Good
morning, boy has winter arrived and really made his presence known, it’s
cold! Despite the cold weather things
are hot right now in the studio with the arrival of the Occasions catalog and
the start of Sale-a-bration (this is a great time of year!) It’s also time for the first blog hop of the
year for the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration team and for this months blog hop we’re
sharing our favorite items from the Occasions catalog and I can’t wait to see
what everyone comes up with. There are
so many great items in the Occasions catalog but the Going Places product suite
was a must have on my early preorder so I’ve been able to really have fun with
these items and have a couple of great projects I’m sharing today.
As you hop along,
please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited
to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number #3 on
the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Jennifer at Jenny
G's Paper Crafts. If so, you
are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will
find the full blog hop lineup below.
Next I added a piece of Going Places Designer Series Paper (this paper stack has some great
images for lots of different uses) and then added a piece of Mossy Meadow 3/8”
Stitched Cotton Ribbon. I used the
coordinating Going Global Stamp set
to stamp the compass on Lost Lagoon cardstock with Mossy Meadow ink and then
punched it out with the 2” Circle Punch
and added a single gold sequin from the Metallics
Sequin Pack in the center of the compass.
The greeting was stamped on Crumb Cake cardstock, also with Mossy Meadow
ink and then I used Paper Snips to
cut the tails and then sponged the piece with Soft Suede ink before attaching
it to the cardfront with dimensionals.
I decided to make a second item, this time a box, using
the same stamp set and different papers for a pretty Valentine’s gift
package. I started by taking a piece of
Basic Black cardstock and made a box using the Gift Box Punch Board (these punch boards are really great for
making lots of different boxes of all different sizes and dimensions (FYI…this
size box used an 8 x 8 piece of cardstock and will hold a gift card and lots of
pieces of candy, perfect for Valentine’s).
Then I added pieces of Love Blossoms
Designer Series Paper to really help soften the black and then I tied a
piece of Gold Satin Ribbon around the
box with a big, fat bow! For the tag I
used the Going Global stamp set and
stamped the globe image using Real Red Ink on Pink Pirouette cardstock and then
punched it out with the 2” Circle Punch. I stamped the greeting in Basic Black after
punching out the tag and added a few of the heart shaped sequins (also in the Metallics Sequin Pack) for some bling and then punched a hole using
a handheld punch and tied the tag on
using Gold Baker’s Twine.
This
Going Global stamp set has so many
uses, I’ll definitely be using it for lots of my Valentine’s projects, love its
versatility.
Below
are easy ordering links for the products used on today’s project:
Make
sure to check out the rest of the blog hop for lots of other great ideas. If you click the “Next” button, you’ll go to Kim’s site but you can also access any of the hopper’s site
from the full blog list below.
Blog Hop Participant List:
- Darcy at Dj's Stampin Place
- Tobe at The
Craft Sea
- Jennifer at
Jenny
G's Paper Crafts
- Diana at Stampin'
Fun with Diana
- Kim at Stamping
with Kim
- Leanne at Literally
My Joy
- Heidi at Stuck
on Stampin'
Enjoy,
Diana
