Welcome to another Stampin’ Up! Artisan Design Team Blog Hop! There are 20 of us from around the globe who will be sharing our projects with you twice each month. All you need to do to follow along is click on the link at the bottom of each post.
For this blog hop, we were asked to focus our projects on the Shine On Designer Series Paper. I love this paper because it has the same thickness as card stock, and has cool silver foil designs on one side and bright, fun colored patterns on the other side.
My daughters’ school had a teacher appreciation day last month, and I like to make little treats to give to all of their teachers. They have a lot of teachers between the two of them, so I wanted to make something cute but easy and quick. I hadn’t made little matchbook treats in a long time, so I decided that would be perfect for what I needed.
I cut the Shine On dsp to a size of 2-1/2″ x 6″ for each treat, and scored at the 1/2″, 3-1/4″, and 3-1/2″ marks. This was based on the size of the treats I wanted to include. I put a small sized York Peppermint Patty in each matchbook, securing them with a staple, which also helps with the closure of the matchbook. You can easily adjust the size of these matchbooks based on the size of your treats.
On the outside cover, I cut some Silver Glimmer Paper stars with the Stars Framelits Dies. I added a Cucumber Crush banner punched with the Banner punch, some Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim, and a Silver Basic Metal Button threaded with White Baker’s Twine.
The “You’re the Best” sentiment was stamped with Watermelon Wonder ink using a stamp from Sunburst Sayings. All of this was placed on some loops of Silver Metallic Thread.
Even though this is just a little piece of candy, it’s fun to dress it up. I think this shows the recipient they are special and loved. At least that’s what was intended. Teachers deserve lots of love! And something sweet!
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Supplies Used:
Stamps: Sunburst Sayings
Ink: Watermelon Wonder
Paper: Shine On Specialty Designer Series Paper, Cucumber Crush and Whisper White card stock, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Stars Framelits Dies, Silver Metallic Thread, Silver Basic Metal Buttons, White Baker’s Twine, Banner Punch, Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim, Stapler
I have to say that this one stumped me for a while. But that big circle kept calling sun to me, so I went in that direction because I love the Sunburst Thinlits die.
One set I haven’t used enough is the Botanical Blooms set. This is such a well designed set. I love the two-step stamping and the unique coordinating dies. Since Linda’s sketch says that the two focal images can be any shape, I took advantage of that and made mine a flower and leaf.
I love this sketch! I needed to make a thank you card, and knew it would be perfect for what I wanted to make.
I was a little creative with my use of the sketch this time. I’m not sure what happened. One thing kept leading to another, and before I knew it I was more off course than I intended. But hopefully, you can see the sketch when you look at my card (just squinch up your eyes a little if you don’t — ha!).
I felt like doing a little watercoloring, so I pulled out the Birthday Blooms stamp set.
And since Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, I decided to make another card for the occasion. I pulled out my Groovy Love stamp set, and then just kept pulling more and more sets off the shelf. I think I ended up using an eclectic mix of four stamp sets. I was out of control!
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