Ink and Share Blog Hop Mini Treat Bag

April 28, 2018April 29, 201822 Comments

Welcome to our Ink and Share Blog Hop featuring projects made with Stampin’ Up! products designed by fellow Stampin’ Up! Independent Demonstrators. This hop spotlights the Occasions catalog. If you are hopping around, you have arrived from Kirsten’s blog and her fabulous project. My hop design is below.

I decided to use the Painted with Love Specialty designer series paper (dsp) to create a party favor using the mini treat bag thinlets. The heavy weight dsp make it a good option to create 3-D items.

Close up of the belly band and the fab rich razzleberry heart and “enjoy” accents that were cut using the mini treat bag thinlet set. The gold foil strip is 1 inch wide cut from our 12×12 inch gold foil sheets. See the next photo for an economy gold foil bow tip.

There are gold accents on the opposite side of the polka dot print dsp that I used to decorate the narrow note card. I positioned the bow thinlet over the gold foil. Then realized I could cover up the bow hole with a rich razzleberry heart. No one will know but you and me:)

The Painted with Love dsp and the narrow note cards and envelopes are on page 19 of the Occasions catalog. A hot chocolate packet nicely fits inside the mini treat bag. I delivered these to staff this week at a senior living community I visit. They were tickled that I took the time to create these and hand deliver them with thanks for making it possible for me to visit the community.

Now click the next image to hop to Linda’s blog to see what Occasions catalog product she is spotlighting.

If you do not already have a demonstrator, all the supplies used in my design can be ordered through my online store here . Please use host code 749G366T if your order is under $150. If it is over $150, do not use the host code so you can redeem all the host rewards.

Super Awesome Stamper Shirley

Links to participating demonstrators in case you get off the hop trail:

Ingrid Heijnen-Hermens

Ginger Rabesa

Kirsten Aitchison

Shirley Merker YOU ARE HERE!

Jacqueline Bobeldijk-Schilder

Scrapbook Sunday Blog Hop Painted with Love Specialty

April 15, 2018April 15, 201821 Comments

I am excited to be a hop stop with the Scrapbooking Sunday crew. Our April theme is pastels. So I looked at my paper stash and found the Painted with Love Specialty designer series paper has powder pink accents. The finely woven powder pink ribbon has a bit of shimmer and is slightly stiff so will be nice and flat on the layout.

The Painted with Love dsp is heavier weight so it will hold up well when cut using the Bold Butterfly framelit.

2 page, 12×12 inch layout…just add photos and journaling!

Tuck a snippet of powder pink finely woven ribbon between 2 hearts cut using the Mini Treat Bag framelit. Mat them with gold foil paper.

A trio of hearts cut using the Wood Crate framelit anchors the bottom right of the layout. The smallest hearts in the upper left and the single hearts are cut using the Support Ribbon framelits.

The supplies used to create this layout plus 12×12 sheets of whisper white cardstock and gold foil paper and powder pink finely woven ribbon.

Thanks for hopping with us! Click the next image below to hop the UK and Jerim Denkin’s stop!

Here is a list of the participating blogs:

1.	Danielle Bennenk – The Netherlands
2.	Tina Riddle
3.	Sharon Dalton – Australia
4.	Tanya Boser- USA
5.	Shirley Merker – USA
6.	Jerim Dickins – UK
7.	Cheryll Miller – Australia
8.	Valérie Perlin – France
9.	melissa Davies – USA
10.	Heike Hülle-Bolze Germany
11.	Dena Albee – USA
12.	Jenny Hall – USA
13.	Jess Brown – UK
14.	Charlet Mallett – USA
15.	Cathy Caines

Hold on to Hope How To

March 25, 2018March 24, 2018Leave a comment

I shared this card in a Spring and Easter blog hop yesterday. Today, I am sharing assembly tips and supplies used.

Rich Razzleberry cardstock cut to 3 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches forms a mat for the 3 x 5 inch Painted with Love dsp. Gold foil sheets cut to 1 x 3 inches and 1 1/2 x 3 inches form mats under the sentiment and cross respectively. A whisper white 1 3/8 inch circle accents the center of the cross.

