I hope you're enjoying this month's Stamper's Dozen Blog hop. We've got a baker's dozen projects to share with you this month. The theme this month is home decor! If you simply stumbled upon my blog, I hope you'll continue to hop ahead to Jodi's blog or back to Janet's.
I love creating home decor with Stampin' Up! products. And, I absolutely love the Hello Life Simply Created Kit in the Occasions Catalog. This is actually the third collage I've had displayed on the frame. I love that it's so easy to swap out the elements. (Click here to view my Valentine's version.)
My husband and I are definitely starting a new adventure here in Utah. We love spending weekends exploring our new home state. Last weekend we visited Moab. Yesterday we checked out Park City. And, we have a LONG list of places on our to-visit list. Plus, we've driven across the country twice since Thanksgiving! Today's project features a few of my favorites from some of those trips.
The frame features a WIDE selection of Stampin' Up! products:
The sentiment "The Adventure Begins" is from the Adventure Awaits Stamp Set. I stamped it on plain old Basic Black Cardstock with Versamark. I then embossed it with my special "chalk" blend of embossing powders - a mix of White and Clear. I then dabbed my finger in Whisper White Craft Ink and smudged it over areas to make it look like eraser marks. You may be wondering why I didn't use our new Chalk Paper - well, I wasn't using Chalk Ink so I didn't think it was necessary.
The set of five banners was made mostly out of Flashback Designer Series Paper. I cut the banners using the Banners Framelits. The heart was cut using the heart framelit that comes in the Mini Treatbag Framelits. The Crushed Curry Button is from the SAB Accessories Pack. I used hot glue to adhere the banners to Silver Baker's Twine. The center pennant is Basic Black Card Stock. For some reason I chose to stamp the images using White Stazon. I think I need to go back and use the same "chalk emboss" technique. The images are from the Let's Get Away Stamp Set.
The "do more of what makes you happy" is from the Hello Life stamp set that coordinates with the Hello Life Simply Created Kit. I stamped it just like I stamped the other.
Finally, the Map It Out Photopolymer Stamp Set was PERFECT for illustrating our move from NJ to UT.
Did you notice I stamped on a couple of the photos? I stamped the "you're so funny" sentiment from the So You Stamp Set on the photo of Baxter and I. I stamped the "To Live is to Travel" sentiment from the Let's Get Away Stamp set. I used White and Black Stazon Ink to stamp on the photos.
The Crushed Curry pom-poms and silver clothes pins are from the Hello Life kit. I just love that it's so easy to mix and match products since the colors so easily coordinate.
Here's the story behind each of the photos:
- The top photo of Mike and I was taken last weekend at Canyonlands National Park (there are FIVE National Parks here in Utah)!
- The photo on the bottom left was taken on our first drive across the country in November. If you can't figure it out, we're standing under the Arch in St Louis.
- The photo of Baxter and I was from our second drive across the country in January. It got a little boring in the backseat (yes, I sat in the backseat with the dog). Baxter and I snapped some selfies. This is by far my favorite! I captioned it when I posted it on Baxter's Facebook Page - "Look how long my tongue is!"
- I snapped the photo on the bottom right on one of my many red-eye flights while I "commuted" between Utah and New Jersey during the month of December. We were taking off out of Charlotte, NC and I loved the sunrise.
I've used clear "Command Hooks" to hang the frame on my wall.
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