Welcome to the July 2010 Tour de Freaks Blog Hop! We are so excited to have you join us today, This month, I'm the 3rd stop on the tour featuring Summertime projects made with Stampin' Up! products. Our tour is nice and short and features some of your favorite Control Freaks Stampers. You may have just come from my friend Lisa Martz
Here at the Olchefske house, summertime means BBQ time! Most evenings we just fire up the grill, add a salad, and we're good to go! My husband, Gene is the BBQ master at our house and proud of it. So when I saw the new Stampin' Up! stamp set "On the Grill", I remembered a punch art BBQ Grill I saw earlier this year on Holly's blog and knew it would be perfect for him!
Here's the BBQ MASTER card for him…He loved it btw!
Dawns Stamping Tips
1. Build your own stamp by combining the word BBQ and the letters for "master" all together onto one clear block. Just stamp once!!
Dawns Stamping Supplies
Stamps: On the Grill (#120474c), Rough Type Alphabet (#120072c)
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Basic Gray, Sahara Sand, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Vellum, Bashful Blue
Punch List:
1-3/4" Circle Punch
1/2" Circle Punch
1/4" Circle Punch (retired)
Ornament Punch
Word Window
Big Shot & Swirls Scribbles Die
Now that we've got the grill going, let's cook some hamburgers. I've seen several examples of hamburger punch art and pulled inspiration from them all.
I also had a picnic image going on in my mind. So I decided to weave my own tablecloth using 3/8" strips of Whisper White and Real Red. I love how it turned out!
Dawns Stamping Supplies
Stamps: On Your Birthday (#111664), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (retired)
Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede
Paper: Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Whisper White, Early Espresso
Accessories: Big Shot, Lattice Impressions Folder, Gold Brads
Punch List:
1" Circle Punch
Wide Oval Punch (same as XL Oval)
Large Oval Punch
Boho Blossom Punch
3/4" Square Punch (retired)
Well, that's it for me. Off to another stop on the tour to see Debbie Currier!
Love both cards, but the hamburger card really made me laugh! So cute! Great job on the Good ‘Ol Summertime theme…what’s more summery than BBQing? Woo Hoo! Makes me hungry for a hamburger!
Look at you, totally rocking your punches! Love the BBQ and burger!
So, so, so, so totally love your cards. It’s funny how you sometimes focus in on just one thing but I have to say I love the smoke coming out of your grill…totally inspired!
That tablecloth is awesome!!
I love how your picnic blanket turned out!! reminds me of art projects as a younger person (kid). Thanks for sharing. MJ
Awesome cards!!
The hamburger card is absolutely brilliant. I will case it for sure and give you credit — I hope you might post that to SCS! Or the Stampin Up site ;^)*
Love, love,love the grill! I have a friend that is the BBQ King of chicken and he will love his birthday card this year. Thanks for sharing your great cards with us!
Dawn these are both so darn cute! I love them both! They definitely speak “summertime”! Great job!
I LOVE Bar-B-Qing and anything dealing with grilling and eating outdoors. These projects are VERY summery!
I, too, am blown away by these cards, Dawn! I “awwww’d” so loudly that my kids came running to see. I love, love, love the Freaks tour each month. It’s like my birthday and Christmas all rolled up into one. And it comes 12 times a year. Awesome.
Awww Dawn…these are just the cutest cards! LOVE the woven tablecloth. Hope you dont mind if I CASE them. Love seeing your creations!!
OMGosh….I didn’t know you did a BBQ card!! How adorable is that??? LOVE IT!
Fabulous!
thanks for the inspiration! here’s my version, albeit 2 weeks later…
http://justforyoubyjenn.blogspot.com/2010/07/woven-paper-hydrangea-free-money.html