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Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month’s theme is Animal House—and the Pals are here to inspire you with a parade of paw-some card ideas and paper craft creations, all featuring Stampin’ Up! products. At the end of each post, you’ll find links to all the participant blogs so you can “hop” along and gather ideas to make your own projects roar with personality. 🐾

For this month’s animal card, I’m sharing a re-make of a Fun Fold “circle flap” design. It features the darling dog from Along These Lines Stamp Set, which I stamped in Early Espresso Ink on Beautiful Gallery Designer Paper, and used scissors to fussy cut.

Animal Fun Fold

For the dog’s background, I was excited to use Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape, which I adhered to Basic White Cardstock, 3 1/2″ X 5″, then ran it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with the Extraordinary Flora Die. Next, I attached the cut pieces on a Thick Basic White circle, cut with the largest Spotlight on Nature Die. The dog was glued in place with the sentiment, “Thinking of you,” from The Right Words Stamp Set. I stamped the sentiment in Mossy Meadow Ink on Basic White Cardstock, and used a Textured Notes Die for cutting.

The card base is Soft Sea Foam, 8″ X 4 1/4″, scored at 2 1/2″. The 2 1/2″ fold is the front, which I embossed with the Glass Embossing Folder. The circle with the dog and flora was centered, gluing just the left side to the flap. Then, I backed it with Soft Sea Foam Cardstock, for thickness, and a finished look on the inside. 

The inside tells you this is a sympathy card, with the sentiment from The Right Words Stamp Set, “Hoping the loss you feel right now will be eased by wonderful memories.” I stamped the words in Mossy Meadow Ink on a third, Basic White circle, cut with the same Spotlight On Nature die. Before gluing this circle, I glued Woven Textures Designer Paper, 5 1/4″ X 4″ to the Soft Sea Foam card base. To complete the card, I added one more piece of Extraordinary Flora.

We have more inspiration to share, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Pals. Next month we will create beautiful inspiration for a “Ready for Fall” theme and hope you will join us.

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

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

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