Sentimental Sundays "Celebrate Summer" Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sentimental Sundays “Celebrate Summer” blog hop. Tuesday, June 21^st, is the official first day of summer in the northern hemisphere and we are ready for all the summer fun to begin. For our friends down under who are moving into their winter months and may not feel like creating a summery project, they may be making “Sparkly or Shimmery” projects. What girl doesn’t like her bling?

You should have arrived here from Sentimental Sundays challenge blog. If you didn't arrive from there and would like to join in the hop, please jump back there to start at the beginning.

For my project, I did a little sparkle and a little summer on this book box (tutorial). I just love the fairies over at The Emerald Faerie Garden. This is Ally and Beeble. My sentiment is from Raindrop Echo Designs Flowers In Bloom Sentiment set.

The fairy's wings are covered with Stickles and I have added flatback rhinestones around the sentiment and to the inside cover of the box.

I have hand-stitched both inside and out. Down the spine on both the inside and out, I have stitched starbursts. The flower is a singed edge flower (I'll be adding a tutorial on these on Tuesday so be sure to check back). [EDIT: Tutorial Here] The center is a brad that was made with my i-Top Tool using yellow fabric and gold tulle.

We hope you will join in our “Summery or Sparkly” (plus a sentiment) challenge this week. Our sponsor is the marvelous Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs. This prize will be four INDIVIDUAL sentiment sets from the Raindrop Echo Designs Whimsy Stamps Digital Collection.

Your next stop on the hop is Ann English. If you should happen to get lost along the way, you can find the blog hop list over at the Sentimental Sundays challenge blog. Don't forget to leave comments along the way because there are 3 mystery DT members who will each choose a winner from the comments left on their blog hop posts. The winners will each win a $10 gift certificate to Whimsy Stamps! The hop ends on Friday, June 24th at midnight EST. The winners will be announced on the Sentimental Sundays challenge blog on Sunday, June 26th. So, hop on over to the next stop and good luck!



Thank you so much for stopping by.

Heather

I have checked the challenge lists over at Feline Playful and would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Just Some Lines 2W, SIO - Spots & Dots 

Sweet Stampin - 2E, must Stamp -  Things With Wings 

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - 3E - Use embellishments starting with "R". (ribbon)

Crafty Catz - 1E - Fancy folds.

Delicious Doodles - 3E, SIO - Things that flutter.

Fairy Knoll - 2E, SIO - Sparkle.

Inspire Me Fridays - Always anything goes.

Simply Create - 2W - Wings.

AiFactory - 1E, SIO -  Summer fun.

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - 1E, SIO -  Buttons and/or bows.

Aud Sentiments Challenge - 2W - 2nd week - Summertime.

C.R.A.F.T. - 5E - Stitching.

Crafty Purple Frog - 2W, SIO - 2nd week - Favourite things. (Handmade Flowers, Stitching)

Digi Doodle Shop's Best - SIO - Stitching.

The Rubber Cafe - 1E, SIO - Summer.

Southern Girls - 2W, 1E - Anything goes.

Alota Rubber Stamps - 2W, SIO, posted on the 1st & 16th -  Summertime

By the Cute & Girly - M, 1E/craft type, posted on the 1st - In the garden

Emerald Faerie Garden - 2W, 3E, SIO, posted on the 1st & 15th - Challenge #2: Petals

Crafting for all Seasons - 2W - #3 Summer

Crafts and Me - #39 Bling

Divas by Design - 2W, 2E - #4 anything but a card

Little Darlings Challenges - 2W, SIO - #1 Summer (2nd week)

My Mum's Craft shop - 3E - #10 spots

Anything Goes Challenge - 2W, 1E - #43 Here Comes Summer 

Creative Card Crew - Ribbons & brads

SCACD Friends With Heart - 1E, SIR - #11 Summer Fun

Tuesday Throwdown - #53 Chose 3 past Challenges from list on Blog (button on sidebar) (Stitching, DIY (make your own embellishments, Anything But a Card)

Craft Your Passion - It's Magical

Forever Friends - 2W, SIO, must include animal - Spots & dots.

Hooked on Crafts - 2W, SIO - Anything goes.

Pollycraft - SIO - Ribbon and Flowers

There's Magic in the Air - SIO - Pick 2 from: Flowers, Ribbon, Pearls/Gems and/or Die Cuts.

Pals Paper Arts - Sketch*.