SU Stars Fall & Halloween Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to my post for this weekends Stampin'Up! Stars Fall & Halloween Blog Hop 2012! If you are arriving here from Krafting with Karen www.kraftingwithkaren.blogspot.com then you are at the second stop on the hop! If you missed her beautiful creations, then click the above link and head back.  Please take a few minutes to leave comments on everyone's blogs.  We really do appreciate your kind words!

 

I have been hard at work during this year's busy craft fair season.  Below are a few of the projects I have completed and sold at local craft fairs.

First up I have a really festive gift you can take your hostess when you come over for a delightful holiday visit.  I really love this thick striped ribbon that Stampin'Up! no longer carries, boo, but I have a ton of it for my own person use! I simply cut a long strip of the ribbon and threaded my wine glass charms that I made with the Gently Falling stamp set and our Watercolor Pencils on Shrinky Dink paper. I used Stampin'Up! circle punch, paper piercer and heat gun.  The wine glass charms are quick and make a very thoughful gift that is also easy to personalize with initials or anything else that you want to stamp on them!

 

Here is a closer picture of the wine glass charms.

 

I made a few more goodies for the local craft fairs including the Double Pouch Tea Bag Holder, Halloween candy sticks, and Mummy Gum Wrapper.

Last but certainly not least are the adorable witches broom sticks I made! I found chocolate licorice  and put it in our skinny bags and tied it up pretty for a quick little Halloween treat for the kids.  I hope you have enjoyed seeing what I have been up to. 

 

BLOG CANDY ALERT!

 

Please take a few minutes to leave a comment and I will give away one set of my Wine Glass Charms along with some beautiful ribbon to tie on your own wine bottle! I will give you until Monday morning to leave a comment, then I will randomly have the computer select a winner. Good Luck!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and keep on the Blog Hop going to Stamping with Janice www.stampingwithjanice.com

 

Have a great weekend!

Charlotte Hollingsworth

 

 

SU Stars Blog Hop: Ebony & Ivory

Hi and welcome to the SU Stars Ebony & Ivory Blog Hop for January 2012!  If you want to start at the beginning of the Hop then please click here: http://su-stars.blogspot.com OR you may have just arrived here from Karen's blog http://www.kraftingwithkaren.blogspot.com/2012/01/su-stars-ebony-and-ivory-hop.html where she lays out a great tutorial on how to make her beautiful card!

Today I want to share with you a special Valentine I made for my husband, who is currently deployed.  This is not our first Valentine's Day apart, and probably not the last, but we make work ;)  So I wanted to do something different with the Paper Doily Large Sizzlit.  I started out by cutting out 5 doilies and folded them and adheared them down to a white circle I punched out. Then I used the large scallop circle punch with Basic Black cardstock and added another layer with the Delicate Doilies stamp set and punched it out with another circle punch.  Next I took the tiniest of Stampin'Up's pearls and put one on each scallop.  I cut my Basic Black card base at 5 x 10 and folded it to make a 5x5 square card to accomodate the larger "flower" I made with the folded doilies. I added a 4 3/4"square layer of Whisper White cardstock and then a 4 1/2" square of Mocha Morning Designer Series paper.  This paper is flocked and so luxurious! I added Black Satin ribbon before I put the doily flower down.  Finally I added the little heart cut from Red Glitter paper with the small heart punch and put a pearl down on each corner, I colored them red with a Sharpie marker.

I really love how nicely this card came together!  I enjoyed sharing it with you today! 

Please continue on the Blog Hop to Monica Weaver's blog http://www.addalittledazzle.com/ and see what fun projects she has to share with you today!

Happy Hoppin'!

Charlotte Hollingsworth

Easy Events Baby Duck Card ~ SU Stars Blog Hop

Hello Stampin' Friends! It is time for the SU Stars Blog Hop again!  I really love blog hops because you can sit back, click and enjoy the show, plus get great ideas to use all of your wonderful Stampin'Up! projects with!  The first stop on the blog is Jan's blog www.stampwithjane.com if you haven't seen her post yet, then backup and check it out!

I sure hope you are having a great weekend! I have been running around like a crazy woman trying to keep up with my commitments this week!  Finally I have a simple baby card made with Easy Events from the *NEW* Stampin'Up! Idea Book & Catalog released July 2011!  If you still need one let me know!  Anyways... onto the card!

Here is what I used:

123225  Easy Events stamp set $24.95

124339  Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper $10.95

119682  Marina Mist cardstock $6.95 and 119668 Classic ink pad $5.95

105117  Pumpkin Pie cardstock $6.95 and 105216 Classic ink pad $5.95

105118  So Saffron cardstock $6.95

101650  Very Vanilla cardstock $8.50 (40 sheets)

109014  Wild Wasabi Classic ink pad $5.95

102845  Blender Pen $9.95 (pack of 3)

101406  Black Stazon ink pad $7.95

104430  Stampin'Up! Dimensionals $3.95

104332  Stampin'Up! Snail adhesive $6.95

I also stamped the envelope with 122507 Ain't Love Grand, a Hostess stamp set from the catalog!  Both stamp sets are so cute! I can hardly wait to use them again to make more baby cards!  I hope you have enjoyed my little project I am sharing with you today, and please continue the SU Stars Blog Hop over to Carol's blog at www.cjstamps.blogspot.com !

If you have just happened upon my blog in the middle of the SU Stars Blog Hop, then please take a minute to start at the beginning at www.su-stars.blogspot.com , there are 10 hops total, so sit back and enjoy!

Have a super weekend and please sign up to follow my blog! If you read down to the previous post you will see why I haven't been able to stamp much lately.  I hope to put out some great projects at an all day Stampin' Crop event and will share pictures with you as I can!

Thanks,

Charlotte

~Stamptramp