The Sweetest Thing for Kylie's Demonstrator Training March Blog Hop

Thanks for stopping by!  Today I'm participating in Kylie's Demonstrator Training Blog Hop.  I'm so excited to be part of this training program and happy to participate in my very first Blog Hop with them! The purpose of the group is for the group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators that are part of the program...to share ideas and to learn from each other...to help us in our Stampin' Up! Business.

Today you will "hop around the world" and check out the amazing projects created by these very talented demonstrators.  You are currently visiting Heather Cooper from British Columbia, Canada.  Please take some time to check out all of the blogs on the list below!

I'm using the Sweetest Thing stamp set for my sample today. I've paired it up with some Twinkle, Twinkle Designer Series Paper. Here's a closer look:

• This is not a difficult design. It would be perfect for a casual stamper to complete. If you took away the Stampin' Blends colouring and the fancy ends to the sentiment, and pre-die cut the panels with the focal point and it's backing, then a novice stamper could do it as well.
• I love how the candy jar and the background Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper go so well together. It gives the whole card a whimsical look to it.
• I stamped the jar in Memento Tuxedo Black ink as well as the gum drops inside it. I then used various colours of Stampin' Blends to colour it in. The jar itself is coloured with Light Pool Party Stampin' Blends marker. The gumdrops inside are shades of Flirty Flamingo, Highland Heather, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, and Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends.
• It's die cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits and backed with a Scallop Oval in Pool Party, die cut with the Laying Ovals Framelits.
• The sentiment is also from the Sweetest Things stamp set and it's stamped on a Whisper White strip and the fancy ends are punched using parts of the Everyday Label Punch.
• The card base and the sentiment backing are Soft Sea Foam.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

I hope you enjoyed this project and that you will check out the other blogs in this March Hop:

   


Happy Stampin'!
Heather



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Sweetest Thing Photopolymer Stamp Set [148575] $27.00	Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper [146284] $15.00	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988] $11.50	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924] $11.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Pool Party Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144595] $6.00	Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147278] $12.00	Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147276] $12.00	Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147945] $12.00
Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147283] $12.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147274] $12.00	Silver & Pool Party Baker's Twine [147015] $5.50	Iridescent Sequin Assortment [144212] $6.75	Everyday Label Punch [144668] $24.00
Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $48.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $41.00	Big Shot [143263] $150.00

Sweet Cups for My Craft Crop to Aid Refugees

This Friday and Saturday, I'm hosting a Craft Crop to raise funds to aid our sponsored Syrian refugee family. They have made a remarkable adjustment to Canada and their first year has been difficult for them. They have worked hard at learning English and adjusting to the new culture and facing homesickness, but they are doing well now and looking forward to a new life in their adopted country. I'm so proud of them. But the struggle is really just beginning, because they will be on their own financially next year and it will be very hard to make ends meet. The mom has never held a job before, but is now a widow with six kids so will somehow have to find employment that will help her pay rent, utilities, food and basics for her family. The older children will be helping with jobs of their own, I'm sure, but we wanted to raise more funds to give them a boost going into the next year.

As part of my Craft Crop, I wanted to give every participant a little treat each day and I thank Stampin' Up! for their great ideas for treat holders, especially in the current Occasions Catalogue! Did you know that these great Sweet Cups were available on page 15? They have a lid and you get 10 cups for $11.50. I made a template so I could cut Designer Series paper to dress them up.

And the Annual Catalogue has the Mini Gable Boxes in Silver and Lustrous White! These are beautiful all on their own but you can also dress them up a bit. I'm planning to use the Lustrous White but I haven't got them yet. They're due in on Tuesday. But I turned a Silver one inside out to come up with a design.

 Here's what I came up with:

• The Gable Box has some texture from the Timeless Textures stamp set stamped on in Poppy Parade and then some of the new Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper in Grapefruit Grove, glued over it. 
• I stamped the Treats sentiment from the Sweetest Thing stamp set from the Occasions Catalogue and die cut it with the coordinating die from the Jar of Sweets Framelits, which you can bundle and backed it with a punched 1 3/8" Scallop Circle in Poppy Parade and some Grapefruit Grove 1/8" Grosgrain Ribbon. The Organdy Ribbon on the handle is a SAB reward, but is unfortunately all sold out.
• The second treat holder in the Sweet Cup is covered with How Sweet It Is Designer Series Paper. You can't just cut out a rectangle and wrap it around because of the sloped sides. I had to sacrifice a cup to cut a template to use. You can't see the top of the lid, but it has a Stitched Shape Circle in the same DSP backed by a Melon Mambo scallop circle die cut with a Layering Circle die.
• I doubled some Lemon Lime Twist Mini Ruffled Ribbon to tie a double bow and perched it on top. The sentiment is also from the Sweetest Thing stamp set and is die cut with one of the label dies from the Lily Framelits dies. It's backed with a panel in Gorgeous Grape punched with the Pretty Label Punch. There are a couple of Glitter Enamel Dots to embellish.

And just because I haven't for awhile, here's Chad with one of the SAB reward options:

           

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Sweetest Thing Photopolymer Stamp Set [148575] $27.00	Sweetest Thing Photopolymer Bundle [150568] $61.00	Timeless Textures Wood-Mount Stamp Set [140514] $38.00	Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140517] $27.00	Sweet Cups [148573] $11.50
Lustrous White Mini Gable Boxes [146961] $11.00	Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper [149574] $0.00	How Sweet It Is 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148568] $15.00	Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115320] $11.50	Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131297] $11.50
Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146987] $11.50	Poppy Parade 8-1/2" x 11"" Card Stock" [119793] $11.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $10.25	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad [147142] $10.25
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $10.25	Lemon Lime Twist 3/8" (1 Cm) Mini Ruffled Ribbon [146947] $11.00	Grapefruit Grove 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon [146954] $8.25	Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack [149623] $0.00	Glitter Enamel Dots [146934] $9.50
1-3/8" (3.5 Cm) Scallop Circle Punch [146139] $22.00	Pretty Label Punch [143715] $24.00	Lily Framelits Dies [150071] $37.00	Jar Of Sweets Framelits Dies [148524] $41.00	Big Shot [143263] $150.00
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.50	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50