Welcome to this stop on the
Stampin' Addicts Occasions Mini Catalog Blog Hop! You may have arrived from
Carmen's Stamping Addiction blog or maybe not - but however you got here, be sure to click on through at the end and take a look at all the other projects on this Blog Hop! I am excited to share just a few of the project I made with the
Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper and
You're a Gem stamp set from the upcoming
Occasions Mini Catalog! I've been playing with my new products for a few weeks and am loving the prints in this paper pack and the sentiments in this stamp set are so fun and very versatile.

I haven't been doing much scrapbooking lately and have really missed it - it's one of my New Year's Resolutions to create more scrapbook pages. Here's one I made using a sheet from the
Botanical Gazette DSP. I added a few photo tag elements stamped with the
You're a Gem stamp set - I'll have a closer look at them next week, so be sure to stop back. This was a pretty simple page and came together very quickly. I let the texture and pattern from the paper shine and added the
Jumbo Eyelets and
Hemp Twine for interest. The sentiments tags on either side of the photos are from
You're a Gem stamp set and are heat embossed with
Clear Embossing Powder.

This little
Candy Wrapper is my favorite project - well what's inside it is really my favorite, but this packaging turned out really cute, too! And it couldn't be easier! The box is made with the
Candy Wrapper Bigz Die for the
Big Shot. (This die was originally featured in the
Holiday Mini Catalog and is still available to order.) I wrapped it with a strip of pattern paper from
Botanical Gazette DSP and a piece of
Early Espresso 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon. This sentiment from
You're a Gem is heat embossed with
Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder. I tied the tag on with some
Hemp Twine with one of the
Trinket Keys from the
Occasions Mini. How fun is that?! The
Trinket Key is a great embellishment and also a sneak peek to what's inside! (There are also
Trinket Crowns available and I love them!)

Inside the
Candy Wrapper is a
Simply Adorned necklace! I made several charm inserts for my
Simply Adorned Charms using the
Botanical Gazette DSP and
You're a Gem stamp set. Look how pretty these are! (I'll show you a few more pictures of the inserts, as well as the reverse sides of each one next week on my blog.) I just love working with these tiny little canvases - the largest charm here is a
1 x 1 1/4" Rectangle and the circle and square charms are only
5/8"! It certainly makes you look at your stamps and papers in a whole new way. I tied on a piece of
Victorian Lace and added the
Trinket Key to the necklace as well as the 4 charms. And check out the clasp on the charm necklace - see that little oval logo piece, just to the right of the 'love life' charm insert? That is the 'key' to opening your charms - just use it as a lever on the charm clasp and your charms will pop right open.

Finally, here is a card featuring the
You're a Gem stamp set front and center! I added a crown from
Clearly for You (also available in the
Occasions Mini) which is sparkling with
Dazzling Diamonds Ultra Fine Glitter, cut out and popped up over the sentiment. The
Very Vanilla rectangles are stamped with a small background stamp from
Clearly for You and then sponged with
Early Espresso ink. I also stamped the
Bravo Burgundy card base with my
En Francais background stamp. The strip of pattern paper is from
Botanical Gazette DSP and I added another piece of it to the inside liner to pull it all together.
That's it for this post - thanks for stopping by! Click on her link to visit
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featuring
Nature Walk from the
Occasions Mini Catalog!

1. Sarah (willsygirl): XOXO
2. Yapha: Take a Spin
3. Cheryl (lovetostampandscrap): Build a Blossom & Blossom Petals punch
4. Allison (alliohran): Thanks for Caring
5. Rhonda (rhondag): Springtime Vintage DSP & Baby Blossoms
6. Holly P. (HollyLogic): Petal Cone Die
7. Joyce (bronocomom): Springtime Vintage fabric
8. Lisa (genesis): Easter Blossoms
9. Barbara (cre8tivestamper): Bring on the Cake Set & Build-a-Cupcake punch
10. Carmen: Create a Cupcake
11. Mary (MaryR): Botanical Gazette DSP & You're A Gem
12. Holly K. (CatRules): Nature Walk
13. Cindy (CindyE): Clearly For You
14. Jennifer (SunflowerStamper): Bold Blossom
15. Twila (tjdstampsalot): Eat Chocolate
16. Jennifer (jentimko): Say It Simply, Framed Tulips Impressions Folder, Beveled Windowpanes
17. Sara (lilyinkpad): In Stitches wheel & Sweet Stitches DSP
18. Kim (s1itcher46): Sew Suite
19. Kandi (kandicejo): Button, Button
20. Tanya (tanya27): Sew Suite Accessories
21. Betty (kittystamp): Sweet Stitches rub-ons
22. Heidi (hlw966): Plane & Simple
23. Debra (WebDeb): Be My Valentine
24. Krystal (skdeleeuw): Mother of Mine
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