My Favorite Things for the Pals’ December Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is “My Favorite Things.” The Design Team will be showcasing their favorite products from any of the current products and you might even see some sneak peeks, as well! We really hope that you enjoy and will be inspired by them! As you hop from blog to blog, don’t forget to leave comments because we love hearing from you. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

As I’m sure everyone has experienced, picking our favorite things from the current catalogs is no easy task! There are so many favorites! I chose a few to showcase…

• DSP ~ Expressions in Ink
• Dies ~ (two) Artistic, Hippo & Friends
• Stamp Sets ~ (three) Biggest Wish, Artistically Inked, Positive Thoughts

Card Recipe

• Shaded Spruce Cardstock, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored and folded at 4-1/4″
• Gold Foil Sheet, 5-1/8″x 3-7/8″ for layer, and for the leafy Artistic Die
• Expressions In Ink DSP, 5″x 3-3/4″
• Basic White Cardstock, 3″ square for Hippo & Friends label die
• Inks: Shaded Spruce, Versamark, Mint Macaron
• Gold Emboss Powder
• Garden Gems Embellishments

Step-by-Step Directions

• Position the middle-sized label die from Hippo & Friends Dies on the DSP and run it through a die-cutting machine. Save the cutout piece for another project.
• Adhere the DSP panel to the Gold Foil Sheet using Stampin’ Seal.
• Add Dimensionals to the back of the foil sheet and adhere the layers to the card base.
• Stamp “HELLO” from Biggest Wish on Basic White Cardstock using Shaded Spruce ink. Let it dry thoroughly (or help it along with your Heat Tool!)
• Next stamp the “friend” from Biggest Wish below and slightly overlapping “HELLO” with Versamark Ink. Sprinkle gold emboss powder over the Versamark, then heat set it with your Heat Tool.
• Place the Gold Foil leaf cut-out where you want it to sit on your card, arranging it over the cut-out hole in the DSP. No need to glue down.
• Add Dimensionals to the back of the white label and adhere it over the cut-out hole on the DSP. The Gold Foil from underneath will peek out when you look at it from the side.

• Add the Garden Gems to the front.
• Stamp the inside with the sentiment from Positive Thoughts and Shaded Spruce ink. Stamp the inky swoosh from Artistically Inked and Mint Macaron ink. Add the flowers with Versamark and emboss with gold powder and a Heat Tool.

• Decorate the envelope flap with more Expressions In Ink DSP: cut to 6″x 2-1/4″, glue down with Multipurpose Liquid Glue, turn to the inside and trim off the little bit of excess paper.

Note: Expressions in Ink Designer Series Paper is on the Low Inventory list and may become unavailable soon! If it’s one of your favorites too, get some now while you can!

Continue to Hop!

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 January 12th. Our theme will be “Time to Sale-A-Brate” when our Design Team will showcase items from Sale-A-Bration as the focal point of their project.. Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
3. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
4. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
5. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
6. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
7. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
8. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
9. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
10. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
11. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
12. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
13. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
14. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
15. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
16. Amanda Howard at Papercrafting With Amanda
17. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
18. Lori Webb at Clever Copies

Thanks for hopping with us today! Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! See you at the Hop in January,

 

Product List

Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $17.00	Positive Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [151490] $21.00	Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set [154542] $24.00
Expressions In Ink 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [155464] $15.00	Shaded Spruce 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146981] $8.75	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $5.00
Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Pad [147088] $7.50	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad [147106] $7.50
Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $18.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00
Garden Gems [159277] $7.00	Hippo & Friends Dies [153585] $36.00	Artistic Dies [155371] $35.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $60.00	Stampin’ Seal [152813] $8.00
Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236] $7.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00