Kindred Stamps December Release Blog Hop featuring Bless Your Heart

I love blog hops, how about you? :)

I’m honored to be hopping along with Kindred Stamps today as one of their December Guest Designers.  It was a challenge which I thoroughly enjoyed.  I was sent this adorable mini set called Bless Your Heart.  It has a familiar looking “doll” stamp, a microphone (because maybe she is a beloved singer), and several sweet and catchy phrases.  I’m thrilled to be one of the first to get to use this stamp set.  Thank you, Audra (at Kindred Stamps), for having me join you all this month.

I created several cards with this stamp set and have two to share with you today.  The first is this 6” square card with our “doll” on a stage.  She has gold hearts and stars surrounding her and would be great to give a friend to tell them how awesome they are.  Because of the holidays I unfortunately didn’t have time to make a video of this card but if I get enough comments of people wanting one I will be sure to do one in the future.

And that brings us to today’s card.  I really like the sentiments and decided to make a card using them.  My supplies also included a gold mirror heart cut from Lawn Fawn’s hearts dies; the linked hearts die from Paper Smooches; Little Bits Stamp set from Wplus 9; “Always Be Yourself” from the Kindred Stamps Unicorn Stamp set; lobster and pink flamingo inks from Lawn Fawn; Nuvo gold embossing powder; and a selection of sequins in coordinating colors, including the Friendship Mix (which I just love) from Pretty Pink Posh.

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YouTube Tutorial

Check out this quick little video to help you recreate it :)  Written directions are below.  I would love to see what this card inspires you to make.  If you post them on Instagram tag #perkypennypapers so I will have a heads up to check it out :)

I am attempting to create videos that are short and sweet and to the point.  We are all busy and my intention is for you to get as much information and ideas for a project in as short a period of time as possible.  This week's video is a double feature:)  Let me know what you think in the comments below and be sure to subscribe to my YouTube Channel.  It is much appreciated :)

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The How To.......

I stamped two of these cards.  The first one is the sample you have been seeing and the second is the one I am making during the video.  Using my MISTI, I lined up the stamp on the first card, protecting the card with an acetate sheet, and then stamped on a new card panel.  I did each color individually to streamline the process.  To emboss the You’re A Doll stamp, I put the stamp in the spaces left after stamping the lobster and pink flamingo and stamped with Versamark.  I stamped and then heat embossed them all at the same time.  I freehand stamped the outer edge with the stamps on a block repeating the process of one color, then another, and then the Versamark.

Now that I had my sentiments completed, it was time to fill in some of the gaps around my card.  To do this I used the Little Bits stamp set from Wplus 9.  I took the eight solid heart stamps and placed them on some small blocks and then used the same inks and embossing powder to stamp a variety of hearts on my card.  I started with the largest hearts alternating colors and stamping randomly around the page, working my way to the smallest heart which I stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed with the same Nuvo gold embossing powder I used for the sentiments.  I really enjoy this process and sometimes think I could just spend all day stamping little hearts — it’s very relaxing to me.

My original card had a simple black border.  I decided with this card I would like to add some more interest and did so using the Waffle Flowers Pinking dies.  The largest die in this set cuts a frame of tiny dots into your paper.  You can use these to sew in or you can just leave them empty for this nice border detail.  I centered the largest die on a piece of 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” black cardstock.  This will allow for a very fine white line to be visible around the edge of my card. 

I cut the stamped panel down to 3 3/4” x 5” so it would fit within the border detail on my black cardstock.  To create dimension I decided to put a piece of fun foam under my stamped panel. I trimmed the fun foam to be slightly smaller than the stamped panel and took my 2” wide Scor-Tape and covered both sides of the foam with it.  I then removed the protective strip on one side of the foam and applied the stamp panel. After that I removed strip on the other side of the foam and centered the panel on the black border piece. 

