Stampin Friends Merry Christmas Hop

Welcome to the Stampin Friends Christmas Hop!
I hope everyone will be enjoying the holiday with family and friends.

We have a line up of super talented designers and I'm sure you will be wowed!

If you just arrived from Barbara's Blog thank you for continuing with the hop!

If you missed Barbara's click the Previous button to check out her amazing creations.

We are excited to have three Awesome Guest Hoppers this month that you should definitely check out!

 Maria Willis

 Twila Davis

                                                              Barbara Welch

I've been having so much fun playing with the heat embossing resist and Tim Holtz Distress inks. On a piece of water color paper I stamped my image with Versa Mark from 3 MFT sets (Sophisticated Snowflakes, Snowflake Flurry, and Snowflake Splendor) then heat embossed them with WOW Opaque Bright white super detail embossing powder.

 Now for the fun, I wet the paper then started dropping drops from the refill bottle of Shaded Lilac, Lucky Clover, and Peacock Feathers. If they didn't spread enough on their own I gave them a little help with a aqua brush. I added some Tim Holtz Brushed Pewter Distress spray which I'm really hung up on lately. While this dried I cut snowflakes out of MFT Brushed Silver card stock using Cas-ual Fridays Snowflakes from the Catherine Pooler Holiday Magic Stamp Of Approval box, these snowflakes are awesome. Also from this box I used Neat and Tangled's Happy Holiday die to cut a piece of black card stock. I assembled my card front and mounted it on Bazzill Fairytale card stock.

I'm in love with Catherine Pooler's Holiday Magic, if you can't tell! You can do so much with it and I can't wait till the new one comes out in Jan.  

I used Neat and Tangled's Bright Baubles and did a similar technique as the above card except I used

Wow Gold Rich embossing powder, Silver embossing powder and Ranger Liquid Platinum. I then wet my water color paper in the shape of a Christmas tree and dropped SU Gumball Green on to the wet part trying to avoid the inside of the ornaments. Then I colored the ornaments in with MFT Cranberry Cocktail ink. I mounted the card front to MFT brushed gold then put them on MFT Wild Cherry card stock. To wrap it up I chose some sequins from Design Creative Bling O' Tannenbaum sequin mix to scatter about.   

Some time back I had seen these elves made with pine cones and thought they were so adorable I had to give it a shot. So off to Jo-ann's I went and purchased some felt and 1" wooden beads.Once back home I went about outside collecting small pine cones that were 3 - 4" tall. I then made a pattern for the hat. For the gloves I used the mitten die from MFT Warm and Fuzzy and for the feet I used a heart from MFT Staggered Heart Border cutting 2 for each elf. The scarf was easy, I just cut a strip of felt about 3/8 to 1/2" wide and about 8 1/2" long.  After gathering and cutting all my supplies I began assembling my elves using a hot glue gun. I ran a narrow bead of glue down the straight edge of the hat and brought the matching side around to meet it, then pressed them together. Next I glued the hat to the Wooden Bead and mounted it to the pine cone. I then tied the scarf on and trimmed it to fit then cut the tassels in the ends. I glued the mittens on each side. for the feet i glued two hearts matched up on top of each other then attached then to the bottom of the pine cone with the rounded parts sticking out the front. All that was left now is to draw the face and hair, if you want hair, then glue the mini bell ( purchased at amuse studio) on the end of the hat.

Who wants to win some crafty supplies?!? If you do, and who doesn't, comment on all 14 post in this hop and email Elizabeth everyones favorite holiday to happystamper508@gmail.com by midnight Sunday 12/20/15. What do you get? In addtion to enjoying all of this group' s creations, you'll be entered to win a fun crafty present from every one of the bloggers! That's 13 crafty presents for you to enjoy and for us to say thank you for spending time with us!

I'm so glad you stopped by and hope you enjoyed my creations. I'd love to hear from you in the comments section and feel free to follow me and checkout my other post. Up next is Cheryl just click the Next button to continue on the hop and see what awesome creations she has in store for you!
My favorite holiday is Christmas!

1. Mandy Reedyk 

2. Raquelle Clifton 

3. Maria Willis 

4. Elizabeth Jeanne 

5. Siara Acdal

6. Barbara Welch  

7.Deana Benson- YOU ARE HERE
8.  Cheryl Piotrowski

9. Andrea Pancrazio 

10. Twila Davis 

11. Lisa Altman 

12. Andrea Tracy-Tucker

13. Tina Riddle

To find any of the products I used just click on the pictures!

You can find information on SOA and Stamp Nation here

These product you can find at Laura's Loft  (click here) along with many other great paper crafting item's at great prices. The sequin mixes are an exclusive item I ( Design Creative Bling ) designed for Laura's Loft.

Come Hop With Laura's Loft

GIVEAWAY WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON www.lauralscott.com/winners Sept. 30th at 12pm

Today I am hopping with Laura for the Grand Opening of her shop and first Blog Hop. We have some wonderful talent gathered here today and I'm sure you will love what they have created. If you arrived here from Laura's Blog I know you enjoyed her beautiful creations. If you missed Laura's stop then click the previous button and check her out.

Laura is also having a Giveaway in celebration of her Grand Opening details at the bottom!

I'm featuring one of CAS-UAL FRIDAYS stamp sets which can be purchased through Laura's Loft. This is the first time I have made a card and had it planned out before I started, usually I don't have a clue which direction my mind will go. I wanted my card to depict the tree having a glow of happiness.  I started with a piece of Neenah solar white 80 lbs card stock cut 4" x 5 1/4 ". I stamped my first tree in MFT Chocolate Brown die ink and then second generation stamped the rest slightly higher to give the impression of depth. Then I used a make up sponge wedge and SSS duckling hybrid ink and created a glow of light around my focal tree. I used the same technique for the grass and sky using SSS Lake Shores and Willow. The hearts on the tree are stamped in SSS High Dive, Melon, MFT Orange Fizz and Ranger Distress Festive Berries. Then accented with Glossy Accents. To finish up my card my sentiment is embossed in Ranger Liquid Platinum and mounted on a MFT Gumball Green Base. This is such a fun set with so many possibilities.

Next on the Hop is Melissa. Just click the next button and it will take you to her blog. She has some wonderful creations in store for you so check her out!  

       

Laura is having a giveaway for her Grand Opening of Laura's Loft!. The Grand Prize is a $30 gift certificate to Laura's Loft to enter you need to follow her blog or subscribe to her mailing list by entering your email, follow her on Instagram and leave a comment you did all.   The Second Prize is a $10 gift certificate to Laura's Loft. To enter you need to follow the Blog Hop and leave a comment at each stop.One lucky winner will randomly be selected for each prize. Good Luck and happy hopping!

First Prize: $30 Gift Certificate to Laura's Loft

To Enter

1. Hoppers must Follow Laura's Blog and/or subscribe to her mailing list.

2. Follow Laura on Instagram

3. Comment on Laura's Blog you did all

Second Prize: $10 Gift Certificate to Laura's Loft

To Enter

Follow the Hop and comment on each of the stops

To choose a winner, Laura will be using Random.org and verify the winner has visited and commented on each of the blogs

Prizes will be drawn on Wednesday the 30th. 

                                                    

       

If you get off track here is the list of hoppers.

1. Laura's Loft

2. Deana C. Benson---YOU ARE HERE

3. Melissa Nash Oeters

4. Ellen Haxelmans

5. Kristy Dalman

6. Mike Bakeler