Anything But A Card Blog Hop-VALENTINE FAVORS!

This month's blog hop is all about Anything But A Card.

You will get lots of inspiration from these ladies!  Be sure to click through the entire blog hop and leave some comments for everyone.

At the bottom of my post are the products used in my two projects.

For my projects I decided to make a couple of valentine favors.  They are made so that they can also be used for year round use because there are no Valentine sentiments on them.

For the first project I used one of the Mini Pizza Boxes.

They are so cute and versatile!  They are food safe so you can include food goodies inside if you wish.  They are also perfect for a little set of 3x3 cards.

I first cut layers of paper for the top & sides. I used the bright and beautiful Painted With Love Designer Series Paper, layered on Melon Mambo Cardstock and Gold Foil Sheets.

The gold floral heart from the Ribbon of Courage stamp set is heat embossed using Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and then colored with Stampin' Write Markers.  I used the Old Olive, Melon Mambo & Rich Razzleberry Markers.

The hearts are cut using the Sweet & Sassy Framelits dies & the Support Ribbon Thinlits dies and popped up with dimensionals. I love the super sweet Gold Mini Sequin Trim!  I added that to the top of the box along with some 1/8" Gold Ribbon using Glue Dots.

For my second project I finally used one of the mini coffee cups that I ordered a couple of years ago.  I love those things!  They are so stinkin' cute!

I made the little coffee cup favor to coordinate with my little pizza box favor. 

For the top circle I used the Seaside Textured Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of the Gold Foil Sheets.  I then punched out a circle using the 1 1/2" circle punch.  It is attached to the cup lid using Glue Dots. I then added an embossed & colored heart to the top using Stampin' Dimensionals.

The sentiment on the small heart on the stir stick is from the Wood Words stamp set. I heat embossed in gold on Melon Mambo Cardstock and cut it using the heart from the coordinating Crate Thinlits and attached it to the stir stick with Glue Dots.   The tiny heart is cut using the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits and attached to the Melon Mambo heart with a Glue Dot.

The wrap for the mini coffee cup is made using a template that I found on Deb Valder's Blog years ago.  It works perfectly!
You can order the mini coffee cups and lids from The Webstaurant Store.

Hop on over to all the blogs and check out the great projects!

Be sure to leave some blog love by leaving comments on the blogs.

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Product List

Mini Pizza Boxes [144645] $6.00	Ribbon Of Courage Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143855] $19.00	Support Ribbon Framelits Dies [143749] $22.00
Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies [141707] $35.00	Wood Words Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143928] $22.00	Wood Crate Framelits Dies [143730] $30.00
Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141481] $8.50	Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies [137547] $40.00	1-1/2" Circle Punch [138299] $16.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $8.50	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $5.00	Embossing Buddy [103083] $6.00
Heat Tool [129053] $30.00	Gold 1/8" Ribbon [134583] $5.00	Gold Mini Sequin Trim [144128] $6.00
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144597] $9.00	Big Shot [143263] $110.00	Big Shot Magnetic Platform [130658] $40.00
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $4.00	Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Brights Stampin' Write Markers [131259] $29.00

Fast Fuse Promotion Begins TODAY & New Technique Videos

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There are awesome ideas in these videos!

Aqua Painter & Blender Pen Techniques

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New Occasions & Sale-A-Bration Product Videos

Stampin' Up! has posted some wonderful videos on YouTube featuring some of the NEW products.  

This is the video that features the Cake Soiree Suite of products.

It has been a favorite so far!

Heartfelt Blooms is the featured Sale-A-Bration stamp set featured in this video.

It is made in with Stampin' Up's patent-pending style called Distinktive, which lays down the ink at different opacities giving the finished image more depth.

You're going to LOVE this stamp set!

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2018 Sale A Bration Blog Hop! Get Free Stuff!

Welcome to the 2018
Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop!

We hope you enjoy the projects we have posted for you today!  I'm happy to have been invited to join in with this great group of ladies! 

Heartfelt Sentiments

I loved the design on the box pictured on the page with the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set on page 4 in the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  I used the box idea and made it into a card.
You can see product list I used for the card at the end of the post.

This stamp is so awesome!  It creates dimension with only one color of ink!