Now I was ready to decorate my card.  I ran a small amount of glue alongside the back of the linked hearts, attached it toward the bottom of the card, and trimmed off the edge.  I then took my sentiment strip which has foam tape on the back and popped it up on top of the linked hearts.  After placing the mirrored heart, I finished the card by adding a generous amount of sequins to the front of the card.  I had a little oops while I was filming so unfortunately you don’t get to watch me do that. Here’s the final card.  What do you think?

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We are really excited about this release! We have 8 new sets being released on Friday! Our collection is quite an eclectic one, with something to attract everyone! What is the set(s) you are most excited about!

One lucky person will win a $10 credit to the shop! Will that be you?

All you have to do, in order to win, is to visit the following blogs and comment on the posts! Easy Peasy! ALSO, one of our Creative Team Members will be giving away a card she created from this release, find out if you are our lucky recipient by heading over to the Kindred Stamps blog!

Kindred Stamps
Fanciful Spaces - Hannah Rubenstahl
R. Winn Creates - Rachel Winn   
Card By Salima0705 - Salima Abdullah
The Frolicking Fairy - Marcia Caradinta
Crafty-Angel - Hayley Warren 
Perky Penny Paper Arts - Joanne Soukup
DaggDesigns Blog - Molly Dagg
RiCre8s - Rianna Fenning

If you make a project inspired by this post please tag it with #perkypennypapers on Instagram and I will be able to see it :)  Thanks again.

Thank you so much again for checking out this week's project :)

Have a great weekend :)

Joanne and Penny


Please feel free to share this blog, subscribe and follow me on Instagram at PerkyPennyPapers. It means so much to me and inspires me in my card making. 

Supplies List: 

Versamark Ink Shop at: EH | SB | SSS	Scotch Foam Tape Shop at: EH | SSS	Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pk Shop at: EH | SSS	Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: SB | SSS
Tonic Studios - Tim Holtz - 8.5 inch Comfort Trimmer Shop at: EH | SB | SSS	Spellbinders Platinum 6 Shop at: SB | SPEL | SSS	Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Bag Shop at: EH | SSS	Hero Arts Embossing Gun Shop at: EH | SB | SSS
My Sweet Petunia MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool Shop at: EH | SB | SSS	Tombow Mono Adhesive Dots Dispenser Shop at: SSS	Nuvo Embossing Powder - Gold Shop at: SSS	Lawn Fawn Ink Cube Pack, Candy Store Shop at: EH
Paper Smooches Linked Hearts Die Shop at: EH	Lawn Fawn Hearts Dies Shop at: EH	Kindred Stamps, Bless Your Heart Stamp set Shop at: KS	Kindred Stamps, Unicorn Stamp set Shop at: KS
Waffle Flower Pinking Dies Shop at: SSS

Ornament Lip Balm Favor featuring My Favorite Things Lip Balm Pouch and Die

I like handmade holiday favors and ornaments, how about you? :)

I’m so excited to share this super cute and simple Holiday favor with you today. I call it my Merry Kiss-mas Ornament.  On one side it is this pretty ornament that hangs on your Christmas tree and on the other side it holds a little surprise using the Lip Balm dies and stamps from My Favorite things. 

To create the lip balm part of the ornament you need these lip balm pouches, the My Favorite Things Die-namics Lip Balm Window & Frame dies which consists of a base to cut the opening and a frame to cut the perfect finishing touch to your favor and the wonderful My Favorite things Sending Smooches stamp set with awesome sentiments for any occasion.  This has to be one of my favorite sets My Favorite Things has ever done.  Supplies are listed at the bottom of this post.

