Feb 9, 2022 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Pals Blog Hop |
Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is Birthday Bash. We really hope that you enjoy and will be inspired by them! As you hop from blog to blog, we would appreciate your comments because we enjoy hearing from you. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
Today’s birthday card uses the gorgeous, New Horizons Designer Paper, on one of my favorite fun fold cards, the Double Z-Fold. This could be a great birthday card for a special guy in your life. Hopefully, my instructions will be clear, and you’ll be inspired to give it a try.
Double Z-Fold
First, I cut a piece of 8 1/2″ X 11″ Evening Evergreen Cardstock in half, 4 1/4″ X 11″, and scored it at 2 3/4″ and 5 1/2″. You can use the other half to make a second card.
The two smaller panels were decorated with scenic, New Horizons Designer Paper, 2 1/2″ X 4″. For some added detail, I stamped birds, from the On The Horizon Stamp Set, in Night of Navy Ink on the front panel. And a sun, from the Paradise Palms Stamp Set, in Pale Papaya Ink on the inside panel.
I cut a fourth panel, 2 1/2″ X 4″, to glue to the backside for writing personal messages.
The large panel was created with a Grove Die and another pattern of New Horizons Designer Paper, 5 1/4″ X 4″.
After gluing the New Horizons DSP to the panels, I cut a band for the bottom, 11″ X 1 1/2,” scored at 5 1/2″ and 2 3/4″. I decorated the band with three strips from the same New Horizons DSP. The long strip is 5 1/4″ X 1″, and the two shorter strips are 2 1/2″ X 1″. This paper is wonderful, and you can see all of the patterns in my Product List below.
The trickiest part of the Double Z-Fold is fastening the band. It seems odd, but the long section of the band is glued to the short front section. I find it easiest to apply glue to the folded band, because this exposes only the part that should have glue. Then, fold the card while adhering the band in place. I suggest having a “dry” run before applying glue.
“Happy Birthday” is from the Artistically Inked Stamp Set, stamped in Evening Evergreen Ink on New Horizons DSP, and cut with a Stitched Rectangles Die. I layered it with cardstock for thickness prior to attaching it with Dimensionals.
To complete my card, the sweet deer were cut with Grove Dies from wood textured, In Good Taste Designer Paper. I layered them with cardstock, for thickness, before gluing them in place.
Incidentally, the Double Z-Fold card will fit right inside our Medium Envelopes. YAY!
Thanks for hopping by today! Stay warm!
More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on March 9th. Our theme will be Cute Critters where our Design Team creates a project with any kind of animals, birds, butterflies or insects.
Until then, have fun in your craft space.
Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
- Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
- Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping
- Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
- Terri George at Stamp Me Crafty
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin’
- Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
- Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
- Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
- Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
- Megan Cooper at Lazy Daze Stampin’
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
- Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
- Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
- Amanda Howard at Papercrafting With Amanda
- Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
- Rae Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Ann Murray at Murray Stamps INK
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
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Jan 25, 2022 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Pals Blog Hop |
Welcome to the Pals second Fun Folds Blog Hop! I must be honest, and say, that “simple” is the name of the game for me. I find this Double Easel design easy to make, and hope you’ll agree.
Double Easel Fold Windmill Card
I began with Thick Basic White Cardstock, 4 1/4″ X 11″, scored at 5 1/2″. Next, I cut Highland Heather Cardstock, 4″ X 10 1/4″, scored at 2 1/2″ and 5″.
Next, glue the 4″ X 5 1/4″ Highland Heather Cardstock to the 4 1/4″ X 5 1/2″ Thick Basic White card base, which will look like this:
That’s the basic design; now, the fun part of decorating.
I started by using Windmill Fields Dies to cut the windmill from In Good Taste Designer Paper, and Basic White Cardstock to make the building opaque.
For the background, I cut Flowering Fields Designer Paper, 3 3/4″ X 5″, and glued it to the Highland Heather Cardstock fold, 4″ X 5 1/4″. Then, I cut larger tulip pattern for the front fold, 3 3/4″ X 2 1/4″.
The inside of the card has purple, Flowering Fields Designer Paper, cut with the largest Scalloped Contours Die, which you can see in the first photo. The paper is solid, and light enough, that your written message will be visible. Plus, there’s solid white on the opposite fold for a long letter.
The sentiment is from the Sale-a-bration, Special Moments Stamp Set, stamped in Gorgeous Grape Ink on Fresh Freesia Cardstock, cut with the smallest Stitched Rectangles Die, and attached with Dimensionals.
