Sentiments by Sara

Welcome to the Pals’ Blog Hop! We’re so glad you’re here because we made some great projects for “Layer It Up”  – showcasing our favorite Designer Series Paper and embellishments.  You may be starting the hop here or coming from a previous Pal’s blog. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find the full line-up below to help you move, or “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

Today’s card is inspired by the current Arctic Blast that many of us are experiencing. Even here in South Carolina we are having unseasonably cold days and my brother ran outside to show my (almost 2 year old) niece snowflakes falling yesterday in Virginia! We’ve had frost the last few mornings plus I just love the Feels Like Frost designer series paper so I knew I wanted to feature that for today’s card. Since the paper is so beautiful, I really let it do the work on this card and kept the rest of the card simple yet elegant.

In our home, we decorate one of our Christmas trees with ornaments that are all red, white, and silver so I brought that color combination into this card. I love the white and silver from the designer series paper and thought the red would pair perfectly with it. I used one of the Toile Tidings glitter enamel dots in the center of the large snowflake and the silver metallic-edge ribbon to add even more sparkle and shine to the card.

More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, December 11th, for our Retirement Fun Fold Party when our Design Team showcase projects using retiring products from the Holiday Catalog with a fun fold card. Don’t miss the fun!

Pals Blog Hop Line-Up

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
3. Debra Simonis at Deb’s Stampin’ Grounds
4. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
5. Sara Stuart at Sentiments by Sara
6. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
7. Jen Roque at Stamp Camp with Jen
8. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
9. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
10. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
11. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
12. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
13. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
14. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
15. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
16. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
17. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
18. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
19. Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin’
20. Leah O’Brien at Ink, Paper, Stamps, Oh My!
21. Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
22. Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
23. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
24. Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink

Welcome to the Pals’ Blog Hop! We’re so glad you’re here because we made some great projects for “My Favorite Season”  – showcasing our favorite stamps and supplies for our holiday project.  You may be starting the hop here or coming from a previous Pal’s blog. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find the full line-up below to help you move, or “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

Without a doubt, my favorite season and holiday is Christmas and my love of Christmas has only grown as I now have a niece (who will be 2 by Christmas this year) and nephew (who will still only be a few months old this Christmas). I love time spent with family and carrying on and creating new traditions.

I knew when I saw the cardinal in the Toile Christmas bundle it would be a favorite for me and it doesn’t disappoint. I paired it with the amazing Merry Christmas thinlit dies which have such a great impact. I let the cardinal hang over the top of this card – you can either make an envelope that is bigger in size or cut your card base down to correspond with where you want to place the cardinal and how much off the card you want to hang off. Either way I think it is a fun change.

One thing I love about Christmas is how things seem to sparkle and shine. I used Wink of Stella on the leaves and berries and part of the cardinal to give it some extra shine. The word Christmas was cut out from gold foil sheets and the word wishes was embossed with gold embossing powder. I added some of the extra flourishes from the Christmas Cardinal dies behind the stitched nested label for some extra bling.

More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, November 13th when we showcase projects with layers of DSP and embellishments for any occasion. Don’t miss the fun!

Pals Blog Hop Line-Up

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
3. Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin’
4. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
5. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
6. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
7. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin
8. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
9. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
10. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
11. Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
12. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
13. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
14. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
15. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
16. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
17. Sara Stuart at Sentiments by Sara
18. Jen Roque at Stamp Camp with Jen