July Stray Duckling Blog Waddle - Summer Projects and Fun!

 Hi all!  Welcome to the July Stampin'Stray Ducklings Blog Waddle for your monthly inspiration!

This month the theme is summer projects or scrapebook pages.  I don't scrapebook, so I took the summer project challenge!  Every summer in July, my husband and I and our son and his family go up to the far Northern Woods in Wisconsin and stay at a cluster of cabins called Camp Mishike.  We have been going there for well over 20 years.  Every year, I  make a batch of peanut butter cookies and a batch of Toll House cookies to take on the trip.  This was a tradition started by my grandmother and it makes the trip and staying together so special.  I made them with my kids and now I'm making cookies with my grandchildren.  

When Stampin'Up came out with a stamp set that had chocolate chip cookies and builder punch for a jar, I just had to get it.  What also makes this card extra special is the split circle embellishment.  It may look familiar - this card was the bonus card for my June class.  So here is the card using the Sweet Jar Bundle: 

and the inside....

I used Pecan Pie, Basic Black and Basic Beige for my card base.  I used the Swirly embossing folder for the front.  I stamped the jar in Early espresso, Crumb Cake, and Pecan Pie.  The hearts were stamped in real red.  I also used my Stampin'Blend, light Pool Party to outline the jar so it looked more like glass.  Then I used packing tape over the jar to make it look shiny and like a real jar.  I punched it out and the lid with the Jar Builder punch.  

To make the split circle embellishment, I punched out a 2-1/2" circle in pecan pie, 2" circle in Early Espresso, and a 1-1/2" circle in crumb cake.  I put splotches on using the dots from the Sweet Jar stamp set and also the splotches from Elements of Text.  I then cut the two smaller circles in half and repositioned them, one half to the left and one half to the right.   The birthday greeting is heat embossed with white embossing powder and cut out using one of the Stylish Shapes dies.  Whew!  I know, a lot of stuff!  But really worth it in the end.  

Thanks for stopping by..make sure you visit all the other ducklings participating in todays waddle.

Blessings,  Sheryl

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Product List

Sweet Jar Bundle (English) [165507] $41.25	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $9.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $14.00	Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [161665] $9.00	Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161717] $14.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $9.00	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $14.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $9.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894] $11.00
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $14.00	2 3/8" (6 Cm) Circle Punch [161354] $25.00	2" (5.1 Cm) Circle Punch [133782] $23.00	1-1/2" (3.8 Cm) Circle Punch [138299] $16.00	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $6.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $32.00	So Swirly Embossing Folder [163791] $10.50	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00	Iridescent Foil Gems [162842] $8.00