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Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month’s theme is all about Acts of Kindness, Gratitude, and Thanksgiving! The Pals are here to inspire you with heartfelt card ideas and creative paper crafts made with Stampin’ Up! products. Be sure to visit each participant’s blog — you’ll find the full list at the end of this post so you can easily hop along and enjoy all the inspiration!

I love pumpkins for Thanksgiving cards, and the Beautiful Pumpkins Bundle was perfect for this month’s blog hop. I wanted to make a “special” card, and thought the “easel fold” would work for my idea. I began by stamping four pumpkins in Pumpkin Pie Ink, and the stalks in Mossy Meadow Ink. Then, I used their Beautiful Pumpkins Dies for cutting, and glued the stalks to the pumpkins.

Easel Fun Fold

To create the “easel fold,”  I cut 8 ½” X 11” Mossy Meadow Cardstock in two pieces: 4 ¼” X 11”.  After scoring and folding both at 5 ½”, I scored an additional 2 ¾” on piece #1, which is the front. Then I glued the 5 ½” side of piece #1 to the 5 ½” underside piece of #2. It should look like this:

Next, I used the fourth and sixth largest Everyday Arches Dies to cut the arch from Country Woods Designer Paper, backed with Mossy Meadow Cardstock for thickness. Prior to gluing the arch to the front of the card base, I cut Painterly Pears Designer Paper, 4″ X 2 1/2″, and glued it to the front. The sentiment, “Happy Thanksgiving,” is from a retired stamp set, Painted Pheasant. I stamped it in VersaMark on Mossy Meadow Cardstock, 2 1/4″ X 1 1/4″, sprinkled it with White Embossing Powder, set it with the Heat Too, and glued it in place. To complete the front, I used a Beautiful Pumpkins Die to cut two vines from Old Olive Cardstock, glued them to the arch, and attached one of the pumpkins on Dimensionals.

For the second panel, I used Mossy Meadow Ink to stamp six vines on Basic White Cardstock, 4″ X 5 1/2″, three light, and three dark. After gluing the layer in place, I attached three pumpkins on Dimensionals. I made sure two pumpkins were seen from the closed card, and one was hidden.

The inside was created with the “left-over” piece from the arch on the front, 3 1/4″ X 4 3/4″. The center arch was cut with the fourth largest Everyday Arches Die from Basic White Cardstock. Prior to gluing, I stamped “Thankful for you” in Mossy Meadow Ink. This sentiment is from the Gathering Moments Stamp Set. I added another vine, cut from Mossy Meadow Cardstock, and my “easel fold” was complete.

The creativity doesn’t stop here! Be sure to hop along using the lineup below to explore even more inspiring projects from the Pals. And mark your calendar — next month, we’re spreading holiday cheer with our “Season’s Greetings” theme!

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
3. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
4. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
5. Rae Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
6. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
7. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
8. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
9. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
10. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
11. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations

MY BOGO SALE

For the month of October, I will be offering a FREE BUNDLE with every $50.00 you order from me (merchandise subtotal, before tax and shipping). The free bundles are retired and gently used by me, and are pictured on my blog (menu item “BOGO Sale”). You will need to send me an email (suheilmohr@gmail.com) with your mailing address and the title of the set you are choosing immediately after placing your order with Stampin’ Up! You’ll want to let me know right away, before someone else selects it, because these bundles are one-of-a-kind. I will remove the ones that are selected, and mail them the first of November. Sound fun? I hope so!

I’m ready for some fun! Are you?

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