Best Kitty Day With In Colors For The Pals Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month, the Pals are showcasing the fresh and fabulous 2026–2028 Stampin’ Up! In Colors! Whether you’re a seasoned stamper or new to the fun, these new hues are sure to spark your creativity. Be sure to click through the links below to “hop” along and see how each Pal brought these gorgeous colors to life. You’re bound to find a few new favorites—and a little inspiration along the way!

My card for the Pals Blog Hop this month has been mailed out for my daughter. She loves cats and pastel colors. I wanted to use the new in colors- Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe and Hydrangea Hue along with the Cutest Crew bundle for a fun card just for her.  I have a Barely Blush base an a layer of white card stock ran though the Eyelet embossing folder then a die cut of Barely Blush from the Textured Notes dies. I stamped the cats from the Cutest Crew stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card and cut with the matching dies. I colored them with the Stampin Blends markers in my three colors. I then stamped the sentiment from the same set on the Blush die in Hydrangea Hue ink. I also cut from the same Cutest Crew dies several butterflies in Hue and Cantaloupe card stocks. 

MORE INSPIRATION AWAITS! There’s a full lineup of creative inspiration waiting for you! Scroll down to hop along and enjoy what the rest of the blog hop team has crafted. Don’t forget to mark your calendar for next month’s theme: My Favorites in the New Catalog—we’ve already picked our must-haves!

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Beth McCullough
2. Lisa Ann Bernard
3. Peggy Noe
4. Debbie Mageed
5. Windy Ellard
6. Su Mohr
7. Rae Burnet
8. Tricia Chuba
9. Sue Jackson
10. Stesha Bloodhart

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a blessed day!

Windy

PP789 Perfect Day

 

I am playing along with Stef's masculine theme over at thepaperplayer.blogspot.com today with a relaxing card! I have a white base and a layer of the Waterside Retreat DSP for the background. I stamped the seagrass on white card stock from the Relaxing Waterside set with Mossy Meadow and Petal Pink inks plus the bird and cup on white card stock in Secret Sea ink and cut out with the matching dies.  I stamped the sentiment on a white banner die from a kit in Secret Sea ink. I then stamped the chair on To Market retired DSP that is a woodgrain pattern in Pecan Pie ink and cut with matching dies. I colored the cup with a  Balmy Blue Stampin Blends marker. I already sent this off to my son in the mail! 

Have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Relax At Sunset

 

Today, you can see both my cards together. I made the second one featured today for my daughter. I have a Strawberry Slush base and I cut the Scenic Coast DSP with the Everyday Arches dies. I then stamped the sentiment and book from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set on white card stock in Strawberry Slush ink. I stamped the chair in same ink on a piece of Highland Heather card stock. I cut the chair and the book withn the matching dies. I cut the sentiment by hand. I added a little Barley Blush to the book with my Stampin Blends marker. 

Hope you have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Relax With A Sunrise

 

I made a few new cards using the Relaxing Waterside bundle plus the Scenic Coast DSP. I designed this one in blue and mailed to my son and another in purple/pink for my girl which you can see tomorrow. I have a Balmy Blue base and a a piece of the DSP cut with the Everyday Arches. I stamped the chair from the set in Night Of Navy ink on a piece of Blueberry Bushel card stock and cut it out with the matching dies. I stamped the book and sentiment in same ink on white card stock and cut the book with the matching dies and the hand snipped the sentiment. I added a little Balmy Blue to the book with a Stampin Blend marker. 

Hope you have a beautiful week and thanks for stopping by!

Windy  

PP788 You're In My Beachy Thoughts

 

I am playing along with Joanne's tic-tac-toe challenge this week over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com with the bottom row across of happy sentiment, pattern paper and layers. I sent this card to my son who is my beach buddy and loves the beach and ocean as much as I do. I have a Pool Party base and a layer of the Beach Boardwalk DSP that looks like water. I then cut the die from for the Rolling Waves dies and blended some Pool Party on the top of it with my blending brush. I added a layer under of Gray Granite card stock stamped in Crumb Cake ink with the sand stamp from the Rolling Waves stamp set. I also stamped the sentiment in Secret Sea ink from the same set to the left. I cut out the shells from the same dies and added some Crumb cake ink with a blending brush. I then cut out the flip flops in Secret Sea and Pool Party card stocks with the Slash & Relax dies. 

