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Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month’s Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop is all about Birthday Celebrations. Whether you love bright and playful designs, elegant birthday greetings, or quick and simple projects, you’ll find plenty of inspiration along the hop.

For this month’s birthday card, I created a  triple fold-out, Fun Fold. 

Lovely Arrangements Fun Fold

I began with a Crumb Cake card base, 4 1/4″ X 11″. Then, I scored on the 11″ side: 2 1/2″, 3 3/4″, 6 3/4″, and 8 1/4″, and burnished the score lines (mountain/valley, mountain/valley). Next, I cut three pieces of Lovely Blossoms Designer Paper (Secret Sea pattern): front panel 3 1/8″ X 4″, middle panel 4″ X 4″, and back panel 2 1/4″ X 4″. Then, I cut Lovely Blossoms Designer Paper for the first two panels, and Basic White Cardstock for the third panel, 1/8″ smaller.  After gluing these together, I glued  the panels to the folds, as shown. I was careful not to add glue to the portion that remains “free.” 

To decorate the front panel, I used Lovely Arrangements Dies to cut Basic White Cardstock, and Lovely Blossoms Designer Paper. After cutting, I attached the “trellis” with Dimensionals, and glued the leaves in place.

“Happy Birthday’ is from the Lovely Arrangements Stamp Set. I stamped it in Secret Sea Ink,  and used a Lovely Arrangements label die, for cutting. Then, I used a second, Lovely Arrangements label die to cut Lovely Blossoms Designer Paper, glued the two together, and glued the sentiment in place.  The third panel is ready for a personal, birthday message with a simple decoration of die-cut leaves.

Keep the inspiration going! Follow the lineup below to hop through each blog, and enjoy the great ideas. Next month we’re creating projects for the guys, young and old, in our lives. You won’t want to miss it!

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Beth McCullough
2. Stesha Bloodhart
3. Peggy Noe
4. Debbie Mageed
5. Windy Ellard
6. Lisa Ann Bernard
7. Su Mohr.   ***YOU ARE HERE***
8. Sue Jackson
9. Tricia Chuba

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