Welcome to the Pals’ March Blog Hop. We’re so glad you’re here because ”Spring has Sprung” – at least on our blog hop if not outside! Our Design Team created beautiful projects to inspire you. You may be starting the hop here or coming from a previous Pal’s blog. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find the full line-up below to help you move, or “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

Good Morning and are you ready to HOP?

I sure hope so as you will be one tired bunny hopping from 27 different Blogs of inspiration – I say….put on those hopping shoes and get started! This will be such a fun hop this month as who would not welcome a parade of cards to help push SPRING into our crafting lives!

The East Coast has been wet…wet…WET and we have mud, mud,,,MUD so I will gladly take a bit of sunshine and also some COLOR! I have a SUPER SIMPLE card for you that is just so simple to make but in my “simple eyes”….it carries a big statement!

It just “works” when you have the right products at your fingertips and you let them do the work….let them shine and bloom!

The stamp that I am working with is the Incredible Like You Stamp Set. The minute I saw this stamp I knew it was going to live on Randall Lane! By now you know the way that I look at a stamp to determine if it needs to come to little old Williamsport, MD….and yep, it made the cut!

• It’s a Photopolymer (my favorite)
• It has AMAZING sentiments
• I adore that there are (2) different fonts
• The (3) dots…(music to my crafting loves)
• The (5) lines….super fun and would be STELLAR stamped tone on tone in Versamark for a fun background.

When you pair this great stamp with another Blue Ribbon winner, the Happiness Blooms DSP….you have an INSTANT POP of WOW! I just love it when this happens as you can just let the products do the work and the end result – an adorable card!

As you can clearly see…this collection of paper is super bold but to me…it is a must have as the colors are classic and fun….the prints are just fun and fresh and the scale of the prints are great for card making as well as for 3-d projects!

The WOW of POP that makes this card work is the use of a simple Punch. When we can use a Punch and instant smile comes on my face as punches are just so easy to use and they are so very effective on a project.

This punch, the Daisy Punch made its debut last year and this is one that I would always have in your stash as let’s face it…it’s a classic and who would love a little POP like I am showcasing today for you!

When Stampin’ Up! comes out with a punch….it always has a home as to me, punches are just so easy to use and Stampin’ Up! does them sooooo well…..you can see that I did not adhere the petals of the flowers as they look great with the petals curls up a wee bit.

I try to work on groups of odd numbers as it is easier on the eye and it balances your card out. By adhering 2 of them flat and then POPING up the 3rd with dimensionals…the pop instantly happens!

Here is the last star of the show….another Blue Ribbon keeper that just has to be in all of our homes….the rectangle stitched framelits. These are just the basics that will make crafting fun. I often blog about the fact that if you have the “basics” then you are good to go…

It starts with having the right tools & then letting them do the work!

Trust me, I am the very 1st to realize that there are soooooo many products out there that we could fill our house with them….just ask John – I say it is a good thing that the peeps are out of the nest as I have now took over Hannah’s bedroom!!!

Having framelits in the basic shapes…circle, squares, rectangle etc…are your “go to’s” for creating without stress….and these puppies…with the stitched details are the icing on the must have cake!

In the picture above you can see that all I did was take the same size of rectangle and let them be the focal point….I ask you, how easy is this? I feel like sometimes we try to make things harder and I know I too am guilty as charged with that…but I am now facing the fact that IF I want to stamp, play and create….I have to do it efficiently so simple just works for me!

Here is one last peek at this sweet card….SIMPLE right? I sure hope that this put a smile of your face and I hope that I was able to show you that using the basics and letting them do the work….will ultimately work for you in a great card!!!

More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 10, 2019 when our Hoppin’ Pals share their “Families First” projects. Don’t miss the fun!

Have a GREAT day and I thank you for popping onto my blog today…you have a bunch of hopping to do….so lace up those shoes and get going – I will see you next month! May we all have a BUNCH of SPRING in our steps today…. 🙂

• Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty

• Susan Itell at Simple Stampin

• Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs

• Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping

• Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards

• Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose

• Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit

• Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity

• Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping

• Su Mohr at Aromas And Art

• Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping

• Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink

• Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!

• Linda Suarez at All Night Stamping

• Terri George at Stamp Me Crafty

• Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom

• Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations

• Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti

• Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’

• Jill Killeen at Killeen House Studio

• Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’

• Roseanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping

• Leah O’Brien at Stamping by the Bay

• Jackie Diediker at Stampin’ Jackie

• Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie

• Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin’

• Sue Becker at RnR Stamping