ETA: The tour closed at midnight on Sunday, so the links have been disabled.
Welcome to stop #16 on the Parade of Papers Blog Hop! If you're in the middle of your tour, you probably came from viewing the adorable Good Morning Sunshine papers on Twila Davis' blog. If this is your FIRST stop on the tour, never fear–you can start at any point and come around again full circle all weekend. The links begin at 8:00 Eastern and go down at midnight on May 10th, so bookmark any interesting sites and visit them again later at your leisure!
We chose as our theme all the double-sided patterned papers in the
Stampin' Up Spring/Summer Idea Book & Catalog, and my assignment
was the luscious Raspberry Tart (see all patterns here). I had so much fun playing with all
this pink and its delicious accents of Kiwi Kiss and Rose Red. After the
blog tour, I will be posting about each individual project, but for the tour, here is an overview of a few of the fun
things I have made with Raspberry Tart. Enjoy!
I made the logo for this blog tour, if you couldn't tell! I punched out squares to make a faux pinwheel–look for my tutorial after the hop is over. It goes together so easily and makes a great quilt-themed card when you add faux stitching. I'll also have dahlia fold instructions for that pretty, fluffy flower on the right. You can easily make the other two cards with Baroque Motifs stamps and sponges. The lower left one uses the white gel pen to accent the flourish–love that!
Isn't my baby cute? This page was a snap to put together. The colors all came from the Raspberry Tart DSP (my favorite print out of the pack) and the embellishments are just butterflies die-cut with my new Big Shot, layered, and tied with a dab of Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon. There's hidden journalling on a pull-out tag underneath the photo mat, too. In years to come, she can read how mushy her momma was when she was making this page for her girl. Sweet!
This is a fun circle handbag made with the new Circle Scissor Plus from Stampin' Up and an ordinary paper lunch bag. It makes a great teacher appreciation gift when you fill it with tiny 3×3 or 4×4 cards and envelopes! I love that size of card because you can just use up all your scraps. They go together in a flash because when you use DSP, you don't have to worry over color choices or motifs–everything coordinates perfectly. I'll have instructions for this easy bag after the blog tour is over next week.
Last but not least of my Raspberry Tart projects is this name frame I made for my house. It features the motto from Convention 2007, when I consider my career as a Stampin' Up demonstrator really took flight.
I found a glass-backed frame in the clearance aisle at Walmart, sandwiched my paper between the glass and attached my embellishments and chipboard letters with mini glue dots, so I can change out the saying seasonally if I want. The letters are cut from chipboard AND DSP at the same time, using my amazing Big Shot! Love that thing!
Leave a comment below INCLUDING your email and let me know which of my projects was your favorite, and I'll enter your name in a drawing to win a FREE Flight of the Butterfly stamp set! The winner will be posted on Monday morning.
That's it from me…Thanks for visiting! If you're done at this stop, you'll be heading next to Melina Bischel's blog. Enjoy her take on the Sweet Always papers! And don't forget to visit us at Stampin' Addicts–a positive and fun place to share our love of papercrafting.
Lyssa!!! WOW, WOW, WOW!!! Holy great projects my friend!! Love everything!!
just love your butterfly scrapbook page…….I need to get more ideas for scrapbook projects like yours
thanks,
Debbie
essay18@verizon.net
Lyssa I did laugh at the Rhinestones but it looks awsome I think! Great job I loved your scrapbook page it is very pretty! All your projects were awsome!
GOJUS!
Great ideas for this DP. I liked the Name Frame the best. jmniffer
Lyssa, Everything is top notch, as always! I loved the simplicity of the scrapbook page with Natalie on it. Just lovely!
I’ve always wanted to do a name frame, but just never have gotten around to making one, so I’d have to pick that as my fav! Loved all your projects.
Oh my word are these ever WONDERFUL!!!! I love ’em all! I also love how you took the one card you made and made that into our banner for the blog hop!
I loved the scrapbook page. Those butterflies are gorgeous. The more I see them, the more I am going to have to get that die!!! Thanks for the inspiration.
beautiful! love your projects, especially the baroque motif cards
Beautiful Lyssa! Love your Natalie page! The Baroque Motifs card lying down is fresh and amazing too! Wonderful work!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love the butterflies! Thanks for the great ideas!
WOW! Love all the projects you made with this DSP!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, the quilt block card!!!
Lyssa,
I love your blog! I don’t know if I could pick a favorite project, I think they are all wonderful. I love the butterflies on your scrapbook page, but I think the circle purse is really cute too! Congrats on the blog hop! I’m loving it because I’ve gotten to visit blogs that I haven’t been introduced to before, and I’m adding many of them to my blog reader.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow Lyssa… these are absolutely amazing! I love everything. And I am so excited that I still have some Raspberry Tart left! You’ve inspired me to create some new projects with it! Maybe that will keep my mind from obsessing about other things 😉
It’s all gorgeous!! The scrapbook page of your daughter is darling!! Love it SO much!!!
