OSAT Blog Hop - Christmas in July

 

 

Welcome to the monthly One Stamp At a Time blog hop!  If you've joined us before, thanks for coming back!  If you're a first time visitor, welcome!  Please enjoy all of the talented ladies and gents on this blog hop!  If you came from the lovely Megan's page, thanks for stopping by!

 

This month we are featuring Christmas in July cards and projects!  I had to convince the group to change this month's theme and I'm glad I was able to persuade them. :) 

 

I also couldn't wait to use this set with the Watercolor Wash background stamp.  I knew it would look adorable as a sky.  What do you think?

 

 

I love this White Christmas stamp set and was so happy to see it return in the catalog!

 

 

We picked our own strawberries last Friday and I spent my July 4th afternoon making jars of jelly!  These jars will be great Christmas gifts!

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed my card and project!  Please take the time to check out everyone in the hop!  Pin your favorites and leave some love!

 

Next up is my sweet neighbor Martie!  Well, she's not really my neighbor, but she's lives 30 minutes away!  Thanks again for stopping by!

 

-Holly

 

 

Maggie 

Kim

Elizabeth

Tina

Andrea

Andrea P

Debra

Wynne

AJ

Megan

(you are here!) :)

Martie

Ginger

Diane

Marisa

Lori

James

Justin

OSAT Blog Hop - Mother's Day

Welcome to the OSAT blog for April!  If this is your first time with us, I'm glad you're here!  And if you joined us last month, thanks for stopping by again!  Make sure to check out all of the talented ladies and gents in the hop!  Lots of talent to share :)  We will be making 2 projects each month so make sure to check back on the second Thursday each month. 

This month's theme is Mother's Day.  This was kind of a bummer at first for me because I knew my mom would likely read my blog and see her card early! (Hey ma!)  I don't like to ruin surprises.  But I figured since she would more than likely see the card, I had to make sure I was allowed to use this photo.  This is one of her favorites of her and my grandma.  I love this picture too and had it hanging on my fridge.  Then last week my friend sent me a photo of a card she made her sister with an old B&W photo on the front and I knew exactly what I wanted to do!

(Thanks Karen!)

I cut the flowers from the painted blooms DSP and added some dimensionals to add some detail.  The MOM were leftovers from another Mother's Day card I recently blogged.   I embossed the sentiment in blackberry bliss with clear embossing powder.  

You can read it as "mom you make me happy" or "you make me happy mom" :)

I kept the inside fairly simple by just adding the same DSP and ribbon from the front.

The second project is a small trinket box made with the bow builder punch, painted blooms DSP, blackberry bliss ribbon & tiny treat box.  I cannot take credit for the big bow - good ol' Pinterest!  

The tag and sentiment are from the Handpicked/From the Garden bundle. 

Perfect for jewelry or chocolate :)

I hope you all enjoyed my creations!  I did save one last Mother's Day surprise for next month and I will share the sappy stuff later.  :)

  Make sure to "pin" your favorite cards from the hop!  Click the "next" button and head over to see what James has in store.  They call him the "Stampin' Stud" and he's a pretty talented guy!  Thanks for joining us!

-Holly

Darla

Eva

Tina 

Elizabeth

Andrea

Megan

Debbie

Holly - that's me :)

James

Diane

Maggie 

Wynne

Martie

Justin

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

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Hello and welcome to our very first blog hop!  We're excited to have you join us!  We are a group of stamping friends from the Facebook group "One Stamp at a Time".  We wanted to bring you a monthly hop full of creativity with hopes to inspire you!  This is a talented group of ladies and gents, so feel free to follow along and learn something new!

If you're coming from James' site, thanks for continuing on to me!  

Talented guy, huh?  :) 

This month's theme is spring flowers.  Let's just say, I'm not feeling the spring here in Rhode Island.  This week has finally seen some days in the 50s, but there's still a ton of snow! 

Here is a picture from last Thursday - 7" of snow... 

I feel like it's going to take forever to melt!  I remember taking pictures of my boys at the barn last year for Easter.  I don't think it's going to happen this year... 

So as you can imagine, "thinking of spring flowers" might not be easy for me right now.  But Easter is around the corner and I'm still very excited!  Easter is my favorite holiday. I grew up in church (my dad is a pastor) and my love for Easter runs deep!  The old hymns on Easter morning that I can hear my dad singing, the smell of fresh flowers that filled the church, and ham dinner (yum!).  But most of all, I love the reason for the celebration! And a perfectly named stamp set - Indescribable Gift - is the set I'm featuring today.  

The colored flower is actually different than the background flowers - but only slightly.  If you noticed, I cut my flower up to fit closer together on the circle. To get this look, I stamped the image with whisper white ink and embossed it with white embossing powder.  I colored the flowers with my calypso coral blendabilities on the back side of the vellum.  (Now I know these are not available through Stampin' Up!  at this time, but I know that some of you have them and still use them.  There are other brands that are alcohol based that you can color on vellum.

I absolutely love the look stitching gives a card - a simple and easy detail that really makes a card special!   Here's an upclose shot at the stitch.  I also added a few dimensionals to the circle and the words Happy Easter.  

I also wanted to give you another option in case you don't have the markers and/or a sewing machine and you want a simple yet elegant card that showcases this set.  The card on the right was a quick and easy card!  It took less than five minutes to make!

I hope you enjoyed this post.  Check back every second Thursday of the month for our hop.

The lovely ladies following me are some very talented sisters!  Click on the next button and head on over to see what they have created for us today!  

Thanks again for stopping by & happy stamping!

-Holly

*Below is a full list of this month's participants. :)

Eva - http://evascardsandthings.evabussom.com/2015/03/osat-blog-hoppers-spring-flowers.html 
Elizabeth - http://craftsbyhappystamper.com/2015/03/12/spring-flowers-blog-hop/ 
Debbie - http://www.davdesigns.com/2015/03/osat-blog-hoppers-spring-flowers.html
Tina - http://tinascropshop.blogspot.com/2015/03/osat-spring-flowers-blog-hop.html
Megan - http://meganttstamps.blogspot.com/2015/03/osat-blog-hoppers-spring-flowers.html
James - http://stampinstud.blogspot.com/2015/03/osat-showers-bring-spring-flowersor.html
Holly - that's me :)
Darla and Nancy - http://stampinwithdarlaandsisters.blogspot.com/2015/03/osat-blog-hoppers-spring-flower.html
Andrea - http://onestampinmothertucker.blogspot.com/2015/03/osat-blog-hoppers-spring-flowers.html
Diane - http://stampandembellish.com/2015/03/osat-blog-hoppers-spring-flowers
Martie - http://martie-pollard.squarespace.com/welcome/2015/3/5/spring-flowers-osat-blog-hop
Justin - http://jkcardsonline.com/2015/03/osat-spring-flowers-blog-hop/