Hope you can play along and have a wonderful day! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy    

PP786 Thank You Pears

 

I am playing along with Ann's clean and simple food challenge this week over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com  I have wanted to play with this suite called Painterly Pears for a while and I needed a thank you card so it came at the right time! I have a white base and a layer of the Painterly Pears DSP then a white Everyday Arches die blended with some Petal pink ink with my blending brush. I cut the pears, tops plus the flowers out from the DSP with the Perfectly Pears dies and pop them on. I finished with cutting the white label from the dies and stamping the sentiment from the Perfectly Pears stamp set in Strawberry Slush ink. 

Happy Birthday Octopus

 

I played with the new Thought Octopus set to make a birthday card for a friend's son turning 2 years old. I have used the Pool Party for the base and a piece of the Beach Boardwalk DSP on the front. I cut a white Everyday Arches die to stamp the Octopus in the new color Crisp Cantaloupe ink. I added the balloon in Poppy Parade ink, the string and face in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and Pool Party ink for the birthday hat. I finished with some iridescent sequin on the top of hat and by the Octopus. Inside, I stamped the sentiment from the set in Memento Tuxedo Black on a white piece of card stock. 

Hope you have a fun day and thnaks for stopping by!

Windy

Cutest Hello

 

I love the Cutest Crew bundle and waited soooo long for it to come back in stock to play with! This card is in the mail for my son! I have a Hydrangea Hue base and a layer of white card stock ran through with the Forever Plaid embossing folder. I then have a strip of the Hydrangea Hue card stock to pop my pups on and a piece cut with the border die from the Custest Crew dies. I stamped the sentiment and the pups in Memento Tuxedo Black on a piece of white card stock and they were die cut out with the matching Custest Crew dies and Stitched rectangles dies. I colored the pups with several Stampin Blends markers- light Hydrangea Hue, light Strawberry Slush,light Mossy Meadow, light Wild Wheat, Ivory, light Crumb Cake, SU900, Light Golden Glow, SU500, SU400, and light Smoky Slate.  

Hope you have a fab week and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Blushing Bloom Just For You With The Pals Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month’s Flowers in Bloom theme couldn’t be more perfect for the month of May when everything starts to feel alive again! From soft petals to bold blooms, today’s projects are packed with fresh floral inspiration to help you create something beautiful. Whether you love clean and simple designs or layers of color and texture, you’re going to love hopping along with us!

I love the new in color called Barely Blush and wanted to feature it today with the blooms blog hop! I have it as a base and then I used another layer to run through the Eyelet Blooms die which has it own blooms! I then stamped the large flower from the Simply Beautiful set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a white die cut from the Simply Beautiful dies and colored it with the Barley Blush Stampin Blends markers. I then cut another larger white die from that die set and stamped some on the bottom in the same Blush color with a small flower stamp from the same set to add some color to that back die. I stamped the sentiment from the Unbounded Love stamp set in Black ink on white card stock and hand snipped it out. I finished with several pearlized faceted circles in pink. I already gave this to my neighbor for her birthday last week who is a pink lover!   

Thank you for stopping by and hopping with us today! We hope our Flowers in Bloom projects brought you lots of creative inspiration. Next month we’ll be sharing projects featuring the NEW In Color family, and we can’t wait to show you just how amazing these fresh new colors are.

Now it’s time to keep the inspiration going! Follow the lineup below to see even more great projects! And I hope to see you again next month.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Windy Ellard
2. Peggy Noe
3. Stesha Bloodhart
4. Su Mohr
5. Debbie Mageed
6. Lisa Ann Bernard
7. Beth McCullough
8. Sue Jackson
9. Tricia Chuba
10. Rae Burnet

Thanks for stopping by aqnd have a beautiful day! 

Windy

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A Blessed Scenic Coast Day

 

A made this quick card for my son who loves the ocean as much as me! I have a Balmy Blue base and a piece of the gorgeous Scenic Coast DSP. I then stamped the sentiment from the Unbounded Love stamp set in Misty Moonlight ink on a white/gold banner from a Paper Pumpkin kit.

Have a blessed day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy 

Big Scenic Coast Birthday!

