Pals May Blog Hop: Fun Family Occasions!

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is “Fun Family Occasions.” We hope to inspire you with our creations today! You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

When I was thinking about Fun Family Occasions, a recent addition to our family came to mind, in the form of a brand new great-niece! My niece and her husband just welcomed baby Dahlia to the world, and she is a beauty! I created this card for them.

I started my project with a card base and matching envelope from the new Sunny Springs Mix & Match Cards and Envelopes set. I added a panel of Petunia Pop cardstock cut from the Deckled Rectangles Dies. You can choose which size you want to use, depending on how much of the cute flower pattern you want to have showing. After adhering the rectangle, I used the Hello and Beautiful sentiments from the new Saying Something Mix & Match Ephemera Pack. I adhered them onto the card front.

I stamped two zinnias from the Simply Zinnia bundle and cut them out using the dies, both in Petunia Pop, but one with not as much ink on the stamp. (Do you think they look a little like a dahlia?? I was hoping so for Baby Dahlia!) I glued one down, and popped the other up with Stampin’ Dimensionals, but now before attaching a fold of Silver & White Sheer Ribbon under it. I finished with three pearls from the Adhesive-Backed Pearl Trio.

If you haven’t yet said HELLO to these two gems (below) in the new catalog, you must do so! The Sunny Springs Mix & Match Cards and Envelopes are so beautiful. The backgrounds are perfect for building a card. And the Saying Something Mix & Match Ephemera Pack is one of FIVE ephemera packs that promise to make your crafting life easier. They’re great quality, and so easy to literally mix and match to create something beautiful!

I hope you enjoyed my project. Life is short, and we must never forget to celebrate all the Fun Family Occasions in our lives! All the products used today can be found below. Just click on one to start shopping with me.

There’s more inspiration to show you, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. Please mark your calendars for our next blog hop next month, when our theme will be “New In Color Inspiration.”

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
3. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
4. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
5. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
6. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
7. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
8. Rae Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
9. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
10. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’

Product List

Simply Zinnia Bundle (English) [163480] $52.00	Sunny Springs Mix & Match Cards & Envelopes [163754] $8.00	Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $30.00
Saying Something Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English) [163761] $8.00	Petunia Pop 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [163801] $11.50	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.00
Petunia Pop Classic Stampin Pad [163811] $9.00	Silver & White 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Sheer Ribbon [162149] $9.00	Adhesive Backed Pearl Trio [163319] $7.50

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Be sure to use this Host Code for MAY if you make an online order of $50 or more. You will receive (from me) one of the Mix & Match Ephemera packs of your choice! I’ll contact you to get your selection of color.

May Host Code: 7J9QCVCM

Let me know if you have any questions! Be sure to join my Up North Stampin’ Gang Facebook page. We are having SO much fun over there! We post, we share, and just enjoy life! Here’s the link to request to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/199783410436824

Mary