JOY OF SETS BLOG HOP - WHAT'S NEW WITH YOU?

It's time for another blog hop with my Facebook Group Joy of Sets and my thanks to Andrea Parr for organising us all again.   I love how big my initial idea of a SU group incorporating retired and current stamps has become over the last few years.  Not only do we do blog hops but we also run monthly challenges, swaps, RAK's and our own Challenge Blog.  They are a great bunch of ladies so if you love crafting, all companies, all products, come and join us! 

Lots of the entries I'm sure will be new products from the Stampin Up Catalogue - however at Joy of Sets we don't only celebrate Stampin Up.  So I'm branching out and showing a new set I recently bought from Clearly Besotted called Pawly Pals.  This is a lovely little set with these cute images and the whole set cost me £3.70!!!  How's that for value and no I'm not affiliated with Clearly Besotted in any way lol!  I'm just clearly besotted!

 

However, I have sneaked in a retired Stampin Up stamp which is also another thing I am passionate about - continuing to use retired stuff.  As a non demo I'm lucky that I don't always have to push the new products.  The sun at the top of the card is from Kinda Eclectic and has been inked in Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Fossilised Amber.  The clouds are from a stencil I picked up a craft fair and has been inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tumbled Glass.

I inked up the cute little images in SU Basic Gray - one of the new style ink pads and so far I'm really liking them.  I used some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide in Pumice Stone to colour in the mouse and the rabbit and Tri Spectrum Blend Pen for the teddy bear.  The twine is retired Baker's Twine in Basic Black.

I hope you will join the hop and see what the rest of the gang have for you.  If you would like to join in our Facebook Group just click the link below - we have lots of fun with swaps, challenges, blog hops, RAK's all over the world. 

This month we are trying something different rather than the arrows and are listing all the participants below - that way there shouldn't be any hiccups to the blog list! 


Jane Allmark

Annette Ball 

Linda Hanford

Anne-Marie Maclean

Angie McKenzie

Vicki Millyard

Andrea Parr

Karen Pearmain

Susan Simpson

Rebecca Jo Unwin

Jennifer Arent








 

JOY OF SETS MARCH BLOG HOP - 3D EASTER

It's time for another Blog Hop with the Joy of Sets Facebook Group.  Andrea Parr is our organiser and keeps us all on our toes.  Her theme for this hop is 3D Easter projects.

It's been a while since I've made a 3D project so I was really up for this and ended up doing 3!

My first one is a little box to add an Easter treat.  I used one of my favourite colours Lemon Lime Twist card stock for the box and some of the new papers from Botanical Butterflies DSP from Stampin Up.  These were a RAK from Andrea Parr when I placed a small order.  My box was inspired by Ann Melvin and you will find a video tutorial by her on You Tube.  I love the top part of this box which is like a concertina.  The little chick I added is a very very old SU stamp and the felt flowers are also old SU.

My second and third projects are baskets using the Envelope Punch Board.  When this first came out I was using it all the time for little projects but it has lain unforgotten for a while so it was nice to get it back out.  Both are made in a similar style but slightly differently put together - again there are numerous videos on You Tube showing how to do these.  My go to is always Dawn Griffith.
Again I've used the lovely Botanical Butterflies DSP.  I don't have the punches so cut out my butterflies by hand.  The purple butterfly however was also a RAK from Andrea and I think she did use the matching punch.

I hope you like my projects - to see some more 3D inspiration 

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JOY OF SETS BLOG HOP - EASEL FOLD CARD

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to a new Blog Hop from Joy of Sets members for 2019.  For those of you that don't know Joy of Sets - it is a facebook group I set up in 2017 when  I was a Stampin Up Demonstrator to be able to showcase retired stamps as well as current stamps from the SU range.  I am no longer a Demonstrator but the group is for all who love Stampin Up and as we have grown we have included a lot of other stamp companies that we love to ink.  If you would like to join the Facebook Group click on the logo above.

Our Blog Hop has been organised this month by Andrea Parr who has taken over from me and made the Blog Hop her own baby.  And what a great job she has done with lots of lovely inspiration for you all.

Her theme this month was Easel Fold card with a slight difference of using a free product.  I used some stamps I got free with a magazine.

My card is an Easel Box card which was inspired by someone on You Tube who didn't give her name or her blog which is a shame.  I used Stampin Up Soft Sky for the base card stock and some retired DSP Naturally Eclectic.  I love the colours in these papers.

 The box was made first with its little drawer so you can add some goodies  I've used a retired Antique Brad from SU for the drawer handle.  The ribbon is some retired SU.

The card is then made and clued to the top of the box - the stamps were free from a craft magazine and were small enough to use on this little box.  The buttons help to weigh it down so it stays and the little button above the Happy Birthday acts as the stop for the easel card.

For more inspiration for easel cards pop along to Andrea Parr next.

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JOY OF SETS WINTER CATALOGUE BLOG HOP - WINTER WOODS

It's time for another Joy of Sets Blog Hop. Joy of Sets is my Facebook group where we celebrate all things Stampin Up both retired and current. We also celebrate other stamp companies and products also.  Everyone shares their cards and their scrapbook pages and it's a wonderful resource.  If you're on Facebook and not a member then come and join - we have loads going on with monthly sponsored challenges, worldwide RAK, swaps, blog hops!  We even have a Secret Santa, worldwide, arranged for this Christmas. Just click on the logo above to request to join the group.

So for this Blog Hop we are celebrating Stampin Up's Winter Catalogue. I am no longer a Stampin Up Demonstrator so I must admit I have limited supplies for my own challenge!  In fact I only have Winter Woods.  Such a lovely set that I could see being used far beyond just Christmas.

I decided to go all out glitter for my card - I started with a base of Night of Navy card stock.  I then took a piece of Whisper White and stamped the two trees in Night of Navy - I added a mask for the moon and then sponged the card with the same coloured ink.

I then took some Heat and Stick powder - I have had this years and hardly ever used it but decided it was time it had an outing.

To use it you cover your project with Versamark ink.  You then apply the Heat and Stick Powder and, using your heat tool, heat it until it gets shiny.  Don't overheat or it will loose its glue affect.  Then add Dazzling Diamonds - all over it!  They will stick like magic.  Then just run your heat tool over them again to help them stick.  I kept the mask in place so that they didn't go over the moon.

I then used the Versamark again for the sentiment and heat embossed it in Silver Embossing Powder.  I added some silver twine to the top. 

For the inside I half stamped the tree and added a touch of Wink of Stella.  I used the sentiment from an old set Warmth and Wonder - although I love the greeting which goes well with this card I really don't like when SU add full stops (periods) to the end of sentiments.  It's one of my pet hates and once you notice it you see it done quite a lot!  So I added a little silver dot to hide it and added a few more for good measure.

I hope you like my very glittery card.  Do pop along on the hop to see what great inspiration the girls have for you.  Don't forget if you would like to join in our next hop just come and join us at Joy of Sets.

Click on the button below to move forward in the hop to Jackie Lawless' blog

If you want to go backwards click on the Previous button to be taken to Rebecca-Jo Unwin's blog