July Blog Hop

Hey there! It's time once again for the Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop! The theme this month is America, Canada or Birthday. I hope you enjoy my projects!

In keeping with our themes this month, I made a card that could be used for July 4th or it could be a birthday card or welcome home card for a soldier or veteran.

Stampin' Up Supplies Used:
Stamps: Topsy Turvy Celebration, Blast Off
Paper: Night of Navy, Real Red, Whisper White, Brights DSP stack
Ink: Night of Navy, Real Red (pad and marker), Basic Gray marker
Accessories: Big Shot, Stripes EF, white taffeta ribbon, rhinestones, white gel pen, homemade shimmer spray

Patriotic themed cards are a little bit tricky because we don't have a lot of current products that make stars, but we do have a brand new stamp set (Blast Off) that has a little flag. That is what I used to make the topper for my cake. I drew stripes onto the flag stamp using my Real Red marker and then stamped. I cut out a small square of Night of Navy cardstock for the flag's blue panel and made little white dots for the stars using my white gel pen. Here is a closeup of the flag...

My 3D project could have many different uses. They could be hung for decorations at a birthday party or July 4th barbeque. They could be put on a stick and used as a cake topper or party favor. They could also be used as a bow on top of a wrapped present.

Stampin' Up Supplies Used:
Stamps: None
Paper: Summer Smooches DSP
Ink: None
Accessories: Simply Scored, Simply Scored diagonal plate, In Color brads, Brights buttons, white bakers twine, mat pack, paper piercer

These were very quick and simple to make. I started with 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" squares of DSP (but any size square would work). I made a diagonal score line from corner to opposite corner and then turned the paper 90 degrees and repeated. I then cut along the score lines until I was about one inch from the center. I folded the tips into the center and secured them with a brad that I placed using the paper piercer and mat pack. The first pinwheel also has a button attached to the center using glue dots.

That's all I have to share! I kept my post nice and short so that you could quickly move on to the other amazing projects. I hope you enjoy them! Please try to leave some comments along the way. They are very encouraging to all of us! Thanks and happy hopping!

~Marla

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Shellie G. of Creative Electica
2. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
3. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
4. Nancy B. of Lady Stamps a Lot
5. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
6. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
7. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
8. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
9. Heather W. of Heather's Stampin' Blog
10. Marla R. of Marla's Stampin' Spot
11. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
12. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim

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Blast Off!

Hello all! My hubby just gave me a crash course in Photoshop and I was playing around with a picture of a card and decided to go ahead and post it. Also, notice my new watermark! My hubby also created it for me this evening. I have been wanting to add a watermark to my pictures for a while now, but just lacked the computer know how to make it work. Good thing I am married to an IT specialist!

If you are wondering about the squirrel in the watermark, all I can say is that squirrels are my favorite animal (not in an "I want one as a pet" sort of way, but more in an "I enjoy watching them scamper from a safe distance" kind of way). There were squirrels in the yard at my first grown up apartment and I used to watch them in the mornings while I drank my coffee and ate breakfast and my love of squirrels grew from there.

OK, enough about computers, watermarks, and squirrels! You probably would like to see a card. Well, here you go!

Stampin' Up Supplies Used:
Stamps: Blast Off, Outer Space wheel
Paper: Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Whisper White
Ink: Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Tangerine Tango, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Raspberry Ripple
Accessories: 2 1/2" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch, Color Spritzer, dimensionals

I just love this adorable little set! My son, Isaac, is almost seven and he chose this as "his" set, so that gave me a little extra motivation to order it. He has already stamped a couple of cards with it that I will have to post sometime. It is a great set for little boy cards!

The moon is made with two circles punched with the 2 1/2" circle punch. The top layer was punched with a 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, and a standard office supply circle punch (1/8" inch, maybe?) to create craters. I then used the color spritzer with the Summer Starfruit marker to give it a speckled appearance and popped the top layer up with dimensionals making sure to line it up with the bottom circle.

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to stop back by soon. I have a class this Saturday and all of the cards we are making are my own original designs (first time that has ever happened!). I will be posting them very soon, so be on the lookout!

~Marla Pin It