Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop! I am so excited to be invited back for another year of hopping! I apparently took a long winter's nap and have finally emerged from my cocoon. I promise to blog more this year!!! This month’s theme is love or Valentine's. If you’re following along the hop, you’ve arrived from Stacey’s blog. Don’t forget to click the Next button at the bottom to continue on the hop with Kim’s blog.
Let's get into my projects! I was inspired by some 3x3 notecards we made at OnStage Local in Phoenix this fall... I am also super excited about the Watercolor Pencils (so much so that I am doing a class on them in February)! And the project is something that I am going to adapt for my daughter's birthday in a few weeks-- at the movie theater!
 | Aren't those ladybugs cute? They are from the hostess set in the Stampin' Up! annual catalog-- it's called "Love You Lots" and has lots of cute critters that you can color in with our Watercolor Pencils (a frog, hedgehogs, and a sweet elephant and mouse friend)! I used Shimmery White Cardstock which actually holds up to a little watercoloring just dandy! |
This cute box is made with the Popcorn Box thinlit dies and the coordinating stamp set. I was working on treat bags for my daughter's 8th birthday party when I got inspired. (Marianne is so excited to have a "movie party"!) I also used the Stitched Shapes Framelit dies on the black cardstock. I think this looks super sophisticated-- make sure you come back next week to see how I convert this into kiddie cute!!
I really do love heat embossing... Don't you? I stamped the edge in black, then heat embossed the gold, then punched out the inner circle. The white vines were made with the white craft ink-- I have learned to be patient with letting it dry and it really comes out great!
Don’t forget to click Next to follow along on the blog. See below for a list of all bloggers and a giveaway that I am doing personally!
- Elizabeth Jeanne
- Raquelle Clifton
- Kathie Rotti
- Barbara Welch
- Twila Davis
- Kirsteen Gill
- Steph Jandrow
- Lynn Streifert
- Cindy Waldroff
- Stacey Lane
- Melissa Thomas (you are here!)
- Kim Smith
- Maureen Rauchfuss
- Andrea Tracy-Tucker
- Kim Lamos
Thank you for much for hopping with us! If you comment below I will select a winner to be sent a special little treat in the mail. And keep coming back to the blog-- I've got a cute bonus project for this month's Paper Pumpkin and of course-- Marianne's birthday party treat boxes!
Happy crafting,
Melissa
