Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for April 2016. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our new 2016 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.
Birthdays to me are a great time to celebrate with family. We celebrate each birthday with the musical cake plate. This started with my mother and I am keeping the tradition alive. Come celebrate with my birthday card.
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Stamp Set: Party with Cake, Balloon Celebration, Bear Hugs
Color Combination: Tangelo Twist, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey
I chose to use some of the retiring colors for the balloons. This is my way of celebrating what colors may be leaving us.
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey, Archival Black, Chocolate Chip (bear)
Embellishment: Linen Thread
Paper: Tangelo Twist, Whisper White
Accessories: Bear Hugs Framelits, Party Pop-Up Thinlits
Note: If you bundle the Party Pop-Up Thinlits Dies with the Party with Cake you will save 15%% (#140814) and the same is true with Bear Hugs. Bundle the framelits and stamp set save 15% (#140823).
How She Did It: For the inside of the card I slipped a 3″ piece of paper in the back of the pop up and colored with markers of same color as the balloons on front. This prevented color on the background.
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.
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! Mary Fish
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Jackie Diediker at Stampin’ Jackie
- Michelle Gleeson at StampinMojo
- Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
- Sherrie Gross at Stampin’ Sunshine
- Peggy Noe at Prettypapercards
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Debra Simonis at Deb’s Stampin’ Grounds
- Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin
- Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
- Kalyn Shubnell at The Stamping Chronicles
- Becky Volpp at InkBlossomwithBecky
- Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
- Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space
- Pam Dotts at Clearly Southern Stampin’
- Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain
- Bradley at NatalieBradley.com
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
- Karen Zaring Browning at Karen Zaring Browning
- Susan Itell at Simple Stampin’
- Debbie Crowley at ExpressivleyDeb
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Great use of these colors, Pamela! What a fun bouquet of balloons!
Pamela, such a cute card! I love that you used the soon-to-be-retired In Colors for your balloon colors. Love that bear! And then the surprise 3D for the inside. A very fun card!