and laughing and having too much fun, I guess!! I hope you can imagine how cute it looked with the shadow of colorful blue ink all around the edge of the decorator paper.

We also made a WELCOME banner to use as a decoration with some home made goodies like cookies or cupcakes to take to a new neighbor, a new teacher, or a new member of your church. We used some designer series paper for the large flag, and the pennants were made from solid card stock again sewn onto ribbon by machine.

Don't forget to BECOME A FOLLOWER AND LEAVE A COMMENT to be entered into the drawing for BLOG CANDY.

Your next blog to hop to is Stephanie Lorenz

Order of our hop:

Dawn Griffith (our fearless leader!!)
Tracy Bradley
Eileen Cassisi
Anji Clements
Candice Crawford
Tamara Gadbury
Cely Havens
Jennifer Kay (ME)
Stephanie Lorenz
Bridgett Owens
Joan Robertson
Dee Slater
Deidra Williamson
Gina Wrona

Don't forget to leave a comment and become a follower to be eligible for the FREE BLOG CANDY I am giving away!!

Inky fingers y'all. SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR ANOTHER FUN PROJECT.

Sunday, September 4

WELCOME TO OUR FIRST EVER GLITTER QUEEN'S BLOG HOP - DAY ONE

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH: Welcome to our first ever GLITTER QUEEN'S BLOG HOP. We are some of Dawn Griffith's team of demonstrators and we LOVE STAMPIN UP. (I am posting a few hrs early because of scheduling conflicts, but all demos in the hop will have their items posted on Monday)

We hope you enjoy our fun blog hop. It will be up this whole week - Sept 5th until Sept 9th. Please come back to visit my blog EVERY DAY - I WILL HAVE NEW PROJECTS POSTED FOR YOU EVERY DAY OF THIS HOP FEATURING THE PETITE PENNANTS STAMP SET AND PENNANTS PUNCH..

ALSO, I have blog candy available for you. What is blog candy? It is non-sugar, no calories FUN STUFF THAT IS FREE FOR YOU, OUR VIEWERS. All you have to do is become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment at the end of this post. When the hop is finished, I will randomly choose the winners and contact you to tell you what fun prizes you have won. PLEASE VISIT AND LEAVE COMMENTS EVERY DAY SO THAT YOU HAVE MORE CHANCES TO WIN. I EVEN HAVE A GRAND PRIZE FOR THOSE WHO VISIT EVERY DAY AND LEAVE A COMMENT EVERY DAY. How fun is FREE??!! we love free, don't we??!!

On to the hop: My first entry is my BONJOUR card. I felt like I should say HELLO and WELCOME to my blog. What a fun way to say hello with BONJOUR. I ordered the Hello Friend stamp set in French so that I could have it say BONJOUR on my cards. Many of our stamps come in both French and Spanish, as well as in English. Isn't that great!!

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I used the wonderful new in-color pool party card stock, the new Spice Cake designer series paper in our HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG for the banners, and crumb cake and soft suede card stock (from the Idea Book & Catalog or IBC) as well. I used my sewing machine to sew the Petite Pennants to the 1/8" very vanilla ribbon (IBC) and two mini gold brads (IBC) to attach the banner. (The pennants are punched out with the Pennant Builder Punch (IBC). The other brown stitching is actually done with my mat pack (IBC) and then a soft suede marker to make it look like the thread.

See how well the designer paper and the card stock go together? Don't you LOVE how all Stampin' Up! items coordinate so well? I SURE DO.

Don't forget to leave a comment at the end of this post to get in the drawing for FREE BLOG CANDY.

You probably arrived here from Cely Havens' blog. Your next stop is Stephanie Lorenz .

Here is the list of hoppers.

Dawn Griffith (our manager)