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YouTube Tutorial

Check out this quick little video to help you recreate it :)  I would love to see what this card inspires you to make.  If you happen to post them on Instagram tag #perkypennypapers so I will have a heads up to check it out :)

I am attempting to create videos that are short and sweet and to the point.  We are all busy and my intention is for you to get as much information and ideas for a project in as short a period of time as possible.  This week's video is a double feature:)  Let me know what you think in the comments below and be sure to subscribe to my YouTube Channel.  It is much appreciated :)

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To create the Circles for my ornament I used the largest die from the My favorite things Die-Namics Stiched Circle Stack.  You could use any die shape you like as long as it fits the lip balm pouch and is symmetrical.  I cut out 8- 4” x 4” circles from a 12 x 12 sheet of Christmas patterned paper that I had in my stash and one - 4” x 4” circle from some complimentary vanilla cardstock.  The vanilla will be used as the base of our ornament.  I took one of the patterned circles and used the My Favorite Things Die-namics Lip Balm Window die to cut an opening.  I chose to cut it on a diagonal to show off the pretty paper.

Before assembling my ornament I took the time to create my tag using this stitched heart die from Lawn Fawns tiny tags.  I then stamped the sentiment Merry Kiss-Mas onto my tag with Altenew’s Ruby Red Ink and attached some string.  I then used a small amount of Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to attach the tag to the back of my pouch cover piece so that it had a chance to dry before I put my ornament together because I didn’t want the wet glue to cause problems when trying to release the lip balm from the pouch.

To assemble the ornament I took each of the remaining patterned circles and folded and creased them in the center.  My paper had some word details so I made sure when I was folding that all of the words would be displayed in the correct way.  After folding all of the circles I used my Tombow Dot Tape Runner to apply adhesive to one side of the folded circle and then attached the it  to the vanilla circle.  I made sure to line it up with the edge.  I repeated this process a couple of times and then added the string into the middle with the Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.  I doubled the string up and left a large loop on the top and let it hang out the bottom.  I will trim this later.  The string will then dry in place while I am finishing the assembly of the ornament so I can hang it fairly soon after it is completed.

When I glued my last piece to my stack of folded circles I finished this part of the ornament by applying adhesive to the last side and adhering it to the vanilla circle and then spreading out the circles to make my ornament look nice and full.

The bow consists of 1 piece of ribbon which you will see me tying around the string with a knot and then trimming the ends to give them some little fish tails and then a separate bow that I have already tied leaving a good amount of access on either side.  I use glue dots to adhere the bow to the knot I created with the other piece of ribbon.  I find glue dots to be great for attaching bows onto cards and gifts because they have a squishy thickness to them that I can push the fabric of the ribbon into for a nice firm hold.

And now it is time to attach the lip balm to the back of the ornament.  I run my dot runner around the outside edge of the circle and then pop the pouch and chapstick in.  In This application there is no need to put adhesive on the pouch.  Then maybe you will find them lying around after your party and you can reuse them.  Last, making sure the sentiment heart doesn’t fall behind, I then attach the back, lining it up with the vanilla circle.

This completes my ornament/holiday favor.  I think I will be making more of these.  They are very easy and so much fun.

If you make a project inspired by this post please tag it with #perkypennypapers on Instagram and I will be able to see it :)  Thanks again.

Thank you so much again for checking out this week's project :)

Have a great weekend :)

Joanne and Penny

Please feel free to share this blog, subscribe and follow me on Instagram at PerkyPennyPapers.  It means so much to me and inspires me in my card making. 

Supplies List:

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: SB | SSS	Tonic Studios - Tim Holtz - 8.5 inch Comfort Trimmer Shop at: EH | SB | SSS	Spellbinders Platinum 6 Shop at: SB | SPEL | SSS	Tombow Mono Adhesive Dots Dispenser Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Circle Infinity Dies Shop at: EH | SB | SSS	MFT Die-Namics Stiched Circle Stack Shop at: EH	MFT Die-namics Lip Balm Window & Frame Shop at: EH	MFT - Lip Balm Pouches Shop at: EH
MFT Sending Smooches Stamp Set Shop at: EH	Lawn Fawn - Tiny Tags Shop at: EH	Altenew Ruby Red Die Ink Pad Shop at: EH