February Pals Blog Hop: Celebrating Random Acts of Kindness

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, our blog hop theme made projects to celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week, which is February 14-20! We hope you will be inspired by all the beautiful creations the Pals made for 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.

Today I am sharing two projects that could be used for someone special as a Random Act of Kindness next week or any week! I made one card, and a coordinating treat box:

Our Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog is chock full of great card designs, and my project today is a great example of taking a card from the catalog and making it your own. I was inspired by the layout of this card on page 81. I especially liked the different-sized panels created from the Deckled Rectangles dies.

For the card, I started with a card base of Basic White measured at 8 1/2″ by 11″, scored at 4 1/4″, followed by a layer of Highland Heather of 5 1/2″ by 4 1/4″, embossed with the Cane Weave 3D embossing folder. I adhered that embossed panel to the card base. I then used different sized Deckled Rectangle Dies to cut out panels using these papers (L to R): Orchid Oasis, Fine Shimmer Paper in Fresh Freesia, Fancy Flora DSP, and then Fine Shimmer DSP again. You can make the panels whatever size you’d like. I tried to emulate the panels in the same layout as the card in the catalog.

Next I cut a panel of Basic White Cardstock from the Deckled Rectangle Dies, and stamped the sentiment with Orchid Oasis. I also stamped one of the smaller flowers in Orchid Oasis, and one bunch of the cute tiny flowers in Balmy Blue. On a scrap of Basic White, I stamped a large flower in Fresh Freesia, and used the Two-Tone Flora dies to cut out the large flower, arranging it on the sentiment panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added three Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins to the little flowers, and I was done!

There are so many beautiful elements to this card, I can’t even! To start with, the Fine Shimmer Paper is GORGE! And the Fancy Flora DSP is probably my favorite patterned paper in the Mini Catalog.

For the Sweet Little Box, (in the CLEARANCE RACK at time of publication!) I first assembled the box and closed it. I cut a 6 X 6″ piece of Fancy Flora Designer Series Papers in half to create two 3″ by 6″ panels. I used Tear and Tape to attach the two pieces end to end to make one long piece. From there, I cut the entire piece at 7 1/4″, cutting from each end so I could make the seam somewhere in the middle, then wrapped the panel around the Sweet Box, creasing around each corner as I wrapped.

I then decorated the box using some additional flowers from the bundle, as well as a sentiment panel from the new Thanks a Bunch SAB stamp set that I cut into a banner, and some Orchid Oasis 1/8″ Woven Metallic Ribbon. Now I can either give the card and box as a set, or I could give two separate surprises to two different people as Random Acts of Kindness!

I hope you enjoyed my projects. All the products I used can be found at the bottom of this post — just click on one to start shopping! Don’t forget about using the Stampin’ Up! catalogs for design inspiration.

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 March 8th, when our theme will be Party Time, showcasing cards/projects that celebrate our family and friends. Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
3. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
4. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
5. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
6. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
7. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
8. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
9. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
10. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
11. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’…………….You are here!
12. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
13. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
14. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
15. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
16. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
17. Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
18. Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping
19. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose

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I’d love to see what you create. Post your beautiful creations over on our Up North Stampin’ Gang Facebook page. Here’s the link to request to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/199783410436824

Mary

Product List

Two Tone Flora Bundle (English) [160414] $55.75	Something Fancy Cling Stamp Set (English) [160416] $23.00	Thanks A Bunch Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [160816] $18.00
Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $30.00	Cane Weave 3 D Embossing Folder [160580] $10.00	Sweet Little Boxes [157628] $10.00
Fancy Flora 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160413] $12.00	Fine Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Paper Pack [160428] $10.00	Orchid Oasis 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159267] $9.25
Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad [159214] $8.00
Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $8.00	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $8.00	Orchid Oasis 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Woven Metallic Ribbon [159199] $9.00
Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins [160387] $8.00