Welcome to the Pals September 2017 Blog Hop. Thank you so much for joining us today. This month our theme is “My Favorite Holiday.” Sit back and enjoy the view while the Pals treat you with projects for the upcoming Autumn and Winter holidays.
Whether you’re just starting the hop, or have come from a previous Pal’s blog, you’ll find the line-up toward the end of my post to help you move along. It really didn’t take very long for me to decide what holiday I would feature in this blog. The Christmas holidays have always been special to me: family get-togethers, a few days off from teaching to be home with the people most dear to me.
This card features a beautiful Christmas tree from a new stamp set called “Season Like Christmas.” The tree is actually a three-step stamp. The larger base stamp was stamped in Old Olive ink. Over that, I put a darker accent layer of Tranquil Tide. The last layer was created to look like red Christmas ornaments or lights. Here’s what I did: I stamped first with Versamark, and then stamped a second layer in Real Red. I sprinkled a mixture of clear embossing powder and Dazzling Diamonds glitter over, and tapped off the excess, then heat embossed it. The result was shiny and sparkly red tree decorations!
I cut the tree out with an oval framelit from the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies, and then cut a coordinating scalloped oval in the same size to offset the white oval.
The paper layers included a base of Whisper White cardstock and then a 4″ by 5 1/4″ layer of Old Olive. Finally I added a layer from the Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Papers. I love them all – look at the beautiful and timeless Old Olive, black, and white patterns.
The banners across the bottom of card were created with one of my favorite staples — the Triple Banner Punch. The black and white plaid creates The sentiment is from the “Season Like Christmas” stamp set as well. I love all the sentiments from this set!
Thank you so much for hopping with the Stampin’ Pretty Pals today. Please take a minute to mark your calendar for our next hop on October 11, 2017 for “Wicked Folds.” Now hop along using the Blog Hop Line-up below. Don’t forget to leave us a comment. We’d love to hear what you have to say about our Favorite Holiday. By the way, what’s your favorite holiday?
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
- Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
- Su Mohr at Aromas and Art
- Stesha Bloodhart Stampin’ Hoot!
- Amy Hoptay at Craft Carnivore
- Lisa Pretto at Ink Big Academy Stamps
- Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
- Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space
- Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stampin’ Habit!
- Corinne Blake at The Creative Compendium
- Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
- Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
- Patti MacLeath at Paper Crafts by Patti
- Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin‘
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
- Becky Retzer at Just In Thyme Crafts
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Up North Stampin' 
This tree is simply stunning!!
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Thanks for visiting, Amanda! I love this stamp set – the tree is so fun to do with its two-step stamping!
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Thanks so much, Amanda! I love this tree — I have to spend more time experimenting with it soon! Thanks for visiting!
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I love your card. I love the paper, it is great.
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Stunning, classy, reminders of an old fashioned Christmas. Just missing a fire in the fireplace and a cup of hot chocolate. Unique use of colors:)
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Thanks, Trish! I had fun with this Christmas tree. I need to try the trunk with it next time. Thank you for visiting, and your kind words.
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This card is STUNNING, Mary. Love your choice of colors!
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Thank you, Katy. There are so many possibilities with this tree. I appreciate your kind words.
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Beautiful Mary. The background really shows off your focal image perfectly.
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Thank you, Rae, and thanks for all your help during the Hop! You’re the best!
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Absolutely gorgeous. You are so clever with the ornaments/
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Thank you! I was hoping the ornaments would work out okay….next time I’m going to try multi colors! Thank you for visiting my blog!
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This is the prettiest Christmas tree I have ever seen! Your card is perfectly detailed and will be loved for the holidays! Great job!!
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Debbie, you are so sweet! Thank you so much for your kind words!
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Oh, this tree is gorgeous! And your layout and paper choices are just perfect! Thanks for sharing, Mary!
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Thank you, Karen, for visiting. So glad Mary posted the Bandit Challenge – I used that layout for the card!
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