Pals September Blog Hop: All Creatures Great and Small

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is “All Creatures Great and Small.” 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.

I love the pretty little deer found on one design of the “Sentimental Christmas” Designer Series Papers. All of these papers, and especially this design, remind me of holidays gone by, and evoke feelings of sentimentality, to be sure. I used the Frozen Edges bundle to create two cards using these sweet deer. Here’s the first:

Directions:

• Start by cutting a card base, in Basic Beige cardstock to 8 1/2″ by 5 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″ on the 8 1/2″ side.
• Cut a circle using the Sentimental Christmas DSP and a circle die from the Spotlight on Nature dies. Center it so you have the cute little deer scene in the middle of the circle. My two samples (one is found below) use two different-sized circle dies.
• Cut a panel of the Season of Elegance DSP using the BACK side of the gold foil panel, at 4 1/4″ by 5 1/2.” Then use the snowflake edged die from the Frozen Edges Dies to cut along the right side of the panel. For my two cards, I used the Pretty Peacock and Cherry Cobbler pieces.

• Adhere the cut snowflake panel to the front of the card so it lines up on the the left corners, bottom and top. One cool thing about the dies is that not all the snowflakes are cut out of this intricate die. Some are partially cut out, so they can be bent slightly and create a cool 3D effect. It’s fun to leave the right side of the card ‘un-stuck’ so it sticks up a bit.
• Heat emboss a sentiment from the Frozen Edges stamp set onto the card front at the bottom using White Embossing powder. Then adhere the deer circle to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Use the beautiful Drusy Adhesive-Backed Embellishments to add a finishing touch of bling to your card. They are scrumptious and sparkly!

For the card below, I varied it by cutting 2 inches away from the top side of the card base before overlaying the Pretty Peacock snowflake panel. Notice how the snowflakes now stand on their own on the front, adding even more texture and 3D effect!

The next card uses a Basic White card base and the Cherry Cobbler panel from the Seasons of Elegance DSP. I used the larger ‘Christmas’ die and Cherry Cobbler cardstock and Gold Foil papers, along with a gold embossed “MERRY” to create the sentiment.

Which do you like better? I hope you can enjoy experimenting with your own color combinations using these wonderful bundles from the new Mini Catalog! There’s more inspiration to show you, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. We hope you will come back for our next blog hop next month, when our theme will be “Orange Theory.”

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’…………..You are here!
3. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
4. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
5. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
6. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
7. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
8. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
9. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
10. Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
11. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
12. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life

Product List

Frozen Edges Bundle (English) [164104] $45.75	Spotlight On Nature Dies [163580] $35.00	Sentimental Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [164209] $12.50
Peaceful Season Dies (English) [164020] $34.00	Season Of Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [164144] $16.50	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880] $11.50
Basic Beige 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [164511] $11.50	Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments [164223] $9.00	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679] $21.00
Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971] $27.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $32.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25
Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $12.00

Be sure to use this Host Code for SEPTEMBER if you make an online order of $50 or more. You will receive (from me) a free gift of embellishments!

SEPTEMBER Host Code: ZE3A9KNA

Note: This host code is not for club members.

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Mary