Crafting Buddy: Stampin Friends

Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop! This month’s theme is "Love". If you’re following along the hop, you’ve arrived from Melissa’s blog. Wasn't her creations great?

Don’t forget to click the Next button at the bottom to continue on the hop at Maureen’s blog.

I am glad to be kicking off 2017 with my fellow bloggers of the SF Blog Hop. Since this month's creative theme is love, I decided to use the Sending Love Suite from the new Stampin' Up Occasions catalog.

For this card, I used the "Sending Love" 6 x 6 DSP. Aren't the little hearts just adorable?

I also incorporated the silver metallic foil doilies from the annual catalog. The two sizes really fit right into my project designs for this month's hop.

The silver from the doily and cording really give this card a little extra punch against the red, white and black color scheme.

The sentiment is from the "Sealed with Love" stamp set. The more that I am using the photopolymer stamp sets, the more I am falling in love with them. I find myself ordering these sets whenever possible. I love the idea of looking straight thru the stamp while positioning my images to ensure that I am hitting the proper section when stamping.

The miniature kisses for the background and stamped off image along side of the sentiment are really cute additions to the card. Although not used in my projects this month, the coordinating framelits with the arrows and miniature envelopes will definitely be used for future projects.

Here is a close up shot of the sentiment and lip print.

With the 27 different pieces contained in the stamp set, you could easily make your own DSP with several backgrounds. Have you every tried to make your own DSP?

To continue on with the heart theme, I decided to create a gift box that coordinates with the Valentine card.

I could see this box holding something sparkly to go along with the shimmer of the foil and metallic ribbon!

I am so glad you were able to join my for my blog project. Please continue to follow along with the remaining hoppers.

You can click on the "Next" button below to progress to the next participant or click the name below for a direct link.

If you like our projects, please take time to comment. I enjoy creating projects and having others' creations shared with me. As a paper crafter, feedback is always appreciated.

As we are getting closer to the end of the week, I hope you have a great day and enjoy the upcoming weekend.... and as always - Happy Stampin'!

Kim Smith -----> You are here!

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