See how simple that was? Plus, it folds easily into our Medium Envelopes, and stands on its own when removed.
Now, continue hopping to see more Fun Fold ideas!
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Jan 12, 2022 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Pals Blog Hop |
Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop in 2022! This month, the theme is Sale-A-Bration. We really hope that you enjoy and will be inspired by them! As you hop from blog to blog, don’t forget to leave comments because we love hearing from you. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
Why did I choose a pineapple, and pair it with “Good Luck?” I’ve always connected pineapples with good luck, but wasn’t sure of the reason, so I did a little research. In many Southeast Asian countries, Hokkien is spoken, and the word for pineapple is “ong lai.” This word also sounds like words meaning “incoming fortune.” So, there you have it in a nutshell, and my card was born.
The realism of the pineapple from the Island Vibes Stamp Set is wonderful! I stamped it in Memento Black Ink on Basic White Cardstock, cut it by hand, and placed it on Dimensionals. You can see a full view of the images in the stamp set in my Product List below.
Good Luck Pineapple
Contrasting with the black & white pineapple is the bright, Sale-a-bration designer paper, Sunshine & Rainbows. I used the largest Stitched Rectangles die to cut the dotted paper, and the third largest Stitched Rectangles Die to cut the black & white Pattern Party Designer Paper.
The dotted paper is glued to a Thick Basic White card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″, and the black & white paper is backed for thickness, and attached with Dimensionals.
Isn’t the Sunshine & Rainbows Designer Paper pretty? Can you find the dots and stripe I used?
Playful Alphabet Dies were used to cut the letters, “GOOD LUCK,” from the striped paper.
Here’s how: I cut one inch sections of a Foam Adhesive Sheet and attached one inch cuts of designer paper. Then, I placed the letter dies on top of the paper, and ran it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. I carefully removed the dies and backing, and attached the letters to the card front. The lines made it easy to line up the letters, by placing the bottom of the letters first.
Thank you for stopping by! Wishing you all good luck in the new year!
More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on February 9th. Our theme will be Birthday Bash when our team creates birthday projects to celebrate our family and friends.
Until then, have fun in your craft space.
Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping
- Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
- Ann Murray at Murray Stamps, INK
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
- Terri George at Stamp Me Crafty
- Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
- Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
- Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
- Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
- Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
- Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
- Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
- Amanda Howard at Papercrafting With Amanda
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
- Megan Cooper at Lazy Daze Stampin’
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
- Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
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Dec 8, 2021 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Pals Blog Hop |
Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is “My Favorite Things.” The Design Team will be showcasing their favorite products from any of the current products and you might even see some sneak peeks, as well! We really hope that you enjoy and will be inspired by them! As you hop from blog to blog, don’t forget to leave comments because we love hearing from you. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
Today I’m sharing a favorite, newly discovered, coloring tool… Stampin’ Up’s Soft Pastels! And, I was anxious to see how it worked with the new, Amazing Silhouettes Stamp Set.
Amazing Butterflies
I began by stamping the butterfly in VersaMark on Basic White Cardstock, 3 7/8″ X 5 1/4″. Then, I used Sponge Daubers to pick up the powder from Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, and Poppy Parade Soft Pastels to blot on the VersaMark. So easy, it’s hard to go wrong!
Next, I added a strip of color with new, Sale-a-bration, Sunshine Rainbow Designer Paper. It was cut 1/4″ X 5 1/4″, and glued to the back of the white layer, before gluing the layer to a Thick Basic White card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″.
The sentiment, “stay wonderful,” is from the new, Honeybee Home Stamp Set, stamped in Memento Black Ink.
For a final touch, I added new, Iridescent Rhinestones. Aren’t they gorgeous? The iridescence makes them go with any color.
More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on January 12th. Our theme will be “Time to Sale-A-Brate” when our Design Team will showcase items from Sale-A-Bration as the focal point of their project.. Until then, have fun in your craft space.
Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
- Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
- Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
- Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Su Mohr at Aromas And Art. ***YOU ARE HERE***
- Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
- Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
- Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
- Amanda Howard at Papercrafting With Amanda
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
- Lori Webb at Clever Copies
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Nov 24, 2021 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Pals Blog Hop |
Welcome to the Pals “first” Fun Folds Blog Hop. I created a design that I believe is original. It’s a standard sized card with a smaller card that is attached on top of it, so I’m calling it a “piggyback.” It’s really quite simple, which is what I like. You’ll find my supplies in the Product List below. And, don’t forget to come back on Black Friday for a special surprise!
