Blogging Friends Blog Hop September

Hey there stampers,

It's September 1st and ya know what that means......Yep time for another Bog Hop with my Blogging Friends!  

Today, we are celebrating our 1 year Blog-aversary! Can you believe it? One whole year has passed since we began this wonderful journey. And, because that is really something to celebrate - we have some awesome surprises for you - like a VERY special guest Blogging Friend and some of our veteran Blogging Friends have some candy to give away.  So, be sure to stop by all the blogs so you don't miss a thing!

 First, let me show you the projects I made to share with you today.... 

My first project is a celebration card.  Of course!  I thought I would capture 2 celebrations at one time.  My middle son's baseball team finished 2nd at seasons end!  This was his first year playing baseball and he absolutely LOVED it!  All the success they had this season was a direct result of their coach.  So, a card was in order.  :)

 I used my Stars Framelits and the Star Confetti Punch.  I also used the new Thoughtful Banner stampset with coordinating Duet Banner Punch.  The DSP is from the Floral Boutique pack and looks just like the stripes on their uniform!

My next set of projects are thank you gifts I made for some co-workers from my day job and I just LOVE how they turned out!

I used the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits to create these treat holders (a full sized chocolate bar fits very nicely inside). I used some of my favourite retired DSP from my stash to make these special thank you gifts.

Thank you for stopping by and sharing in our Blog-aversary! 

Be sure to hop on through the blogs by clicking on the names listed below.  If you are working your way down our list of blogs, your next stop is Rick Adkins - he is SO talented!  I can't wait to see what he made for us this time! Notice our **celebrity Blogging Friend ;)

Crystal Komara 
**Shelli Gardner - Cofounder of Stampin'UP!

Anna Conetta Masciovecchio 

Libby Fens 

Anne Power 

Mary Blocher 

Danica Ferrante 

Deborah Smart 

Jessica Mink 

Jodi Skrip Horsley 

Leanne Dillon Johnson 

Michelle Clarke 

Lorene Yoshimura-Tanigawa

Mary Ann Rossiter 

Tammy Gill - You are here!

Rick Adkins 

Lisa Harvey Reber 
Jenny Lane 

 Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Stampin Celebration Challenge!

Well, it's Stampin' Celebration Challenge time again (I just LOVE when I get to tell you that!)  .....and we have a sketch for you this week.  

I have to bit honest here and say that I struggled with this one a bit - but that's exactly what challenges are for, right?

So, I checked in with my designer sisters to see how they were interpreting the sketch.  Have you seen them?  They are great.  And once I got started my card just came together quickly!

Well, here is what I designed with this challenge in mind....

I knew I wanted to make another Christmas card and I love Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler together - they are my favourite red and green to use at Christmas time.  The patterned paper in the DSP stack...Merry Moments was a perfect fit. 

I wanted to add a little sparkle to the greeting, so I added some stars in silver foil.  I made them using the Confetti Star Punch.  

When I punched them out, I got lots of little stars.  I didn't want them to go to waste, so, I thought I would add them too.

   
Please make sure you join us at Stampin' Celebration Challenge!  We LOVE seeing all of great cards you create.  

Happy Stampin'

Tammy