Seashore Stampers Monthly Blog Hop - February

Hello and Welcome to the Seashore Stampers Monthly Blog Hop!

It almost the end of February. We've celebrated Valentine's Day, Family Day and for some of us Lunar New Year. What's next? St Patrick's Day and all things green.

Now for many people, St Patrick's Day is a time of wild celebrating with friends. In most parts of the world that's currently not a thing. Where I am, we are only supposed to be in close proximity of the people we live with. So beyond yet another Zoom, how else can we celebrate? You could send a card and include some green, write a limerick or mention some fun St P's Day facts. Did you know St Patrick was actually born in Britain? Or that the shamrock (seamroy) is considered a sacred plant that signifies spring? Whatever you decide to do, stay safe.

In our home we've celebrated St P's Day every year. When my daughter lived on the other side of the country, for university, I even sent her a boxes full of green things (decorations, food, etc.) But one of the most memorable years was when she was quite little. In addition to leaving gold chocolate coins everywhere, I "vandalized" our kitchen with green silly string. She was probably only 6 or 7 but instead of finding it funny, she was horrified the leprechauns would do such a thing to our home. I felt like a crummy mummy. I can laugh now but at the time not so much. This year it will be a card, with some green and of course, chocolate coins. No silly string. Ever. 

This was a super easy card to make. Start with a Basic White Cardstock base of 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4". Trim another piece of white to 3 3/4" x 5" and run it through your favourite embossing folder. I used the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder. With the Small Bloom Punch, I punched out 3 of each shade of green, Soft Seafoam, Pear Pizazz, Old Olive, Garden Green and Shaded Spruce cardstocks. (This is a great way to use up scraps.) 

I attached the flowers to the embossed piece with Mini Glue Dots. Tip: Start with the two bottom or top outside ones first, then add the middle one. Once you've done the top and bottom horizontal rows, put down the next two horizontal rows WITHOUT adhesive, just to line them up. Then attach the middle row. Save the second from the top & bottom rows for last. Use your Multipurpose Liquid Glue to attach the embossed piece to the card front.

Stamp your greeting on a scrap of white. I used "Have a Lucky Day" from Itty Bitty Greetings in my Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad (because I couldn't find my Shaded Spruce...lol) and cut it out with one of the Smooth Sailing Dies. Finally, for some bling, I added two of the small Gilded Gems.

SALE-A-BRATION (SAB) comes to an end on FEB 28th. For every 60 spend, you get to choose a FREE item from the SAB Catalogue. Just click HERE to go to my shop. Our current Host Code can be found to the right of this post, underneath the image of the catalogue. Please use it on orders under 200, unless you're joining.

Speaking of joining, if your order is around the 100 mark, consider becoming a Member, by joining my team, you'll get five FREE packages of DSP when you join during this SAB.  This is all in addition to getting 165 worth of product of your choice for only 135. There are SO many benefits to joining.
Message me if you want more information 

Be sure to visit the other blogs and we'll see you next Saturday.

Cheers,

Adrienne

 

Meet the Butterfly Bijou Designer Series Paper

 Hello all!

Welcome back to my blog. 

This week my new phone arrived. My old one was getting a little glitchy and wasn't holding a charge. Of course, a new phone means a new case. I always go for clear ones so I can feature one of our lovely Designer Series Papers (DSP) and advertise my business at the same time. I used the lovely new Butterfly Bijou DSP. The hardest part of this project was deciding which sheet of paper to use.

To make your own phone case liner, measure the back of your phone. Cut a piece of DSP to that size. Depending on the brand of case, you may need to trim off a little bit more from the length a/o width to get it to fit. Using the phone case as a stencil, draw out any holes or cut outs you need. Make sure the phone case and DSP are both facing the same direction (good side out or good side down) when you do this. After you've cut everything out, erase any pencil marks. On my old phone, I had to fussy cut out an oval for the rear facing camera. With this one I was able to use one of our Layering Squares Dies - woo hoo! Since I don't plan on using the finger print feature, I didn't punch that area out. Once you have the size down, use a corner rounder, the Detailed Trio Punch, on all the corners. #thatwaseasy

I then added my business info. I did this in Google Docs. If this is the first time you're doing it, there may be some trial and error so print it on plain computer paper first. Once it's the right size and format, do it on your Basic White Cardstock. I used the Stitched Shapes Dies to cut it out.

SALE-A-BRATION (SAB) is only around for 6 more days. For every 60 spend, you get to choose a FREE item from the SAB Catalogue. Just click HERE to go to my shop. Our current Host Code can be found to the right of this post, underneath the image of the catalogue. Please use it on orders under 200, unless you're joining.

Speaking of joining, if your order is around the 100 mark, consider becoming a Member, by joining my team, you'll get five FREE packages of DSP when you join during this SAB.  This is all in addition to getting 165 worth of product of your choice for only 135. There are SO many benefits to joining.

Message me if you want more information.

Cheers,

Adrienne

Hanging Hearts 3D Card

Hello Lovely Creators,

恭喜發財  Welcome to the year of the ox!

