Pals Blog Hop: Cute Critters with Easter Friends by Stampin’ Up!

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month, the theme is Cute Critters. We really hope that you will be inspired by all the amazing creations the Pals are sharing with 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.

Create darling handmade projects using the Easter Friends Stamp Set. Designed for card making, this set is perfect for Easter or friendship cards. Its springtime imagery includes a duck, a rabbit, and a chick, all designed to work together or individually. 

The set also includes springtime sentiments in a lovely script font—use them in full, or mask off part of the wording for even greater versatility. The set’s artistic style is also great for watercoloring with Stampin’ Up! Water Painters. Get it now, prepare your coloring tools, and happy spring-stamping!

STAMPIN’ PRETTY STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIAL:

Begin with a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card base of Smoky Slate card stock.

Adhere a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Basic White card stock to the card base with Stampin’ Seal. 

Layer and adhere 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 piece of Smoky Slate card stock to a 3 3/4 x 5 piece of Daffodil Delight Brights 6×6 Designer Series Paper together Stampin’ Seal. 

Wrap with Evening Evergreen 3/8″ Windowpane Check Ribbon, securing with a bow. 

Adhere to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. 

Use a Stamparatus to position and stamp the rabbit in Smoky Slate Classic Ink and the grass in Evening Evergreen Classic Ink onto a piece of Basic White card stock.  

Without moving the card stock from the Stamparatus, stamp the images again in Versamark Ink.  Cover with Clear Basic Stampin’ Emboss Powder.  Set with a Heat Tool. 

Crop with a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and the ticket die from the Sport Events Dies (estimated availability Week of March 14). 

Adhere to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. 

Stamp the sentiment in Versamark Ink onto a piece of Evening Evergreen card stock.  Cover with Clear Basic Stampin’ Emboss Powder.  Set with a Heat Tool. 

Crop with a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and the Messages die. 

Adhere with Stampin’ Dimensionals. 

Adhere a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Basic White card stock to the inside of the card with Stampin’ Seal. 

Use a Stamparatus to stamp the sentiment in Smoky Slate Classic Ink onto the inside of the card as shown. 

POP OF PERSONALITY! Embellish with a Basic Gray Classic Matte Dot. 

PERFECT POLISH!  Use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere a 2 1/4 x 5 3/4 piece of Daffodil Delight Brights 6×6 Designer Series Paper to the outside flap of a Basic White Medium Envelope.  You can see my video demonstration with tips on adding designer paper to an envelope flap here.

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!

Please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on April 13th. Our theme will be Fabulous Flowers when our Design Team shares a project using any of the beautiful flowers in our catalogs.

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop Line-Up:

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
3. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
4. Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping
5. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
6. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
7. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
8. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
9. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
10. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
11. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
12. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
13. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
14. Amanda Howard at Papercrafting With Amanda
15. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
16. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
17. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations