Merriest Moments for the Pals November Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month, the theme is Home for the Holidays, so the design team created a project for the holiday of their choice. We really hope that you will be inspired by all the amazing creations the Pals are sharing with you! As you hop from blog to blog, we would love for you to leave a comment. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

My favorite holiday is the one we spend together! So I’ve made a card that could be used for a variety of winter holidays ~ whichever one you want to use it for! I used a couple different sets, some heat embossing, and some ink blending.

Here’s my card ~

 

Details:

• Evening Evergreen Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored and folded at 4-1/4″
• Lights Aglow 6″x 6″ DSP, 5-1/4″x 4″
• Basic White Cardstock, 4-3/4″x 3-1/2″
• Merriest Moments Stamp Set, greeting in Evening Evergreen
• Gingerbread House Dies for house and trees in Evening Evergreen Cardstock, snow in white Glimmer Paper, windows and door in Gold Foil Sheet
• Masking Paper for circle cut with Layering Circles Dies
• Sentiment stamped with Evening Evergreen ink
• Sky sponged with Soft Succulent ink and a Blender Brush
• Snow/stars heat embossed using Versamark, gold emboss powder, and a Heat Tool
• Brushed Metallic gold Dot for doorknob

Step-by-Step:

1. On the white cardstock, stamp the greeting from Merriest Moments in Evening Evergreen.
2. Create a circle mask and cover the greeting.
3. Using Versamark and gold embossing powder, stamp and heat emboss the speckled stamp in Merriest Moments around the greeting.
4. Next, with a Blender Brush, add Soft Succulent ink around the circle, over the gold “snow”. Remove the circle mask.
5. Cut a small hill from a piece of White Glimmer Paper 1-3/4″ long and 3/4″ high. Cut it so 1/2″ fits on the right bottom corner and 1-1/4″ fits on the left bottom corner. Glue in place.
6. Cut the house using the Gingerbread Dies and Evening Evergreen Cardstock. Add Gold Foil windows and door, and a White Glimmer snowy roof. Position and glue the house between the 2 snow banks, matching the bottom of the house with the bottom of the white cardstock panel.
7. Cut 2 Evergreen trees from the Gingerbread Dies and add them to the left of the house on the snow bank.
8. Glue this finished panel to the Lights Aglow DSP, then glue that to the card base.

I hope you get to celebrate your favorite holiday with ones that you love! Because, really, together is the merriest place to be!

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 December 14th. Our theme will be Last Minute Gift/Card Ideas.

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
3. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
4. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
5. Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping
6. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
7. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
8. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
9. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
10. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
11. Lori Webb at Clever Copies
12. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
13. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
14. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
15. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs

Thanks for hopping with us!

 

Product List

Merriest Moments Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [156353] $22.00	Gingerbread House Dies [159718] $33.00	Lights Aglow 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159535] $15.00	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155574] $9.25
Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Real Red & White 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Glimmer Paper [159578] $5.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $5.00	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin’ Pad [155576] $8.00
Soft Succulent Classic Stampin’ Pad [155778] $8.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $12.50	Stampin’ Up! Masking Paper [155480] $7.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50
Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $18.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00

 

Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots [156506] $9.00