Welcome to the Mini Occasions Blog Tour! I'm so glad you're stopping by my blog on this one day only virtual trip around the world. This is stop number 11. I have been playing with the Just Beachy stamp set, I HAD to buy this because my eldest son, Finlay, is obsessed with surfing, even though we live in Colorado, just about as far from the ocean as we could be!
I had a blast making these cute boxes using the Matchbox Big Shot die (also from the Occasions Mini). To add the greeting to this box I used a stamp from the Loads of Love accessories kit.
To make this box I punched out an oval using the wide oval punch, adhered a piece of window sheet behind the opening and stuck the fish on the front using a puffy Stampin' Dimensional. I love how you can see the other side of the Designer Series Paper peeking through.
The last project is one I photographed at this weekend's Spring Stamposium, I'm ashamed to say I didn't make a note of who stamped it but I love the glittery flip flops! If you know please let me know... (It was Cindy Russell! See update and link to her blog above)Please be sure to leave me a comment to let me know you were here and I'll enter you into a drawing for all three Just Beachy boxes filled with little goodies for you! (I'll publish the winner's name on here tomorrow and you can send me your mailing address then.)
(Links to the other posts are now closed, watch out for the next tour!)
Brenda
p.s. Don't miss out on the Get Connected promotion, spend $40 or more in the Occasions Mini and earn any item from the $9.99 or less page of the Spring and Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog. Shop online via my website http://www.brendamarshall.stampinup.net/ or email me your order. If you would like to see a hard copy of the Mini let me know and I'll be happy to pop one in the mail to you!
Great JOB! Those boxed are totally COOL! Love the peek a boo box.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a fun set. Funny that your son loves to surf and you are so far from the ocean. Weird how that works. Great projects. I love these images.
ReplyDeleteWow! Great job! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWonderful ideas. Thanks so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove these blogs. So much fun. Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my two favorite sets from this Mini. I like your samples. Thanks for the chance to win some blog candy. :) Blessings!
ReplyDeleteThese are SO cute! Great job.
ReplyDeleteTFS your great cards. My GD also loves surfing but we're in FL & she lives at the beach..
ReplyDeleteBarb S. (FL)
I want to buy a woodie station wagon and head to the shore. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI love the flip flop card.
Sorry, but Indiana is farther from the beaches! Cute boxes.
ReplyDeleteterriavidreader@yahoo.com
Loved your take on the station wagon -- very cute. I hadn't thought to use the oval punch on the box either -- I'm casing!
ReplyDeleteI love the fish bowl effect.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Bev Farmer
Inthedell3@zoominternet.net
for cute! Love your little boxes and this stamp set is adorable!
ReplyDeletelove your ideas with the boxes and would love to be the lucky one to find out what you put in them
ReplyDeleteEileen(emcclean@telus.net)
Super cute projects!! great set!
ReplyDeleteGreat boxes! Love the ideas. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
craftydeb2@msn.com
Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas. This is such a cute set.
ReplyDeleteDiane
Really love the second box, just love those fish.
ReplyDeleteI love that fishy box! So stinkin' cute!
ReplyDeleteLove the boxes; think of all the great projects that diecut can create. The flip flop card was fun too! Phyllis
ReplyDeleteCute samples! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love your boxes...what a cute set!
ReplyDeleteLove how you combined the Just Beachy set and the matchbox die!! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteSharon
skmcneely@sbcglobal.net
Oh, what a sweet way (or maybe I should say COOL) way to put the matchbox die cuts with the beachy stamps! I like the one with the window! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Audrey
HI BRENDA, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE HAVING FUN!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE THE MATCHBOXES! MARA
LOVE this set! Great ideas!! Thanks for the tour!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the fun projects! I am subscribing to your blog - from a fellow Coloradan! ~Linda
ReplyDeleteI love the little boxes with all the funny fish. What cute little treats these would make for a summer birthday party!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Monika
very cute projets.
ReplyDeletecheers ~ carol marbach
Very cute projects!
ReplyDeleteLove the boxes they are so cute. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBeth Rhoden
Great Samples of this set. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteJan Mengel
Thanks for the tour stop. This set is just too darned cute. I LOVE the toothy fish on top of the windowed box the best.
ReplyDeleteI really didn't think much of this stamp set until I saw your samples. Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteThis is just too much fun, Brenda. I loved the Manhattan Flowers cards made. I did not even think to use DSP paper and then sand....what an easy card to make...I need to make a bunch for swapping...so I am going to make one using your idea of sanding. Aren't those boxes too cute...I need to make more of them too! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteVery cute boxes! I have the die just need to do one.
ReplyDeleteLove the stamp set used with the match box - what a great idea!
ReplyDeleteHi Brenda, You did an outstanding job showcasing your projects! They are all great. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love the peek-a-boo box. Very cute! Thanks for sharing your creative work.
ReplyDeleteLove what you did with the matchbox die and this stamp set. thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteGreat job. Thanks for all you guys do. I love the boxes. I'm Rae
ReplyDeleteMsRaes.Scrapbiz@yahoo.com
CUTE boxes - I think I'm gonna CASE the fish one! :D TFS!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Tour Day!! :)
Hi, Brenda, Hope you had a great weekend. I have LOVED this blog tour & will be in touch to order some of the super 'bits' soon!
ReplyDeleteMuch love & keep stamping! (babysitting) Mum xxoxx
The fish box, I loved. Oh what the heck I loved them all! Great job!
ReplyDeleteBrenda, These are turned out so cute! Great job! Thank you so much for being a part of the blog tour!
ReplyDeleteDiane
So cute! I keep telling myself I don't need that matchbox die, but we both know that I do!
