May 11 EDIT: The parade is over...I hope you had a great...and inspiring...ride through all our blogs!
Hello! You've arrived here by following the link from Lyssa's Song of My Heart Stampers blog, (or this may even be your first stop). I hope you're enjoying the parade of Stampin' Up!'s beautiful papers! I will be showing you my projects made from the Sweet Always pack. Gorgeous colors! This is stop #17 on a 24 stop tour, the link to the next stop is at the bottom of this post.
My first project is a Birthday card and gifts for my niece Natalie - she loves pink and butterflys~
For the card: I used the Eastern Blooms stamp set, Pumpkin Pie/Regal Rose/Pink Piroutte inks and card stock. I stamped in Chocolate Chip the birthday greetings from Very Versatile on the Wide Oval punched piece and layered that on a Lots of Tags die cut piece in Regal Rose...and though I think it may be hard to tell, used the Texturz Plates to emboss the card base.
For the letter N: I adhered the DSP to the letter, sanded the edges and sponged Regal Rose there as well. I took a Filigree Brad and using a Mini Glue Dot adhered a pink Rhinestone Brad to the center. I used a Glue Dot to adhere the piece to the letter. I also took a length of Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain Ribbon and tied it on.
The butterfly is made out of the paper as well...I made a paper bead, added wings and threaded some wire thru the body and curled it for antennas. My husband says it looks like an alien butterfly...but I think it's alright! I adhered the butterfly to a punched out Pumpkin Pie Scalloped Oval piece using Crystal Effects and used a couple of Dimensionals to attach it all to the letter.
I also put together a quick pillow box to put some $$ into...soooo easy to do!! I ran a piece of Pumpkin Pie through the Big Shot using the Pillow Box bigz die. I attached a strip of DSP to it and used my Scallop Oval and Large Oval punches for the sentiment piece. I used a stamp from the On Your Birthday set for the greeting. It's all wrapped up in a piece of Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain ribbon.
My next item is a magnet to put ... where ever!! I ran the Top Note bigz die and a magnet sheet through my Big Shot, then adhered die cut Chocolate Chip cardstock. I then trimmed the die cut Chocolate Chip DSP to the perforation and adhered it on top of the cardstock. Next I adhered the Pumpkin Pie piece and put my layered focal piece on top of it all. I used the Rustic Rooster set on this...I love that hostess set! I used the cracked glass technique and think it looks really nice with this paper and image.
My final project to show you is a 6x6 scrapbook page. I'm not a scrapbooker...but this size is so quick and easy to make! And the Designer Series Papers make it quite simple to select your colors and layouts. I'm sure it could be more elaborate...but I'm a clean and simple style stamper...and scrapper!! As if you couldn't already tell!
For this page, I used a 6x6 piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock, a couple of pieces of Sweet Always DSP and layered my picture on a piece of Pumpkin Pie cs (I used the Signo Gel Pen to add a few dots in one corner). I also punched a Scallop Circle out of Pumpkin Pie and layered that with a 1 3/8" Circle punched Pink Pirouette piece and my 'giggle' stamp from Warm Words is stamped on a 1 1/4" Circle punched piece of Whisper White. It's very hard to see, but I used a stamp from the Pocket Silhouettes set, stamped off once using Pink Piroutte ink, on the Whisper White as well. I again used my Signo Gel Pen to dot the scallops.
Well, I hope you've enjoyed this stop on the parade! Be sure to check out Stampin' Addicts where we'll all be chatting about the Hop...so...hop on over (sorry, had to do it!) - after you've completed the tour! There are a total of 24 stops, and no matter where you start, the links will take you around to all of them until you end up back where you started! The parade links will remain active until Midnight (pacific time) Sunday, May 10.
THANKS for coming by!!! If you have any questions about anything you see here, just email me or leave me a comment...and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!
