Welcome to the Pals’ Blog Hop! We’re so glad you’re here. You may be starting the hop here or coming from a previous Pal’s blog. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. This month we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Pals Blog Hop with “Critters” from the Stampin’ Pretty Pals. Many of the design team members are offering “Mystery Blog Candy” of their choice to 1 lucky winner. To play along, just leave a comment on as many blog posts as desired. A random winner will be announced on a subsequent blog post by each participating design team member. You’ll find the full line-up below to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
Wingin’ It
I love butterflies! And Stampin’ Up! has made some gorgeous butterfly stamps, but none prettier (in my opinion) than the one in Beautiful Day. So today I’m Wingin’ It for the Pals’ Blog Hop!
I chose a print from the Best Dressed 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper pack and used it to guide my butterfly colors. The Blends I used are Blackberry Bliss, Rich Razzleberry, Highland Heather, and Petal Pink.
I heat embossed the butterfly onto Whisper White using Gold Embossing Powder, then colored the ‘fly. Symmetrically, of course! I was “Wingin’ It” from there on out, because I had no idea where I was heading! I cut it out using a Stitched Rectangle Die, then painted in each wing section with Fine Tip Glue to give it that lovely shine and texture. The glue needs time to dry, so I set it aside and left it while I watched The Voice :-).
Here is the stamp set, Beautiful Day. You will find it in the Annual Catalog, page 131. It is Item #151257 and sells for $21 USD.
I don’t often leave the front of my cards without a sentiment, but this time I felt it worked better on the inside alone. Rich Razzleberry worked well for the greeting. Then I used Highland Heather, stamped off once for the flowers to achieve the Purple Posy shade. My envelope is finished off with a 1/4″ strip of Gold Foil and a 2″ strip of Blackberry Bliss from the Regals 6’x 6″ DSP pack.
I used skinny layers of Blackberry Bliss Cardstock and glued it to a base card of Thick Whisper White. This is a side fold. The final embellishment is a Gold Faceted Gem.
You can see two other cards I’ve made from Beautiful Day by clicking here and here.
A Look Back
As part of this March Blog Hop, we are looking back at our very first Pals Hop entries, and I found mine to be on April 8, 2015 ~ almost exactly 5 years ago! The theme for that month/year was Earth Day: Reuse, Recycle. We were to take any recyclable item and create something new with it. It was a fun exercise, for sure, but I was so nervous about entering the Hop. I had no idea what I was doing! Here are photos of that entry ~
I have to tell you that my markers are still in those containers five years later! Now that is quality craftsmanship! Lol!!!
Your Chance To Win!
Don’t forget to leave me a comment at the end of this post to enter into my Mystery Blog Candy give-away! I’m offering mystery blog candy (i.e. Stampin’ Up! goodies) to one lucky winner. Please only play once. The winner will be randomly chosen from the comments on this blog post on Friday, March 13th, 2020.
Deadline for comments is Friday, March 13th, at NOON Pacific Time. I’ll choose a random comment and announce the winner later that day on on my Blog.
Note: I can only ship within the U.S. Winner has 24 hours from the announcement of the winner to email me their name and mailing address. If you are reading this from your email, click on the title, Wingin’ It For the Pals’ Blog Hop, to leave your comment. Good luck!
More inspiration awaits!
Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 8th, for our “Special Occasions” blog hop when our Design Team showcase projects for weddings, graduation, anniversary, baby, Mother’s/Father’s Day or any special occasion. Don’t miss the fun!
Pals Blog Hop Line-Up
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty First Hop – January 2010
- Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts First Hop – May 2011
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian First Hop – June 2012
- Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards First Hop – September 2012
- Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping First Hop – March 2013
- Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping First Hop – March 2013
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations First Hop – August 2013
- Amanda Merrill at Inkflair First Hop – April 2014
- Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’ First Hop – May 2014
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom First Hop – September 2014
- Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity First Hop – January 2015
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose First Hop – January 2015
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs First Hop – June 2015
- Debra Simonis at Deb’s Stampin’ Grounds First Hop – July 2015
- Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit First Hop – September 2015
- Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin’ First Hop – August 2016
- Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’ First Hop – September 2016
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping First Hop – April 2017
- Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot! First Hop – May 2017
- Su Mohr at Aromas And Art First Hop – June 2017
- Leah O’Brien at Ink, Paper, Stamps, Oh My! First Hop – February 2018
- Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink First Hop – June 2018
- Jen Roque at Stamp Camp with Jen First Hop – October 2019
- Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink First Hop – November 2019
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping First Hop – January 2020
- Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life First Hop – March 2020
Thanks for hopping with us today! Have a great day. See you again soon!
