{"id":854,"date":"2017-07-07T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bffstampers.com\/?p=854"},"modified":"2017-07-07T08:41:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T15:41:55","slug":"global-friends-bloghop-holidays-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bffstampers.com\/?p=854","title":{"rendered":"Global Friends Bloghop &#8211; Holidays with a Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi BFF&#8217;s! \u00a0Welcome to this month&#8217;s Global Friends Bloghop where demonstrators from around the world all participate in a theme and give you ideas to use with all those wonderful stamp sets you buy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-710 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bffstampers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/logo-for-gsf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been very busy this summer. We haven&#8217;t even had time to go to the beach yet. The summer is flying by. The only good part about that is that Christmas is closer. Today&#8217;s hop is using a stamp set that is not necessarily for holidays and making it a holiday card. I used two sets to do just that.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-856 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bffstampers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/charlie-brown-xmas-tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This little tree reminded me of the Christmas tree from Charlie Brown. \u00a0I&#8217;ve used the branch from the new set Colorful Seasons and the grass and ornament from the stamp set, High Tide. \u00a0The good thing about photopolymer stamps is that you can bend them when you put them on the clear block. \u00a0That&#8217;s how I got the tree to curve under the weight of the ornament. \u00a0The sentiment is from the winter set called Flurry of Wishes.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/ecweb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=139732&amp;dbwsdemoid=2157269\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/ecweb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=139732&amp;dbwsdemoid=2157269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/ecweb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=139732&amp;dbwsdemoid=2157269 noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-865\" src=\"https:\/\/bffstampers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/flurry-of-wishes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/ecweb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=143006&amp;dbwsdemoid=2157269\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/ecweb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=143006&amp;dbwsdemoid=2157269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/ecweb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=143006&amp;dbwsdemoid=2157269 noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-866\" src=\"https:\/\/bffstampers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/High-Tide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><a class=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/ecweb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=143726&amp;dbwsdemoid=2157269\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/ecweb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=143726&amp;dbwsdemoid=2157269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/ecweb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=143726&amp;dbwsdemoid=2157269 noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-864\" src=\"https:\/\/bffstampers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/colorful-seasons.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did have to do another card for my son. \u00a0Since I had bought the Coffee Cafe&#8217; set, my son has seen a poop in the whipped cream. \u00a0He&#8217;s 5 and since we are not very mature around here, I thought I&#8217;d make a card for him using it. \u00a0The sentiment is not Stampin&#8217; Up! but I&#8217;ve used it for years at my Christmas parties for favors and gifts.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/ecweb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=143677&amp;dbwsdemoid=2157269\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/ecweb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=143677&amp;dbwsdemoid=2157269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.stampinup.com\/ecweb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=143677&amp;dbwsdemoid=2157269 noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-863 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bffstampers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/coffee-cafe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-857 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bffstampers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/snowman-poop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"519\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"https:\/\/withabowontopbylou.blogspot.co.uk\/2017\/07\/global-stamping-friends-blog-hop.html\" href=\"https:\/\/withabowontopbylou.blogspot.co.uk\/2017\/07\/global-stamping-friends-blog-hop.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/withabowontopbylou.blogspot.co.uk\/2017\/07\/global-stamping-friends-blog-hop.html noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-711\" src=\"https:\/\/bffstampers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/next-arrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click Next to go on check out <a href=\"https:\/\/withabowontopbylou.blogspot.co.uk\/2017\/07\/global-stamping-friends-blog-hop.html\">Lou Kitzelman&#8217;s<\/a> Twist on the Holiday. \u00a0There&#8217;s a list of people below if you&#8217;ve missed any. \u00a0Thanks for hopping\u00a0by!<\/p>\n<p>Your BFF,<\/p>\n<p>Jenn<\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in 4.5pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\">Blog hop participants<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\">1. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"http:\/\/papercraftartistry.blogspot.com.au\/2017\/07\/holidays-in-july-with-twist.html\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Sarah McDermott\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\"><br \/>\n2. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kwcrafts.wordpress.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Kristie Neal Walthall\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\"><br \/>\n3. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"http:\/\/101projectswithrebecca.com\/2017\/07\/07\/global-stamping-friends-blog-hop-holidays-july-twist\/\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Rebecca Urban<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\"><br \/>\n4. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bagsthatone.blogspot.com.au\/2017\/07\/global-stampin-friends-holidays-with.html\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Courtenay Heuston<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\">5. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queenbcreations.net\/2017\/07\/christmas-in-july-with-a-twist.html\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Lisa Ann Bernard<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\"><br \/>\n6. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stampwithgeorgia.blogspot.com.au\/\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Georgia Missy Gaydos<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\"><br \/>\n7. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bffstampers.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Jenn Curtis Charles<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\"><br \/>\n8.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"http:\/\/withabowontopbylou.blogspot.com.au\/2017\/07\/global-stamping-friends-blog-hop.html\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Lou Kitzelman<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\">9.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"http:\/\/studioshabazcreativeme68.blogspot.com.au\/2017\/07\/global-stamping-friends-bloghop.html\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Sharon Dalton<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\"><br \/>\n10. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.procrastistamper.blogspot.com\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Kimberley Anne Morris<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\"><br \/>\n11.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stempelkeuken.blogspot.com\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Ang\u00e9lique Stempelkeuken<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\"><br \/>\n12. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stampinup.net\/esuite\/home\/stampinwithamber\/blog\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Amber Thompson<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\"><br \/>\n13. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.destempelcoach.nl\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Marieke Bart<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\"><br \/>\n14. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ellenthehappystamper.blogspot.com.au\/2017\/07\/lovely-inside-out-with-christmas-pines.html\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Ellen Woodbridge<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499441316833_2305\"><strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499441316833_2307\">Christmas in July for new demonstrators!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499441316833_2303\">Do you have a wish list a mile long? \u00a0During the month of \u00a0July, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/ida.stampinup.com\/en\/?demoid=2157269\">purchase the Starter Pack<\/a>\u00a0for the fun and benefits, AND get the Carols of Christmas stamp set AND an Essentials Gift Pack of Tools for FREE (an extra $72 value)!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"https:\/\/ida.stampinup.com\/en\/?demoid=2157269\" href=\"https:\/\/ida.stampinup.com\/en\/?demoid=2157269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/ida.stampinup.com\/en\/?demoid=2157269 noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-861\" src=\"https:\/\/bffstampers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hostess-july-special.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499441316833_2385\">\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499441316833_2389\"><span class=\"yiv8643920450body-copy-callout\"><a class=\"yiv8643920450fbz_link\" href=\"http:\/\/p.feedblitz.com\/t3.asp?\/974205\/33942897\/5677903_\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/stampyourartout\/~www.stampinup.com\/ECWeb\/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=144804&amp;dbwsdemoid=25553%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">144804<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 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