Around the World on Wednesday blog hop

Welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday blog hop!  We are a group of international Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators who have gathered together for a monthly blog hop.  The blog hop goes live on the 2nd Wednesday of the month.   Join us and enjoy a hop around the world!

The Around the World on Wednesday blog hop is celebrating its 5 year anniversary. In celebration the hop is CASEing a team member. When I looked at the theme for this month I found out it was me that the team was CASEing. OH my did my face turn red and I started to get that nervous feeling. I am so embarrassed to say that It has been quite a while since I have participated in this blog hop. I debated whether to participate or not but decided that I wanted to start hopping again and it would be easy to CASE myself. Thank you Angie and Cheryll (leaders of the hop) and I will do better and hop more often. In addition the theme is This or That all wrapped up in gratitude.

Do you recognize where the first 2 images are from? It is from one of my favorite stamp sets, Rustic Centerpiece. This stamp set doesn’t have any coordinating dies or punches so yes I fussy cut the sunflower and apples out. The apples looked a little bare so I borrowed some leaves from the Perfectly Pears stamp set. I also fussy cut the pear from the Perfectly Pears stamp set.

• Early Espresso CS 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″.
• Very Vanilla CS 4″ x 5-1/4″ embossed with the Beautiful Pattern Embossing folder.
• Early Espresso CS cut with the Perennial Postage dies.
• Very Vanilla CS cut 1-1/4″ x 1-1/4″
• Sunflowers colored with Pecan Pie, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends.
• Sentiment from the Banner Sayings stamp set inked in Early Espresso ink.
• Apples colored with Real Red, Daffodil Delight, and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends.
• Pear stamped in Crushed Curry ink and leaves colored with Old Olive Stampin’ Blends.
• Early Espresso Linen thread (from the Early Espresso & Old Olive Linen Thread Pack) wrapped 3 times around the Very Vanilla CS layer and tied in a bow).
• Low-Profile Sparkle Dots-one in each block.

• Very Vanilla CS layer 4″ x 5-1/4″
• Pears from the Perfectly Pears set inked in Early Espresso ink. Pears stamped in Crushed Curry and leaves colored using Old Olive Stampin’ Blends.
• Sentiment from the Banner Sayings set inked in Early Espresso.

Here is the same card style except it is featuring Christmas.

• Basic Black CS card base 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″.
• Basic White CS layer 4″ x 5-1/4″ embossed with the Beautiful Pattern Embossing Folder.
• Basic Black CS cut using the Perennial Postage dies.
• Basic White CS 1-1/4″ x 1-1/4″ stamped with joy. The sentiment is from the Jar of Joy set.
• The poinsettia is from the Jolly Holly bundle inked in Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored using Real Red and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends.
• The bells were colored using Daffodil Delight and Real Red Stampin’ Blends.
• The holly was colored using Real Red and Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends. The sentiment is from the Jar of Joy set.
• All of the images were cut using the Jolly Holly dies.
• Wink of Stella was applied to parts of the images (Petals, bow, and berries) and then a layer of Fine-Tip Glue was applied to give it shine and a little dimension.
• The Real Red Shiny Ribbon was wrapped around and tied in a bow.

• Basic White CS layer 4″ x 5-1/4″
• Sentiment from the Peace on Earth stamp set inked in Tuxedo Black Memento ink.
• Holly inked in Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored using Real Red and Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends.

Which do you like better? This or That?

Now it is time to hop on over to see what Chris Smith has created for you.

Jan Clothier – NZ
Leonie Stuart – AU
Rochelle Laird-Smith – AU
Cheryll Miller – AU
Danielle Kassing – NL
Marga Bultena – NL
Aurélie Fabre – FR
Kelly Taranto – US
Sharon Hashimoto Burkert
Chris Smith – US
Teri West – US

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the blog hop!

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