Stampin Friends No Rules June Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stampin Friends No Rules June Blog Hop!  We have 13 amazingly talented crafters this month.  So much fun  to be had by all when you 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 #SFJuneHop!!  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 Kirsteen Gill's site, and thank you for continuing with the Blog Hop.  Enjoy my project and at the end click the NEXT button to continue to Kathie Rotti's blog. Didn't come from Kirsteen's blog?? That's ok, just click the PREVIOUS button towards the bottom of the blog or scroll to the end and click on Kirsteen's name to visit her blog.

A big welcome to this month's guest hoppers are:
Stacey Lane, Angela Carter, and Barbara Welch

This month I decided on a gift bag/gift card set. Fits into the no rules theme because when I decided on my project for the blog, I wasn't thinking, and had chosen the retired 2014-2016 In Colors. My thought was to use up some supplies I had on hand...but oops because typically I only use current products for my blog projects.

Now, these projects are so versatile and can certainly be adapted to any papers/colors you have on hand!

Let's begin. I decided on the new Marquee Messages stamp set. Love it!!! So fun to use! Since the projects I made were 2 bags and 2 gift cards holders. I stamped the images 4 times in each color. Clean the stamp in between colors.

I started with the lightest color, I stamped the Lost Lagoon first, focusing mostly on the arrow section, then since I only need the bottom of the stamp in Tangelo Twist, I stamped closer to edge of the paper and last was Blackberry Bliss, I needed the whole image.

Then I cut the images out. I layered onto the Blackberry Bliss using dimensionals. Finished them off with the Gold Wink of Stella.

To make the gift card holder, you need a piece of cardstock measuring 4 1/4 x 11. Score on the 11" side to 5 1/2 and 2 3/4. Fold over and only adhere the outside edges, to make a pocket for the gift card and punch a notch using the 3/4" circle punch. See 5th & 6th photos. I decorated the pocket using a piece of DSP that measures 2 1/2x4. The inside piece of DSP measures 5 1/4x4. You could use a piece of white if you prefer to have more area to right on.

I used the same DSP on the outside front section. I stapled a strip of gold sequins onto the Marquee and only added dimensionals on the left edge so you can lift open the giftcard. Then I glued on a few sequins here and there to finish it off.  To keep the gift card closed I added a little velcro dot.

The giftbag was pretty simple. I grabbed the bags at the Dollar Tree. I stamped the Writing Notes stamp using the Basic Black onto Whisper White. Then cut out around it. I also stamped the greeting at the bottom in Blackberry Bliss and 2 stars in Lost Lagoon. I used the same DSP and cut a piece that's 6 x8 1/2 and another at 1 1/2x8.  I also cut a piece of Lost Lagoon to 2 x 8 1/2. I punched the ends of the 2 strips using the Triple Banner Punch. I stapled the strips to the DSP and then attached to the bag with Fast Fuse. I also stapled the gold sequins to the top corner of the Writing Notes. I added the Marquee image with the dimensionals. And again finished off with sequins here and there. Last but not least I added the bow with the Blackberry Bliss canvas ribbon.

I hope you enjoyed my projects. Please leave a comment with #SFJuneHop and be sure to click next to visit Kathie's Blog.
Thanks for stopping by
Happy Stampin
Steph

1. Elizabeth Jeanne
2. Christine Pennington
3. Kirsteen Gill
4. ME ME ME ---------> Steph Jandrow
5. Kathie Rotti
6. Lynn Streifert
7. Melissa Thomas
8. Carolina Evans
   
9. Angela Carter
10. Siara Acdal
11. Barbara Welch
12. Kim Smith
13. Stacey Lane