 

I made this card for my stepfather's birthday in May. I used the Scenic Coast DSP both of the background and the lighthouse cut from the Sunset Coast dies on top. I then popped these on a Timid Tiger base. I stamped the sentiment from the Big Little Things set in Timid Tiger ink on a white/gold banner from a Paper Pumpkin kit. I also cut the fence from the same Sunset Coast dies in Night of Navy ink. 

I hope you have a fun Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Thank You Flamingo Tag

 

While I had my retired Friendly Flamingo set out, I made a tag for a friend to put on a gift of bubbly. I have a Soft Sea Foam tag cut from the Country Corners dies and a hold punched on the top. I stamped the flamingo in Flirty Flamingo ink as wel as the floral piece in Granny Apple Green ink on white card stock and hand snipped them out to pop on my tag. I punched the white Triple Banner to add my sentiment from the retired Seaside Bay set in Flirty Flamingo ink. I finised off with some gold glitter gems for bling and gold striped ribbon with a little Calypso Coral twine tied in a bow. 

Have a sweet day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Flamingo For Mother's Day

 

My mother loves flamingos just as I do so she is getting one for Mother's day this year! On a card! This is a retired set called Friendly Flamingo I inked up for a gate fold card. I have a white base cut 4.25" by 8.5" and scored on long side at 2 1/8" on each side for the gate fold. I added some panels on the front from the Painted Illusions DSP cut 2" by 5 3/8"  I cut two white Everyday Arches dies for front and inside. Inside, I added the large one to a piece of Flirty Flamingo card stock. I stamped the leaves in Lemon Lime Twist ink and popped some flowers in Flirty Flamingo card stock cut from the Happy Hibiscus dies. I also added some iridescent discs in white to the middle of the flowers. 

On the white arch die on the front, I stamped the flamingo in Flirty Flamingo ink and popped it to one side of the gate fold. I then cut several Lemon Lime Twist flowers again from the Happy Hibiscus dies and added the centers aroeund my sentoment. 

The sentiment is stamped in versaMark ink on a piece of Flirty Flamingo card stock from the retired Daffodil Daydream set and heat emboosed in white embossing powder and my heat tool. I cut it out with the new Sweet Words & Lables dies. 

Hope you have a fab day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

PP782 Love You Baby

 

Playing along with a clean and simple baby animal challenge this week with Christy over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com and I am using a new SU! in color called Hydrangea Hue which is a beautiful blue color! I was going to make my son a card to mail to him this week and this challenge worked out with the baby elephant from the Big Little Things set and this blue is a perfect shade. I stamped the baby on a white label cut from the Nested Essentials dies and popped on a white background card stock ran through with the Forever Plaid embossing folder and added to the Hydrangea Hue base. I then stamped the sentiment from the same set in VersaMark ink on a Triple Banner punch in Hydrangea Hue card stock and heat embossed with white embossing powder and my heat tool. I finished it with a iridescent rhinestone.    

Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Happy Shelling Birthday For The Pals Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month’s Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop is all about the Male Room theme—because the men in our lives deserve handmade cards too! Whether you’re creating for a dad, husband, son, grandson, brother, or friend, this hop is packed with ideas to help you craft something special. Today, the Pals are sharing male-themed card designs using Stampin’ Up! products, from bright and playful styles to classic looks and quick-and-easy layouts. If you’re looking for fresh inspiration (or just a good reason to dive into your craft room), you’re in the perfect place.

I made this card for a male friend and neighbor's birthday this weekend using three beachy sets, some heat embossing and blending brushes. I have a Secret Sea base cut at 4.25" by 5.5" and I layered with a piece of white card stock that I blended three inks with my blending brushes- Secret Sea, Lost Lagoon, and Pecan Pie. I then stamped the shells from the Shell Collecting stamp set with Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder and my heat tool to make the background. I then cut a piece of Lost Lagoon card stock 3" by 8" and scored in half at 4" on the long side. I added a piece of white card stock inside which I blended some more Pecan Pie ink and stamped some small starfish from the Beach Time stamp set in the same ink. I then stamped the shells again in VersaMark ink on white card stock and heat embossed them in white embossing powder with my heat tool. I then blended the inks over them before hand snipping them out. I arranged them on the front and added some holographic sequin around. I stamped the sentiment in Secret Sea ink from the Boardwalk Fun stamp set on a white label cut from the Rectangle Stitched dies. 