Last year at this time I was selling Valentine's cards and treat containers at the Victoria Public Market. If someone told me where we would be now, I probably would have thought they'd been reading too many dystopian novels. Everything in our lives has changed. Last night my daughter and I were talking about it. Although we both have travel fantasies, we miss friend hugs the most - they are the best!

I designed this card last year for a Vancouver Island Demonstrator swap. We were supposed to meet in Nanaimo but couldn't get there because heavy rains flooded the highway. All my swaps wound up and the market and everyone loved this card. I used the From My Heart Bundle. You can use any DSP.

This card folds flat for mailing. I started with a Thick Whisper White Cardstock base measuring 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at the 4 1/4" mark. The first Real Red Cardstock piece measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/2". With the 5 1/4" piece at the top, score each end at 1/2" and 1". Fold the outermost scores towards you and the inner ones away from you. The second Real Red piece is a 3 1/4" square.

With the third largest Layering Circles Die to cut a hole in the middle of your 5 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Real Red. From you 3 1/4" square, punch out your heart with the smooth edged punch (Heart Punch Pack.) With the same punch, punch out the centre of one of the Heart Doilies. These are retired now but I have a few left if you need one. Punch out 6 little Real Red hearts with the Dog Builder Punch . Tip: to save paper, unless you want a pack of little red dogs, which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, just slide the paper in under the heart portion.

Place one end of a metallic or clear thread on a Mini Glue Dot on 3 of the hearts. Put a heart on top of the thread and glue dot and press down. Then with your Take Your Pick Tool, pick it off the glue dot roll. Turn it over and apply another heart to the other side of the glue dot. Cut the thread at about 3" (you can trim it shorter later.) You need to make three little heart sandwiches. Apply 3 Mini Glue Dots to the back of the 3 1/4" square, above the heart space. I put one in the middle and two over the high part of each curve. They were fairly evenly spaced. Keeping your cardstock flat, lay the centre heart of the punched out heart space. Once you have it lined up where you want it, attach the other end of the silver thread to the glue dot on the cardstock. Trim the thread if needed. Repeat for the other two hearts.

With Multipurpose Liquid Glue attach the square and hearts to the centre of the large scored piece of Real Red.

Trim two 3/4" x 5 1/4" pieces of DSP Score them at 1/2" and 1" on each short side. Attach them to the Real Red piece. This will cover up the seam of the real red square that you just attached. And you're done!

My YouTube video is here.

SALE-A-BRATION (SAB) continues for two more weeks! For every 60 spend, you get to choose a FREE item from the SAB Catalogue. Just click HERE to go to my shop. Our current Host Code can be found to the right of this post, underneath the image of the catalogue. Please use it on orders under 200, unless you're joining.

Speaking of joining, if your order is around the 100 mark, consider becoming a Member, by joining my team, you'll get five FREE packages of DSP.  This is all in addition to getting 165 worth of product of your choice for only 135. There are SO many benefits to joining.

Message me if you want more information.

Cheers,
Adrienne

In Bloom - Card

Hello Fabulous Creators, 

This card is the first card I created with the In Bloom Bundle. During Sale-A-Bration, which runs until Feb 28/21, you can get the coordinating stunning, coordinating Paper Blooms Designer Series Paper (DSP) for FREE.

I started with an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Night of Navy Cardstock for the base, scored at 4 1/4". Trim a piece of the DSP to 4" x 5 1/4". For the contrasting piece, I used Rococo Rose Cardstock, and cut it down to 2 3/4" x 4". You need a 1 3/4" x 3" piece of Basic White Cardstock. Also, you'll need some scraps of various coordinating cardstock scraps for the leaves and flowers. I used Night of Navy, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Seaside Spray and Soft Sea Foam Cardstocks.

With your Cut & Emboss Machine, use the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder to emboss your piece of Rococo Rose. Next. with the Pierced Bloom Dies, cut out a selection of leaves and flowers.

Stamp your greeting, from the In Bloom Stamp Set,with Night of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad, on the white piece. Attach the DSP to the card front. Then attach the embossed piece to the front on the card. Next attach the white to the embossed piece. Finally use the Multipurpose Liquid Glue to attach the leaves and some flowers. I used some Stampin' Dimensionals to attach a couple of the flowers. 

Sale-A-Bration (SAB) continues until the end of February. They are while supplies last so order now. My shop is here. For every 60/purchase before s/h & tax, you get to select a FREE item from the SAB catalogue. If your order is under 200, be sure to use this month's host code (shown under the image of the catalogue.) You'll be entered into my monthly draw for a fabulous prize.* Speaking of fabulous, if your order is around the 100 mark, consider joining. You'll get to choose 165 worth of product for only 135, plus there is NO GST or TAX. When you join during SAB, before Feb 28, 2021, you also get 5 packages of DSP as a bonus!

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Cheers,

Adrienne

*In order to comply with Federal Regulations, you must correctly answer a skill testing question before being declared a winner.