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~ The Sweet Smells of Summer – Blog Hop ~

June 8th, 2010 by

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Hello friends!

Welcome to the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store Design Team’s June hop!   This month our theme is “The Sweet Smells of Summer“.   If you’ve arrived here from  Deborah Saaranen’s blog, then you are in the right spot!   If not, I suggest you start back at Sharon’s Stamp Simply Ribbon Store blog so that you don’t miss anything!

When we were discussing what theme we should use for this month, my suggestion was Americana.   When I think of summer, the things that come to mind are July 4th, picnics, BBQs and family reunions.   I was thinking Americana would work for any of those.  Well, the other day, my aunt and I were talking about how my mom would drag us all out to Watsonville (in CA) each summer to pick  strawberries for preserves.   My mom’s preserves were famous.   Not because they were “smuckerlike”, but because they always tended to be a little runny.   They were absolutely perfect for putting on fresh hot waffles!

So, for today’s project, I created a basket of strawberries.   They are fresh picked and ready to can! 🙂  Can you smell them?

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The strawberry pattern came from Sherry Brickey at Paperscrapz.   You can find it HERE.

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The basket is woven with 1/4″ pieces of Garden Green card stock.   I scored them on one end to secure them to the basket bottom I created.   Alternating from one side to the other, I created the vertical slats first.   Then I used a piece of Garden Green cardstock cut at 1″ to wrap around the top to secure the top of the slats.   lastly, I cut 1/4″ x 12″ pieces to weave around the horizontal way.   It was a bit tricky, but after the pieces are all together, you can make adjustments until it looks right.

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For my card, I created two strawberries using the small oval punch.   Each strawberry is three punched ovals adhered at the tips then snipped off at the top.   I freehand cut the strawberry leaves and vines.

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Here are my deets:

Stamps:  Just Rite’s Seeds of Kindness (medallion on basket); Just Rite’s Friendship set (sentiment ring on card) ~ both from Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Colors: GP White, Garden Green, Real Red,  Pink Paislee 365 degrees dp

Ink: Always Artichoke, Versamark, Tim Holtz tea bag distressing ink

Accessories: 1.25″ wide crochet lace, 1/8″ red and green satin ribbon, red/off white gingham ribbon, white brads, white candy dots (colored with copic marker to match the garden green), circle punches, scalloped circle punch, sticky tape, scoring blade, hole punch, sponge, swiss dots embossing folder, circle nesties, scalloped circles nesties. eyelet border punch, ribbon threading punch, dimensionals

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Ok, now for some fun stuff!    One lucky hopper is going to win the new Cappella Kit that is shown above.    How we do this is… after the cut off time (see Sharon’s blog), a random number is chosen that corresponds to one of the blogs in the hop.   Then another number is chosen based on the comments on that blog, to determine the winner.    So, though it’s not required, you’re best served to comment on all the blogs to increase your chances of winning this awesome candy!

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Sharon is offering 20% off of all JustRite products in her store HERE.  The sale runs thru Monday June 14th at 8am.  You can e-mail your orders to Sharon at [email protected]

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BLOGS IN THIS HOP:

Sharon Johnson – Stamp Simply Ribbon Store blog

Michelle Woerner

  Linda Duke

  Sherry Cheever

 Barb Schram

 Deborah Saaranen

 Holly McMillen

You’ve come to the end of the hop!!   We thank you so very much for hopping along with us today.   Blessings, all!

Holly

 

77 Comments »

77 Responses to “~ The Sweet Smells of Summer – Blog Hop ~”

  1. on 08 Jun 2010 at 06:201 Linby

    Love the clean fresh crisp look of these pieces.
    Linbyx

  2. on 08 Jun 2010 at 06:252 Jerri Kay

    Totally adorable designs Holly, love the strawberry theme, so sweet . . . . pardon the pun . . . LOL . . . hugs, Jerri

  3. on 08 Jun 2010 at 06:393 Deb Saaranen

    These are over the top “sweet” Holly! I love the yummy strawberry theme, the red and white colors together are so fresh! Fabulous!

