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Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month, the theme is The Color Purple. We really hope that you will be inspired by all the amazing creations the Pals are sharing with you! Then, you will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

I love purple and chose to highlight Fresh Freesia for my project. Which purple is your favorite?

Measurements & Details

• Fresh Freesia CS 6″ x 5-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″, and 4-1/4″ x 3″ scored at 3-3/8″
• Silver Foil-online exclusive 4″ x 5-1/4″, (2 pieces) 1-1/2″ x 5-1/4″, 2-7/8″ x 3-1/8″, scraps for daisies
• Soft Sea Foam CS- scraps for leaves and foliage
• Basic White CS 5-1/8″ x 3-7/8″, 2-3/4″ x 3″, 5-1/8″ x 1-3/8″
• Masterfully Made DSP (2 pieces) 5-1/8″ x 1-3/8″, scraps for daisies
• Timeworn Type embossing folder
• Festive Pearls- Silver

You can order from my online store and see all the products I used to make this card at the bottom of this post. I usually have a story all the way down at the bottom of my posts too. Today’s story is about our trip to Ireland and Northern Ireland.

I got the measurements for this card from my friend, Peggy Murwin’s, beautiful swap at BackStage. Thanks Peggy!

More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop next month (second Wednesday), when our theme will be Home for the Holidays.

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
3. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
4. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
5. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
6. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
7. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
8. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
9. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
10. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
11. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
12. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
13. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
14. Su Mohr at Aromas and Art

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Online Exclusives

Did you know Stampin’ Up has products available that you won’t find in any catalog? See what’s available on the Online Exclusives today here. New products are added often.

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Place a $35 or more order with me and get your choice of a card tutorial bundle free! I have dozens of tutorial bundles, choose your favorite here OR you can purchase this tutorial bundle for only $15 here.

I need lots of gift card holders for gift giving. My project below is a great project you’ll want to make again and again! Do you want to know the directions and measurements to make it? You can get this tutorial included in a bundle of 13 different Gift Packaging and Home Decor Tutorials by ordering $35 or more from me or purchasing the $15 tutorial bundle. You will want the measurements and directions to make these 13 beautiful projects!

 

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We are on Day 7 of our two week tour of Ireland and Northern Ireland. We are celebrating my husband, Steve’s, 60th birthday! Today one of the highlights was going to the Walled Garden at the Glenarm Castle.

Dating from the 18th century, the Walled Garden is situated on the grounds of Glenarm Castle, the ancestral home of the McDonnell family, Earls of Antrim.

Over the past twenty years the Walled Garden has been carefully restored by Viscount and Viscountess Dunluce, with exciting new features added every year. It continues to evolve as a center of horticultural excellence with imaginative herbaceous borders, beautiful water features, fruit and vegetable gardens, and displays of flowers that burst with color from spring until autumn.

This picture if from the Woodland Walk at the back of the Walled Garden. I told Steve we were “forest bathing.”  The simple method of being calm and quiet amongst the trees, observing nature around you whilst breathing deeply can help you de-stress and boost health and wellbeing in a natural way.

OK, so I took about 100 pictures of beautiful flowers around the borders of the Walled Garden. I thought you needed to see all of them, but Steve thought maybe 100 photos would be too much.

We ate in the Tea Room and you may be able to tell the ingredients for this salad were grown in the Walled Garden. The quiche was brie, spinach and caramelized onions. Yum!

Product List

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156457 $10.00	155613 $10.00	146988 $10.00	159276 $10.50
159963 $7.00	110755 $5.50	104430 $4.25	144108 $4.25
152392 $26.00