Sizzle Into Summer Blog Hop

Welcome to the Use Your Stuff " Sizzle into Summer" blog hop.

 It's time for sunshine, ice cream, shorts and smiles! It's time for fun! The Design team is celebrating summer and is highlighting a bunch of amazing projects with a summer theme and we want you to join us.

Down below we have listed all the DT members that have created some inspiration for you. Follow the links and head over to their blogs. You are going to want to visit each one because some of them are offering some blog candy and you want the chance to win as much as you can. Stop by and say hello!

The hop is going to run from Monday June 13th until Saturday June 18th, so you have a week to hop and play along with us.

 You also have a chance to win this great prize from the UYS blog just by linking up your own fun summer project!
It's the Stampin Up  Madison Avenue Stamp set! (international entries welcome)

We will draw a random winner on Sunday June 19th. You can also get an entry by leaving a comment below! We hope you enjoy the fun summer scrappy treats we have for you this week! Sending summer sunshine your way! Enjoy the hop!

Sarah https://myscrappingspace.wordpress.com/

Lori http://loriannie670.blogspot.com/20...

Beth http://stampingmom.com/stampin-up-snickers-boxes/

Jenna http://jennagallery.blogspot.ca/2016/06/kaisercraft-sandy-toes.html

Majo http://majos-art.blogspot.com/2016/...

Martha Lucia http://wp.me/p5TnaH-3O4

Tammy L http://tampatha.wordpress.com/

Khristina http://www.redefinedkreative.blogspot.com/...

Tammy C www.tlcpaperpassions.com

Renee http://reneehagler.typepad.com/

Gail http://missgailly.blogspot.ca/

Tina http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/...

Julia http://juliesjournaloflife.blogspot.com/...

Karrie http://sweetscrapsbykarrie.blogspot.com/...

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Highlights for Challenge #225 Color Challenge

Thank you all so much for playing along with us this week for the Color challenge.

Highlights in no particular order:

Plony, I love all the flowers and layers!  Great Card.

Birgit, Your card is so delicate and feminine.  Beautiful job!

Ma Mi, I love your technique of colour highlights.  So Creative!

Thank you for playing with us this week!  Don't forget to grab your badge on the side!

I hope you will all join us on Monday for our Sizzle into Summer Bloghop.

#225 Colour Challenge

Hi, this is Beth. Heather is recuperating from surgery, so I'm bringing you the details of her awesome color challenge for this week.

I looked through my paper stash and found retired Stampin' Up! colors Green Galore and Orchid Opulance and current color Bermuda Bay.  These are the closest I could come to Heather's color choices.  Feel free to use any brand of paper or ink and use similar colors already in your stash.  We can't wait to see what you come up with.  Heather we wish you a speedy recovery!  Please see all the design team's creations below.

Here are some ATC cards that Heather created:

Shirley

Gail

Here's my card. I made my own background paper (under the "life is good" diecut) using alcohol inks.  

Julia

I dug deep into my stash to find a paper kit with the correct colors, it's from Cloud 9 Designs from 2007...yes 2007. Don't forget to stop my blog to see the close-ups.

Majo

I used Darkroom Door stamps for the background and the image my card. The sentiment is a stamp by Skipping Stones Design.

Tammy C.

I so LOVE these colors.  I had such a fun time with this challenge.  I had some wooden letters in my project bin that I have had for some time.  I have finally made good use of them :)  Made with Heartfelt Creations stamps/dies and paper from the Enchanted Sea Collection.  Stop by my blog to see all of the details!

Khristina 

I absolutely love these colors but I had a hard time creating a layout using them. There are not nearly enough purple scrapbooking products in this world in my opinion. Here is the layout that I ended up creating. I can't wait to see what you create.

Lori

Beth

I love the colors Heather chose for this challenge.  Here's my quick and easy 3x3 card.

Tina

I love this color combination and was surprised how much of the mint green I found in my stash

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#223 Highlights

I am so sorry everyone!  It looks like we forgot to do a highlights post for Shirley's challenge of heat embossing so here we go

Pamellia's card has some amazing layers and textures to it!  The heat embossing on the metal embellishments was really cool to see!

