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Hello, welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month our Design Team’s theme is “2021-2023 New In-Colors.” We hope you enjoy and will be inspired by them! Don’t forget to leave comments because we love hearing from you. Then, at the end of my post, you will find the full line-up to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal. How's Life Friends? It's always a pleasure to hop with my Pals and I chose the new In Color Soft Succulent to highlight in today's theme. I'm excited to have two more greens to add to the Stampin' Up!® color coordination family, and I paired it with the Dandy Laser Cut Paper from the Mini Catalog for a quick, easy notecard. I think it looks great by itself and with the sentiment from Beautiful Autumn! Next, I put my own stamp on a sample in the new Annual Catalog from page 35. I used one of the smaller notecards [5" x 3.5"] from the Notecards and Envelopes and a diecut from the new I...

Pals 10th Anniversary Hop!!!

BLOG CANDY/WINNER CLICK HERE Welcome to the Pals’ Blog Hop! We’re so glad you’re here. You may be starting the hop here or coming from a previous Pal’s blog. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. This month we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Pals Blog Hop with “Critters” from the Stampin’ Pretty Pals. Many of the design team members are offering “Mystery Blog Candy” of their choice to 1 lucky winner. To play along, just leave a comment on as many blog posts as desired. A random winner will be announced on a subsequent blog post by each participating design team member. You’ll find the full line-up below to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal. Hello Pals Hoppers! Pleased to meet you if this is the first time you've visited here! For the critter challenge I couldn't resist showcasing birds. I thought I'd share a simply lovely design using the stamp set Free As A Bird and our Bird Ballad Desig...

Mr. & Mrs.

How's Life Friends? It has been a while since I've posted. The creating time has been diminished lately with focus on other aspects of life. But I have taken some time to make cards for special people and occasions, just not posting them. You might have noticed I no longer am affiliated with Stampin' Up! I came to the decision after waiting to see if the things I was no longer excited about might change. They did not, and I decided that I would enjoy creating and posting with a wider range of products and styles. Case is point is the new Simon Says Stamp Vine Canopy embossing folder I used for the background in this unique wedding card. I paired it with autumn floral die cuts from Spellbinders, and used a Papertrey Ink sentiment stamp to decorate the envelope and gold emboss on the inside of the card: I'm really looking forward to making card gift sets for Christmas with my new stash of supplies. I'll try to ...

Layering Magic & Wonder: Poinsettia Petals

Hello, welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month our Design Team’s theme is “Pile It On” – showcasing their card/project with layers of DSP and/or embellishments for any occasion. We hope you enjoy and will be inspired by them! Don’t forget to leave comments! We love hearing from you. At the end of my post, you will find the full line-up to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal. How's Life Friends? This month's theme is to pile it on so I thought a holiday card might be just the thing! And, if you purchased Plaid Tidings this season then here's a way to combine it with Poinsettia Petals to bring holiday joy to someone on your list! I love mixing and matching foliage die cuts and I think they make layering a breeze. In this design I stamped the berries in dark and light shades to help provide some depth. Using the colors Bumblebee, Shaded Spruce, Garden Green, Soft Suede, and Pretty Peacock. Some gold embossing, the Banners punch, and a gilded gold gem for j...

More Sentimental Christmas Snowflakes and Design Tips!

How's Life Friends? Here are a couple more designs inspired by the snowflake paper in the Sentimental Christmas DSP collection! Also, here are some photos of the iterations I did with 'dummy' elements of scrap paper. This process comes from the mock ups that publishers used to use in laying out ad designs, columns in newspapers, and other printed media. Nowadays we use digital layouts, but when we work in a physical medium, it's helpful to use scraps/less expensive copier paper and such to get the proportions set: You can see how I used stamped elements on copy paper and the real diecuts without gluing them down. I also use 1/4 sheets of scrap paper [A2 card size] to stamp on and use for sizing backgrounds as I design my projects:) I use a lot less of the real/more expensive supplies while I decide on the final composition of the project. It's particularly helpful when deciding on sentiment placement! Give it a try!...

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