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I'm so excited to be hopping along with my talented friends on the All Star Tutorial Design Team for our monthly blog hop. This month we're featuring the Sweet as a Peach Bundle and have each created a project for today's blog hop.
Each month, our design team chooses a bundle to focus on and we each create a project and put together a video tutorial with step by step instructions as well as a PDF with supplies, measurements and photos. Here's our sneak peek graphic for this month:
And here's a sneak peek of my project for the tutorial bundle:
For my project today, I decided to not use the peach as a peach, but instead, as an apple! Here's why: most kids are going back to school this week - THANK GOODNESS - or might have just started back at school and this mama couldn't be happier! Yes, I'll miss being able to see and hug my kids throughout the day, but I am so stoked for them to be back in school, with their friends and teachers and not be sitting at a screen all day.
As you might know, apples have historically been a symbol of knowledge and education. I wasn't exactly sure how this originated, so I asked my trusted friend Google. If you're interested, you can find a quick explanation here.
As an employee of our local school board returning to work in person, I can just imagine some of the worries and anxieties teachers might be facing (and of course, excitement to see the kiddies in person). So I decided to create a card for my daughter to give to her teacher on the first day of school, a little sunshine to brighten her day.
Without further ado, here's my project:
For this card, I took inspiration from a card in the Annual Catalogue (p 43) featuring the Sweet Strawberry Bundle and tweaked it a little. I started with a Poppy Parade card base and added a panel of basic white, which I ran through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the Stitched Greenery Die. Such a fun background, don't you think? I used two shades of red - Poppy Parade and Real Red - to create some dimension for the apple. The paper is from the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper, which is a host gift which you can get for FREE when you host a qualifying party or place an order over $200 CAD. I just love the gingham pattern in this paper pack. The sentiment is from the Color & Contour Stamp Set, one of my most used sentiments. All of the supplies used on my project can be purchased from my online store and are listed at the end of this post.
Here is my card close up:
I also wanted to send a little treat for Amelia's teacher, so I used the Mini Jam Jars (part of the You're a Peach Suite) and dressed it up with the same paper, some black twine and a stamped and die cut apple. I filled it with some red, black and white jelly beans to coordinate with the colours for my card and jar.
I just LOVE how it turned out, what do you think? I would love to hear from you in the comments!
If you're looking for more inspiration using the Sweet as a Peach Bundle, you'll definitely want to check out these other projects as part of the hop:
And for even more inspiration and step by step video tutorials for creating 12 different projects featuring this bundle, you'll definitely want the September All Star Tutorial Bundle! Whether you're a beginner or experienced stamper, these tutorials will help you be successful with your crafting. Look at all the amazingly talented team members I get to create with each month:
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If you have any questions or if I can help with anything, please don't hesitate to let me know! You can email me at stampwithzahra@gmail.com
Thanks so much for stopping by today and happy crafting!
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