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Welcome to our Stampin Friends August Hope Fun Blog Hop!  I'm so excited that you have decided to stop by.
We have 14 amazingly talented crafters this month.  You're going to love this hop. So be sure to follow along and check out everyone's blogs and fabulous projects.

Make sure to leave a comment to be entered in the Blog Hop raffle. Read each blog, scroll to the end, and leave a comment with #SFAugHop!!  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 Barbara Welch's blog, and thank you for continuing with the Blog Hop.  Take a moment a check out my project and at the end click the NEXT button to continue to Melissa Thomas's Blog. Didn't come from Barbara's blog?? That's ok, just click the PREVIOUS button below or scroll to the end and click on Barbara Welch's name to visit her blog.

A big welcome to this month's guest hoppers
Maureen Rauchfuss, Angela Lorenz and Kim Lamos

This month's Blog Hop is Hope. Hope can mean so many different things to different people. When you need strength, courage to move on, prayers it works out in the end etc and sometimes you need a little encouragement or just a quick cheering up. I used a stamp set that in a way says it all. It can be a powerful statement!!! So I chose the set by Stampin Up, YOU'VE GOT THIS!!! I love this set. I've used it so many times and I seem to go back to it whenever I need to send out a card to someone going through something, even if what they are going through is a positive thing.

I "hope" you like what I came up with.

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So let's get started with my card. I used a few different stamp sets and techniques to make this card.

The stamp sets are Best Birds, Jar of Love and You've Got This.

The paper used is, Delightful Dijon, Island Indigo, Old Olive and a scrap of Pool Party Cardstock and Serene Scenery DSP.

The ink used is the same color as the cardstock and I used the Archival Basic Gray to stamp the flower images.

My cardbase is Delightful Dijon with 2 layers of DSP from the Serene Scenery DSP stack.

I completed all the stamping first. I stamped the leaves in the matching ink colors and cut out with the coordinating framelits.The Old Olive Leaves and Pool Party flower are from the Best Birds stamp set and framelits. The Delightful Dijon Leaves are from the Jar of Love stamp set and Everyday Jars framelits.

I cut the circles using the Layering Circles framelits. The flower was stampin Basic Gray and I used a Blender Pen to color and shade with Island Indigo, Delightful Dijon and Old Olive Inks. I did not use Watercolor Paper so be careful you do not over color in one spot, it will damage the paper.

I stamped the You've Got This sentiment is Versamark and added the NEW Copper embossing powder.  LOVE IT!!!! To put it all together, I made a few loops under the circle in the Copper Thread.

As you can see by the photos below I was going to add more leaves and some berries. But when I when to assemble I preferred less.

My gift is simple and sweet! The new White Gift Boxes featured in our new Holiday Catalog, were perfect. I didn't have to fuss with making a box to the right size or dealing with scoring and cutting. These boxes were just right. And you do not need to worry about the box opening and the contents spilling out, they come with a clear acetate sleeve that keeps all nice and tight. I whipped this gift box together in NO time.

I wanted to tie the box and card together, so I stamped the flower on the front panel, gave it a moment to dry and them colored with the blender pen and inks. I thought of just leaving the flower on this panel as my only decoration....but well the rest seemed to blanked. So I stamped on 3 sides of the box using the background image from You've Got This set in Island Indigo. Before stamping, I stamped off the ink a couple times to lightening the color a bit. Then once the ink seemed drying I stamping the flower in Archival Gray over the backgrounds. I also stamped the flower on the lid of the box, but I did not color it in.

I again stamped this You've Got This sentiment with Versamark, this time on Vellum. I added the Copper Embossing Powder and heated it. I punched it out with a 1 3/4" Circle Punch. Punch a hole with the 1/16" Circle Punch. I used the Copper Thread to tie the tag onto the box.

So, depending on what someone was going through the contents of the box might be different. But for this project, I decided to fill the box with some sweet candy. I used the new gusseted Cello bags in the Annual Catalog and filled it with different hard candies. I was going to use chocolates, but um well, those didn't last! But I think the hard candies are just fine, the box can be left open on someones desk while they enjoy a piece of candy while they work!

I tied the box with the Whisper White Satin Ribbon, between ribbon. Sometimes I such a hoarder with ribbon and embellishments, I don't want to use something because it's so nice....but this year, I vowed to use all my products and not buy it until I'm outta of it....we shall see how this goes. 

But anyway, I thought this ribbon was simple but gave an elegant touch to the gift. I fed the Copper thread through the knot in the sating ribbon and tied it so it hung just over the flower. I then finished the satin ribbon in a bow.

I "hope" you liked my projects and I appreciate you stopping by.
If you are need of the Annual Catalog or Holiday Message please let me know and I will gladly send one to you. US only.

Be sure to leave a comment on my blog with #SFAUGHOP (see below for details) and click the Next button to visit Melissa Thomas's Blog.

Thank you so much
Happy Stampin
Steph

Make sure to leave a comment to be entered in the Blog Hop raffle. Read each blog, scroll to the end, and leave a comment with #SFAugHop!!  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!

Got Lost along the way? Here is a list of our Stampin Friends Hoppers.

1. Elizabeth Jeanne
2. Kim Lamos
3. Kathie Rotti
4. Angela Lorenz
5. Christine Pennington
6. Barbara Welch
7. -----} ME - You Are Here - Steph Jandrow {-----
8. Melissa Thomas
   
9. Carolina Evans
10. Cindy Waldroff
    
11. Lynn Streifert
12. Siara Acdal
    
13. Andrea Tracy-Tucker
14. Maureen Rauchfuss