Pals July Blog Hop: My Favorite Thing!

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is our Favorites from the New Catalog. 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.

My project was created from a suite found in the new 2024-25 Annual Catalog: the Full of Life Suite Collection, found on p. 42-43. This bright and colorful suite, complete with fun, scripty fonts, dynamic and modern designer series papers, and fun dies appealed to me from my first dive into the catalog! Here’s my card:

The negative space created by using the diecut on the white panel is completed by replacing the space with a different color. It also gives it a ‘shadowbox’ look. Here’s how I did it:

Measurements:

• Basic White card base of 5 1/2″ by 8 1/2,” scored at 4 1/4″
• Coastal Cabana Panel 5 3/8″ by 4 1/8″
• Full of Life Designer Series paper panel, 5 1/4″ by 4″
• Basic White Panel, 3 1/2″ by 5 1/4″

Directions:

• Adhere the DSP to the Coastal Cabana panel, and then adhere to the card base.
• Take the Basic White panel and cut out a leaf die toward the bottom of the white panel. Then cut a leaf die from Coastal Cabana and one from the Full of Life DSP. Stack the white diecut underneath the Coastal Cabana diecut to give it some additional thickness, and then add a small bit of white glue to attached it inside the cut-out hole you created on the Basic White Panel. Use white glue to adhere the DSP leaf cutout to the panel as well.
• Stamp a sentiment from the Friends for Life stamp set onto the Basic White panel, and then pop the panel onto the card case with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Add some Iridescent Faceted Gems to finish the card and give it some sparkle! Have you SEEN this gems? they’re so delightful and detailed!

This card goes together quickly, and is elegant in its simplicity, in my opinion. Here is the entire suite, and you can, of course look online to see the separate designs of these luscious papers:

I hope you enjoyed seeing my project. All the products I used can be found below – just click on one to shop with me!

We have even 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 Summer Vacations.

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
3. Donna Walls at Duncan Street Designs
4. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
5. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
6. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
7. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
8. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
9. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
10. Stefani Ewing at Stamp With Stefani
11. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
12. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
13. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
14. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations

BONUS DAYS ARE BACK!

When you shop between July 3 and July 31 and spend $50, you will earn a $5 coupon! Make sure you save all your coupons because you can redeem them (and we mean ALL of them) between 1–31 August. The promotion kicks off with orders on July 3.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVES

Many new products that are now available ONLINE ONLY and will not be found in any catalog. These Online Exclusives were launched at the same time we could start to earn Bonus Days coupons! Love it!

The products include all-occasion products as well as Fall, Halloween and Christmas products. We’re coming up on my favorite time of year for stamping — yippee!

Product List
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Friends For Life Bundle (English) [163365] $53.00

Full Of Life Suite Collection (English) [163369] $82.50	Friends For Life Bundle (English) [163365] $53.00	Full Of Life 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163357] $12.50
Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131297] $11.50	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.00	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $9.00
Iridescent Faceted Gems [163368] $8.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $12.00

Be sure to use this Host Code for JULY if you make an online order of $50 or more. You will receive (from me) a free gift from me — a tutorial bundle of over 20 card tutorials with complete instructions and measurements!

JULY Host Code: AN6FFU4D

Note: This host code is not for club members.

Please let me know if you have any questions. And 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