Product List: Click on any photo to view & purchase ~
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Really love this! What have you used for the spots that look like So Saffron?
Thanks, Marianne! They look like So Saffron, but that is actually light Petal Pink.
Congratulations on your time with Pal’s Blog Hop. And to the Blog Hop itself! I love this stamp set when it first came out and I still love it today. And you showed us another beautiful card made with it. There’s no limit to what can be done! TFS!
That’s one beautiful card! We should do it in a class!!😃
I think I left a comment on Facebook but not here. I love this butterfly with using the glue for the glossy wings. Really pretty. I have to try this if I can get my glue open!
I never get enough of beautiful butterfly cards. Your’s is outstanding!
Gorgeous Card…love Rococo Rose.
Wow! Dynamic card. Well done.
I love butterflies too and your card is beautiful.
Karen, I want to comment on this beautiful card because it’s just gorgeous and your design-use showcases it to the max, but please don’t enter me into the drawing.
Beautiful color combination with the gold accents! Well done per usual, Karen!!
Stunning card Karen. You did a great job incorporating the colors of the DSP into the butterfly.
Wow! Stunning
The colors on the butterfly are awesome. Congrats on the 10th year
Beautiful card.
Love your colors. Thanks for the tip about using the glue.
Melinda, you are my Blog Candy Winner! Congratulations! Thank you for commenting. Send me your address and I’ll get your “Candy” in the mail!
Your card is beautiful. The gold makes the colors pop!
Beautiful card. Love the colors.
Stunning!!!!💖💖💖💖
Love Love this card! Love the colors you used and the technique you used to color and make the wings so shinny!
Wow!
Your butterfly is beautiful, Karen! I love how it shines!
Gorgeous card! Stunning colors and fabulous shine. Love your maker holders too.
Your embossed butterfly is OVER THE TOP! Wow!
I love this stained glass look of your chosen critter. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful and bold Karen. Thanks for the storage tip too.
The butterfly was beautiful, great card. Had fun hopping along tonight, thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful!!!
Pretty! Love the glue overlay.
Beautiful card, Karen! I totally agree with you that this butterfly is the prettiest one SU has ever done. Your stained glass look made it even more so. Love every detail!
Like the way you made the butterfly shine.
Love the gloss look.
I love butterflies too! Yours is gorgeous!
Oooooohhhh…..that was my response when I saw this beautiful card!
Beautiful!
Love this. Very special with that glue on the colors of the butterfly.
Love, Love that butterfly thanks for sharing.
Love the colors in the butterfly. Beautiful card.
Hi! Just recently found your blog…I followed you from Pinterest. I really love your cards. Thank you for all the inspiration.
This is beautiful!!
Love how you used the glue to make the butterfly pop
So pretty with the gold embossing & the shine on the butterfly wings!
Stained glass looks so good on the butterflies.
This is such beautiful use of the purples…and I love your comments – made me chuckle.
Wow that is some “quality craftsmanship”. Great card.
Karen, your “Wingin’ It” paid off beautifully!
beautiful card. Love the butterfly
Your stained glass look is stunning on your butterfly. I would never have thought that look could be as simple as using glue.
I love the shine you created on the wings! Beautiful card
WOWZA !!!
So beautiful. Love the stained glass look and the use of all the elements.
Love that stained glass look! Very nice card!
I love stained glass anything and this certainly has that look. Just gorgeous.
Your butterfly is over the top gorgeous and I can’t wait to try this technique!!!! It was fun to look back on your original blog post too!
Wonderfully unique card. Love your blog-read it every day
WOW….beautiful colors and your butterfly is gorgeous.
The gold embossing really makes this card!
Love this butterfly. Your card designs are always so lovely.
One word: Beautiful
Stunning card, love the butterfly! Simply gorgeous, thanks for sharing!
This is a gorgeous card! I love your colors, thanks for sharing!
Stunning.
Your butterfly is PERFECT with this paper.
What a beautiful card! Love it! Thank you!
Love the colors of this card.
Amazing card! Love the shine and dimension from the glue pen. And Thanks for sharing your original blog post. Such fun to see!
You’ve put your own beautiful stamp on this critter theme! This butterfly element is just amazing, and the receiver of this card will enjoy it year-round with the sentiment inside!
This is a stunning card, Karen! The color scheme is really pretty!
Wow! This is so pretty! Beautiful card and it works perfectly without the front sentiment.
JUST LOVE THIS!