Welcome to February’s Blog Hop.  I am not sure what happened to January.  It blew past and Birthdays, spring break and a new baby are all around the corner.  Time to get moving.

This month’s theme is “Red”.  Well, Stampin’ Up! has 5 “red” colors, so I used them all.  This card is awesome for a Thanks, Hello, Happy Birthday, and whatever, really.  the Bundle s Share a Milkshake and it’s in the January to June Mini Catalog.  If you buy this in February 2023, it’s $44.00.  Add some cardstock and you have enough for a level 1 Sale-a-bration free set or DSP.  There is some awesome things to earn for free, so check it out.

As I said, the Bundle is called “Share a Milkshake”.  I have all the supplies listed below.  The cutting and assembly info is also below.  I hope that you will follow the links to the rest of my Royal Blogging Pals after you look at mine.  Enjoy:

Cutting Instructions:

• Top Folding A2 Card-cut Basic white at 4-1/4 xc 11 and score at 5-1/2
• Cut Brights DSP in any configuration you like.  I used 3 x 4 and 2-1/4 x 4.  You can mix and match using different colors or using the same.  I used Gray Granite and Merry Merlot.
• Gray Granite scrap for soda glass
• Basic White scraps for 5 colors of red.  I used Merry Merlot, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Poppy Parade and Sweet Sorbet (it’s kind of red and kind of pink, lol)
• Scraps of any of those colors for the hearts and cherry dies

Assembly Instructions:

• Stamp the Soda Glass with Gray Granite Stamp Pad on Gray Granite cardstock.  Then do one of two things:
  • Die cut it out as it is or:
  • Stamp again right over the Gray Granite with VersaMark and then heat emboss it with Clear Embossing Powder.  Once that is cooled down, stamp the stamp that shows definition with Gray Granite and then emboss with Clear Embossing Powder again.  You have time.  Because it’s on top of a shiny surface, it doesn’t dry unless you put more powder or wait a really long time.
• Stamp the different colors of ice cream and die cut them out and stack them.  I went light to dark, but you can mix them up.
• Die cut the hearts and the cherry out of scraps of any of the 5 red colors.
• The sentiment is stamped in Merry Merlot on Basic White and then punched out with the Handmade Tag Punch
• I added a Rustic Metallic Adhesive Dot to one card and a Classic Matte Dot to the other.

Different choices for using two sides of the DSP or two different colors:

The one on the left is just stamped in Gray Granite.  The one on the right is stamped then embossed then restamped as indicated in the instructions

Check out my pictures:

This one doesn’t have the VersaMark embossing on it, and has a different embellishment, but looks very similar.  In real life, I do like the Embossed one with detail.

Check out my fellow bloggers:

• Brian King at Stamp with Brian
• Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
• Marilyn Jones at Stamp with MJ
• Renae Novak at Blessed by Cards
• Jan Dufour at Stamp Me Silly  YOU ARE HERE
• Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
• Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
• Jessica Atchison at Stampin with the Atchisons
• Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp

If you don’t have a demonstrator and would like a free catalog, please email me at jandufour@yahoo.com.  Please hop to the next person in line.  And if you would like to order any of the supplies (see below hoppers) you can shop HERE or click on any of the supplies listed.  Don’t forget to click “Subscribe” on the right to get my once a week blog post notice.  And leave some comments and tell me what you think or what else you would like to see.

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