Make Amazing Happen Blog Hop

Welcome to the Amazing Journey Blog Hoppers Hop! This month’s theme is Anything Goes. I'm so happy you're hoppin' along! If you arrived here from Jen's blog you're on the right track. If not, that's ok too! Just continue the hop and you'll come full circle!

This card may look familiar to those of you from my Facebook page, A Yooper's Stampin Jourmey. I was color inspired by a fellow FSJ coach for the original card that I have shown below with the fun summery colors, then reinspired to change up the colors and add some Sparkle Silk to make super cute flower swirl Christmas cards.

The original card:

Thank you for stopping by today, be sure to head to Heather's blog next.

Becky L.

Blog hop list: 

1. Heather
2. Carol
3. Kim
4. Glenda
5. Deborah
6. Jen
7. Becky (you are here)

Supplies used on my project: 
DI-0322 Mystic Vine Host Exclusive ($150 party)
SS-0454 Flower Swirls Stamp Set
     or BD-0289 Flower Swirls Stamp and Die Bundle
CS-0007 Candy Apple Cardstock
CS-0023 Oatmeal Cookie Cardstock
CS-0113 Green Olive Cardstock
CS-0040 Whip Cream Cardstock
IP-0041 Black Licorice Ink Pad
IP-0012Hazelnut Blend Ink Pad
DI-0268 Notebook Page Die
EF-0017 Corrugated Board Embossing Folder
JM-0081 Party Pop Pan Pastels
JM-0098 Journey Sofft Tools
IP-0126 Sparkle Silk

Dude Blog Hop

Welcome to the Amazing Journey Blog Hoppers Hop! This month’s theme is Dude. I'm so happy you're hoppin' along! If you arrived here from Kim's blog, you're on the right track. If not, that's ok too! Just continue the hop and you'll come full circle!

Isn't this the type of card design we are ALWAYS looking for? The most common request on boards is to see everyone's dude cards. I don't know why we have such a hard time coming up with something, but feminine cards are just easier to design, I guess :) When you do a guys card you have to push past the frilly design and the rhinestones and glitter and get down to the nitty gritty in your craft corner and get creative. Thankfully, there are many, many stamp designs out there now to design a card for the dude in your life, and if you need that something extra, splash some Journey Silks on that baby!! It's like throwing some dirt on it, only so much better.

The score lines for this 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card is 2 1/8" and 4 1/4".
Patterned paper is cut to 1 7/8" x 5 1/4" and 4" x 5 1/4".
Journey Circles Die Set is used to cut the circles.

I designed the front of the card first and then when I had the placement of the front large circle in place I put adhesive on the inside of the card circle back, then lined it up under front, then closed up the card so that the inside circle lined up directly under the front circle. Clear as mud? No? Throw some silks on it ;)

Thank you for stopping by today, be sure to head to Ruth's blog next.

Rub some dirt in it, it'll be alright...lol

Becky L.

Blog hop list: 

1. Heather Flaherty

2. Kim Lamos

3. Becky Lemire (you are here)

4. Ruth Cooper

5. Betsye Rose Cimino Erazo

Supplies used on my project: 
SS-0334 Adventure Awaits Stamp Set
AT-0130 Tag Elements Stamp Set
IP-0041 Black Licorice Ink Pad
IP-0005 Tangerine Fusion Ink Pad
PP-0030 Party Pop Prints 12x12 paper pack
CS-0082 Denim Days cardstock
CS-0036 Tangerine Fusion cardstock
CS-0040 Whip Cream cardstock
AC-0019 Silver Silk
AC-0123 Citrus Cooler Silk
DI-0039 Journey Circles Die Set
TO-0039 Journey Paper Cutter
TO-0134 Amaze Die Cut Machine
AD-0084 Journey Foam Squares-small
AD-0081 Easy Glide Permanent Adhesive Runner

Faith Journey

Welcome to the Amazing Journey Blog Hoppers Hop! This month’s theme is Faith Journey. I'm so happy you're hoppin' along! If you arrived here from Kim’s blog, you're on the right track. If not, that's ok too! Just continue the hop and you'll come full circle!

Bible Journaling. I am in love. I think this is a fantastic way to get into your Bible.

These are the steps I follow:
1. Pray first that God would open your eyes and ears and heart to the words you will be reading.
2. Read the passage you have chosen, then re-read and re-read again  :)
3. Choose the specific verse or passage you'd like to highlight with an image or with writing.
4. Stamp, color, draw, write away.

Fun Stampers Journey has quite a few Bible specific stamp sets plus so many others that will find their way into your Bible as you dig in. I used one of the new sets in the big Fun Stampers Journey Inspiration Catalog called God is Light plus the Autumn Leaves set from the nature section. By picking up the God is Light set, you've already got the jumping off point to at least 5 different pages you can spend time in.

