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Thursday, July 18, 2019

SF July 2019 Anything Goes Blog Hop

Anything goes - I can do that lol! We just got back from our amazing Incentive Trip to Italy and then the Greek Isles courtesy of Stampin' Up! and I'm beat. But when I saw it was anything goes - well - I can do this. So check out these fun projects and be sure to hop on through to all of the blogs on the list.

So for my projects I am sharing cards and a sampler. The Ocean has been my happy, peaceful, renewal place for years. The beauty of the sun, clouds and water; the crashing of the waves, when I'm there all stress is gone. A bit back we moved from California to Arizona - and believe me I miss the ocean! So I am just so in love with the "Come Sail Away" Suite of products and could not wait to make up some type of Home Decor piece with it - so here is the sampler I came up with -

I chose Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Crumb Cake and Gray Granite as my colors - and I used a ton of sets to create this - but it was oh so much fun. I started with a standard black 8 1/2" x 11" frame that can stand or be hung up. It has a pop out glass piece on the front. I used the black lining from inside for the base and then layered the images.

We made these at a recent Technique Club and I knew that this would not go with everyone's decor - so I also gave an option of just making cards from the layers - and they could have the frame to make something else. The cards are pretty much just the same - here they are -

Panel 1 card -

Panel 2 card -

Panel 3 card with the center circle -

Panel 4 card -

Basically I made the four panels and center just like in the frame - but then instead mounted them on full size cards. This would also make a great coordinating gift set for someone who loves the sea.

Once again, thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed these projects and got some inspiration for creating something wonderful of your own. I would love it, if you would leave me a comment below and stop back soon. Don't forget to click through on each name below to see even more amazing Posts with a "anything goes" theme. See you soon with more ideas! ~Maureen

JULY SF Hoppers - check them all out by clicking on their links, for some more great ideas - and please leave comments if you can, to show appreciation for their work :)

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Thursday, June 20, 2019

SF June 2019 Summer Blog Hop

Okay - I really hope you guys don't get sick of me and butterflies - but they make me so very happy - and what speaks to SUMMER more than butterflies. I have about 100 of these beauties from the Butterfly Gala set stamped up, and I color them when I need a break from life. And with a Summer Blog Hop theme - how could I resist using these amazing creatures again.

My favorite medium for coloring them is of course our Blends - just can't go wrong with them. Any color or combo of colors seems to turn out beautiful.

Here are a few I did recently - don't they look like they just want to take off and fly?

For my cards today, I also used up a bunch of scraps. I keep all those little half inch strips when we prep for our card layers - and then I use them to edge layers on new cards.

These bright colors are the perfect contrast with the black and white gingham.

So I add the strips - which mimic the look of a layer, without the weight or waste - pop on a couple butterflies with glue dots so their wings can still rise, and a sentiment. Plus decorate the envelope of course - and DONE!

Here are a couple other samples, in other colors -

What a pretty trio of cards - what are you coloring today to brighten your mindset? Why not a few butterflies :)

But - if coloring is not your thing - you can still have FUN with butterflies. Just look at these adorable little treat holders.

Gingham again from our retired Occasions catalog - but this time the butterflies are just stamped with black onto a coordinating color and punched out. So no coloring!

This is made with an adaptation of the measurements on a 2-4-6-8 box. I started with a 5 1/2" x 6" piece of gingham paper, scored it the short way at 1 1/2", 2 1/2", 4" and 5" then scored horizontally across the bottom at 1". So after folding and adhering it, it left a box 5" tall with front and back dimensions 1 1/2" and side dimensions 1". I then punched a little indentation on each side with my 1/2" circle punch and ties a cute bow around before adding my sentiment and coordinating butterfly. I just love how they turned out.

Here is a rough template for these - I always sketch out so I can remember how I made boxes. It is easy to adjust to any size you need - Just be sure your 1st and 3rd panels are equal size; and your 2nd and 4th panels are equal size; and your bottom score is the same as your smallest panel (not including the flap).

Once again I hope you enjoyed these projects and got some inspiration for creating something wonderful. I would love it, if you would leave me a comment below. Don't forget to click through on each name below to see even more amazing Posts with a Summer theme. See you soon with more ideas! ~Maureen

JUNE SF Hoppers - check them all out for some great ideas - and please leave comments if you can to show appreciation for their work :)

1.    Rachael Rife   

2.    Ellen Woodbridge  

3.    Katja Ettig  

4.    Melissa Thomas 

5.   Sue Vine   

6.   Kristal Bell   

7.   Maureen Rauchfuss -  YOU ARE HERE

  Steph  Jandrow 

  Barbara Welch

Thursday, May 16, 2019

SF May 2019 Father's Day Blog Hop!