The butterfly on the banner did now show up well in the above photo. Here is a close up showing that our mini-dimensionals are the perfect size to flutter this butterfly on the banner.

Make one pass through the Big Shot as shown in the photo below. Nest 2 of the crosses towards the bottom of a 3 x 5 1/2 inch Painted with Love Specialty designer series paper. Both crosses will be cut. I opted to assemble them nested as well. The piece of Painted with Love dsp that has the crosses cut from it is used as a layer on the card.

After passing through the Big Shot…

Use the regular sized dimensionals to secure the nested crosses. Use glue dots to secure the powder pink shimmer ribbon and linen thread.

The inside is stamped with the same flower image that was stamped three times on the outside of the card too. A piece of 3 x 5.5 inch whisper white provides space for a personal message.

All the supplies used creating this card.

All of these products can be purchased through my online store here.

Would you like to get these products in your Starter Kit? The stamp set could be 1 of 2 stamp sets you can pick as your additional free stamps when you decide to accept the demonstrator opportunity before Sale-A-Bration ends on March 31st. You decide which 2 stamp sets to add to your starter kit as additional freebies.

What is the demonstrator opportunity? That depends on your goals. Do you want to enjoy reduced prices while building or adding to your stamp stash? Then the demonstrator opportunity is for you. Do you want to share your ideas and designs with others? Then the demonstrator opportunity is for you. Do you want products delivered to your front door? Then the demonstrator opportunity is for you.

Click Contact above to get the conversation started about joining my Super Awesome Stampers team. The demonstrator opportunity can change as your goals change. I’ll support you as you need to. You will enjoy about a card a month in your snail mail box as a perk for being on my team. I am also available to answer any questions you may have or point you on the path to finding the answers yourself.

I am Holding on to Hope there are stampers out there that want to join my team! Is it you?

Super Awesome Stamper Shirley

Ink and Share Blog Hop Hold on to Hope

March 24, 2018March 24, 201825 Comments

Welcome to our Ink and Share Blog Hop featuring projects made with Stampin’ Up! products designed by fellow Stampin’ Up! Independent Demonstrators. If you are hopping around, you have arrived from Kirsten’s blog. My hop design is below.

I am featuring the Hold on to Hope stamp set and framelits to create a hand stamped greeting card. The Painted with Love specialty designer series paper has gold accents so pairs well with blocks of gold foil sheets. I’ll be making several of these so they are ready for mailing as needed.

The dsp also has painted looking stripes of rich razzleberry and powder pink. So the mat is rich razzleberry attached to powder pink cardstock. Linen thread and powder pink shimmer ribbon encase the crosses.

The inside carries over the stamping on the right border with a whisper white liner to write a personal message.

Check back tomorrow for assembly tips. Thanks for hopping with us!

Now click on the Next image below to hop to Joanne’s blog and her fabulous project!

Roll Call for participating demonstrators:

Lisa Kmiec

Sandra Roberts

Ingrid Heijnen-Hermens

Shirley Merker YOU ARE HERE!

Jacqueline Bobeldijk-Schilder

Cindy Mitchell-Clark

Phoebe Borromeo-Carr

With Sympathy CASEing the Blog Hop Design 12

January 22, 2018January 16, 2018Leave a comment

It is nice to have sympathy cards on hand. This time I decided to make a custom card in the recipient’s favorite color, pink. I tried to include as much pink as there was on the swath from the Painted with Love specialty designer series paper. The dsp is the layer between the whisper white and blushing bride cardstock. I used our new mini dimensionals to pop up the whisper white layer to add a little ommph. It was too flat looking without that ommph.

The blushing bride card base looked a little bare so I stamped crosses so the tips could be seen towards the edges of the card. The inside is stamped too so I just need to address and sign the card.

Supplies used…the satin ribbon is retired.

I hope my card helps with the transition time.

This card was CASED from fellow demonstrator Sandy Ward and her Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop entry. I was actually inspired by the inside of her card. You can see her design by clicking here. I helped coordinate this Blog Hop. If you missed it, you can hop along here.

Thanks for stamping with me today,

Super Awesome Stamper Shirley