Stampin Friends Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Happy Thursday! I am so glad to be back with the Stampin Friends Blog Hop today! Did any of you do anything exciting for Valentines? I had a day chalked full of Valentine festivities with the kids and then we went to dinner with another couple. So all in all, it was a good Valentines! 

Now that Valentines is over, we can skip onto the fun cards that no one can ever have to many of, birthday!! So we are hopping to a "Birthday Bash" theme. I honestly don't know how I pulled it all together! As I said above, I have in drowning in Valentine so I wasn't sure I was going to be able to pull my crap together to have goodies for this hop. Then I remembered that I had made this cute little Panda for a swap, then quickly whipped up a 3D item. Now let me get you the details!

My card is a nice a base of Berry Burt with a matte of Lemon Lime Twist. My Party Panda was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I punched the balloon using the Balloon Builder Punch with the Picture Perfect Party DSP. I stamped a few confetti from the Party Panda set using Bermuda Bay ink before adding the Self Adhesive Sequins. This was the card as my swap. I wanted to doll it up a bit for the blog hop so I added a Light Smoky Slate shadow using my Stampin' Blends marker. and a bit of Washi Tape at the top right.

My fun little treat holder was made from a single sheet of 6 x 6 DSP! It was so easy and cute. I then wrapped my tea bag with a 1.5" x 6" strip of DSP. I broke in my new Paper Snips as I fussy cut the bow from one of the sheets of the Picture Perfect Party DSP! I will be live on Facebook today for a fun, free tutorial on this!

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I can't wait for you to tour the whole hop! You will find the link list below!
Happy Hopping!!!

Stamping Sunday SaleABration Favorite Blog Hop

WOW!!! Who has two thumbs and is posting her second Sunday in a row?? This girl!!! I was totally surprised when the amazing Sara Levin invited to be a guest designer for the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop and what better to hop with than our  Sale-A-Bration favorites.

If this is your first time on my blog, Welcome! I am a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in the United States. My Family and I live on the eastern edge of Colorado. We have 2 horses, a dog and a rabbit! Did I mention I have 3 kids? It really is never a dull moment with 2 boys and a girl...

Like I said above, the theme for this months hop is Sale-A-Bration favorites!! I have really whipped up some cuties for you. Lets get to my projects!

I really had to branch out a bit today... I wanted to use product for this hop that I hadn't quite used yet. I mean we all know that those Celebrate You thinlits are hard to put down but I hadn't used the Sweet Soiree Memories and More Card Pack or DSP. I also have used the Sweet Soiree Embellishment kit but in an entirely different way!

The card starts with base of Calypso Coral with a coordinating matte of Rich Razzleberry. The Old Olive with Silver Foil Stripe from the Sweet Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper was unmistakably the right way to go once the card started coming together. The Celebrate is die cut using the Celebrate You thinlits out of the Sweet Soiree DSP. I adhered it to a card from the Sweet Soiree Memories and More Card Pack. I embellished this a bit with some of the washi tape in the Sweet Soiree Embellishment Kit. When I was putting this together I decided to add a Calypso Coral matte just to have a bit of contrast. The floral die cuts in the embellishment kit are exquisite! I wasn't quite sure which one to use but decided to use the ones above and added a few of the vellum die cuts too. A few Clear Glitter dots if you look closely just set this card off!

I am so excited that the Mini Pizza Boxes from the Holiday Catalog are carrying over! These little guys have a bit of room in them. I must admit that mine is empty. This way I can fill it with whatever I want.  To coordinate with the card I matted the Rich Razzleberry Card stock onto the box. It has the same DSP as the card so they matched. The Whisper White die cut tag is from the Cake Soiree Bundle. I decided to add few Silver Metallic Thread loops behind the flowers from the Sweet Soiree embellishment kit. Again I have accented these flowers with the vellum and foil leaves as well. My cute little sentiment is from the Party Pandas set. I used the Modern Label Punch to cut it out before adhering it to the rose like flower on the left. The Whisper White Silver Metallic edge ribbon was a nice touch to this little box...

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I was more than thrilled to be here today!! Now for trip down under to see what Cheryll Miller has for us!

Sale A Bration Kick Off Blog Hop

I am so excited that Sale-A-Bration starts tomorrow!! Welcome to the 2018 Sale-A-Bration Kick Off Blog Hop!! I want to a say a special Thank You to Janet Wakeland for giving Stampin' Up! Demonstrators Globally an opportunity to debut these amazing goodies!
For those of you who are new to my blog, I am Andrea Tracy-Tucker! I have been a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator for going on 5 Years! I live on the eastern edge of Colorado in small little town of 2000 people! I'm am happily married and have 3 amazing kiddos, 2 Horses and a dog! The crazy thing about this, I grew up in San Diego! So the weather is a drastic contrast to what I grew up with! That is enough of me! Let me show you these cute Sale-A-Bration creations!

So let me tell you something... I couldn't decide what to use!!! I started with a set of cards made with the Celebrate You thinlits. Then I had a moment where I panicked over not doing something "cool" enough... I got up this morning, did not start over but decided to make a coordinating something!

This fun card starts with a bright base of Pumpkin Pie card stock with a matte of Lemon Lime Twist. I couldn't wait to use the candle paper from Picture Perfect Party DSP. The Bermuda Bay matted stripe is also from this collection. The Celebrate is cut using the Celebrate You Thinlits, I cut it twice out of Basic Black card stock. I then cut it out of the Turquoise Glimmer Paper from the Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper pack! This is a really great pack with a light green and iridescent as well! This card wasn't complete until I added the fussy cut Panda from Party Pandas! 

This was the something I created this morning to coordinate with my card! Cute and oh so easy! I used our Mini Treat Bag Framelits to create this cutie! The Panda came back! Who doesn't love a panda? The Bubble & Fizz DSP works well with Picture Perfect Party DSP in my card. I made a 2 inch band and created a Stitched Circle with an Iridescent Glimmer paper circle for the panda to hang out on! The Lemon Lime Twist sentiment was created using the torn looking die from the Mini Treat Bag Dies. I added a strip of Bermuda Bay Stars and Calypso Coral dots for some fun layers! 

Thank You so much for stopping by today!! I can't wait for Sale A Bration to start tomorrow! You will find a full blog list below! Click right on through for some more amazing ideas!