Welcome to the Pals March 2018 Blog Hop. Our theme this month is “Spring has Sprung”. The Stampin’ Pretty Pals will inspire you with Spring or Spring-related projects. You may see floral, Easter or other general Spring-inspired designs. You may be just starting or hopped over from another Pal. In either case you’ll find the line-up toward the end of my post to help you move along.

Spring in my garden here in Southern California is announced by the first rose blooms of the season. They are always the best, the healthiest, and the prettiest roses. And my rose garden is just outside the window in my craft room so I see it while I’m stamping!!

My card today is a country rose. It reminds me of a yellow rose climbing a fence out in the country. This rose is from the Graceful Garden stamp set and, as you can see, it’s very detailed. To me it just called out to be colored with our Stampin’ Blends 🙂 

Remember to use Memento Ink with the Stampin’ Blends so that the stamped outline doesn’t bleed into your color. This is particularly important when using a light color like this Daffodil Delight.

I used some of the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper as a background for the rose. NOTE: on May 31st this paper will be retired, so if you like it be sure to order some right away. In fact, I just ordered another package of it because I like it so much!

This is a card you could use for many different occasions. I find that I reach for “thinking of you” cards for sympathy, get well, encouragement, anything! I really like the font on this sentiment from the Beautiful Day stamp set, and it fit so well on my card!

Thank you so much for hopping with the Stampin’ Pretty Pals today. Please take a minute to mark your calendar for our next hop on April 11, 2018 for our Family First Hop. Now hop along using the Blog Hop Line-up below. Don’t forget to leave us a comment. We really like that.

Blog Hop  Line-up:  

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
3. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
4. Corinne Blake at The Creative Compendium
5. Linda Suarez at All Night Stamping
6. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
7. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
8. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
9. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
10. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
11. Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
12. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards      <<<<<<<<<<<< YOU ARE HERE!
13. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
14. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
15. Nina King at Ink Paper Sequins
16. Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
17. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stampin’ Habit!
18. Sara Hicks Stuart at Sentiments by Sara
19. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
20. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose

Product List

Graceful Garden Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143849]

$19.00

Graceful Garden Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[143846]

$27.00

Beautiful Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145915]

$21.00

Beautiful Day Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[145912]

$29.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[144245]

$8.00

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

[144177]

$10.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$9.00

Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$9.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$10.00

Tea Lace Paper Doilies

[129399]

$3.00

Lemon Lime Twist 3/8″ (1 Cm) Mini Striped Ribbon

[145611]

$8.00

Silver Baker’S Twine

[145569]

$4.00

Glitter Enamel Dots

[144200]

$7.00