Pals Blog Hop is All about Families First

Welcome!

It’s the Families First Pals Blog Hop for April 2017.  We appreciate you stopping by to take a look at our 2017 Blog Hop monthly themes.  This month we are featuring projects that are all about our families. This is a great time of year to think about what to make for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, or upcoming graduations – or whatever you celebrate. We hope to provide you with lots of ideas and that you enjoy our creations.

You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below.  The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.

Succulent Garden Clothespin Wreath

Home decor doesn’t have to be complicated and this clothespin wreath was a fun, easy project that I made in a weekend. I have always wanted to make one and actually have had the clothespins in my craft room stash for years. The Succulent Garden DSP convinced me that it was time to make it!

It’s All in the Details

• I started with a total of 72 clothespins, cutting four of the DSP patterns into strips of 3/8″ x 3 1/4″. I did 18 clothespins of each DSP but only used 17 of each so if you use less than 4 designs of DSP, you might be able to use all 72. Wanting to keep the pattern evenly, I couldn’t get four more on, so left the last four off.
• Now, using Glossy Mod Podge (MP), while binge-watching episodes of Top Chef with my daughter, I coated each clothespin with a light coat of MP, laid the DSP strip down and applied another coat of MP. After they dried, I applied one more coat. Once that was dry, I clipped them to a metal floral wreath form.
• The grapevine wreath was secured over the metal wreath form as tightly as I could get it, using beading wire and hot glue.
• I attached store-bought flowers  (no apologies here because they are so pretty!), used an oval punch to cut out leaves from DSP, sponged the edges, folded them in half before hot gluing them to the bottom of each flower.
• Succulent Garden 3/8″ Ribbon was made into a big bow, then Silver Sequin Trim was glued to the back before all were hot glued to the grapevine wreath. Then, the flowers were hot glued in place.
• Four flowers from Special Reason were stamped in Sweet Sugarplum, then letters from Brushwork Alphabet were heat embossed with Old Olive, VersaMark and Clear Emboss Powder.
• Two banners from Fiesta Time Framelits were cut from the DSP, layered to connect them together with adhesive. The four flowers were adhered in place, then all were hot glued to the wreath. Two tassels from Cupcakes & Carousels Embellishment Kit were tied with a small piece of ribbon, then hot glued in place to the ends of the banner.
• I tied a small piece of ribbon to the back of the metal wreath frame to hang in place and this pretty wreath was done!

Quick List of Stampin’ Up! Products (Links to products are at the end of this post)

• Stamp Sets: Special Reason, Brushwork Alphabet
• Paper: Succulent Garden DSP
• Ink: Sweet Sugarplum, Old Olive, VersaMark
• SU Tools: Fiesta Time Framelits, Succulent Framelits
• Finishing Touch: Succulent Garden 3/8″ Ribbon Combo Pack, Silver Sequin Trim, Cupcakes & Carousels Embellishment Kit, Clear Emboss Powder

Mother’s Love Card

Some stampers just make cards so I also made a card that can be used for any occasion when celebrating mothers. I tried keeping this card generic but with Mother’s Day right around the corner, I think it would be perfect for that celebration! The supplies used are listed below and if you have any questions regarding how I made it, please feel free to leave me a comment. I did use a couple of retired stamp sets (I have so many!) but you can substitute from what you have with this design.

Quick List of Stampin’ Up! Products  (Links to products are at the end of this post)

• Stamp Sets: Mother’s Love, Grateful Bunch, Brushwork Alphabet, Designer Typeset
• Paper: Blooms & Bliss DSP, Neutrals DSP Stack, Crumb Cake, Sweet Sugarplum, Sahara Sand
• Ink: Sweet Sugarplum, Crumb Cake
• SU Tools: Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, Flourish Thinlits, Birds & Blooms Thinlits, Blossom Bunch Punch, Layering Ovals Framelits
• Finishing Touch: Succulent Garden 3/8″ Ribbon Combo Pack, Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Sending Love Embellishments, Gold Wink of Stella, Delicate White Doilies, In Color Enamel Shapes, Basic Pearls

Thanks for coming to my blog today and hope you will leave me a comment! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me any time. Want to know what’s new with SU?  Check out my What’s New on the menu. Until next time, have fun in your craft room!

To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop! 

Blog Hop Line-Up

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Lynn Tague at Beyond Beaches & Blessings
3. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
4. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
5. Amy Hoptay at Craft Carnivore
6. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven’s Retreat
7. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
8. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
9. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
10. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
11. Karen Zaring Browning at Stamp With Me KZB
12. Susan Itell at simplestampin.com
13. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
14. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stampin’ Habit!
15. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
16. Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
17. Lisa Pretto at InkBig Academy Stamps
18. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
19. Becky Retzer at Just in Thyme by Becky Retzer
20. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
21. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
22. Debra Simonis at Deb’s Stampin’ Grounds
23. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
24. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
25. Shawn de Oliveira at ShawnStamps.com
26. Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
27. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
28. Sara Hicks Stuart at Sentiments by Sara
29. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
30. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards

 DIY List of Stampin Up! Products