Spring Has Sprung - 2012 Pals Blog Hop

Spring has sprung and it's time for Pals Blog Hop! Today the Stampin' Pretty Pals are sharing some fabulous Spring themed cards and projects that we think you'll enjoy! You've probably hopped over from Kim Luithle at Kim's Stampin Stuff.

I'm stop number 3 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 spring themed paper projects 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.

My "Garden Gate" card has a white textured card stock gate cut with a Cricut Picturesque cartridge.  The cardstock is Stampin' Up!'s Naturals Ivory.  The garden was stamped with two of the stamps from SU's Pocket Silhouettes in Taken with Teal ink.  The Butterflies were die cut with the SU Embosslits Die, Beautiful Wings, using SU Burmuda Bay card stock.  I was able to use all five butterflies in my design!  Welcome Spring!

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp, stop number 4 on the Spring Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by!

1. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
2. Kim Luithle at Kim's Stampin Stuff
3. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
4. Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp
5. Sue Bendinsky at My Color Creations
6. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair!
7. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
8. Marian Kay at All Aboard the Crafting Train
9. Nina Dee at Deesigns by Nina Dee
10. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
11. Jennifer Takacs at My Stampin' Blog
12. Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog
13. Linda Fisher at Linda's Stampin Loft
14. Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap with Susan
15. Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikki's Creative Corner
16. Maggie Mata at MaggieMadeCards
17. Leslie Davis at Ellalicious Elements
18. Leah O'Brien at Leah's Stampin' Corner
19. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX!
20. Emily Steggell at Stamping With Emily
21. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin' Space
22. Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole
23. Angie Blake at Angie's Musings

PPA 130 A Trivet in Green

This is the link to the PPA Challenge website:
 http://www.palspaperarts.com/2012/03/ppa130-a-color-challenge-with-a-twist.html

For the color challenge I used a 5.5 inch square tile that I bought at Lowe's Home Improvement store. 

I then directly applied ink by rubbing the ink pad over the whole tile.  I then took the darker artichoke green and applied that to the Hello, Doily stamp (Stampin' Up!) and stamped the image on the tile.

Then using black I stamped the Sentiment "Memories" from Stampin' Up!'s Loving Thoughts stamp set.

I used the "Memories" sentiment because the doily looks faded on the tile, almost as if it is a memory.

I then spray the tile with a few coats of ci Super Seal, an ozone friendly acrylic sealant spray that dries in less than 2 minutes.  It seals and waterproofs the trivet.

The finishing touch is four little stick-on protective pads  (for the feet) that I get at the dollar store.  It works great as a candle base or a hot plate for a bowl.

PPA 129

This is basically the card on page 167 of the Idea Book and Catalog.  It reminded me of the sketch challenge.  I used Crumb Cake, Old Olive and Confetti Cream card stock.  I sponged the Crumb Cake card edge with Old Olive.  The DSP is Everyday Enchantment from the Sale-a-bration catalog.

I stamped the hearts from the I {Heart} Hearts set with Crumb Cake, Old Olive and Regal Rose.   The sentiment is from A Word for You Stamp set.

The image isn't very clear; I used my husband's Ipad.  I need a new camera.   

PPA 128

Happy Valentine's Day

Here is a pad for Valentine's Day.  The pads are available at Target for $1.00 and one piece of cardstock makes the cover. 

Forever and Always PPA 127

For the Sketch Challenge, PPA 127, I did something I personally have never done before.  I stamped directly on DSP and did not use any cardstock.

I used two designs from Julianne, a DSP collection from K&Company.  I stamped directly on to the DSP.

Using one of my favorite Stampin' Up! sets, Herb Expressions, I stamped the Lavender image onto the DSP.  I then colored the leaves with a SU stampin' write marker in Old Olive.  I also colored the flowers.  I cut the image out with Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Ovals.  I then sponged the oval die cut with Old Olive.

The verticle sentiment is also from Herb Expressions. 

The sentiment at the top of the sketch is from the Loving Thoughts set that can be found in the Occasions Mini.

This sketch was fun; thanks PPA!.

PPA 126

To start 2012, we have a color challenge!

Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy and Very Vanilla.

I placed a SU order early in 2012 and have been enjoying many of the new Stampin' Up! products.   If you have viewed my previous blogs, you know I have recently used a few of the Memorybox dies for the The Big Shot in my card designs.

I have to say that Stampin' Up!'s new Sizzlits large Paper Doily die is so much easier to use than those from Memorybox!  The design is intricate, yet easy to remove from the die, and the cut sections just pop right out!  Keep 'em coming Stampin' Up!

