Pals Blog Hop - From the Heart!

Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for January 2016. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our new 2016 Blog Hop monthly themes.  This month we are showcasing projects using Stampin’ Up! products featuring a theme from any of the following: Valentine’s Day; Thinking of You; Get Well; or Sympathy. All of these themes come “From the Heart.”  We hope 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 I just couldn't decide which creations to share with you today, but I finally settled on two very differed Valentine's Day creations! The first one I am featuring is a card I made for an Occasions Catalog swap I participated in. I used some colors that I don't typically pull from my supplies, but I love how they came together. The items from the Going Places Suite are so versatile that I love the range, plus I think they are a more masculine stamp set - which I always need! The Going Global stamp set has such a variety of stamps that it is hard to decide what to work with first. For this card I decided to feature the 'Love' sentiment as well as the compass and then pull out the fabulous papers in the Going Places Designer Series Paper Pad. I also used my 2" Circle Punch to mimic the compasses that adorn the background then ties it together with some of the Crumb Cake 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon.

You may or may not be able to tell, but this second card is a 3"x3" card which I think is perfect for little notes and fabulous for Valentine's! I wanted to create a soft and classy valentine which could be mass produced for cards to give to all of your loved ones. I pulled out the fabulous new Bloomin' Love stamp set and used Rose Red Stampin' Ink on this 'My Valentine' sentiment. I also decided to use my Stampin' Write Markers in Rose Red and Garden Green to color in the flowers I love how these came out - almost as if I had watercolored! Then I thought it needed something to finish off this sweet card and I pulled out my Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Pad and cut just a strip to add to the cards edge.

Thanks for visiting my blog today - I do hope that you enjoyed my projects for today and that you will come back soon. 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!

1. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
2. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
3. Jennifer Michalski at Stampin' Serenity
4. Shawn de Oliveira at ShawnStamps
5. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'
6. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
7. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
8. Michelle Gleeson at www.StampinMojo.com
9. Shannon Jaramillo at Shannon Kay Paperie
10. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
11. Sue Becker at RnR Stamping
12. Debra Simonis at Deb's Stampin' Grounds
13. Jackie Diediker at Stampin' Jackie
14. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers
15. Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
16. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
17. Karen Hallam at Karen's Stampin' Habit!
18. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
19. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
20. Becky Volpp at InkBlossomwithBecky
21. Kelly DeTommaso at Kelly’s Creative Corner
22. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
23. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space
24. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
25. Kalyn Shubnell at The Stamping Chronicles
26. Peggy Noe at Prettypapercards