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An Animal House for the August Pals’ Blog Hop!

Aug 13, 2025 | Creative Creases, Pals Blog Hop | 6 comments

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month’s theme is Animal House—and the Pals are here to inspire you with a parade of paw-some card ideas and paper craft creations, all featuring Stampin’ Up! products. At the end of each post, you’ll find links to all the participant blogs so you can “hop” along and gather ideas to make your own projects roar with personality. 

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I used Darling Dinos stamp and die set and the Everyday Happiness DSP (designer series paper) for my baby card. I need to say that this card was made specifically for a work colleague and I forgot to take pictures before some of us signed it. I did ask everyone if it was ok to take pictures after they signed it, so they all knew what I’d forgotten to do.

That being said, he’s the card:

As always with a fun fold card, I will be adding this to the Creative Creases Challenge where the theme is always Anything Goes with a Fun Fold.

Measurements:

The card is a modified z-fold card

  • The Pretty Peacock base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 2-1/8 and 4-1/4 inches on the long side
  • Trim two pieces of Wild Wheat cardstock to 2 by 5-3/8 inches
  • Trim two pieces of DSP to 1-7/8 by 5-1/4 inches
  • The Lost Lagoon flap opening upwards measures 4 by 10-3/4 inches, scored at 5-3/8 inches
  • The DSP on the front of the flap measures 3-3/4 by 5-1/4 inches
  • Trim a piece of coordinating DSP to 1/2 by 5-1/4 inches for the bottom of the inside of the flap
  • Trim another piece of DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
  • Punch a 1-inch circle from coordinating DSP and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
  • You need two pieces of white cardstock measuring 3-7/8 by 5-1/4 inches
  • Trim another piece of white cardstock for the back to 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches, if needed and since there are 16 of us who need to sign this card, I definitely needed it
  • The front sentiment square of Pretty Peacock and the DSP were cropped using two of the square Stylish Shapes dies
  • Crop another piece of Pretty Peacock cardstock using the same size square die as the DSP on the front I used as many scrap pieces of white cardstock as possible for all the dinosaurs and initials on this card

Stamping, Coloring, Cropping, & Assembly:

  • Stamp the sentiments using Pretty Peacock ink, I used sentiments from the retired Charming Sentiments stamp set
  • Stamp all the dinosaurs using Tuxedo Black ink
  • I cropped three pieces of each of the initials and layered them on top of each other to add height without dimensionals
  • I used the colors on the DSP to color the dinosaurs using the blend combos of Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, Wild Wheat, and Gray Granite – aren’t they all adorable!
  • The stamped pattern on the Lost Lagoon egg pieces was stamped in Pretty Peacock ink
  • I stamped the rocks for the back of the card using Gray Granite ink on a scrap of the DSP and cropped them using one of the Darling Dino dies
  • Thankfully, the Darling Dinos die set includes all the dies needed to crop these adorable images.
  • Because of the bulk of the card, I only used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the pieces and layers together
  • With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set

Back to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop:

We have more inspiration to share, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Pals. Next month we will create beautiful inspiration for a “Ready for Fall” theme and hope you will join us.

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop Lineup

  1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
  2. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
  3. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping 
  4. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
  5. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping. <<<<—- YOU ARE HERE!
  6. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
  7. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
  8. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
  9. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
  10. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
  11. Rae Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
  12. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations

Thank you very much for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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Welcome, Little One with Cardz 4 Galz # 230

Jul 25, 2024 | Cardz 4 Galz | 0 comments

Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz challenge # 230. Our host, Caz, picked Babies for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

I used some retired Twinkle, Twinkle DSP (designer series paper), the retired resin stars, and the retired Animal Outing stamp set and dies. I’ve used this stamp, dies, and DSP combination for years, and I still love using it for baby cards.

Here’s my Welcome Little One baby card:

Measurements:

  • The Night of Navy base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
  • I used a piece of (retired) Pear Pizazz cardstock for the mat, which measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
  • The stars DSP measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches
  • The striped DSP piece measures 1-5/8 by 4 inches
  • I also trimmed a piece of the striped DSP to 2-1/2 by 6 inches for the envelope flap.
  • Next, I punched a 1-inch circle of the stars DSP for the envelope seal, then ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker
  • The white cardstock for the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches

Stamping &Coloring:

  • Stamp the kangaroo and frog on the branch using Momento Tuxedo Black ink
  • Stamp the front sentiment on a scrap piece of white cardstock using Pear Pizazz ink
  • Color the kangaroo using the Crumb Cake blends combo
  • Color the koala using the light Smoky Slate blend, then outline him with a pointed end of a black journaling marker
  • Color the branch using a Gray Granite marker
  • Use the Pear Pizazz marker to color the leaves and the frog. Use an Old Olive marker to color the frog’s legs
  • Crop the kangaroo and the frog on the branch using the coordinating die set
  • Crop the front sentiment using a banner die from Stylish Shapes
  • Stamp the inside sentiments from Charming Sentiments stamp set as shown below:

Assembly:

Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces together.

  • Adhere the Pear Pizazz cardstock to the Night of Navy base
  • Adhere the striped DSP to the stars DSP
  • Add two pieces of tear & tape to the back of the DSP so you can wrap a piece of the white diagonal trim so it covers the line where the two DSP pieces join
  • Trim an additional piece of the white trim and tie it in a knot on the front of the card
  • Add dimensionals to the back of the sentiment, kangaroo, and frog on a branch and adhere the pieces to the front of the card
  • Randomly add three Night of Navy resin stars to the stars on the DSP
  • Adhere the inside piece of white cardstock
  • With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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