Welcome to another edition of the Creative Circle Design Team Blog Hop! This month we are featuring Liz Holloway’s latest 3D creation – the Ice Cream Parlor. Did you enjoy the theme Sandy used for her shop? Let me tell you – when I began working on mine, I had a general concept in mind of how I wanted my set to look, but somewhere in the middle of the creative chaos, this project took on a life of its own and I think I even amazed myself at how cute it ended up being! So I won’t keep you in suspense any longer – here’s my version:
The longer I worked with the pink and white theme, the more this reminded me of my darling little Granddaughter and thus, Karly’s Sweet Treats came to be. Here’s a recent pic of my muse:
Don’t you just love that little face? She was nibbling on an iced animal cookie and has some of the icing all over her chin – the sweeter the kiss, I say!
Ok – back to the Ice Cream Parlor… Despite the adorable exterior, this is actually a box that opens and the cards I made to coordinate can be stored inside the box! The building sign acts as a handle that you can lift the top with. Take a look…
We knew you’d be just as delighted with this box as we were, so Liz has given each member of the hop permission to give one lucky winner a free pattern! For your chance to win, leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite Sweet Treat is. The winner will be chosen at random on August 10.
Ok – now off you go to see what Liz did with the project. Stop back over the next few days and I’ll have close ups of the box and each of the cards with details on what Stampin’ Up! products I used on each one.
Here’s a little video Liz made on how to construct the box.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. Don’t forget to leave a comment for your chance to win the pattern!
In case you get off track, here are all the stops on today’s hop:
Sum, Sum, Summertime, Summertime, Summertime… Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m one of those annoying people that starts humming when something reminds me of a song or lyrics – ha! Anyway, that’s what I started singing when we decided on the theme for the August Blog Hop with Di’s Country INKers. So now you know the rest of the story.
So perhaps you just arrived from Di’s blog, or maybe you’re just joining us. Either way, we’re awfully glad you’re hoppin’ with us today! Today’s card is from one of my recent TLC classes (Technique Lover’s Class). It’s a Triptych card which uses a single image that is divided into three panels to create a focal point. Instead of using a stamped image for this card, we used a piece of the English Garden Designer Series Paper which was divided and mounted on a Night of Navy mat. A second mat of Whisper White is layered behind that and it’s all popped up with dimensionals onto a Hello Honey card base. We used the Triple Banner Punch to create the tag for the greeting. The bee is from the Garden In Bloom stamp set, and the ‘Thanks’ is from the Cottage Greetings set. We stamped the bee with Night of Navy and colored his little body in with a Hello Honey marker. A touch of summer sunshine was added with a knot of 1/8″ Gold Ribbon. Have you noticed how the Garden In Bloom set coordinates with the English Garden DSP pack? These are easily my very favorite items from the Annual Catalog. Uh-oh – I feel another song coming on (Let me tell you ’bout the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees…)
Ok, so now that I’ve given you an earworm for the day, it’s time to send you off to see what Mary has to show you. Thanks for stopping by today – hope you have a great rest of your day!
In case you get off track, here’s a list of our hoppers:
Here’s a close-up of one of the cards I made for July’s Creative Circle blog hop. I used the Guy Greetings stamp set for a clean and simple design that can be used for any occasion. I purposely left a greeting off the front as I don’t yet know who I’ll send this one to. You can see, however, that it really could be used for most anything – that’s how versatile this set is!
I started with a base of Early Espresso card stock and layered a 5 1/4″ x 4″ Early Espresso panel that was embossed with the new Boho Chic folder. The next layer is from the Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper pack over Early Espresso. For the top layer, I stamped the hats from Guy Greetings three times in Early Espresso onto Crumb Cake card stock and added another Early Espresso mat beneath. A knot of Early Espresso seam binding finishes it off.
This card was part of a set that I made to go with Liz Holloway’s FREE Murse pattern. If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, head on over to get yours!
Make sure to come back August 5th for another Creative Circle Blog Hop for a chance to win the next 3D pattern that we’ll be using in the hop!
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The longer I worked with the pink and white theme, the more this reminded me of my darling little Granddaughter and thus, Karly’s Sweet Treats came to be. Here’s a recent pic of my muse:
Don’t you just love that little face? She was nibbling on an iced animal cookie and has some of the icing all over her chin – the sweeter the kiss, I say!
Cleverly disguised, eh? I just love it – it’s my favorite project so far! What’s that? YOU want to make one too? We would love for you to do that. Click on over to Liz’s store where she is selling the pattern for $$6.99 
