All Things Animal Stampin Friends Blog Hop

Welcome to our All Things Animal Stampin Friends Blog Hop!  We have 14 amazingly talented crafters this month.  So make sure to follow along and check out everyone's blogs and fabulous projects.

Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered in the Blog Hop raffle. Read each blog, scroll to the end, and make sure to leave a comment with #SFAprHop!!  Each member and guest blogger, will randomly select a winner from our blog comments. We will then pool those together and randomly select the overall hop winner. I would love to hear some feedback and you will earn a chance to win some Blog Candy!

Thank you for visiting my blog from Melissa Thomas's site, thanks so much for continuing with the Blog Hop.  Make sure to check out my blog and at the end click the NEXT button to continue to Kathie Rotti's Blog. Didn't come from Melissa's blog?? That's ok, just click the PREVIOUS button or scroll to the end of the post to and click on Melissa's name to visit her blog.

This month we have creative guest Hoppers: Robyn Rasset, Kristal Bell, and Melanie Harrison Coverston

Let's get started with my projects for the hop. I googled and searched Pinterest for inspiration. A lot of animals come up using the Curvy Keepsake box, but since I used the for my project last month I didn't want to use it again.  But, my plan was to make a gift box into some sort of animal.   My 6 year old son happened to be in the room while I was trying to figure things out and really wanted to help me with this project. He has a friend from class with an upcoming birthday.  We decided to try to make a doggy box. He wants to put some treats and a gift card inside the box.

 I've been intimidated with the Hamburger die since I bought it. Just struggled with it each time I tried. Wasted alot of paper playing around with it, that it just got put aside and sort of forgotten. I was set on getting it to work right. I have an old big shot and for some reason it doesn't score very well on the dies. Which makes it harder to assemble. I figured out a slight wedge and it seem to work better and made the score lines more visible. Wish I thought of this a while ago. Because sadly the Hamburger Box is on the retired list boooo.

My son picked out the color Chocolate Chip, I had picked out Blushing Bride, since the gift was for a girl. "But MOM dogs aren't pink, you know?" Well how do I argue with that.

To make the dogs face on the box, we chose Chocolate Chip for the box base and dogs head. Blushing Bride for the tongue and Basic Black for the nose. And googly eyes!!!!  I used the Oval framelits for the ears and I believe it was 1 1/2 circle punch for the face and the Heart from the Itty Bitty Punch pack.

The tent card was simple to make. But it uses a 12x12 sheet of cardstock. I am sure the measurements can be adjust to just an  8 1/2x11 sheet.  The cardbase measures 4 1/4 x 11 1/2.  Score at 1", 2", 3" and 7 1/4". 

I used a circle thinlit to cut out the opening before assembling. I also cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock to 4x4 and stamped the OH Hello from the Back to Basics Alphabet set in Basic Black. I also, stamped and sponged the sun from the Kinda Eclectic set in Daffodil Delight and adhered with a dimensional.  

I folded the 7 1/4 score line backwards. Then I folded the 1, 2, 3 lines back and forth. This is the part that makes the card stand. The 1 inch score line becomes the back. You adhere the the back of the card to this section. So there is a slight seam. See pictures below.  I hope this makes sense.

 To make the dogs head for the card, I punched out 3 large ovals (cut 1 in half for the paws), 1- 1 1/2 inch circle, 2 - 1 inch circles, and 2 hearts from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. I used google eyes again, but these are slightly smaller than the box.
I attached the dog to the outside edge of the circle, so he looks like he's popping off the card but peaking out as well, depends on the angle you look at it

Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered in the Blog Hop raffle. Read each blog, scroll to the end, and make sure to leave a comment with #SFAprHop!!  Each member and guest blogger, will randomly select a winner from our blog comments. We will then pool those together and randomly select the overall hop winner. I would love to hear some feedback and you will earn a chance to win some Blog Candy!

Thanks so  much for visiting my blog. I hope you enjoyed the projects I have shared with you today! Please continue by clicking the next button to visit Kathie Rotti's blog. You won't be disappointed!  If you got lost along the way or didn't follow in order, you can find a list of the bloggers and their websites at the end of this blog.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or to order any of the supplies I used in my projects.

Thanks for stopping by
Happy Stampin
Steph

1. Elizabeth Jeanne -- http://craftsbyhappystamper.com/2016/04/21/attention-animal-lovers-great-inspiration-and-giveaway
2. Carolina Evans --  http://studioevans.blogspot.com/2016/04/stampin-friends-april-blog-hop-all.html
3. Melissa Thomas -- http://stampinbythesea.weebly.com/blog/stampin-friends-blog-hop-with-all-things-animal
4. YOU ARE HERE------->ME ME ME --------->Steph Jandrow http://stampinandscrappinwithsteph.weebly.com/home/all-things-animal-stampin-friends-blog-hop
5. Kathie Rotti -- https://kathielovesstamping.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/all-things-animal-sf-april-blog-hop/
6. Robyn Rasset -- http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/robynsroost/blog?directBlogUrl=/blog/2119934/entry/april_animal_s
7. Kristal Bell -- http://thescraptree.com/2016/04/all-things-animal-stampin-friends-blog-hop-barnyard-babies/
8. Deana Benson -- http://www.designcreativelybling.com/2016/04/stampin-friends-all-things-animals-hop.html
9. Leanne Johnson -- http://literallymyjoy.blogspot.com/2016/04/stampin-friends-april-blog-hop.html
10. Lynn Streifert -- http://wp.me/p3eRQX-1Cy
11. Kim Smith -- http://craftingbuddy.blogspot.com/2016/04/stampin-friends-april-blog-hop.html
12. Kirsteen Gill -- http://www.creatinwithkirsteen.com/home/stampin-friends-april-hop
13. Andrea Tracy Tucker -- http://onestampinmothertucker.blogspot.com/2016/04/stampin-friends-animal-lovers-blog-hop.html
14. Melanie Coverston -- http://melaniestampsforfun.blogspot.com/2016/04/choose-happiness-for-stampin-friends.html