Cutting Dimensions

Crumb Cake:

  Card Base-5 1/2' x 8 1/2" (score at 4 1/4")

  Stamped Piece-5 1/4" x 4"

Night of Navy:

  Layer-5 3/8" x 4 1/8"

  Banner Piece-3/4" x 2 3/4"

Using the Heartfelt Blooms floral stamp and a Crumb Cake Stampin' Pad I stamped 4 times on a piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock.

The stamped piece was layered with a piece of Night of Navy Cardstock on a base of Crumb Cake Cardstock.

1/2" Night of Navy Gingham Ribbon was wrapped around the layered pieces before adhering to the card base. 

I used the Thank You sentiment from the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set for my sentiment. It was stamped using a Versamark Pad and heat embossed using White Stampin' Emboss Powder on Night of Navy Cardstock.  Wiping the cardstock with an Embossing Buddy before heat embossing helps prevent stray pieces of embossing powder from sticking to your cardstock.

I used Paper Snips to flag the ends of the sentiment banner and the 1/8" Handheld Circle Punch to punch a hole in the opposite end. Using Linen Thread I attached the banner piece over the knot on the Night of Navy Gingham Ribbon.

Product List

Heartfelt Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147202] $0.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $8.00	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100867] $8.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975] $6.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $8.50	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $5.00
Heat Tool [129053] $30.00	Embossing Buddy [103083] $6.00	Night Of Navy 1/2" Gingham Ribbon [144232] $7.50
Linen Thread [104199] $4.50

Thank you for joining in our Blog Hop today!  I hope you find lots of inspiration for using our awesome  FREE Sale-A-Bration products!
The list of all blog participants is at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!

Click on "Shop Online With Me" in the left sidebar to take you to my Stampin' Up! website to begin shopping and get YOUR Sale-A-Bration freebies!

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Blog Hop Participants

Darla Roberts 

Shirley Merker

Nicole Wilson 

Sandy Ward

​Sandra Roberts​    

Emilie Poncelet

Sue Kremer

Melanie Harrison Coverston

Twila Davis

​Terri Kerfoot Stewart​

​Karen Philipp​

Elizabeth Green

Joyce Hall

Susan Murphy  You are Here

​Ginger Rabesa​

2018 Sale-A-Bration Kick Off Blog Hop

Join in the fun as we kick off 2018 Sale-A-Bration!

 Check out all the blogs for lots of inspiration using the NEW Sale-A-Bration products.

There is a list of all the participating blogs along the blog hop near the bottom of my post.

Now for my project for the Kick Off Blog Hop!

For my project, I chose to use the FREE Sale-A-Bration Party Pandas stamp set.

The pandas are so stinkin' cute.

This is just one of 3 panda bears in the stamp set as well as 4 additional stamps!

As soon as I saw this stamp set, I knew I wanted to use the Balloon Honeycomb Embellishments as the balloon on a card. 

The silver Metallic Enamel Shapes add the perfect bling to the card.  I put a couple of the stars and a circle on the stamped piece and added circles to the ends of the sentiment.

Cutting Dimensions:

Real Red Cardstock:

  Base- 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (score at 4 1/4")

Daffodil Yellow Cardstock: 

  (1) 4" x 2 1/4", (1) 5 1/2" x 2 1/4", scrap piece for the sentiment

Whisper White Cardstock:  3 3/4" x 2"

Birthday Memories Designer Series paper:  5 1/2" x 2"

TIP:  Before using the panda bear stamps, use a pencil eraser to rub over the stamp. Then clean the stamp using the Stampin' Scrub & Stampin' Mist Stamp Cleaner.

The stamp will then stamp a better image.  

At the bottom of my post is the list of products used in addition to the Party Panda stamp set.

You can get the Party Panda stamp set FREE beginning January 3rd

during the annual Sale-A-Bration promotion!

You are at Susan Murphy - Susan's Craft Room

Use the list of blogs below to go to the next blog

Product List

Party Pandas Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147221] $0.00	Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper [144118] $11.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $8.00
Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119683] $8.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $7.00
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [126951] $6.50	Balloon Honeycomb Embellishments [144124] $5.00	Metallic Enamel Shapes [141678] $7.00
Sparkle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141468] $7.50	Big Shot [143263] $110.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $4.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $4.00	Classic Label Punch [141491] $18.00