It's All About Blue Blog Hop

Welcome to Stop 1 of the Hopping Just for the Fun of It Blog Hop. If you started at the beginning you came from the Hopping Just for the Fun of It site. You will find the listing of all participants on that site.

This is my first blog hop, so I hope you like what I have to share.  Winter and blue make me think of  snow, of course, and that leads to snowmen, so my first share are some cards I made using the "Snow Much Fun" stamp set and the Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder and Marina Mist as my shade of blue.

I also used the new Dazzling Details (#124117 - $2.50) offered in the Holiday mini. Love it!

It adds that little extra to the card.

Next I was working on some canvas bags I had purchased in a recent bulk buy and used this stamp set again. I applied Gesso first to make my canvas to stamp on.

You can't see it very well in this photo, but I used the Dazzling Details on it as well. I also used embossing powder on the stamped images so they would show up more.

I then decided to use the Stiched Stocking stamp set (#123782 (w) - $27.95; #123784 (C) - $19.95) on the smaller bags. It didn't stamp quite as well as I would have liked, but it did okay. I had to use some discontinued items on this one. I used Brilliant Blue Craft Ink refill and a brayer to apply the color to the stamped image and then stamped it onto the bag. Next I used a retired blue embossing powder to deepen and raise the image some. To me, it kinda looks like the Marina Mist color once done. I added a rhinestone to the center of the snowflake image in the middle of the stocking and then used some embossing thread and made a bow with the jingle bells (#124116 - $2.95) that are also in the current Holiday mini (you have until Jan. 3rd to order from the Holiday Mini)

These bags would be great to put a small gift into or some candy.

Now on to your next stop at Robin's Craft Room. I know she will have some great ideas to share with you.