Around the World on Wednesday – April 2022

Around the World on Wednesday – April 2022

Welcome to April’s Around the World on Wednesday (AWOW) Blog Hop! Our theme this month is “At the Market”, with a specific focus on challenging ourselves to create something that has inspired us from the fashion world, home goods, local markets and/or eateries. I can’t wait to see what has inspired our team!

I was inspired by my favorite market, the Farmers Markets. I just love all the fresh fruits and vegetables that you can find there. My AWOW project this month features the Eclectic Garden Photopolymer Stamp Set. The project is actually a set of 3″ x 3″ mini cards with 3 similar layouts, but with different images. The colors used on my projects are: Basic White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Night of Navy, Real Red, and Highland Heather.

The Prep: I started by cutting my card bases; 3″ x 6″, scored at 3″ and folded. The DSP was cut into 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ squares, then I roughed up the edges. For each card I cut ten 1/4″ x 2 1/2″ strips from Crumb Cake card stock. The strips were weaved, secured by tear tape on the back, and the edges trimmed. The images were stamped by applying ink from Stampin’ Write markers directly to the stamps ensuring my desired colors were placed appropriately. Once stamped, I used a Blender Pen to fill image with color and was fussy cut the image. Finally, I heat embossed my sentiment with Versamark and white embossing powder and cut it to my desired shape.

Putting it all together: I attached the DSP to the card base with Stampin’ Seal, then removed the backing of the Tear Tape from the weaved piece and attached it to the DSP. The fussy cut images were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the sentiments were attached with a combination of Stampin’ Seal and Stampin’ Dimensionals. (The Dimensionals was placed on the end of the sentiment over the weaved piece.) The final touch was to add the Polished Dots.

Thank you for visiting my blog! I’m so excited to see what the other team members have created! Join me in visiting the other AWOW Blog Hop Team members for more inspiration. Click on the image below to visit Cheryl Hamilton from Hawaii and don’t forget to continue following links to see everyone’s amazing projects!

Around the World on Wednesday Blog Roll

Jan Clothier – NZ

Leonie Stuart – AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith – AU

Aurélie Fabre – FR

Mikaela Titheridge – UK

Annette Ball – CA

Angie McKenzie – US

Wendy Lee – US

Tricia Butts – US

Teri West – US (YOU ARE HERE!)

Cheryl Hamilton – US

THIS IS US!

Below are the supplies and tools used on my projects. Click on photos to view the product detail information or click the buttons below to add items to your shopping cart.

STAMPS, DIES, PUNCHES, AND EMBOSSING FOLDERS

157871
ECLECTIC GARDEN PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)
$23.00

PAPER AND PACKAGING

121045
BASIC BLACK 8-1/2″ X 11″ CARDSTOCK
$8.75
159229
BASIC WHITE 8-1/2″ X 11″ THICK CARDSTOCK
$8.25
120953
CRUMB CAKE 8-1/2″ X 11″ CARDSTOCK
$8.75
155226
NEUTRALS 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
SALE
$6.90 $11.50
Retiring Soon
155227
REGALS 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
SALE
$6.90 $11.50
Retiring Soon

INK AND COLORING

102283
VERSAMARK PAD
$9.50
155554
BASICS EMBOSSING POWDERS
$18.00
147158
NEUTRALS STAMPIN’ WRITE MARKERS
$30.00
147155
REGALS STAMPIN’ WRITE MARKERS
$30.00

EMBELLISHMENTS

158134
POLISHED DOTS
$7.50

ADHESIVES

152813
STAMPIN’ SEAL
$8.00
104430
STAMPIN’ DIMENSIONALS
$4.00
154031
TEAR & TAPE ADHESIVE
$7.00

TOOLS

152392
PAPER TRIMMER
$25.00
147042
SIMPLY SHAMMY
$8.00
102300
BONE FOLDER
$7.00
103579
PAPER SNIPS SCISSORS
$10.00
144107
TAKE YOUR PICK
$10.00
118485
CLEAR BLOCK D
$8.50
129053
HEAT TOOL
$30.00
102845
BLENDER PENS
$12.00



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