“Piggyback” Fun Fold
I began with a Soft Succulent card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″. I layered the card front with a pretty pattern of Tidings Of Christmas Designer Paper, 4″ X 5 1/4″. Then, I layered the inside with Basic White Cardstock, 4″ X 5 1/4″.
Prior to gluing the inside, I stamped “Merry Christmas,” from the Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set, in Cherry Cobbler Ink, and added an Evening Evergreen tree, cut with a Christmas Trees Die. And, I gave it a nice 1/2″ border, using the scoring tool on my Paper Trimmer. I was reminded of this technique when it was used at OnStage (a Stampin’ Up! event for Demonstrators).
Next, I cut a second card from Evening Evergreen Cardstock, 5″ X 4″, folded at 2 1/2″. The card front was layered with another pattern of Tidings Of Christmas Designer Paper, 2 1/4″ X 3 3/4″.
The inside of the smaller card also has Basic White Cardstock, 2 1/4″ X 3 3/4″, with a 1/4″ scored border.
I stamped “Ho Ho Ho,” from the Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set, in Cherry Cobbler Ink, and a tree, from the Whimsical Trees Stamp Set, in Evening Evergreen Ink. Then, I glued the smaller card to the center of the larger card.
The top piece, Santa and his reindeer, was cut from Evening Evergreen Cardstock, using a Giving Gifts Die. I glued it to a third pattern of Tidings Of Christmas Designer Paper, 3 1/4″ X 1 1/2″. I also backed it with Evening Evergreen Cardstock for two reasons: the weight keeps the top card closed, and it looks nice and finished from the back.
Finally, I used a Giving Gifts Die to cut a cute, little, bow from Cherry Cobbler Cardstock that I glued to the top of the smaller card.
Now, continue hopping to see more Fun Fold ideas!
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Nov 10, 2021 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Pals Blog Hop |
Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is “Home for the Holidays”. We really hope that you enjoy and are inspired by them! As you hop from blog to blog, don’t forget to leave comments because we love hearing from you. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
The “early-release” stamp set, Eden’s Garden, has such beautiful stamps, I challenged myself to create a single layer, Christmas card. I love how it turned out…on the third try. I’ll tell you the mishaps I encountered, so you can avoid them.
I began with a Thick Basic White card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″. After cutting the card base, I rolled it through the Stamp n’ Cut & Emboss machine with the long, Eden’s Die, to give the card front a wonderful edge.
The stamps and dies come together in a Bundle, for a 10% savings, which you can see in my Product List below.
Single Layer Card
Next, I masked the middle of the card front with 1″ painter’s tape. Then, I used the largest Eden’s Garden stamp to stamp three images in Garden Green Ink. I also stamped berries from the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set; the stems in Early Espresso Ink, and the berries in Real Red Ink. Christmas colors, right? Everything was fine, so far, until I removed the painter’s tape.
Mishap #1: the ink wasn’t dry on the tape, which transferred to my fingers, which transferred to the card front.
Mishap #2: the painter’s tape was very sticky, and removed paper from the card front.
Remedies: Be extra careful when removing the tape, and make it less sticky by adhering it to a towel several times before using. Lessons learned!
Now, all I needed to do was stamp the sentiment.
“Merry Christmas” is from the Heartfelt Wishes Stamp Set, stamped in Real Red Ink. I used my Stamparatus to help insure the image was stamped properly. If you don’t know what a Stamparatus is, click on the picture in my Product List.
Don’t you love this beautiful font? I wish my handwriting was like that!
Since I had the mishaps out of the way, I created a second card, using a Real Red card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″. The Basic White Cardstock is 5 1/2″ X 3″, and the Garden Green Cardstock is 5 1/2″ X 3 3/4″.
The added color is nice, but I really prefer the single layer version. What do you think?
I love milkshakes almost as much as making cards. Thank you for hopping by, and sharing a moment with me.
More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on [second Wednesday]. Our theme will be “My Favorite Things” with our design team showcasing some of their favorite products from any catalog they choose.
Until then, have fun in your craft space.
Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Su Mohr at Aromas And Art. ***YOU ARE HERE***
- Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
- Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
- Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
- Annette Elliott at AESTAMPS A LATTE
- Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
- Amanda Howard at Papercrafting With Amanda
- Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
- Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
- Ann Murray at Murray Stamps, INK
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Megan Cooper at Lazy Daze Stampin’
- Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
- Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
- Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
- Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
- Lori Webb at Clever Copies
- Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping
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