ReplyDeleteThose are a cute trio of boxes! Thanks for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteThese are just too cute! So summery! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteDebbie
Dklessley2@aol.com
Love your just beachy set, my daughter loves the beach as well I almost made her College grad annoucments using the seaside stamp set. Thanks for participating in the tour.
ReplyDeleteSandee Ava NY
Great projects, thanks for sharing! I'm on tour 4, isn't this fun?
ReplyDeleteWhat brilliant ideas and I love the color combinations you used!!! Thanks for sharing and inspiring the rest of us!!!
ReplyDeleteScot Strehlow - Las Vegas, NV
Love these little projects and those fish on the Just Beachy set. I bought this one just because of the silly looking fish. lol
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing
ceashark at aol dot com
I love all the ideas for the matchbox die! It is on my never-ending list. Thanks for sharing. jmniffer
ReplyDeleteThose boxes are great! Have to add that die to my wishlist!
ReplyDeleteMy list just keeps getting longer and longer..... love the boxes!
ReplyDeleteSo many cute ideas.
ReplyDeleteRobbijune@yahoo.com
This is a fun set and to use with a box, it's really cool. I like them very much. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletectcao@earthlink.net
Great ideas! I am going to have to try.
ReplyDeleteWonderfully fun projects! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThat little fish box is soooooo cute! I just love it!
ReplyDeleteThat fish box is so cute and the flip flops too - now I need to plan a beach vacation! thanks for sharing
ReplyDeletekate
thecutandcluckclub@yahoo.com
I love how you used the Loads of Love words on the first box. They are all great!
ReplyDeleteLove the beach stuff, my in-laws live in FL and I'm always looking for ideas for cards to make for them. Great stuff.
ReplyDeleteI love your cards! It makes me feel summery! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove the little boxes. By the way you did a great job at Stamposium.
ReplyDeleteI just may have to buy this one.
ReplyDeleteBarbara Carr
Carr777@msn.com
so cute
Your boxes are adorable!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting a spot on the tour. This is a cute set and I liked what you did with it. I really liked the little matchbox with the window sheet opening. Too cute!!
ReplyDeleteI love your ideas! Since the Matchbox Die is my very favorite thing in the Occasions mini, these will come in VERY handy for my inspiration! :o)
ReplyDeleteLove the boxes! Thank you for being part of the Tour! It has been fun!!
ReplyDeleteOH....how very cute! I love your boxes! You know, as a fellow demonstrator I'd feel "bad" if I won the stamp sets that some of the demonstrators on the tour are giving away. But, I LOVE it if I won your projects! They are just adorable!
ReplyDeleteCute boxes! Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteApril
Love what you did with this stamp set. Great inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletedenise_in_pa@embarqmail.com
What cute samples!! It's great to find your site!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Alicia
Love your samples...This was also another favorite of mine and I had to have it and I got it. I've been debating on the matchbox die, but the more I think about it (and now seeing these samples) the more I know I would use it A LOT! TFS!
ReplyDeleteCindy Ferenz
stampndragon@comcast.net
My favorite is the fish on the blue window box. It's just too cute!
ReplyDeleteOMG, how cute are those! Love them all. Great colors.
ReplyDeletethis is really cute... love the one with the fish and the dsp showing through!
ReplyDeleteThe boxes are cute! I love how you can see the designer paper peeking through the one!
ReplyDeleteWonderful projects!! Love that matchbox die....you creations are inspiring!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the ideas of what can be done with this set!
ReplyDeleteSmiles,
stamperjoyce@aol.com
Fantastic! Loved the blog tour, brilliant idea. Your stuff is priceless. I may have to look you up at convention.
ReplyDeletePaula
I Love the boxes!! Thanks for sharing and being part of the Tour!!!
ReplyDeleteHello Brenda-
ReplyDeleteI love the Matchboxes that you made. They are adorable! I just love this Just Beachy set!
Thanks so much for sharing and for the chance to win!
Julie A.
These are all so cute! Thank you for sharign your art and inspiration.
ReplyDeletelove those little boxes...very good idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a FUN stamp set!! I was thinking about getting it, but now I WILL!!! Thanks so much for great ideas and for sharing...
ReplyDeleteFaith
callfaith@wildblue.net
Oh my gosh! I never would have thought of that stamp but I think that I have to have it! Eeek!
ReplyDeleteVery cute use with the boxes
Your boxes are so darn cute. You have made this set come alive! I had just sort of looked over it before. Thanks for being a part of the tour!
ReplyDeleteLove the boxes but the glittery flip flops card was really cute. Thanks for sharing! (Joyce L. @ alloy4@pa.net)
ReplyDeleteI just loved your boxes. I am sorta partial to the one with the fishy on it. Thanks for the tour. mdavis74@rochester.rr.com
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite stamp set. Your boxes are adorable.
ReplyDeleteJust love your little boxes! I really like the one with the fish!
ReplyDeleteHi and thanks for sharing your great ideas! Hugs Kay Mespelt (petking@vcn.com)
ReplyDeleteGreat boxes! I love the fish in the window!
ReplyDeleteI love the boxes, they are awesome.
ReplyDeleteCindy
chardin77@comcast.net
Just love the fishy box! It caught my eye right away!
ReplyDeleteCheryl
the matchbox...where you can see the inside paper...delightful.
ReplyDeleteLove your boxes AND your son's name--surfer dude name for sure!
ReplyDeletestay well,
AnnMarie
imstamphappy@optonline.net
That is one of the great things about stampin and scrapin, we can go where ever we want no matter how far. DREAM away. Julie
ReplyDeleteLove your little boxes! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletethanks for all your hard work. It looks beautiful ;)
ReplyDeleteVery cute boxes.
ReplyDeleteWow! Love it all! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing such fun ideas.
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