Nina's Southern Accents: Gratitude-Let's Get Hopping Round 11

Hey Y'all!
It's always great to be a part of the Let's Get Hopping crew. If you have been hopping along, you arrived from Verity Biddlecombe's blog. I always love her projects! This month we are focusing on gratitude. There are so many people in my life I am grateful for. And my love of card-making and papercrafting not only blesses me, but I am able to use it to bless others.
Another demonstrator and myself have started a group at our church called "Coffee and Cards." We meet once a month to make cards for people in our church. This month we focused on Teacher Appreciation.

I designed the cards pretty simple. The card base is 8-1/2 x 5-1/2, folded in half, then one side folded back on itself. It makes an easy fun fold. The strip of Daffodil Delight measure 5-1/2 x 2-1/4, and made a nice layer to attach the lemonade packet with glue dots.
We made the cards assembly-line style.

I used the Coffee Cafe stamp set and Coffee Cup framelits to make the cup of lemonade with the straw. The cup was cut out of vellum cardstock, then colored with a Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blend and the ice cubes stamped on.

Here is a quick video I made showing a tip about using the Stamparatus to line up the stamps with the punch.

These will be given to all the education employees that are members of our church-teachers, bus drivers, administrative employees-anyone who works in education. I know how I love to feel appreciated, and I hope the recipients feel that way as we show our gratitude to those who take care of our children.

Is there someone you need to encourage today? I am sure you will find lots of ideas to show your appreciation to someone as you hop with us. Click on the Next Blog link to find more inspiration at Tanya Ree's blog.

If you are interested in purchasing any products used for this project, you can click on any of the products below to go to my online store. For the month of July, if you purchase $50 of product and use host code U2UFT2A9, you will be entered to win 2 sets of Stampin' Blends in your choice of color. Orders must be placed by July 22. And be sure to check out the specials Stampin' Up! is offering in July. DSP is Buy 3 Get 1 Free! Also, if you've been thinking about becoming a demonstrator, this is a great month because they are offering a free ink pad assortment in your choice of color family in addition to your starter kit! I would love for you to join my team! There are so many benefits to being a demonstrator, and so much fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Love,

Nina

Product List

Lemon Zest Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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$20.00