Hi card making friends, I’m so excited that today is finally here for the Stamp to Share Lift Me Up Bundle Blog Hop.
Welcome to a brand new International Blog Hop – Stamp to Share.
Once a month my Stampin Up friends and I will fill your screen with Stampin Inspiration from around the globe. If you just arrived from Kylie’s blog welcome – and I know you enjoyed her projects because they are FABULOUS!
For March our Challenge is the Lift Me Up Bundle – one of the most popular from the current Stampin’ Up Occasions catalogue.
Stamp to Share Lift Me Up Bundle Project #1 – is my Over the Top Card.
The front looks pretty normal – LOL
I used the FREE Sale-a-bration Designer Paper Carried Away (page 7 of the brochure) for my card and stamped all the balloons in the coordinating colours of Crumb Cake, Watermelon Wonder and Peekaboo Peach.
The sentiment is cut out with the Stitched Shapes Framelits and I used the coordinating Up & Away Framelits to cut out the balloons and clouds – don’t you LOVE the clouds? hope so, haha…
I REALLY LOVE the cloud dies, haha, can you tell?
The big balloon is actually a pop out, so it sticks out of the inside of the card by an inch. To help cover up the hinge I covered it in clouds and then I kept on going..haha, but I LOVE the finished design. I have been for many balloon rides in my life, I used to be on a team, so I can totally relate to the picture I created….and it brings back such happy memories.
Stamp to Share Lift Me Up Bundle – Project #2
Took just a bit longer, haha – I call this “Sunrise”. It reminds me of The Albuquerque Air Balloon Festival.
This is a 9 x 21 inch shadow box frame. I water coloured a large piece of water colour paper for the background and then sponged the rays in Daffodil Delight.
Stamped coloured and cut out all the air balloons and clouds.
The trees along the bottom are the Lovely as a Tree Stamp Set.
Hope you enjoyed my projects. Now it’s time to go and see what the rest of the “Stamp to Share” Designers have come up with for this week’s challenge.
Click the button below to Hop on over to my good friend Paula Dobson’s blog.
If you get lost along the way, here is a list of our Design Team members:
- Monica Gale – UK
- Amy Koenders – USA
- Kylie Bertucci – Australia
- Sandi MacIver – Canada (you are here)
- Paula Dobson – New Zealand
- Caroline Van der Straaten – Netherlands
- Barbara Becker – Austria
- Nadine Koeller – Germany
- Moira Mcllroy – France
Thanks so much for visiting me today I hope you enjoyed the projects and have fun hopping.
Oh. My. Goodness!! Both of these projects are simply divine. The card is so cute with all the clouds and pop out (want to CASE that!) and the shadow box is just a work of art. Fantastic projects Sandi, so thankful I can hop with you xox
aw thank you Paula and I’m so glad you agreed to join us, this is going to be a blast
Dear Sandi
WOW, your ideas are so amazing! The frame with the balloons looks like they’re flying in real, i do not want to look away. Wow, so beautiful!!! The pop up card is lovely, too, i like the big flying balloon in the card 🙂 ! Thanks for your amazing ideas on our first international blog hop and for all your work that you do for us and our blog hop team 🙂 ! I’m looking forward to the next hop :).
Big hugs,
Nadine
First of all thank you so much for inviting me to hop along with you and all the talented ladies from around the world.
I feel privileged.
Love all 3 of your creations (as always).
Beautiful card, lovely overclouded pop up card, which is a super fun idea with this set.
And last but not least a wonderful decorated pictureframe. Love it!
Cannot wait till next month to see what you have created.
totally overclouded, haha… good word, thank you my dear friend and thanks for agreeing to join in, it’s so fun to be hopping with you again
Gorgeous projects Sandi, I’ve just pointed out your framed picture to one of my customers who will love that idea. Thanks for your patience with my questions, so glad I took the plunge.
Thank you Moira, I had fun with that framed one, lots of die cutting though, haha….and thanks so much for joining us, we are so happy you did.
Over-the-top doesn’t even describe your projects…WOW, WOW, WOW!! Your card is just beautiful, love the inside with all of those fluffy clouds and your framed project is a work of art! Stunning!
Thanks Amy, I did get a little carried away with the clouds, haha…
Love the card, I have not seen a card pop out like that one. TFS! Is there a tutorial on this?
Hi Donna, thank you. Sorry no tutorial at this time
Wow! love the cards, but the rays of sunshine, double Wow! what ink did you use to sponge them? I absolutely thought it was vellum until I read the recipe. Great projects on all the blogs, thank you.
thanks Lynne, I use Daffodil Delight lightly to sponge after I had watercoloured the background. Thanks so much for hopping with us
Over the top awesome for sure! Love the one with all the clouds! Great spin on an old classic, will be casing this one! 🙂
thanks Becky, yes it’s been fun going through old techniques and bringing them back, I used to LOVE doing pop out cards….and I do again
Love your cloud explosion, wish I added more to my project now 🙂 Thank you for inviting me to take part, I loved hopping with you my sweet and look forward to many more <3
Wow these are so beautiful. The clouds are gorgeous – so real looking. I love the shadow box you created with all those balloons and the tree line at the bottom. Lovely piece of artwork!!
That frame is awesome!
Wow, Sandi! Super work on both projects! I can’t wait for the tutorials! Beautiful!
Hi Sandi, You have truly outdone yourself on the card and the frame. I absolutely love them!!
Oh Sandi! Your card is wonderful but the shadow box…..oh my giddy AUNT! How spectacular! I would get this bundle just to be half a chance of creating such a stunning artwork, you absolutely rock honey xox
WOW your 2 cards are awesome!!! you can tell there’s lots of work & love put into these cards; thanks for sharing!
Hi Sandi i love your picture it´s so beautiful. I can feel the sun :o)
And the Card WOW.
thank you for everything.
Hugs Barbara
Super new blog hop, awesome talent sharing with us. Thanks so much. I think I’ve been spending too much time looking at all the art works and not enough time in my stamp room. Stunning card and picture Sandi. Looking forward to next month.
The card is so pretty, you are very talented.
WOW!!! Sandi your projects are ah-mazing!!! The card is just fabulous, love the surprise inside and it really looks like those balloons are dancing in the clouds. The project though … I’d love to see that hanging up in my house! Better than anything you can get in a box store for sure 🙂 I’m really excited about this new hop – you’ve sure collected an amazing group of stampers and I can’t wait to see what bundles you choose every month. I’m sure it’s going to cause another hole in my wallet … because I’m going to have to buy every bundle you highlight 😀