Now I'll send you off to the next stop...Stamps, Paper, Scissors - JanTink's amazing blog, where I'm sure you'll find some great projects that you'll want to recreate for yourself! ENJOY!
Melina
Love the magnet to put whereever; also, my kind of photo page! Thanks for sharing. Mary Jo
Posted by: mary jo | May 08, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Lovely projects!
Posted by: JanTink | May 08, 2009 at 06:02 AM
Love the magnet especially. And I have a soft spot for girls named Natalie : ) Great job on all the projects!
Posted by: Lyssa Zwolanek | May 08, 2009 at 06:18 AM
Melina, I, too, love Rustic Rooster. I have yet to do anything with him cause I just cant design anything that goes well with him. Now you have done it! I am going to have to CASE your rooster card!
Posted by: Janice (doxiejan) | May 08, 2009 at 06:44 AM
Boy these are just FANTASTIC!!!! I love how different your Rustic Rooster project is! Oh...and let's not forget that butterfly! FABULOUS!
Posted by: Mary Brown aka stampercamper | May 08, 2009 at 06:52 AM
what great projects - love the details and that paper butterfly
Posted by: MaryR | May 08, 2009 at 07:13 AM
I LOVE the little butterfly!
Posted by: Michelle Sturgeon | May 08, 2009 at 07:24 AM
Love the Butterfly and the SB page! I wouldn't have thought to use Eastern Blooms with these colors - thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Dawnmarie | May 08, 2009 at 07:26 AM
Adorable Melina! Great job showcasing the awesome variety in this paper!!
Posted by: Rhonda | May 08, 2009 at 07:27 AM
I think I'm gonna have to get the Embrace Life stamps!! So pretty!!
Posted by: Amy Saucer | May 08, 2009 at 07:29 AM
Love your designs. I especially like the Rustic Rooster, I can't wait to do the cracked glass technique on that image... what an awesome idea!
Posted by: Candace Lawlor | May 08, 2009 at 07:42 AM
Great projects!! Sweet Always is my favorite DSP.
Posted by: Patti Chesky | May 08, 2009 at 07:46 AM
Love your projects!!
Posted by: Elizabeth | May 08, 2009 at 08:20 AM
love the rooster!!!
Posted by: carol marbach | May 08, 2009 at 08:55 AM
Great projects! thanks so much for sharing!
Posted by: Brandi | May 08, 2009 at 09:36 AM
Great job! You did so many different things! Love the cracked glass rooster!
Posted by: amysings | May 08, 2009 at 09:41 AM
Wonderful! The cracked glass rooster is awesome and I really love the card in the first picture!
Posted by: Comeka | May 08, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Great projects! I love the N, and I don't think your butterfly looks like an alien! The scrapbook page is fantastic!
Posted by: Yapha | May 08, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Great projects! I especially love the set that you made for your niece. And no, it does NOT look like an alien butterfly! You tell your DH that I thought it was a very nice butterfly! :-D
Posted by: JulieA | May 08, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Very nice.
Posted by: Dixie Finn | May 08, 2009 at 04:23 PM
Melina, I love your altered letter and scrapbook page. Great projects! This is one of my favorite papers for sure. I did a Mother's Day workshop using it on Thursday night and am going to post those projects next week on my blog.
Posted by: Twila Davis | May 08, 2009 at 04:51 PM
All the projects are so cool! Just love your scrapbook page.
Posted by: Kim | May 08, 2009 at 05:43 PM
Beautiful projects! Love the magnet!
Posted by: Rhonda Langley | May 08, 2009 at 06:03 PM
Great job on your projects. The letter and butterfly are really cute, your niece will be a happy girl to get these!
Thanks for your support of Stampin Addicts!
finger's inky girl (angie)
Posted by: fingers inky girl | May 08, 2009 at 06:06 PM
What a fabulous butterfly on your letter. I just adore this paper and your projects are lovely.
Posted by: Jenn D | May 08, 2009 at 06:13 PM