Journey Gesso (which is white) was brushed on the journaling column of the page first so that any inks that I use won't bleed through to the back side. Because I'm not patient, I used a heat gun to carefully dry the page. Then I mixed the Beach Breeze, Whip Cream and Journey Blender Solution and brushed it around the "sky" area using a blending brush. Sweet Pear, Whip Cream and Journey Blender was mixed and used for the "grassy" area. Again, the heat tool was used to dry up the ink....oh, the lack of patience here ;) So the words wouldn't get covered up too much, I used matching pan pastels and wiped off any excess with paper towel instead of the ink I used on the side column.

The lettering was done by hand using a Black Copic marker - the brush end. This takes lots of practice and I am really just starting so only do a little. Heavy handed on the downstroke of a letter, light handed on the upstroke is the way these are supposed to take their shape. Always something new to learn...love it! The rest of the lettering was done using a Pitt Black Brush Pen. The oak leaves (info on why I used this is found in this 24th chapter of Joshua) were then stamped around using a Green Olive Ink Pad.

IMPORTANT!!!! Always allow your page to completely dry before closing your Bible. You don't want your pages to stick together and tear the pages and ruin your artwork.

Give it a try and enjoy your own Faith Journey!!

Thank you for stopping by today, be sure to head to Betsye’s blog next.

As for me and my house, we will serve The Lord.
Becky L.

Blog hop list: 

1. Betsye Rose Cimino Erazo

2. Karen Seifert

3. Carol Norby

4. Ruth Cooper 

5. Kim Lamos

6. Becky Lemire (you are here)

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Supplies used on my project: 
SS-0366 God Is Light
SS-0006 Autumn Days
IP-0072 Green Olive Ink Pad
JM-0072 Journey Gesso (it is white)
JM-0081 Party Pop Pan Pastels
RI-0027 Beach Breeze re-inker
RI-0040 Whip Cream re-inker
RI-0053 Sweet Pear re-inker
IP-0088 Fusion Blender
TO-0098 Medium Blending Brush
TO-0083 Journey Heat Gun

Non-FSJ products:
Black Copic Marker
Pitt Brush Pen

Beautiful Wings Journey Blog Hop

Welcome to the Amazing Journey Blog Hoppers Hop! This month’s theme is Beautiful Wings. I'm so happy you're hoppin' along! If you arrived here from Ruth Cooper's blog, you're on the right track. If not, that's ok too! Just continue the hop and you'll come full circle!

I Tried out some new supplies for this blog hop. The Beautiful Wings stamp set really is beautiful and fairly easy to line up without a stamp positioner. I chose to be my own kind of beautiful and go the neon route, so I used Electric Lime and Orange Rave ink on the butterfly. Turbo Teal splashes (also a new product to me) was used for the background with a chevron stencil. I sprayed it out and was very pleased to see that it has a little shimmer to it. A little Electric Lime Silk splatter and orange drops add just the right finish. 

   Thank you for stopping by today, be sure to head to Lisa Kmiec’s blog next. 

BeckyL

Blog hop list:  

1. Betsye Rose Cimino Erazo

2. Heather Flaherty 

3. Christine Pennington

4. Ruth Cooper

5. Becky Lemire - you are here

6. Lisa Kmiec

7. Karen Schroeder

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Supplies used on my project: 

SS-0353 Beautiful Wings Stamp Set

IP-0116 Turbo Teal Ink Pad

IP-0112 Electric Lime Ink Pad

IP-0113 Orange Rave Ink Pad

IP-0108 Electric Lime Silk

IP-0125 Turbo Teal Splash

JM- 0011 Chevron Stencil

CS-0040 Whip Cream Cardstock

CS-0123 Electric Lime Cardstock

CS-0127 Turbo Teal Cardstock

DI- 0039 Journey Circles Die Set

AC-0178 Rainbow Drops

AD-0081 Easy Glide Adhesive Runner (on SALE!! for the month of September 2016 only)

AC-0085 Medium Foam Squares

AD-0002 Journey Glaze (on SALE!! for the month of September 2016 only)

Honey, anyone?

Anyone in the mood for honey???? Always!! Here is a card I did using the new Hey Honey stamp set from the latest Inspiration Book & Catalog from Fun Stampers Journey.