  4. on 08 Jun 2010 at 06:514 Linda Duke

    I LOVE THIS!!!! girl.. you always come up with the best idea’s….. really adorable – Linda Duke

  5. on 08 Jun 2010 at 06:545 Becki Jo

    Brilliant !!! The colors are so fresh and bright, so pretty !!

  6. on 08 Jun 2010 at 06:586 Velta

    Hi there Holly!! Long time no see…I love your project here what a great gift idea! The strawberries are perfect (the ones you made out of paper) LOL! The card, another beauty! Hope you and yours are doing well!

  7. on 08 Jun 2010 at 07:087 Luanne Ford

    Gasp! These are unbelievable! The colors are so “strawberry”, with the red and green. And the DSP is a great setting. Love it!

  8. on 08 Jun 2010 at 07:158 Lisa Silver (silvergirl)

    I just ADORE this! The bold strawberries with the crisp white is just perfect!

  9. on 08 Jun 2010 at 07:219 Rhonda H

    What a great project. Our family picked strawberries this year. What great memories and a wonderful card!

  10. on 08 Jun 2010 at 07:2110 Laurie

    This is a happy fun summer card! Love the strawberries and all of the bright colors you used.

  11. on 08 Jun 2010 at 07:2411 Kelly Massman

    First of all, YUM! Your strawberry card and basket are just darling!

  12. on 08 Jun 2010 at 07:3112 Betsy

    Your lovely designs are lip-smacking sweet!! Just couldn’t get enough of looking at this lovely summer eye-candy.

  13. on 08 Jun 2010 at 07:3213 Kathy Hering

    Lovely!

  14. on 08 Jun 2010 at 07:3614 cristinoel

    How cute and clever. Love those strawberries.

  15. on 08 Jun 2010 at 07:4915 Charlette

    Your card and little bag are just so sweet! You are so talented. I really love all the little touches on your card. TFS and have a wonderful day.

  16. on 08 Jun 2010 at 07:5916 Holly

    LOVE LOVE LOVE those darling strawberries! That basket? OH MY HECK – what a wonderful job you’ve done weaving this!!!

  17. on 08 Jun 2010 at 08:0217 chaun

    Takes me back to when we used to go and pick strawberries on a strawberry farm when I was a little girl.

  18. on 08 Jun 2010 at 08:2218 Beth Taylor

    What great projects-crisp summery colors–I can almost smell the strawberries!

  19. on 08 Jun 2010 at 09:0719 Lynda Hill

    Holly, I can smell and taste those strawberries. Absolutely beautiful card. This brings back so many memories of my Mom and Dad. Dad would grow and pick, and Mom would make preserves. We enjoyed that for so many years. I really miss it and them, now. Thanks, for the memories!

  20. on 08 Jun 2010 at 09:1420 Gail S.

    I just want strawberries now! Very nice!

  21. on 08 Jun 2010 at 09:1621 Susan G

    Beautiful Summer colors. Thanks so much for sharing the info for the strawberries. They and the basket are just the cutest!

  22. on 08 Jun 2010 at 09:1622 Louise

    Love the colors you have used and the strawberries . . . . just beautiful!

  23. on 08 Jun 2010 at 09:4123 Heidi Karpen

    This set is incredible- I’m still marveling at the basket and the strawberries! What a lovely way to give some summer gifts!

  24. on 08 Jun 2010 at 10:0224 Sylvia Johnson

    What a pretty card. I like how you kept the embossed dots on different layers. It really pulled your card together. The whole thing is so summery. Strawberries happen to be one of the best smells of summer to me.

  25. on 08 Jun 2010 at 10:1925 Cindy H

    I love it! Thanks for sharing

  26. on 08 Jun 2010 at 10:3426 Emily

    Your card and basket set are so fresh and sweet! Love the paper and colours you used.
    Thanks for sharing! :o)

  27. on 08 Jun 2010 at 10:4427 Marisa

    Love those strawberries, Holly! Fabulous! Our patch is producing and it is so much fun to go out and pick a few. Love the basket – you are so good at making 3D items! And yes, I can smell those strawberries all the way from here LOL!

