Pals February Blog Hop! Hop Along!

Another month has gone by and the Pals are ready to Hop! I hope you enjoy browsing our blogs and finding new ways to create! 

Thank you for joining us for the February Pals Blog Hop! Today the Stampin' Pretty Pals are excited to share some Valentine-themed projects made with our favorite Stampin' Up! products.

I'm stop #14, so you should have come from stop #13, Rae Harper's Wild West Paper Arts. If so, you are in the right spot. If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move from blog to blog so you can see all of the amazing creations.

I used the frame from the Halloween Kit 2012 to make a Valentine-themed collage. The photo is from a cruise my husband and I went on years ago, but I plan to replace it with a more current photo before I reveal it to him on Valentine's Day!

Hearts and Key Panel: Canvas Creations torn and embossed with the Honeycomb Embossing Folder. Fashionable Hearts Embosslits in Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler. Key from Artistic Etchings stamped in Basic Black and Basic Rhinestone added.

Eiffel Tower Panel: Background is Whisper White card stock. Moon is a circle of daubed Cherry Cobbler and So Saffron ink. Image stamped in Basic Black. "Fence" edge: Glimmer Paper die cut with Snow Flurry Die, First Edition Specialty paper die cut with Tasteful Trim Bigz XL die, Cherry Cobbler die cut with Finishing Touches Edgelit.

Flocked Panel: Retired Candlelight Specialty paper, retired Snow Festival paper, Basic Black card stock, Large Basic Pearl, 1/8" Basic Black taffeta ribbon.

Double-Flag Panel: Cherry Cobbler Core-dinations card stock, First Edition Specialty paper, Vintage Faceted button, Large Rhinestone, Artisan Embellishments button, Linen Thread, Scallop Punch

Amour Panel: Retired Snow Festival paper, First Edition Specialty paper, Basic Black die cut using the Timeless Type Sizzlits, Cherry Cobbler punched with Itty Bitty Shapes, Basic Rhinestones.

Flower and Band Panel: Very Vanilla and Basic Black card stock base. Creped Filter Paper die cut using Fun Flowers Bigz Die. Flower is colored using sponge dauber and Cherry Cobbler ink. Flower center is Cherry Cobbler 1/2" Circle punch with Glimmer Brad. Band is created using Basic Black image from Artistic Etchings stamp set. Edges are punched using Scallop Trim Border punch. Decorated with Basic pearls.

The next stop is #15, Maxine Conrad at Stampin' to the Max. Thank you for visiting! I hope to see you next month!

1. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
2. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
3. Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary
4. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
5. Leslie Davis at Stampers Paradise
6. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
7. Ann Schach at The Stampin' Schach
8. Amy Williams at Stampin' on the Range
9. Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works
10. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space
11. Diane Roberts at Score At Four and a Quarter
12. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers
13. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
14. Patti MacLeith Papercrafts by Patti
15. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX!
16. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
17. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
18. Lynn Hoyt at cattaildesigns
19. Kerry Willard Bray at stampgoodness
20. Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full

Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge

Happy Thursday! Welcome to the Pals Paper Arts Challenge 149.

The focal point of my card sparkles due to my favorite Champagne Glimmer paper! I love this color. It really goes with almost anything else on a card or tag.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my card and that you will leave your comments below. I also hope that you will play along with all of us at Pals Paper Arts!

Pals Paper Arts Merry Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Island Indigo, Gumball Green, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Pack, Champagne Glimmer Paper

Stamps: Tiny Tags

Ink: Gumball Green, Island Indigo

Punches: 2-1/2" Circle, Jewelry Tag

Big Shot: Snow Flurry Die

Embellishments: Island Indigo Baker's Twine

December Pals Blog Hop 2012!

Thank you for joining us for the final Pals Hop of 2012! Today the Stampin' Pretty Pals are so excited to celebrate our favorite occasions of the year. What's a celebration without some sparkle?!?

You've probably hopped over from Nicole Picadura at Scraps and Stamps, I'm stop number 14 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in. I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for Stampin' Up! products from the Stampin' Pretty Pals. Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-Up below and you'll be back on track.

I had to sparkle it up for this Blog Hop, so I began TWO of Stampin' Up's *new* products: Canvas Creations (a sheet of soft canvas to create on) and Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Both of these items will be available in January. (When you sign to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, you get to sneak peek a month early!) Now, those items are not sparkly or shiny, but I made the canvas sparkle after gently embossing it, using Champagne Shimmer Paint and a sponge dauber. Then I tore a strip of the canvas off and used paper snips to cut the bottom edge used here. Pearls jazzed up my golden strip.

Next, I added a background with the same Honeycomb Embossing folder using Shimmery White card stock. I splattered on some more shimmer paint for a bit of a distressed look across the honeycombs. On the side, I added some Crumb Cake Tulle, gathered behind a piece of Baja Breeze 5/8" seam binding. 

Even more sparkle shines from the Vintage Faceted Button that tops my Champagne Glimmer Paper snowflake, cut using my Big Shot and Snow Flurry Die. Lastly, my sentiment from Winter Memories is stamped in Baja Breeze ink onto a banner cut from Shimmery White card stock. I curled it around my piercing tool a few times to distress it a bit.

I hope you enjoyed my sparkly project. I love to read comments, so please leave one before you hop along to see what Susan Lankford created at Stamp and Scrap with Susan.

1. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
2. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX!
3. Kim Czenszak at LiveLoveStamp
4. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair!
5. Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness
6. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers
7. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
8. Beth Beard at My little craft blog
9. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
10. Naki Rager at ...notes from Naki
11. Claire Crotteau-Hutt at Stamp Paper Scissors
12. Shannon Hokanson at My Stampin Blog
13. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
14. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
15. Susan Lankford at stampandscrapwithsusan
16. Liz Hughes at DIY Paper Creations
17. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards.com
18. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
19. Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole
20. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
21. Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine