PALS AUGUST BLOG HOP!

FEATURING ITEMS FROM THE
NEW HOLIDAY CATALOG

Glad you could join us for some holiday crafting with the Stampin' Pretty Pals! You've probably hopped over from BRIAN KING'S BLOG, I'm stop number 19 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in! I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for Stampin' Up! projects featuring the new Holiday Catalog! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you'll be back on track

The card I made for the blog hop features the stamp set,  'Perfectly Preserved'.  This set is so versatile and fun to use.  I thought the "Orchard Harvest" designer series paper (DSP) went well with this set.  I layered the card to get some depth and detail.  I just tore the edges of the paper to get the jagged edge look.

I used some of the new in-color ink to coordinate with the DSP  when I stamped the jars and apples.  Bakers twine was used to top off the jar on the right.

Here is a close up look at the jars!

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Mikki Sarkisyan stop number 20 on the Pals Holiday Catalog Blog Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by!

1.  Lynn Hoyt at Cattail Designs

2.  Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards.com

3.  Debbie Pierce at Stampin Sunshine

4.  Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full

5.  Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair!

6.  Cathy King at chattycathycardcreations

7.  Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti

8.  Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog

9.  Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts

10. Mary Fish at Stampin Pretty

11. Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp

12. Diane Roberts at Scoreatfourandaquarter

13. Claire Crotteau-Hutt at stamppaperscissors

14. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn

15. Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping

16. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin' Space

17. Naki Rager at My Stampin' Blog

18. Brian King at Stamp with Brian

19. Kim Luithle at Kim's Stampin Stuff (THIS IS ME!)

20. Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikkis Creative Corner

21. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers

22. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards

23. Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap With Susan

24. Nicole Watt at Impressions by Nicole

25. Bobbi Mangas at My Therapy

26. Angie Blake at Angies Musings

27. Kris Kilcoyne at Kween Bee Kreations

28. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps

29. Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine

30. Nina Dee at Deesigns by Nina Dee

My Guest Appearance!

Today is an exciting day for me.  I am a guest on Mary Fish's Stamping Pretty website!!  To me, she is a 'rock star' of Stampin' Up!  She is a great leader of all the PALS and has a BIG following.  I am so inspired by her work, and have loved being a part of her Stampin' Up! group.  She is wonderful person, and I even had an opportunity to meet her in person when I was in Arizona on vacation.

                                                              I got to meet Mary Fish in person!

The project that is featured is a purse (or bag) I made out of Stampin Up! fabric.  It was such a fun project to make.  Stampin' Up!'s fabric is of high quality, and I loved working with it.  Here it is:

I used the "Spice Cake" designer series fabric from the Stampin' Up!  The purse is made from sewing together 2.5" strips of fabric.  I followed a pattern I purchased at a local quilt store.  It was easy to make and I have been giving them as gifts!  I have made 5 purses so far.  So fun for me!  If you have any questions about the purse or want further information, you can email me at: kthome99@gmail.com 

                                                             Side View

Inside Purse:  I love all the pockets!

Here is another example of a purse I sewed using "Beau Chateau"  designer fabric from Stampin' Up!  After I made it, I realized it looks like a small baby/diaper bag.  I plan on saving this purse for a gift to give someone who has a baby girl.   Here it is:

Beau Chateau Desiger Fabric

PPA 140

Today's PPA challenge is a color challenge featuring one of the new 'In colors' from Stampin' Up; Summer Starfruit.  The other two colors are 'veteran' colors; Marina Mist and Real Red.  

Here is the card I created.  It is a triple layer card.  I got the idea from my PAL's leader, Mary Fish.  You can find out how to make this type of layered card HERE on her blog; Stampin Pretty.

I used the Stampin' Up! stamp set, "Carry On" for this card.  I have had this stamp set for a while and was excited to get it out and use it!   

The purse on the front of the the card is made with the tab punch folded in half.  The handle is made with the oval punch and scallop oval punch.  I also used a couple of embossing folders to add texture to the card.

PPA139

Time for another PPA challenge!  This challenge is a sketch challenge, see below!

Here is the card I came up with for the challenge.  I love using the new Stampin' Up!  embossing folders; I seem to incorporate them into most of my cards lately!  Also, framelits are becoming my new favorite item.  I don't like to cut out things with a scissors, so the framelits are perfect for me...no cutting!

Here is an upclose view of my medallion 'layer'.

JULY PALS BLOG HOP

It's time for some fun in the sun with the Pals! Glad you could join us for the Pals Summer Sunshine Blog Hop! You've probably hopped over from Nina Dee's blog, I'm stop number 18 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in! I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for summer themed Stampin' Up! projects from the Stampin' Pretty Pals! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you'll be back on track

The PALS hop today is the theme of summer.  When I think of summer, I always think of flowers.  The card I created today is all about flowers.  The dahlia adornmets added the touch I was looking for!

Here are the items used for the card:
Paper:  Very vanillia, Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse cardstock and Comfort Cafe DSP
Stamp Set:  Embellished Events and Curly Cute
Punches: Ornament punch, scallop cornor and decorative label punch
Ink:  Midnight Muse, Gumball green and soft suede
Embellishments:  Dahlia adornments




                                                 Up close view of the vase

I put the "vase" through the bigshot with one of the new embossing folders in the new Stampin' Up! catalog and used a sponge dauber with champange mist on it to give it a little sparkle!


Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Lori Martin, stop number 19 on the Pals Summer Sunshine Blog Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by!

1.   Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn

2.   Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping

3.   Angie Blake at AngiesMusings

4.   Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter

5.   Marian Kay at All Aboard the Crafting Train

6.   Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap With Susan

7.   Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards

8.   Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts

9.   Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty

10. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards

11. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers

12. Jen Takacs at Stamped in Full

13. Kimberly Deacon at Delightful Stampin

14. Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole

15. Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikki's Creative Corner

16. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps

17. Nina Dee at Deesigns by Nina Dee

18. Kim Luithle at Kims Stampin Stuff      (ME!)

19. Lori Martin at The Rejoicing PaperCrafter

20. Brian King at Stamp with Brian

21. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the Max

22. Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog

23. Kim Czenszak at Live Love

PPA 138

Today's challenge incorporates the above colors from Stampin' Up!  I made a Birthday card with all three colors.  Notice the paper piericing around the "Happy Birhday" sediment.  I love using the new paper piercing pack that just came out in the new annual catalog.  No more guessing in lining up the dots!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the close up of the piercing of the sediment:

 

PPA 137 Sketch Challenge

Today's PPA challenge is for the sketch above.  I decided to use some of my new products I purchased from the new Stampin' Up!  catalog.  The new in-colors are so beautiful!  Gumball green, Primrose Petals and Summer Starfruit are the in-colors I used for most of my card.  I did a lot of layering using various punches and some of the new framelit dies.  Here is the card I came up with below.

The card measures 5" X 5" square

Here is the layered circle upclose!