CRAFTY CUPCAKES JANUARY 2018 BLOG HOP

Welcome to the Crafty Cupcakes Team Stampin' Up! Blog Hop for January 2018. Each month members of the Team take part in our Team Blog Hop to share with you our cards and projects made using the fabulous Stampin' Up! products. You are currently visiting Jenny Dowding and below you will see the full list of everyone taking part. To move to the next blog just click the name after mine in the list. This month our theme is "Sale-A-Bration"

Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration runs from 3rd Jan to 31st March 2108 and during this time when you purchase products from a Stampin' Up! Demo like myself, to the value of £45, you will be able to chose 1 FREE product from our Brand New Sale-A-Bration catalogue. If you spend £90 you will be able to chose 2 FREE products from the catalogue. To give you an idea of what free products are available, we have all made our blogs using FREE SAB products. 

This card is made using the "Amazing You" stamp set and coloured using the new "Stampin' Blends" 
alcohol markers

 Thank you for visiting my blog today. 

The Team have worked really hard on our Blog Hop to bring you a variety of creativity and inspiration. Make sure you click the next name on the list to carry on through the Hop.

Thank you once again for visiting my blog and taking part in our blog hop, there are so many amazing ideas and inspiration you don't want to miss so make sure you carry on hopping through the list. Remember that currently you are at my blog (enter name) so check the Blog Hop line up list above to see who is next.

Happy Stampin'

Jenny

Product List

Amazing You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147215] £0.00	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] £7.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] £8.25	Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock [119981] £7.25
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad [126950] £6.00	Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144602] £8.00	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983] £6.00	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144045] £8.00
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982] £6.00	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144605] £8.00	Pool Party 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon [144152] £6.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171] £6.00
Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144600] £8.00	Old Olive 3/8" Mini Chevron Ribbon [144196] £6.25	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] £32.00

Stampin' Up! Weekend Post -

Hello Stampers

This weekend I have a very simple card for you that will surprise you.
We are stamping a Dandelion card using 2 teeny tiny stamps from the Stampin' Up (SU) Balloon Celebration stamp Set

To make this card I have used Stampin' Up! cardstock in Pool Party and Whisper White, see below for card recipe. I cut out all the cardstock first and then did the stamping. First I used the larger seed head stamp to make the backdground, making the inked area larger at the bottom of the sheet as below

Then I stamped the dandelion head, starting in its centre with the smaller stamp and making a circle 2-3 stamp layers deep. Then taking the larger seed head stamp I stamped the outside layer larger and the 2 falling seeds. Try to keep the stamping open because it looks better not too close.

I added some Pool Party Solid Baker's Twine in a fan design to the top layer and attached it down to the back with glue dots
Once complete, I put the layers together

With the sentiment - I tried and tried but did not like it anywhere on the front so I have put it inside the card on the insert, along with a few more seeds

I really like the completed card and have made it in several colours. These are the products I used making the card. I put ribbon on a previous card but I prefer the bakers twine.

Card Recipe:-

SU Pool Party Cardstock 1/2 A 4 sheet scored and folded in  1/2 and 3 1/2 x 4 3/4" and 1" wide scrap for sentiment 

SU Whisper White Cardstock - 2 x 5 5/8" x 3 7/8 " and 1 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/4" and 1" scrap for sentiment

SU Balloon Celebration Stamp Set

SU Solid Pool Party Bakers Twine

SU Ink pad Pool Party 

SU Sponge dauber - to scruff the matt edges

Sentiment from the stamp set

I hope you have a go at making this card. The most surprising thing for me was that I had these little stamps and never noticed what they could do.

Happ Stamping'

Jenny  

Product List

Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] £7.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982] £6.00	Pool Party Solid Baker’S Twine [144353] £2.75
Balloon Celebration Photopolymer Stamp Set [140675] £23.00		Sponge Daubers [133773] £4.50	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] £3.75