Spring in the Window for March Pals Blog Hop

Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for March 2017. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our 2017 Blog Hop monthly themes.  This month we are featuring Spring or Spring related projects. We hope you enjoy our creations.

You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below.  The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.

Recently I looked out my window and saw lots of new blooms! Here in Southern California, we have been in a drought for at least 5 years. This year we are slowly climbing out and everything is GREEN for a change! There are new buds and blossoms everywhere. I decided to make happy framed window looking out at some window box blooms and a vine-covered wall beyond the window.

My perky blooms have pearl centers. I added more pearls to the right of my heat-embossed sentiment.

I hope you liked looking. I'd love for you to leave me a comment! Happy Spring!

Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop! 

1. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
2. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
3. Sue Becker at RnR Stamping
4. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'
5. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
6. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
7. Becky Retzer at Just in Thyme by Becky Retzer
8. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
9. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
10. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
11. Amy Hoptay at Craft Carnivore
12. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin'
13. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
14. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
15. Karen Hallam at Karen's Stampin' Habit!
16. Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin'
17. Lynn Tague at Beyond Beaches & Blessings
18. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
19. Lisa Pretto at InkBig Academy Stamps
20. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
21. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations

Valentine's Day or Just Sharing Love

Valentine's Day is around the corner, however I like to use my stamps as much as possible, so this "sending love" card could be used for many more reasons than just Valentine's Day.

This card started out because I had those four Crumb Cake cut outs from:

this card sitting on my desk all week. I decided to make a card using those as little frames for "something" and those little hearts popped out at me from the Sealed With Love stamp set. I used Watermelon Wonder to stamp my images and then I used Flirty Flamingo accents on my card front.

I'd love to know what you think, so please leave me a comment.

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Housewarming Card

Happy Thursday! I haven't had much time for creating, but needed a card to go with a housewarming gift. A young couple I know are moving into their first house and I purchased some fun things they can use around the house. The gifts were placed into a burlap-covered bin, and included candles, a wooden "M" for their last name, some Valentine paper plates and napkins and an enamel photo frame. The candles were my color inspiration for this card: Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz.

I certainly used a lot of Stampin' Up products to create this card, but I hadn't used the Wondrous Wreath stamp set in a very long time. The sentiment comes from the Better Together stamp set, which I hadn't inked up yet. You can see how all of the stamp sets, old and new can work together to make a lovely card.

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The Holiday Catalog is LIVE!!

Happy "Holiday Catalog Debut Day!!" Okay, I made that up, but when you have a catalog that is this dreamy, you want to make a holiday just so you can sit and enjoy each and every page. Honestly, this catalog is probably the best catalog to make me want it all that I've ever seen. Of course, I cannot have it all, but wanting it is fun. I've been making card samples and watching what others are doing during the preview month of August. It's fascinating! But by far, my favorite new item is the Hearth and Home Framelits. Paired with the Happy Scenes Photopolymer stamp set, you can't go wrong! So many possibilities. You can bundle the two items and save 15%!

Hearth and Home Framelits Bundle with Happy Scenes $34.75

 

Happy Scenes Stamp Set Bundle with Hearth and Home Framelits $34.75

 

This card is CASEd right out of the catalog, on page 11. The sentiment, outside scene beneath the window sheet on my card base are all in the Happy Scenes Stamp set. I let some Dazzling Diamonds naturally cling to my window sheet before adhering it right onto my colored scene. You can't really see how it sparkles like snow, sorry! The Candy Cane striped designer paper behind my window is from the Home For Christmas Designer Series Paper pack. 

Home For Christmas Designer Series Paper 139592 $11.00

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One More Day!!

 It's really never too early to start making holiday cards. This time of year, everyone is going back to school, and sometimes that means a little more time for making things while those kiddos are gone all day.

Stampin' Up! is debuting their Holiday Catalog on September 1st, which is right around the corner--I mean TOMORROW!! It's so exciting! I don't make a lot of Halloween cards, but with the Happy Scenes stamp set (sentiment) and the Hearth and Home Framelits (Basic Black Window Frame), it's easy to have a little fun at this time of year. 

 

 I CASEd this card from Nicole Tugrul. I didn't have the spider web stamp (from new set Witches' Night) so I just drew my own spider web with my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker. I used a Window Sheet to make a shaker window and put some In Color and retired silver sequins (from last year's Holiday Catalog) that will shake and move around inside my window. The black stars are from the Confetti Stars Border Punch and the background is embossed using the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  My little spider is from the Cheer All Year stamp set, also available tomorrow in the new Holiday Catalog. (If you need a copy and don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, please email me and I will send you a free Holiday Catalog)

Happy Scenes Photopolymer Stamp Set 139821 $21.00

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Happy Scenes CASE from Convention

At the Stampin' Up! Convention last month, there were a lot of boards set up with cards that were designed using new stamp sets and tools that are coming out September 1st. This is one of the cards that was up on the board and it's my version of the card, so that means I CASEd it. CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything. That means that those who create love to share, and those who are browsing, love to copy!

The lovely bow is the Gold Cording, which makes it return to Stampin' Up! September 1st

My card base is Crumb Cake, then the Into the Woods DSP print is framed using Early Espresso card stock. My window is Basic Black cut out using the new Hearth and Home Framelits. I love these things! They and the stamp set Happy Scenes are my favorite bundle from the new catalog! You save 15% by buying the bundles.

I used my Stampin' Write Markers and my ink pads with blender pens to color the pumpkin Happy Scene. My window is popped up over the scene using Stampin' Dimensionals.  The "celebrate the season" sentiment is stamped using VersaMark and Gold Embossing Powder, which was set using a heat gun.

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Sneak Peek Hearth and Home Framelits

Happy Monday! I spent some time this weekend using some new items from the Holiday Catalog, which goes live on September 1st. Featured today is the new Home for the Holidays Framelits, which helps you create a window and a window box. I didn't use the window box, as my scene is from INSIDE the window. There is a bundle using the framelits with a stamp set called Happy Scenes and if you buy them together, you save 15%. I didn't use that set, I chose instead to use another stamp set called Wonderland. The trees and pine branches are from that set. My sentiment is from You're So Sweet.

Hearth and Home Framelits 139666 $20

 

Happy Scenes photopolymer 130821 $21

Or bundle the two and save 15% 140853 $34.75

My window is adhered using Stampin' Dimensionals for a 3-D effect.

Those Mossy Meadow dots are the new Home For Christmas Enamel Dots which are also from the Holiday Catalog.

Very Vanilla Thick Twine is available September 1, 2015 in the Holiday Catalog.

If you are wondering how I colored in my window scene, here is what I did. Using Mossy Meadow ink and the pines image from Wonderland,  I stamped onto Whisper White card stock. Some of the trees are "stamped off," a technique where you ink the stamp and then stamp onto a scrap piece of paper before stamping your card stock. Next, I used Sponge Daubers with Soft Sky and Soft Suede inks to make my ground and sky. I kept lightly daubing until I had the color I wanted.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you are encouraged to make your own cards! Won't you leave me a comment? :-)

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