I just love this paper. The projects you made are just wonderful. I do especially like the page with you daughter those butterflies are great. Can’t wait for the bag instructions.
Lyssa- I love the frame project.. and your scrap page is a perfect match for your girl’s shirt! cute!
That scrapbook page with the die-cut butterflies is BEYOND gorgeous!
Everything is spectacular! They all look so amazing! I love the scrapbook page, and the name frame, and the circle bag, and I could go on and on!
Why do you make us pick? It’s so hard! Okay, the circle bag and notes are my hands down winner!
WOW, Lysa! Everything is just GORGEOUS! I love making those bag purses! I did them for a swap at Regionals one year and they went over REALLY well!
I really liked the Dream Big frame! Really impressive looking. Thanks for offering the blog candy!
Mary
http://www.primitiveseasons.blogspot.com
love your frame, but they are all beautiful!
thanx.
I love the banner.:-) That quilt block card is just my style.:-)
I didn’t think that paper was so pretty, but seeing all you’ve done makes me want some!LOL
Loooove that circle bag!
Great job!
I love the name frame you made. The colors are gorgeous.
I really loved the scrapbook page of your daughter, that was my favorite! However, since I really love this paper too, I loved all the projects! Thanks for sharing!
I already have flight of the butterfly so don’t enter me but I LOVE that block quilt card! Great projects, Lyssa!
Really, really pretty! Love the circle bag and of course the scrapbook page!
Your projects are awesome. I love that paper. My favorite is your card using the Baroque Motif stamp and your white pen doodling. But really all of your projects are great.
Oh WOW! I love them ALL! I’ve never tried doing a dahlia fold and your card is giving me the push I need to go for it! Also love the gel pen on the Baroque Motif card!
Number 16 on the stop is spectacular. Enjoy all of your projects but the scrapbook page touched me!
Faye J
I love all your projects, but I would have to say that your butterfly scrapbook page is my favorite! Thanks for sharing!
Alicia
alicia.graham@comcast.net
Oh Lyssa, I love it ALL! Everything turned out gorgeous!
Wow, you girl are on fire! Fabulous job on these projects. My fav was the circle bag. Am going to have to case that for a customer who recently purchased the circle scissor. Thanks for the inspiration!
a tough chocie but I think I will go with the frame Dream Big.Thanks for the opportunity to win
Eileen
I really love the frame. I’m not into scrapbooking, I use Shutterfly to make my photo books. But I love the frame, great use of the paper!!
Loved your circle handbag. I think this DSP is one of the best that SU has put out–just love the colors. All your projects were awesome!
These are all such awesome projects! It’s hard to pick just one favorite… I love the scrapbook page (Natalie is such a pretty girl!) and the circle hand bag is such a neat idea that anyone would love to get as a gift… but I think the project that popped out at me on my first look through was the Dream Big framed art. I especially like the way you curled the flower petals. TFS!
Hi Lyssa!
Those projects are gorgeous! My favorite was the card with the baroque swirl and the white gel pen accent! You’re so creative!
I really like your scrapbook page! So sweet!!!
wow, Natlie is adorable and so is that SB page!! Love everything you did here.
Debadoo
I really love everything. Thank you so much for sharing with us. I think as a card maker, my favorites are the purse and the four cards at the top of the page.
Hard to choose, but really like the circle bag and notes
Gotta say that I love the circle purse. Also the Dream Big sign is adorable. Great ideas 🙂
-Kristi (brentyeager@aol.com)
Circle Gift Bag Purse HANDS DOWN! That is just fab!
LOve, love, love the projects. Super projects.
This has been a fun blog hop! I, too love the Circle Bag…what fun!
Lyssa, I can’t decide which project I like the best. Love the scrapbook page and the little circle bag! Very cute ideas. I actually love them all. Thanks for doin’ our header for us.
Everything is beautiful! Love the scrapbook page. Teh butterflies are very clever!
I really liked your circle handbag the best. Really great projects – thanks for sharing
I really liked your scrapbook page with the raspberry tart DSP. I too have that set, but have yet to use it. Waiting to get my butterfly dies for Big Shot and will follow suit!
Pat
mpforsyth@centurytel.net
Lyssa,
All your projects are to die for, of course!! I think the circle purse wins for me this time, but they are all wonderful. Thanks for sharing some of that talent with us!
And, thank you very much for your support of Stampin Addicts!
fingers inky girl (angie)
Really great projects – I am favoriting (is that a word?) you! I love the faux pinwheel. Thanks for participating in the blog hop!
Kate
thecutandcluckclub@yahoo.com
So why have I never thought to cover my Serif Essentials letters and then cut them out? What a fabulous idea! I’m always covering them with craft ink. Now I have a new way to use them. I love your fun folds at the beginning too.
Beautiful paper!
The Dream Big frame is my fave!
taylormadebyjenmarie at gmail dot com
I love the “Dream Big” frame and all of the butterfly accents on your other projects too. That was a great idea to use glue dots in case you want to change out the saying. Great idea!
Lyssa, you projects are adorable–but not as adorable as your daughter! I especially liked the name frame.
Gorgeous projects! It is so hard to choose, but I think the circle purse caught my eye the most! THANKS for sharing!
I love the circle handbag and the 3 and 4 inch cards! It is fabulous!
My favorite project is the circle bag, but really, they’re all just beautiful.
I like the Dream Big picture.
Unique project and I like the saying.
Happy Mother’s Day!
The name frame is so pretty–love the colors! What a creative idea.
Great projects! Hard to choose one, but the faux pinwheel card is my favorite!
Lyssa,
Your projects are great I especially like your scarpbook page, your “baby” is cute and looks just like her MOMMY!
TFS!
Vicky
OMG! The opportunity to win Flight of the Butterfly is AMAZING…I so want that set. Especially since my dad calls me Mariposa(Butterfly in Spanish) I love your pinwheel card. Very Cool. Definately coming back to see how you created all your projects…and Rose Red is one of my fav colors
Marisol Gutierrez
atouchof_sol@yahoo.com
All of these are great ideas. My favorite is the gift bag with the little cards.
Janstamps@frontiernet.net
Love the circle purse and the frame and the scrapbook page. Its hard to just pick one!
Wow!!! I love your scrapbook page. I never thought of getting this pack before, but now, I will just have to!!! Thank you so much!!
I LOVE the Natalie page with that dark version of green and pink…usually see those colors in pastels so this was a nice surprise.
Wow, this is going to be a tough call, because I liked them all, but I’d have to go with Natalie’s cute scrapbook page!
Loved all of your projects but especially loved the circle “purse” and 3×3 note cards. Thank you for sharing your ideas (just book marked your great blog site).
That circle handbag is darling. Thanks for sharing all of your fabulous projects!
Great Projects. I just love this blog hop.
Such wonderful work! Loving this blog hop and hope you all do it again!
Forgot to mention that my fave project is the wall art you made that says “Dream Big”. I love it!
I loved ALL of your projects! But really enjoyed the scrapbook page with the little pull-out tab. I need to really try scrapbooking! Thanks!!!
OMG what a wonderfully creative stamper you are. I have done a lot of name frames but I love your idea on this one. Beautiful!!!
The circle handbag and the cute cards that go with it. Everything matches and shows so many different ideas. Fabulous.
Love the scrapbook page. Very beautiful.
You have some great projects here. Very creative!
I like the pinwheel card.
(the circle purse is really cute, too)
I have to say I love your Name Frame project!! Wow – love the colors and the idea! -Melinda
email: ma_brein@hotmail.com
oh gosh, your projects are all cute (especially your dd!), but I think my fave is the circle pocketbook note holder. that is just too much fun. how can you go wrong with a pink purse?!?! 😉
jenscull@yahoo.com
I love your frame project and the way you did it. Thanks for sharing.
i have to go with the “dream big” plaque. i have this paper, and i love the colors combination of pink and green.
love all the projects – not sure if its the application or the fact you used my fav dsp but my pick of the group here is the scrapbook page. Such a lovely layout – lov the butterflies
Love this blog hop and all of your projects. My fav. is the little purse, it certainly was hard to pick since I loved them all! Thank you so much for sharing. You are going on my blog list favorites, prepare to be stalked! LOL Becky (at pbrobinson1 at myfairpoint dot net)
Terrific projects! I love your framed DREAM BIG – WOW!! Thanks for sharing!
I LOVE the scrapbook page with your cute girl Natalie! The way you punched the holes on those butterfly wings are so awesome! It really makes the butterflyies POP! Thanks for sharing!
Lyssa,
Your projects are all fabulous! And I love the raspberry tart paper. You did an awesome job with it.
Love the colors and design! GREAT JOB!!!!
My favorite is the Dream Big sign. Great idea for a girl’s room or a craft room! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your projects! My favorite was the flourish card using the gel pen to accent.
It’s hard to limit it to one fave, but I think the frame. No, the scrapbook page. No, no, the card tote… I’ve bookmarked your blog. I love your work!
Wow so hard to choose from… I love the scrapbook page and the Dream big frame. Keep up the great work =)
Hi Lyssa, All your projects are so lovely! My favorite has to be Natalie’s scrapbook page..it’s so sweet! How adorable is she!
mraburn @ cox. net — remove spaces. 🙂
My absolute favorite! Raspberry Tart has been my favorite for quite awhile and now I know why. The frame is gorgeous!