I added dimensionals under the circle of Not Quite Navy behind the doily to pop it up on the card.  The paper ribbon is punched with SU's Lace Ribbon Border punch.  The "Hello" sentiment, stamped in Not Quite Navy, is from the Elementary Elegance stamp set from the Sale-A Bration catalog.  Happy New Year!

2012 Pals Blog Hop - Love is in the Air

Love is in the air as the Stampin' Pretty Pals share the love with cards and projects for today's Pals Blog Hop!

You've probably hopped over from Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti

I'm stop number 24 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 love themed paper projects 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.

My contribution is this Valentine's Day Card.  On Whisper White cardstock with Cherry Cobbler  I stamped the floral design from the Fresh Vintage stamp set.  I stamped all around to make my own background pattern for the card.

I used two sizes of the labels from the new Framelits dies, from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  One is cut from Cherry Cobbler, the other is cut from Whisper White and stamped with the the floral design from the new Apothecary Art stamp set, also in the Occasions Mini.  Using Watercolor Pencils and my Aqua Painter, I "painted" the leaves and roses. 

Using dimensionals, I layered the framelits. I pieced the banner in Cherry Cobbler and using the Teeny Tiny Wishes set, stamped the sentiment on Whisper White, punched with the Word Window. 

The finishing touch was to highlight the roses with Dazzling Details.  Love is in the air!

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Emily Steggell at Em's Creations

stop number 25 on the Love Is In The Air Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by!

Blog Hop Line-Up:

1. Linda Fisher at Linda's Stampin Loft
2. Maggie Mata at MaggieMadeCards
3. Kim Luithle at Kim's Stampin Stuff
4. Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping
5. Dawn Tidd at My Stampin' Blog
6. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX!
7. Susan Lankford at Stampin' Crafty Corner
8. Nina Dee at Deesigns by Nina Dee
9. Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp
10. Cindy Hall at Pretty Impact
11. Frenchiee Hum at Frenchiee's Spot.
12. Kylie Nicolosi at Kylie's Crafty Corner
13. Jennifer Takacs at My Stampin' Blog
14. Angie Blake at Angie's Musings
15. Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole
16. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
17. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
18. Amanda Cramer at Mrs. C with Style!
19. Sandie Conner at Pretty Provisions
20. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin' Space
21. Sue Bendinsky at My Color Creations
22. Leah O'Brien at Leah's Stampin' Corner
23. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
24. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
25. Emily Steggell at Em's Creations
26. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair!
27. Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog
28. Jessica Ying at YoYoStamping Studio
29. Leslie Davis at Ellalicious Elements
30. Joan Norris at My Creative Impressions
31. Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikki's Creative Corner

PPA 125 - Tag

Tag-you're it!  That's what comes to mind.  What also comes to mind the day after Christmas (for me, anyway) is to begin wishing everyone a Happy New Year.  So that, combined with a tag, resulted in this:

The cardstock is Stampin' Up! Basic Black, Naturals Ivory for the image and sentiment and some Confetti Cream under the image on the bottom.  The DSP on top is from K&C Company, called Black and Ivory Designer.  The Happy New Year sentiment is from Fiskars Holiday Hooplah.  The sentiment was punched with SU Large Tag punch and and the SU Horizontal Slot punch (retired), bordered in Basic Black and tied with some black polka dot ribbon.
Happy New Year 2012!

PPA 124 - Deck the Halls

We have a sketch challenge this week and I am in the middle of Christmas preparations so my card has a Christmas Theme.

My card stock is Stampin' Up! Naturals Ivory which I sponged with Tim Holtz's Tattered Rose Distress Ink.  I used designer paper from Graphic 45's Christmas Emporium Collection.  I have used this paper throughout this holiday season; I find it so versatile and I love the old fashioned look of this collection.

I clipped the Deck the Halls Carol from one of the pages and also cut the bottom border from one of their pages.  I used a coordinating DSP page to back the music graphic, cut the lace border with SU Lace Ribbon Border punch, and punch some scalloped circles.  The Merry Christmas sentiment is from SU Delightful Decorations and punch with a 3/4 circle punch.  I also sponged the edges of the ivory scallop and the circle with the tattered rose.

The Christmas Carol  and the scallops are popped up with dimensionals.

These are not your typical Christmas colors, but I like the look of Christmas of yesteryear.

Puttin' on the Glitz PPA 123

PPA Challenge 123 - Puttin' on the Ritz.

Using Crushed Curry, Red and Whisper White, I created the card.  Using a "Savvy" stamp and metallic gold ink, I stamped Merry Christmas.

And again this week I used 2 Memory Box dies: "Classic Ornament" and "Villanti Crest".

The glitz comes from the metallic red sparkle paper of the ornament and the metallic gold cord and bow.