  28. on 08 Jun 2010 at 10:5128 Sherry Cheever

    Holly your project is FABULOUS! It’s so creative and just perfect!!!

  29. on 08 Jun 2010 at 10:5829 Marlene (cards4u)

    This is just wondeful!! Thanks for sharing all the details! Love the red and white – so fresh and summery : )

  30. on 08 Jun 2010 at 11:0630 Sharon L

    Wow! Gorgeous set! I had fresh strawberries for breakfast and was thinking about the sights and smells of summer. Thanks for round two of summer smells. Hee hee!
    Sharon L

  31. on 08 Jun 2010 at 11:1131 Colleen Dietrich

    Love those strawberries! And you had my mouth watering at the description of your mom’s preserves and those waffles…yum!

  32. on 08 Jun 2010 at 11:4432 Rachel Hope

    Mmmm, fresh, bright and Delish!

  33. on 08 Jun 2010 at 11:5033 Carla Suto

    Fabulous project and card, Holly! The basket of strawberries is amazing and each detail of your presentation is perfect! Looks so yummy!

  34. on 08 Jun 2010 at 12:0934 Mary Harris

    I am loving this!! What a wonderful idea and how fun!! You thought of everything. You can almost smell them. I love all the details!!

  35. on 08 Jun 2010 at 12:1135 Cyndee

    What a cute card and basket! The color combination is delightfully fresh and crisp!

  36. on 08 Jun 2010 at 12:4436 Pati L

    YES! Strawberries! My fav! Love your project, all the details, very cool! I love that plant/harvest saying on the medallion too.

  37. on 08 Jun 2010 at 12:5737 Lynne Phelps

    I love how you made the strawberries – you are so clever! Charming card, so fresh and summery!

  38. on 08 Jun 2010 at 13:4038 Lynne

    Holly such an awesome card. The strawberry looks good enough to eat. I loved visiting your blog and I’ll be back again soon.

    LynneZ

  39. on 08 Jun 2010 at 13:4839 Tara Prince

    Gorgeous set!!

  40. on 08 Jun 2010 at 14:1940 Sandra

    love it!

    You are my inspiration to pull out and use my Spellbinders dies!
    Thank you!
    Sandra

  41. on 08 Jun 2010 at 14:2241 jackie watson

    I just love your project. Your strawberries are super. I would have never thought of that. I think it will be fun to make them since I love strawberries. Thanks for sharing your artwork with us.

  42. on 08 Jun 2010 at 14:2242 Glenda Brooks

    Wow! Girl, you went the extra mile on this one! Great job! Love the colors!

  43. on 08 Jun 2010 at 14:3843 Debbie Reaves

    Your projects are just out of this world beautiful!

    Great ideas!

    take care,

    Debbie Reaves

  44. on 08 Jun 2010 at 14:5644 Mary Smith

    Yes, I can just smell them! Beautiful card.

  45. on 08 Jun 2010 at 15:1845 Stacie

    OMG! This is sooooooooo sweet and pretty!! Love it!

  46. on 08 Jun 2010 at 15:2146 Deb

    Wow, Holly! WOW! This is so gorgeous!

  47. on 08 Jun 2010 at 15:3447 marilyn

    Beautiful card .I can taste those sweet strawberries now .Thanks for sharing
    Marilyn

  48. on 08 Jun 2010 at 15:4748 Kelly G

    What a great box! Can definitely taste those strawberies

  49. on 08 Jun 2010 at 16:5149 teresa kline

    wow Holly, those strawberries look so real, yummy card!

    enjoy *~*

  50. on 08 Jun 2010 at 17:0550 Andrene

    This card is not only creative but also just about the cutest one I have seen!! Perfect for the summer theme.

  51. on 08 Jun 2010 at 17:1551 Brenda H

    Love your card — The strawberries look good enough to eat! The card is gorgeous.

  52. on 08 Jun 2010 at 19:0352 Peggy Allen

    Love the strawberry card and basket. Soooo sweet! You know I do love next to the strawberry capital of the world in Plant City, FL.
    God bless!

