June Pals Blog Hop!

Welcome to the June Pals Blog Hop. This month we are excited to show off new Stampin' Up! products from the just released 2014-15 annual catalog and idea book. We hope you find great inspiration from the projects. Get your wish list ready!

You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'on the Pals Hop. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

I LOVE this stamp.  I love the chalk design and most of all I love the sentiment.  I am fortunate enough to have a life long friend who truly knows EVERYTHING about me.  We met our first day of high school and have best friends ever since.  Life is richer and sweeter for me because she is part of it even though over a twelve hundred miles separate us.   So this card will definitely be on its way to her.

Let's start with the colors of this card.  The colors were inspired by the new Color Coach In-Color Cards.  I love to use my color coach when I am stumped (sometimes too many choices actually makes it harder to decide what to do).  The color palette is Lost Lagoon for the base of the card, followed by a layer of Pool Party and then Very Vanilla stamped in Pear Pizazz.  This card was super easy to create with a few great Stampin' Up! tools.

I used the new Large Polka Dot Textured Impressions folder to create texture to the base of the card. This makes the background fun and whimsical.  Then I stamped the Friend Who Know stamp in Pear Pizazz onto Very Vanilla card stock and cut it out with the Labels Collection Framelits.  Then I took the next size up framelit and cut out a piece of Pool Party to create the additional frame for the stamped image.  A few Stampin' Dimensionals and  Basic Pearls strategically placed are the finishing touch.

Here's a close up:

 

Isn't it a great stamp!  

One stampin' secret, make sure you "rough up" a large surface stamp like this.  I have a sponge type tool I use.  One side is like a fine grade of sandpaper and the other side is a soft smoothing surface.  I know some people use a simple eraser from a pencil.  The idea is to create some texture so the stamp will absorb the ink evenly.

The next stop is Kelly DeTommaso at Kelly's Creative Corner on the Pals Blog Hop!  Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you next month.

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Michelle

Stampin' Up products used:

 

 

 

1. Natalie Bradley at Natalie Bradley Events
2. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin
3. Jackie Diediker at Stampin' Jackie
4. Christie Crosby at Stampin' Creativity
5. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
6. Colleen Mollema at Uncanny Crafting
7. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
8. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
9. Michelle Quinno at Shell's Life
10. Kerry Willard Bray at Peonies and Paper Chains
11. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
12. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
13. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'
14. Michelle Gleeson at StampinMojo
15. Kelly DeTommaso at Kelly's Creative Corner
16. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards
17. Sue Becker at RnR Stamping
18. September Gray at SeptemberGray.com
19. Brian King at Stamp With Brian
20. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
21. Donna Kopenski at craftycardmaker.wordpress.com
22. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
23. Debra Simonis at Deb's Stampin' Grounds
24. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space
25. Amy Williams at Stamps and Spice
26. Rae Harper-Burnet at WildWestPaperArts.com
27. Martie Pollard at Crafty Bandit

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