The heat embossing and then coloring on Lilian's card is a great combination!

I loved the theme of Kathryn's card and the heat embossing of those big bold letters really stands out!

Don't forget to grab your blog badge from the sidebar.  Congratulations ladies!
Thank you again for everyone who played along and so sorry for the late posting!

News and Such

Hi Everyone!

The DT has a free week this week.  Be sure to stop by their blogs to see what else they are working on individually!

We would also love to see what you are working on this week so link up  your blog in the comments below!

Exciting news!  We have a blog hop coming up in a couple of weeks!  We are all very excited and working on some great projects for you.

On a sad note, we say good bye to DT member Darlene this week.  She is leaving us to spend some more quality time with her family and to embark on some new adventures in her crafty life as well.  We wish her all the best and she will be missed.

Joining our team will be our previous guest designer Jenna!  We are happy to have her aboard and we know that you will love the inspiration that she creates for you~! You can check out her blog here 

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Challenge #224 Highlights

Thank you all so much for playing along with me this week for the Get Inky challenge.  All the projects this week we simply awesome and it was difficult to chose just three to highlight.  But, I did see three that stood out for me.  This card by Billie A has the most interesting face stamp, in addition to the beautiful inky background.

I love this ink blended background panel by Tanja at Little Art Cottage.  I also love that she used a pearlized water to spritz her background with texture.  Nice touch.

Last, this scene by Red Obsession Cards is simply lovely.  The ink blended back is lovely and the coloring on the mermaid is just awesome.

Once again, thanks to all who played along this week and congratulations to the featured 3 projects. Don't forget to grab your featured button in the right sidebar. Be sure to stop back by tomorrow to participate in the new challenge!

Challenge # 224 Get Inky

Hello All! Renee here for this weeks challenge. I am totally fascinated by all the video tutorials on the many uses of ink.  Who knew they could be used for so much.  From stamping, to water-coloring to all kinds of other techniques, inks are truly one of the most versatile products in our crafty arsenal. This week I challenge you to pull out your inks and give them some love.  Bonus if you can use multiple inks in one project.

For my project, I tried an ink blending technique with 3 different shades of Ranger distress ink.  I used Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves along with my mini ink blending tool to create the blended background for my planner dashboard. I then used a mini mister to splatter small droplet of water on the blended background for texture. You can head over to my blog for more details.

So, pull out your inks and join us this week as we get inky!  Can't wait to see what you create.

Majo

I used RANGER Distress Ink in different colours: Fossilized Amber, Salty Ocean, Fired Brick and Archival Ink in Black.

Martha Lucia Gomez

I used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink to stamp my sentiment and Classic Ink color Blushing Bride to create the soft color to see through the die cut. 

Tammy C.

I love this kind of technique... getting INKY!  I used Distress inks and a circle stencil to create this fun effect.  Stop over to my blog to see all the details!

Sarah

I LOVE getting inky so thought of this layout I did some time ago to share with you when this great challenge by Renee came up! For this piece I used Tim Holtz distress inks in various colours to create the background with some stamped ink splatters to add texture. I used applied some ink through an arrow stencil to add some interest in the background.

Gail

I used Tim Holtz distress ink on this already embossed panel then popped it onto my very first acrylic card.

Amanda

Khristina

I used four different Tim Holtz distress inks to create some dimension and interest and behind my photos on this layout. The inks I chose were: picked raspberry, mustard seed, spiced marmalade, and mowed lawn. I hope you will stop by my blog to read more and check out my You Tube process video that goes with this layout as well. Happy Crafting!

Julia

I used several inks on my layout, you can find the details at my blog as well as close ups of the details.

Looks like we forgot to put in the linky for everyone. If your link is in the commets, no problem! That works! :)  We have extended this challenge until 4pm on Sunday May 29th and will post the highlights, later in the evening!  Sorry everyone
- Tammy

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