WoW projects with a WoW paper design. Thanks for the tip about outlining the Baroque Motifs with the Gel Pen. Much as I love that pen and that stamp set putting the two together never occured to me.
Natalies page is my fav of the non cards. Simple, classic, sweet and still full of color! On the other hand I’m a card girl at heart so I would have to choose the Baroque Motif Cards (big surprise right – Lol!).
Thanks for sharing the inspiration and the paper (not to mention the hop header!).
Hugs and blessings from a follower – Jean
Gotta hop….
I can’t decide between the Dream Big and butterfly scrapbook page. All your projects look great!
I love the cards you show in the beginnig – the one used for the logo for this awesome blog-hop!
I will stop back next week for the fold instructions for the dahlia card!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Just love our projects, especially the frame. Thanks for sharing.
WOW, your projects are amazing. My fav is the Big Dreams frame. TOO cute! Thanks for sharing and a chance to win!
LaRene
You really out did yourself, your projects are beautiful. My favorite is your framed work. Too Cute! Thanks for the inspiration!
Rachel B
I thought I was over this paper, but you made me fall in love with it again. I love your scrapbook page. Well, really I love it all. It’s an honor blog hopping with you!
Love your projects – especially the Natalie butterfly page and the circle bag!! great stuff.
stamperjf@comcast.net
Great scrapbook page!! And that purse is super!!
Ohmygoodness! These are gorgeous!!! Love, love, love that circle bag!
The photo of your daughter is the sweetest! I love the circle handbag with cards the best, though. I, too love the small size to use up scraps or just sent a note to a friend. Thanks for sharing your talent!! Mary Jo
The Natalie scrapbook page is beautiful and I love this paper. Thanks for the inspiration.
Geann
geannjoe@yahoo.com
Hi Lyssa,
My daughter’s name is Alyssa, what a coincidence! Do you pronounce your name Lisa or the same as Alyssa, but without the “A”? Just curious. 🙂 So many people pronounce my daughter’s name A Lisa, too funny!
Wow, am I having fun on the blog hop with the DSP papers! I must say you have made me fall in love with the Raspberry Tart paper! Normally I gravitate to the darker hues of paper, but your projects are just wonderful! So hard to chose a fav, but I have to go with the beautiful scrapbook page you made with your daughter!
How can I subscribe to your blog?
Stampin’ Smiles from Ear to Ear,
Ann
atutje3@sbcglobal.net
Sorry — not picking a favorite this time! They’re all fabulous!!! TFS!
love the pinwheel and the baroque cards the best.really different from all the reat.great job!!!!!
Oh my goodness, how do I pick a favorite? I love them all! The circle purse is really a great idea…
Barbara
As always, Lyssa, your projects are fabulous! I love how Natalie’s shirt coordinated so perfectly with the RT paper! And you’ve reminded me why I liked Baroque Motifs! Beautiful, inspirational projects. Thanks for being part of the blog hop. SA girls rock! Off to Melina’s…
Hi Lyssa!
Your projects are adorable, it’s hard to pick a favorite! I love the scrapbook page and the frame. I also love the simplicity of the note cards; and how cute is that tote bag for them?! :0)
Love the name frame! i Just might case that !
Hello Lyssa!
You are incredibly talented! I think my favorite would have to be the little purse with the cards. I love the scrapbook page though. She’s adorable! I just subscribed to your blog via feed:)
Thanks so much for sharing and for the chance to win.
thearvins@verizon.net
I love that pinwheel card … now where have I seen that before? LOL
The Dream Big name frame is terrific. All your work is beautiful!
Circle handbag, scrapbook page, cards, name frame I LOVE THEM ALL!
All the projects are beautiful, but I really like the circle handbag 🙂
I think the name frame is my favorite. I used this paper pack to make our Mother’s Day cards this year.
Great project! The name frame with the letters on the glass is my fav! I wouldn’t have thought to put the letters on the outside.
Loved them all, but especially the circle bag w/mini cards.
Gasp-Lyssa! You’ve outdone yourself!! All of your work is amazing (as always)! Your baby certainly IS adorable-love the layout! Your frame is my fave, but your card variety is awesome, too. That circle handbag is really cool too-sheesh…they’re ALL my faves, lol!
Love all the projects, but the circle purse is my fave!!!
Wow! You did a super job of showcasing this paper. I have a pack…unopened, but once you post those directions for that cute circle bag, I’ll rip it open and follow your instructions!! Thank you for participating in the blog hop so that I can learn and get new ideas.
Your dalia folding card was awesome ! Love the circle purse as well.