  53. on 08 Jun 2010 at 19:0553 Rebekah Kaberry

    I could just pluck those strawberry right off that card and eat them they look so delicious! So fresh looking and a great colour combo. Red and green can be so hard to put together without looking christmassy but you’ve done a great job. Thanks for sharing!

  54. on 08 Jun 2010 at 19:1354 Sylvia from Minnesota

    The stamping with white ink and the lace are beautiful-what a striking card. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

  55. on 08 Jun 2010 at 19:3655 Patti J.

    Wonderful project! Those ‘berries’ make me smile! Great idea, and what fun – thanks for sharing!

  56. on 08 Jun 2010 at 20:1356 D Perry

    What a talent you have! I would not have thought to make the strawberries that way. Wow, what an imagination! Thanks for the inspiration.

  57. on 08 Jun 2010 at 20:4457 Shelly Kasban

    Your projects made me so happy! Cute, cute, cute. Shelly K

  58. on 08 Jun 2010 at 20:4758 Cassie K

    LOVE this card. Strawberries are so summer to me and the way you created yours is just so cute and creative.

  59. on 08 Jun 2010 at 21:3059 Sue D

    This is so cute! I love the strawberries and the card and the basket ia adorable!

  60. on 08 Jun 2010 at 22:0060 Marilyn

    Adorable!! Your hard work shows in this card. Love strawberries!!!

  61. on 08 Jun 2010 at 23:3161 Corinna

    I am always wowed by your work and today is no exception! tfs Holly!! 😀

  62. on 09 Jun 2010 at 07:1462 Kathy W

    Nothing says summer like fresh strawberries! This is a wonderful card and project. Thanks for sharing.

  63. on 09 Jun 2010 at 07:2563 Barb(GrandmaUpNorth)

    Love your design. Its soooo summery. I really like everything about it!

  64. on 09 Jun 2010 at 11:0264 Janet L

    Wow! I love your projects. The colors and details are all beautiful! I can almost taste the strawberries. Thanks for sharing your talents.

  65. on 09 Jun 2010 at 11:1065 Cherie

    Fantastic! Such beautiful colors and I absolutely love the ribbon! 🙂 The strawberries look like you could eat them right from the picture! TFS!

  66. on 09 Jun 2010 at 12:2066 erin

    Great bright colors.

  67. on 09 Jun 2010 at 14:2567 SherylH

    Oh, your card is so nice and summery — brings thoughts of sunshine on this cool rainy day. Great idea for creating the strawberries.

  68. on 09 Jun 2010 at 15:1568 conniemelancon

    This is BEAUITUL!! LOVE the basket and the red, green and white.

  69. on 09 Jun 2010 at 19:2069 Traci S. (at SCS)

    Hi Holly~

    How great to find you here! I had no idea!
    I love your basket of strawberries…so red!
    Of course, I would have to turn them on top of some sponge cake with ice cream and whipped cream!

    Delicious card!

    He IS Able,
    Traci S.

  70. on 09 Jun 2010 at 20:5770 Kathryn Moffatt

    Berry Pretty!

  71. on 10 Jun 2010 at 02:2471 Helen L.

    Wow! your creations are amazing!! Great color choices, and such creativity!! And so definitely summer: thanks for sharing your great talent!

  72. on 10 Jun 2010 at 06:1972 Pat

    Amazing card. Quite beautiful.
    thanks for sharing.

  73. on 10 Jun 2010 at 16:0773 Becki B

    All I can say is WOW!!! what fabulous colors and everything about it is fabulous.

  74. on 10 Jun 2010 at 17:5674 Denise Bryant

    Love this strawberry card! Lots of terrific details!
    DeniseB

  75. on 11 Jun 2010 at 08:1075 StampinCathy

    This is just stunning and so inspiring. Love the colors, texture, and details. The card is so refreshing.

  76. on 11 Jun 2010 at 12:4776 Monika/buzsy

    What a fabulous card Holly! Love that image… great colors… and pretty lace! :o)

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