Supplies Used (all FSJ):

Hey Honey

Honeycomb ATS

Hazelnut Blend Ink Pad

Oatmeal Cookie Reinker

Pineapple Smoothie Reinker

Hazelnut Blend Reinker

Fusion Blender

Blender Brush

Party Pop Pan Pastels (Lemon Drop color)

Rich Sorbet Pan Pastels (Summer Days color)

Journey Colorless Blender Pan Pastel

Journey Glaze

Journey Sparkle Dust

Rainbow Drops

Journey Twine - natural

Journey Gold Silk

If you have any questions, give me a holler. If you need to shop for any supplies, head on over to my website and hit the shop button. Thank you for stopping by.

Becky

Outdoor Fun FSJ Blog Hop

 Welcome to the Amazing Journey Blog Hoppers Hop! This month’s theme is Outdoor Fun!. I'm so happy you're hoppin' along! If you arrived here from Carol’s blog, you're on the right track. If not, that's ok too! Just continue the hop and you'll come full circle!"

Please don’t forget to click the Next button at the bottom to continue on the hop with Heather’s blog.  

Outdoor fun to me is summer time camping, and though I never get to do it as often as I'd like, I can stamp them all year round. This card is made using Journey Pan Pastels with some masking. I used them for the background and also for coloring the tent in the center. Talk about a versatile coloring tool. The mask was made using a post-it (3M) die cut with one of the Heart-Felt Dies. I hope you enjoy my Outdoor Fun card and the rest of the bloggers' Outdoor Fun. You can find all the supplies I used in the list below.

1.   Betsye Rose Cimino Erazo

2.   Wilma Payne

3.   Carol Moffett Norby

4.   Becky Lemire (you are here)

5.   Heather Flaherty

6.   Kim Lamos

7.   Christine Pennington

8.   Karen Seifert

9. Allie Gower

10. Ruth Cooper

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Supplies are all from Fun Stampers Journey

SS-0133 Happy Camper Stamp Set

DI-0033 Heart-Felt Die Set

CS-0009 Whip Cream Cardstock

CS-0043 Lemon Drop Cardstock

CS-0072 Green Olive Cardstock

IP-0012 Hazelnut Blend Ink Pad

IP-0096 Journey Gold Silk

JM-0082 Rich Sorbets Pan Pastels

(used Summer Days & Kiwi Slice & Pumpkin Bread)

JM-0095 Journey Colorless Blender

AC-0027 Hearts & Stars Wooden Buttons

AC-0005 Journey Twine Natural

AC-0084 Small Journey Foam Squares

AC-0081 Easy Glide Adhesive Runner

Spring's coming!!

Welcome to the March Journey Blog Hop!  I'm so happy you're hoppin' along!  If you arrived here from Stamping Journey With Jenny, you're on the right track.  If not, that's ok too!  Just continue the hop and you'll come full circle!  If you need to start from the beginning, the list can be found here at Kerry's Getting Inky blog.

This one is a two-fer. I die cut the flowers for the first card from a scrap piece of Pineapple Smoothie cardstock, but made sure to lay them out on the scrap piece so that they had a little spacing in between them and then used the negative for the second card. I backed the negative of the die cut with a piece of polka dot background paper and then Sweet Berry cardstock. All the background papers are from the Spring Parade paper pack only available until 3/31/16 in the FSJ Spring Mini.

Close ups of the cards to kind of see the shading on the flower and Journey glaze on the dots.

 If you need to do any shopping for any of the supplies I used, you can head on over to my website at www.funstampersjourney.com/273 and click on shop. Each of the supplies will be linked to my site also.

Supplies:

SS-0043 Greet & Shout - "Enjoy" stamp

SS-0206 Hello Amazing - "Hello" stamp

DI-0012 Tattered Flowers Die set

IP-0006 Grape Fusion Ink Pad

IP-0029 Sweet Berry Ink Pad

IP-0014 Pineapple Smoothie Ink Pad - inked around the edges of the die cut flowers

CS-0026 Pineapple Smoothie cardstock - card bases, die cut flowers

CS-0034 Sweet Berry cardstock - matting for both cards

CS-0040 Whip Cream cardstock - banner with saying

PP-0020 Spring Parade 6" x 6" paper pack - background papers (Spring Mini-only until 3/31/16)

AC-0178 Rainbow Drops - Die cut flower center (Spring Mini-only until 3/31/16)

AC-0134 Candy Dots
IP-0092 Bubble Gum Silks - splashed on right card
AD-0002 Journey Glaze - on dots on background paper on right card and "Enjoy" on left card
JG-0001 Journey Grand Die Cut Machine
AD-0084 Journey Foam Squares - small
AD-0085 Journey Foam Squares - medium

Thanks for hopping to my blog.  We had a wonderful addition added to the hop today so take a quick hop over to Crissy's blog to check out her wonderful creation and then you can hop back here to continue on to Heather Flaherty's blog to see what she has to share. Again, if you get lost, come on back and you can find the master blog roll here.