Lasts month I shared about missing my Mom on Mother's day - well the same goes for Father's day. My dad passed away 42 years ago, and I still think of him so often and with loving memories. I was so blessed with two wonderful parents. But I still have some awesome fathers in my life - my hubby and my two sons-in-law, Robert and Aaron. Blessed yet again! My project today was mostly inspired by and for my husband, Paul. He worked for Harley-Davidson for many years before our retirement - and has always had a love of fine motorcycles!

First the card - this was made with our retiring set - One Wild Ride. I really hate to see this set go, and am sure I will hold on to my personal set for quite a while, as it is an awesome set. I just repeated the motorcycle image for the background, stamping on full one toward the center as a bit of a focal point. To direct your eyes in toward the motorcycle, I did add some texture to the edge with a stamp from the set - using gray and giving it a bit of a border.

You can see how I finished the envelope above and the inside of the card below. I also used the "Happy Father's Day" image from our current sent - Geared Up Garage that will be returning in the 2019 Annual catalog. Also a great, masculine set, and the ribbon from that coordinating suite of products - which unfortunately is retiring.

As my 3D project I choose to make a coordinating little treat box using the 2-4-6-8 box pattern here - (sorry a bit blurry if you need it better - let me know and I can email to you) -

This box will be filled with pistachios, as those are Paul's favorite.

Everything is adhered to the front of the box with snail - except, I popped up the motorcycle on dimensionals. I am now thinking what a cute favor this would have made for his retirement party - but alas - I did not think of that then, lol!

I hope you enjoyed these projects and got some inspiration for creating some special items for the fathers in your life. I would love it, if you would leave me a comment below. Don't forget to click through on each name below to see even more wonderful Posts with a Father's Day theme. See you soon with more ideas! ~Maureen

May SF Hoppers -

Rachael Rife -- https://rachthestamper.com/11132-2-2-2/
Katja Ettig - https://www.kleine-stempelmiez.de/2019/05/16/stampin-friends-blog-hop-fathers-day/
Maureen Rauchfuss - https://crazystampinglady.blogspot.com/2019/05/sf-may-2019-fathers-day-blog-hop.html
Cheryl Taylor - http://cheryldiana.co.uk/sf-friends-may-2019-blog-hop
Steph Jandrow - https://stampinandscrappinwithsteph.weebly.com/home/stampin-friends-fathers-day-blog-hop
Barbara Welch - https://creativestampinspot.blogspot.com/2019/05/fathers-day-stampin-friends-blog-hop.html
Melissa Thomas- https://seatoseastampin.weebly.com/blog/stampin-friends-fathers-day-blog-hop-in-May

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Thursday, March 21, 2019

SF March Hop - Easter/Pastels

This month our hop is about Easter and Pastels - 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. I've created two projects that are Eastery or Springy and contain pastels that I simply love. This card was made using SU's decorative plastic mats and a spritzer containing rubbing alcohol and several drops of Basic Gray reinker. I love the soft, almost trellis like background it gives me to build my bouquet on.

Here it is again. The bouquet is made up of stems and flowers from SU's Bouquet Bunch framelits - and the sentiment is from the coordinating Beautiful Bouquet stamp set -as are the flowers on the envelope.

Here it is again in better light so can see the detail.

Then I also made these adorable treat holders that are so quick and simple and hold a sweet little Merci chocolate.

From the side you can see a bit of the dimension and how this is put together.

Below is a pattern with measurements. If you have an questions on it, feel free to email me at crazystampinglady@gmail.com.

Here is a close up of just one of the treats. Wouldn't this be great on each plate for your Easter dinner - or even with each quest's name on them for place settings.

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 Posts. See you soon! ~Maureen

Barbara Welch – Creative Stampin‘ Spot
Pia Gerhardt – Scraproomboom
Steph Jandrow – Stampin & Scrappin with Steph
Anastasia Radloff – Stampin‘ Blondie
Melissa Thomas – Sea to Sea Stampin
Katja Ettig – Kleine Stempelmiez (Hier seid ihr gerade)
Rachel Rife – Rach the Stamper
Kim Lamos – Pink Zebra Paper Creations
Cheryl Taylor – Stampin n Crafting with Cheryldiana
Maureen Rauchfuss – Crazy Stamping Lady

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