CSL: February 2019

Thursday, February 21, 2019

SF February 2019 Thanks Blog Hop

This month our hop is about thanks - and I hope you like all the projects you see. Be sure to go to the bottom and hop on through the other links after you've checked out my post. Sharing up front that this is the perfect month for thanks for me as on the 19th - I am 9 years cancer free!! What wonderful words they are - and how thankful I am to be able to be here and share them. I was diagnosed with uterine cancer 9 years ago. Fortunately it was caught early - but my prayer is for every person going through cancer now - that in 9 years from now you will be able to share those words too! So on to today's Thanks project - I made this adorable little decorated sweet cup and matching card.

These are just beautiful to me - I am a clean and simple gal - and the polka dots with the pop of color from the butterflies - wow, just wow! I never use this much DSP on a project (yes, I am a hoarder of DSP). But this is FREE DSP that you can get during Sale-a-bration - so that FREES me up to use more lol. The paper is called Botanical Butterfly, and each sheet is a black and white design on one side and a colored design on the other - how can you go wrong!?!

Below you can see the card from the side, and how using just a couple of glue dots behind the butterfly bodies and folding up their wings can give you so much beautiful dimension.

Then to match - I made this adorable little decorated Sweet Cup. These could be made to match any sentiment or holiday, just by switching up the paper you design them with.

The butterflies on here were attached the same way, with the wings folded up - looks like they are about to take off in flight. And they were so easy to punch out of the DSP with the coordinating punch (see list of materials at bottom of post). Here's a top view.

These would be perfect to fill with tea bags, candies and more and give to someone as a thank you for their kindness.

I hope you liked my projects and got some inspiration. I would love it if you left me a comment below. Don't forget to click through on each name below to see even more wonderful THANKS Posts. See you soon! ~Maureen

Check out all these other Awesome Bloggers -

Katja Ettig - https://www.kleine-stempelmiez.de/2019/02/21/stampin-friends-blog-hop-thanks/

Kirsteen Gill - http://www.creatinwithkirsteen.com/home/stampin-friends-february-2019-hop

Pia Gerhardt - https://stampwithscraproomboom.blogspot.com/2019/02/stampin-friends-blog-hop-thanks.html

Jo Blackman – http://www.joblackman.com/2019/02/sf-2019-february-blog-hop-thanks_21.html

Maureen Rauchfuss - https://crazystampinglady.blogspot.com/2019/02/sf-february-2019-thanks-blog-hop.html

Raquelle Batth - https://simplyraquelle.com/beautiful-butterfly-gingham-projects/?fbclid=IwAR08LVLxud2Pw25JM1tLwo0btbDQbgG3LFKQLU3KuTiXc4IK8pWXhLUMG6g

Remember it's currently Sale-a-bration where you can earn FREE merchandise with every $50 purchase. Just click HERE for full details; and then click on SHOP NOW to see the catalogs. Or if you'd like a hard copy of our Annual catalog, Occasions catalog and Sale-a-bration catalogs mailed to you, just let me know. If ordering online please use my current hostess code -

Thank you!

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Sweet Cups

$8.50

Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper

$0.00

Just Because Cling Stamp Set

$13.00

Butterfly Duet Punch

$18.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes

$7.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.50

Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.50

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Birthday Never-ending card!!!

Hi all - this past Friday we celebrated my youngest Grand-Daughter's 9th birthday. I had promised each of my grandkids a never-ending card for their birthdays after they saw my Christmas card HERE! And she was the first grandchild birthday of the year - so she gets the first card. Happy Birthday Zamarah!! Love you to the moon and back!

We had made these originally in my technique clubs, and I learned that you need to use good adhesive; and cut and glue and score straight. Other than that - they are really pretty easy! So here is her card - this is what you see when you pull it out of the envelope -

Then you open from the center to the top and the bottom to get this view -

Next you open from the center to each side and get this -

and finally from the center top to bottom to get this - the white panels were left blank so that I could write her birthday wishes. After you open this layer from the center side to side you go right back to the first picture of the card and start over - thus the never-ending card name :)

One of my amazing customers, Janet, from one of my Technique Clubs came up with this adorable little poem insert to put in with the cards to help people know how to open them - she has given permission for anyone to use. Thanks Janet, for sharing your creativity with us all.

I also used Stampin' Up!'s envelope punch board to make her matching envelope out of the DSP. The card ends up being 6"x6" - so the punch board made it easy to create the envelope for that size card -

and here is the envelope open -I love how the 2 sided DSP creates it's own lining.

And finally with the card slid in.

I really love how it turned out and she seemed to love it too. Now I just have 7 more to go this year with 3 of them in March - so I'd better get busy. There are tons of great tutorials and videos out there on how to make these - just search Never Ending Card - and try it out. It's a fun and interactive card for all ages. Hope you liked it! ~Maureen

Thank you!

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