Great Gifts Blog Hop!

Christmas, eclectic Paperie, Gift Boxes, Holidays, Spellbinders, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, Technique Junkies, Techniques 39 Responses »
Dec 062012

GreatGiftsBlogHop

Good morning!  I’m very excited to be taking part in the Great Gifts Blog Hop featuring eclectic Paperie, Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps and Technique Junkie Newsletter.

The Designers participating in the hop have all linked with the Linky Tool below, (and in case it doesn’t work on my blog) here’s a list (adding links as I get them) of who is participating:  EDITED TO ADD:  The Links do not work on my wordpress blog.  Please go to the eP Blog to leave a link.  Your comments, however, will work here to be entered for a prize package.

From SNSS:
Monika Davis
Ceal Pritchett
Giovana Smith
Cathy McCauley
Jennie Harper

From TJN:
Holly Brown
Judy Jackson
Ann Clark
Jane Bosi
Jackie Kalchert
Pat Huntoon

From EP:
Sherry Cheever
Mary-Ann Maldanado
Micki Harper
Broni Holcombe
Julie Masse

eclectic Paperie

Let’s get the particulars out of the way before I go into my project:

  • Each of the companies will be giving away a prize randomly drawn from their designers’ blogs as follows:

EP: 25% discount on a future order
SNSS: $15 store credit
TJN: Great Gifts CD or any TJN CD of winner’s choice

  • The winners will be posted on each company’s blog by Sunday, December 9th.
  • To be included in the prize drawings, please comment by midnight Friday, December 7th.

For participation in the hop, I was sent the Great Gifts CD from Technique Junkies Newsletter,  Christmas Joy Stamp Set from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps, and a package containing sheets from the Echo Park – Winter Wishes Collection, along with embellishments from eclectic Paperie.  I was asked to pick one project from the  Great Gifts CD to make and decided on the Candy Crayon Box.

SCheeverCandyCrayonBoxDec6

I followed the tutorial on the CD for the Candy Crayon Box, then took liberties with the embellishments on the outside.

SCheeverCandyCrayonBoxDec6 CLOSEUP SNOWFLAKE

On the CD, the candy inside the box was Rollo’s, but since my favorite if good old Hershey’s Milk Chocolate . . .

SCheeverCandyCrayonBoxDec6 Candy

I was able to cover two bars and make them fit without crowding the embellishments on the wrapper.

SCheeverCandyCrayonBoxDec6 Wrapped Candy

And one more of the candy inside.

SCheeverCandyCrayonBoxDec6 BOX OPEN

That’s all for me and I hope you enjoy the hop and find some great gift ideas along the way!  Thanks for stopping by!

SHERRY SIGNATURE

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Posted by Sherry Cheever at 8:00 am

Embossing Watercolor Paper!

Christmas, Holidays, Spellbinders, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, Tag Art, Techniques 19 Responses »
Nov 262012

Happy Monday!  I was able to get some crafty time in the studio this morning . .  . which was really nice.  I put Hadlee in her swing and while she dozed, I was able to get in 4 episodes of Malibu Country and make a Christmas tag.

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I’ve had this idea to try watercolor paper in a Spellbinders™ M-Bossabilities™ Folder.  I know that watercolor paper embosses well in Nestabilities® and it’s one of the papers that I love to work with quite often.  Because watercolor paper is thicker than normal cardstock . . . and knowing that normal cardstock sometimes splits when embossed . . . I wanted the watercolor paper to be damp when I ran it through the Grand Calibur® for a couple of reasons.  First I didn’t want the paper to split, but secondly and most importantly, if the paper was damp I knew the embossing would be deeper.

After die cutting the watercolor paper with Labels Eleven, it was misted with a combination of Tumbled Glass Distress Ink Refill, a smidgen of Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls and water, all mixed together in a mini mister.   When the watercolor paper had absorbed some of the water, but still damp, it was placed in the Holiday Magic M-Bossabilities Folder and embossed.

Here’s a close-up of the background where you can see not only the embossing, but also the Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls that were mixed in with the water.

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The snowflakes were die cut/embossed with Create-A-Flake Four from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, covered in Glossy Accents and then sprinkled with Vintage Glass Glitter Diamond Dust Fine.

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The bits of flourishes were die cut from a manila tag with the flair from Venetian Motifs.  The flourishes were then covered front and back with Krylon 18kt Gold Leafing Pen.

The sentiments are from the Sweet ‘n Sassy set, Christmas Joy.  They were stamped in Tsukineko Delicata Golden Glitz Ink on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White and then die cut/embossed with Labels One and Back to Basic Tags.  The larger sentiment was mounted on another piece of watercolor paper that had been misted with the Distress Ink/Perfect Pearls mist, then die cut/embossed with Decorative Labels One.

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The ribbon is seam binding dyed with Tumbled Glass and then spritzed with the same mist containing the Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls.  The white ribbon is some silk that I had laying around, misted only with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls and water.

I suppose that’s all for me today.  Time to think about something for dinner and work on finishing up a video.

Thanks for stopping by today!

SHERRY SIGNATURE

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Posted by Sherry Cheever at 4:33 pm

Merry & Bright!

Christmas, Holidays, My Mind's Eye, Sewing/Stitching, Spellbinders, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, Techniques, Watercolor 5 Responses »
Nov 252012

Hey y’all!  I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and unlike me, didn’t eat too much.  We had two days of family gatherings, the last being yesterday with my family all coming over.

I’ve got to tell you that with my trip out to Phoenix for the Spellbinders Blog Team Retreat and Thanksgiving Holiday that I’ve found myself sooooooo far behind in DT commitments for the month . . . I’m going to be bombarding you with projects over the next week.  Who knows . . . you might even spot some help from Hadlee along the way . . . she’ll be staying with me during the days now that her mommy is going back to work tomorrow.

Last week I received a new stamp set from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps and really couldn’t wait to put some ink on it.  It’s actually for a bigger project next month, but I couldn’t wait to use a portion of it today.

MerryBrightCardinalCard

The cardinal was stamped in Adirondack Pitch Black Pigment, embossed with clear embossing powder, then water colored with Distress Markers.  I picked up a new pad of watercolor paper a month or so ago and for some reason the ink was feathering outside the stamped image  . . . that’s what I get for purchasing cheap paper.  Embossing the image solved that feathering problem and it only took me three different tries to figure it out . . .

The paper is from last year’s Lost & Found Christmas pad.  The seam binding ribbon was dyed with Forest Moss Distress Ink.

That’s it for me right now . .  . I’m heading back to the studio to work on some more projects.

Thanks for stopping by today!

SHERRY SIGNATURE

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Posted by Sherry Cheever at 5:44 pm
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