Families First Pals Blog Hop

Welcome to the Families First Pals Blog Hop for April 2017.  We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our 2017 Blog Hop monthly themes.  This month we are featuring projects that are all about our families. This is a great time of year to think about what to make for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, or upcoming graduations. And, family vacations are just around the corner… how would you want to remember those special family moments? We hope to provide you with lots of ideas and that you enjoy our creations.

You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below.  The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.

For today’s family’s first theme, I created a Father’s Day card for my husband, Scott.  It honors our 28 years of marriage as well as celebrates what a wonderful father he is to our one and only daughter, Caroline (now 23 years old).

I snapped this photo of a scooter outside a charming restaurant Scott and I dined at in downtown Lisbon, Portugal, a couple years ago.

I thought it was the perfect way to remember our trip and “translate” the memories to a heartfelt card using the Stampin’ Up! Mediterranean Moments stamp set (designed by my friend and fellow demonstrator, Susan Nygaard).

I love hearing from you!  Please leave me your questions or comments about the project for today.

STAMPIN’ PRETTY TIPS:

• Introducing . . . Thick Very Vanilla Card Stock (8.5″ x 11″).  It’s a great weight for the 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base and will be available NEW in the Stampin’ Up! 2017-2018 Annual Catalog beginning June 1.

• Retiring & 30% Off!  I used the retiring 2015-2017 Envelope Paper (Circles & Dots) for the coordinating Delightful Dijon envelope.  It’s the perfect weight to use with the Envelope Punch Board.
• Retiring & 30% Off!  The silver embossed “x” pattern on Basic Black (4 1/8″ x 3″) and Basic Black pattern layered on the card base are from retiring Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper.

• The Stampin’ Up! Banner Triple Punch makes cropping the flagged end a snap.
• The perfect touch is a silver heart (Metallics Enamel Shapes) to reinforce the “love” in the sentiment (Beautiful You)!
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Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop! 

PALS BLOG HOP LINE-UP:

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty  YOU ARE HERE!
2. Lynn Tague at Beyond Beaches & Blessings
3. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
4. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
5. Amy Hoptay at Craft Carnivore
6. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven’s Retreat
7. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
8. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
9. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
10. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
11. Karen Zaring Browning at Stamp With Me KZB
12. Susan Itell at simplestampin.com
13. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
14. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stampin’ Habit!
15. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
16. Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
17. Lisa Pretto at InkBig Academy Stamps
18. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
19. Becky Retzer at Just in Thyme by Becky Retzer
20. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
21. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
22. Debra Simonis at Deb’s Stampin’ Grounds
23. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
24. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
25. Shawn de Oliveira at ShawnStamps.com
26. Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
27. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
28. Sara Hicks Stuart at Sentiments by Sara
29. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
30. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards

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Mediterranean Moments Wood-Mount Stamp Set – 143188

Price: $28.00

Mediterranean Moments Clear-Mount Stamp Set – 143191

Price: $20.00

Beautiful You Wood-Mount Stamp Set – 143004

Price: $39.00

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set – 143637

Price: $28.00

Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper – 142783

Price: $13.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 101650

Price: $9.00

Delightful Dijon 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 138338

Price: $8.00

2015-2017 In Color Envelope Paper (Circles & Dots) – 141697

Price: $11.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad – 140931

Price: $7.00

Stampin’ Trimmer – 126889

Price: $30.00

Envelope Punch Board – 133774

Price: $20.00

Banner Triple Punch – 138292

Price: $23.00

Metallic Enamel Shapes – 141678

Price: $7.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

Snail Adhesive – 104332

Price: $7.00

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