Month: February 2023

Another Round

I found this wonderful card while scrolling through Instagram & wanted to make it myself. I love yellow & grey. Oh, who am I kidding, I just love yellow! I loved the clean layout, the colour combo, & the playfulness of the card.

Step by Step Tutorial 

– Begin with a 5 ½ x 8 ½ card base of Smoky Slate cardstock; scored at the 4 ¼ using a Paper Trimmer.

– Use the Paper Trimmer to cut
Daffodil Delight cardstock to 4 x 5 ¼
Smokey Slate cardstock to 3 ⅞ x 5 ⅛

– Adhere the Daffodil Delight to the card base using Tombow liquid glue.

– Create your own background using the Brewed For You stamp set & Basic Grey ink. The glass stamp is super easy to work with; I just eyeballed the layout. Then adhere to the card base/Daffodil Delight using Tombow liquid glue.

– Stamp the glass image using Smokey Slate & Crushed Curry onto a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock using the Brewed For You stamp set. Then run through a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using the Stylish Shapes dies (2nd largest die) placing the glass more towards the right side.

– Run a scrap piece of Daffodil Delight through a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using the Layering Circles dies using the scalloped shape (2nd to largest one).

– Layer the stamped Basic White circle onto the Daffodil Delight using Tombow liquid glue.

– Adhere the layered scalloped circle to the card base using Tombow liquid glue.

– On a scrap piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock cut to ⅝ x 2 ⅞, stamp the sentiment with Versamark ink then cover with white Basics Embossing Powder then set with a Heat Tool. Cut a slant on the left side; then adhere to card base using Tombow liquid glue.

– On another piece of scrap Basic White cardstock, stamp the glass image using Smoky Slate & Crushed Curry. Then run the stamped glass through a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using the coordinating Brewed dies. Adhere to the card base using dimensionals.

– For a little bling I used the new Adhesive-backed Milky Dot

– I like to dress up my envelopes using scrap DSP. I used the retired Flowering Fields DSP that I had picked up off the clearance rack.

Pals Blog Hop- Celebrating Random Acts of Kindness

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month, our blog hop team 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.

So many think of February as a month of love & hearts for Valentines day. However, I am not much a fan for the holiday. When I read the theme of Random Acts of Kindness, I thought of those who help others. I see so much kindness & giving in our local community. I think those who constantly give should also be the recipient of a random act of kindness on occasion. That is what inspired my simple but elegant card.

Step by Step Tutorial 

– Begin with a 5 ½ x 8 ½ card base of thick Basic White cardstock; scored at the 4 ¼ using a Paper Trimmer

– Use the Paper Trimmer to cut
Distressed Gold DSP to 3 ¼ x 5 ½
Perfectly Penciled DSP to 4 x 5 ½

– Adhere the Perfectly Penciled DSP to the card base using adhesive of choice (I used Tombow liquid glue).

– Layer the Distressed Gold DSP on top of the Perfectly Penciled DSP using adhesive of choice (I used Tombow liquid glue).

– On a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock, stamp the bee image from the Queen Bee stamp set using black Memento ink (or black Staz-On ink).

– Run the stamped bee image through a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using the Queen Bee dies. Then, adhere to card base using dimensionals.

– On a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock, stamp the sentiment in black Memento ink. I used a sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set.

– Run the sentiment through a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using the Beautiful Shapes dies. Then, adhere to card base using dimensionals.

– Run scrap vellum cardstock through a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using the Beautiful Shapes dies (x3). Then run them through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using the Hive 3D EF (embossing folder).

– Adhere the 3 die cut/embossed vellum to the card front using Tombow liquid glue.

– Place Adhesive Sheet to scrap Basic Black cardstock. Then run through a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using the Queen Bee dies (x3). Peel off the back of the Adhesive Sheet & place on card front. Keep 3 of the punched out hexagons & adhere to the sentiment hexagon.

– Run a scrap piece of Distressed Gold DSP through a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using the tiny tiny heart from the Queen Bee dies. Adhere using glue of choice (I used Tombow liquid glue) to the body of the bee.

– To dress up the envelope, I glued Perfectly Penciled DSP to the flap of the envelope then fussy cut it.

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 & 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’
  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 ←You are here
  19. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose