Pals Blog Hop – Birthday Bash

 Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is Birthday Bash. We really hope that you will be inspired by the creations that the Pals are sharing with you! As you hop from blog to blog, we would enjoy hearing from you by leaving a comment. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

My Happy Birthday card is a 6×6 square that showcases the New Horizons Designer Series Paper along with the Windmill Fields Dies and Special Moments Stamp Set. A perfect pairing to set a tranquil scene that’s sure to wow the recipient. 

The New Horizons 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper might possibly be the most beautiful patterned paper you’ll ever buy. These horizon scenes were hand-painted by one of our talented artists. The tranquil watercolor imagery will look beautiful as a background on a card front or on a scrapbook page. It’s versatile, too. Turn the paper upside down to change water to sky or whatever you can imagine.

Product colors: Blackberry Bliss, Bumblebee, Calypso Coral, Evening Evergreen, Fresh Freesia, Garden Green, Magenta Madness, Misty Moonlight, Old Olive, Pale Papaya, Polished Pink, Soft Succulent

Begin but cutting a piece of Basic White 12×12 Cardstock to 6 x 12.  Score and fold at 6. 

Adhere a 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 piece of Basic White Thick Cardstock to both the inside of the card and the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. 

Cut a piece of New Horizons Designer Series Paper to 5 1/2 x 5 1/2.  Adhere as shown with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. 

Use a Stamparatus to stamp the sentiment (Special Moments) in Evening Evergreen Classic Ink onto the “water” of the New Horizons Designer Series Paper. 

Use a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (Standard or Mini) to crop the following: 

• Basic White Cardstock –  Fence (Horizon Dies), Small Fences (Windmill Fields), Clouds, Windmill Blades (x4), and Detailed Windmill 
• Evening Evergreen Cardstock – Bike
• Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper (colored with a Water Painter & Soft Suede Ink) – Solid Windmill and Detailed Windmill

Assemble the windmill as shown with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. NOTE: Adhere the four blades together to make it more sturdy.

Build the scene as shown by adhering pieces to the card with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. 

Adhere the windmill with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  

I wanted the windmill to look more realistic so I used Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper, along with Soft Suede Classic Ink and a Water Painter to make it look more like wood. 

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 March 9th. Our theme will be Cute Critters where our Design Team creates a project with any kind of animals, birds, butterflies or insects.

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop Line-Up:

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
3. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
4. Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping
5. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
6. Terri George at Stamp Me Crafty
7. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
8. Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin’
9. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
10. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
11. Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
12. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
13. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
14. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
15. Megan Cooper at Lazy Daze Stampin’
16. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
17. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
18. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
19. Amanda Howard at Papercrafting With Amanda
20. Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
21. Rae Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
22. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
23. Ann Murray at Murray Stamps INK
24. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
25. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations

Have a Hoot-a-Riffic Day!

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