  

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Keep the inspiration going! I hope my project inspired you to create something special for the guys in your life. Be sure to continue along the hop for even more Male Room inspiration from the Stampin’ Pretty Pals. Next month will be Flowers in Bloom, so mark your calendars!

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Su Mohr
2. Windy Ellard
3. Rae Burnet
4. Peggy Noe
5. Debbie Mageed
6. Stesha Bloodhart
7. Tricia Chuba
8. Sue Jackson
9. Beth McCullough
10. Lisa Ann Bernard

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a beautiful week! 

Windy

PP779 Spring Flowers For You

 

Playing along today with Ann's Tic-tac-toe challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com with middle row down-ribbon, flowers, and pattern paper! I have a Pretty In Pink base with a layer of the Easter Joy specialty DSP. I grabbed this pattern because it has some of my daughter's fav colors (pastels) and this card is on its way to her at school. I ran three pieces of the Pretty In Pink ribbon around before attaching the pattern paper. I cut a Pretty In Pink label from the Traditional Labels dies and then popped my flowers stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink from the Easter Basket stamp set on white card stock and cut with the matching dies after being colored with the Stampin Blends markers in Peach Pie, Pretty In Pink, Balmy Blue, and Shy Shamrock. I also cut the grass twice in Shy Shamrock card stock with thos same dies. I used a whie banner punched with the Triple Banner punch for my sentiment in Black ink from the Esster Basket stamp set. I finished with some Pretty In Pink gems. 

Hope you have a beautiful Easter week and thanks for stopping by!

Windy 

PP774 Hello, Spring!

 

I made this cute spring card for Claire's sketch challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com and to mail to my daughter away at college! Love this Easter Joy specialty paper and the Easter Basket bundle! I have a Shy Shamrock base and a layer of the paper in plaid plus a strip banner of another print. I cut three Shy Shamrock ribbon pieces to lay across before attaching to the top. I then cut a white Stylish Shape oval and stamped in Shy Shamrock ink the sentiment and added the bunny plus carrot stamped on white in Pecan Pie ink. I cut those with the matching dies to pop on my oval. I colored with Stampin Blends markers in Pretty In Pink, Peach Pie, and Shy Shamrock. I finished with some Pretty In Pink gems. 

Hope you have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Happy Easter Tag

 

I made an easter tag for my son's goodies bag full of chocolate bunnies! Yes he is 28 and spoiled rotten! I used the specialty Easter Joy card stock which has this cute garden scene ready for my to add bunnies and such! I stamped the bunnies, flowers, chick and carrot in Pecan Pie ink from the Easter Basket set and cut out with the matching dies. I added color with the Stampin Blends markers in Petal pink, Pretty In pink, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, and Shy Shamrock. I stamped the sentiment in Shy Shamrock ink on a white banner from a paper pumpkin kit and cut in half the words to pop on either side of tag. I used a Peach Pie ribbon to tie on after hole punching. A quicj tie of white/silver twine to ribbon to finish it off. 

Have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy  

Easter Blessings

 

I made this card for my aunt for Easter using the Easter Joy DSP and a retired set called Daffodil Daydream with matching dies. I have a Shy Shamrock base and a layer of the DSP with a piece of in color Peach Pie ribbon wrapped around. I then cut two label dies from the Beautifully Celebrated dies in white and Peach Pie card stock.  I stamped the daffodil in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Stampin Blends markers in Shy Shamrock and Peach Pie. I then stamped the butterfly in same ink on a piece of white card stock. After coloring with Peach Pie and Pretty In Pink blends I cut with the matching die. I stamped the sentiment in Shy Shamrock ink on a white die cut from the Traditional Labels dies and finsihed off with some Peach Pie gems. 

Have a beautiful week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Happy Easter With Chocolate Bunnies For Him

 

I have another Easter card today for my son uisng the Easter Joy suite. I have a Balmy Blue base and a layer of the Easter Joy specialty DSP. I cut a Balmy Blue basket and Lemon Lolly trim plus a bow from the Easter Basket dies. I stamped the chicks and eggs on white card stock from the easter Basket set in Early Espresso ink and colored with Stampin Blends markers- Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Pretty In Pink and Balmy Blue. I stamped in the same ink the bunnies on Pecan Pie card stock and cut all the the matching dies. I stamped the sentiment in same ink on white card stock and hand snipped it out.

Have a wonderful weekend and thnaks for stopping by!

Windy     

Happy Easter In Pastels For Her

 

I made this card for my daughter for Easter and will mail soon! I have a Pretty In Pink base and a piece of the Easter Joy specialty paper as the background with this great speing scene. I cut the basket in Pretty In Pink card stock with a Balmy Blue trim/bow from the Easter Basket dies. I stamped the bunny from the Easter Basket set in Balmy Blue ink on white card stock and the chick in Crushed Curry ink and colored it with a Lemon Lolly Stampin Blends marker. I stamped two eggs in Balmy Blue ink and colored them with blends in Lemon Lolly, Pretty In Pink and Peach Pie. I then stamped the sentiment from the same set in Shy Shamrock ink on a white strip to finish it off. 

Hope you have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

PP777 Greetings From Paradise

 

I am playing along with Jaydee's clean and simple floral challenge today over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com  I grabbed my Beach Time set from the spring catty and used it along with the Happy Hibiscus embossing folder. I have a Poppy Parade base and a layer of the Peach Pie card stock with a piece of white ran through the folder. I cut a white label die from the Beautiful celebrated dies and stamped Granny Apple Green palm leaves on it. I then stamped two hibiscus flowers in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a piece of white card stocks and colored them with the Stampin' Blends makerkers in Poppy Parade, Flirty Flamingo, Peach Pie and Calypso Coral. I hand snipped them out then stamped the sentiment in same ink on a white strip of card stock adding Peach Pie shimmer gems to finish. 

Hope you have a fab day and thanks for stopping by!

windy

  

Panda Hugged

 Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

I have a card for my daughter today! I used a Summer Splash base and a piece of the same color DSP. I then cut two Everyday Arched dies-one in white and one in Summer Splash card stock. I stamped the panda bear from the Big Little Things set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on the white die. I then stamped the sentiment from the Banner Sayings stamp set in Summer Splash ink on a white Triple Bannner punch. I finished with some summer Splash dots. 

Have a sweet day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Wishing You Good Things

 

I felt like playing this week with the retiring in colors- Peach Pie, Summer Splash, Shy Shamrock, Pretty In pink and Petunia Pop. I stamped all these colors with my Shell Collecting stamp set on white card stock and hand snipped them out to pop on a piece of the Summer Splash DSP, a layer of white card stock and a Summer Splash base. I stamped the sentiment in Summer Splash ink from the Banner Sayings set on a white banner punched with the Triple Banner punch. I added some Peach Pie dots to finish. I have sent this off to my son in the mail! 

Have a beautifil day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

 

Enjoy The Birthday Ride With The Pals Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month’s Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop is all about Birthday Celebrations. If you’re looking for fresh inspiration—or just a good excuse to pull out those gorgeous craft supplies—you’re in the right place. Today, the Pals are sharing a variety of birthday-themed card ideas using Stampin’ Up! products. Whether you love bright and playful designs, elegant birthday greetings, or quick and simple projects, you’ll find plenty of inspiration along the hop.

I made a birthday card for my son, Cole, for his 28th birthday yesterday March 10th! I have a Z fold card with a Real Red base. I used the Beach Boardwalk DSP on the front and inside. I stamped on the inside with card stock with Real Red ink using the Boardwalk Fun set. I then cut the black ferris wheel with some Real Red seats from the Boardwalk fun dies. I popped them on a white square and stamped the sentiment on white card stock in Red ink and cut with Stylish Shapes circle. 

Keep the inspiration going! Follow the lineup below to hop through each blog and enjoy the great ideas. And next month we’re creating Male Room projects for the guys, young and old, in our lives. You won’t want to miss it!

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Beth McCullough
2. Stesha Bloodhart
3. Peggy Noe
4. Debbie Mageed
5. Windy Ellard
6. Lisa Ann Bernard
7. Su Mohr
8. Sue Jackson
9. Tricia Chuba

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a beautiful week!

Windy