Stampin’ Up! Regal Flora for the Pals Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

Hi, Stampers!

This month, the theme is Random Acts of Kindness. We hope to inspire you with our creations today! You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal. I love doing something special for people, so this month’s theme is perfect for me to inspire you and be inspired by the other projects we have for you today. Since I haven’t used one of my favorite suites in the holiday catalog, I wanted to play with the Regal Flora stamp set and coordinating dies. I have two projects for you, a card and a gift box made with the new Book Treat Box, so you have some options.

I used the same card base just last month, but made it an easel card instead. If you are interested in seeing this very versatile card base in another way, you can see THIS card. It’s so easy to make and you will enjoy making one, no matter which way you go.

My Secrets!

Regal Flora Card

Let’s start with the card base…

• Firstly, this card base is the same as THIS card but used in the portrait position ~ isn’t that interesting?!
• The card base is 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 and scored at 1-1/4 and 4-1/4.
• Cardstock Panels: 5-1/4 x 2-3/4(front left), 5-1/4 x 1 (front right), 5-1/4 x 4 (inside)
• DSP Panels: 5-1/8 x 2-5/8 (front left), 5-1/8 x 7/8 (front right), 5-1/8 x 1-1/2 (inside)
• White cardstock for personal message: 5-1/8 x 3-7/8
• After all papers were cut, I adhered them together, then I glued the middle section down to keep it from opening.

And now, the fun part!

• Since I love Blackberry Bliss, I used it for all the stamped images. After that, I cut them out with their coordinating dies.
• Then, I cut out white carstock with the Spotlight on Nature circle die and arranged the images around the sentiment from Crafting with You.
• Finally, I added the Regal-Foiled Dots for some pretty sparkle.
• Once that was done, I stamped the Crafting with You sentiment in Blackberry Bliss ink.
• Finally, I used the extra floral images on the left side of the card.

Book Treat Box

• Firstly, I love these adorable Book Treat Boxes and they are big enough to put some small gifties, like chocolate or candy, jewelry, gift card, skin care products ~ you name it! You can decorate them in no time at all, too, which makes them a great last minute project during the holidays. Then, my little trick was to use a hidden magnet under the focal point; EASY to do and works great!

Book Treat Box Instructions

• DSP: 3 x 4 (2 if you want to cover the back like I did), and 7/8 x 4 (if you want to do the spine). I also used DSP inside the box, whichwas cut to 2-3/4 x 3-1/2, which. you might need to trim a tiny sliver off to get it to fit.
• So, I cut all of the papers and adhered with glue to make sure all of the edges got covered well. Then, I took scissors to round out the corners for the front and back.
• Then, I glued down the inside box and assembled it. After that, I decided to glue down the left side to the outside of the book box, but this step is optional.
• Once that was done, I decided where the magnet should go on the front cover and hot-glued it in place. Then, I made the frame from the Something Fancy dies, and glued it down.
• After that, I stamped the “thank you” sentiment from the Sketched Butterflies stamp set and the large flower in Blackberry Bliss ink and cropped it out with the smaller die from the Something Fancy dies. Then, it was popped up with dimensionals onto the front of the box.
• I started stamping the flower and the leaves from the Regal Flora stamp set, cropped those out with their coordinating dies, then they were glued to the box front.
• Once that was done, I used a blending brush dipped in Blackberry Bliss ink and brushed it lightly onto a scrap of white cardstock. Then, I cropped out the butterfly from the Sketched Butterflies dies and glued it to the box.
• Finally, I added a few of the Neutral Sequins for a little touch of sparkle.

There’s more inspiration to show you, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. Please mark your calendars for our next blog hop next month, when our theme will be Home for the Holidays.

Until then, have fun in your craft space!

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop Lineup

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
3. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
4. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
5. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping. <<<You are HERE
6. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
7. Rae Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
8. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
9. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
10. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
11. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
12. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
13. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!

I hope to share my project with these challenges:

1. Allsorts (submitted the card only)
2. 613 Avenue Create
3. A Place To Start
4. Crafty Calendar
5. Crafty Catz
6. Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday
7. Krafty Chicks 
8. NBUS (new stamp set and dies)
9. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges
10. The Paper Funday
11. A Perfect Time to Craft
12. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday
13. Try It On Tuesday
14. We Love Stamping

I love hearing from you! Please leave a comment if you have any questions or comments about my project today.

If you enjoyed my project today, please be sure to…

• Firstly, visit my Gallery and Fun Fold Gallery for lots of ideas, and…
• Enter the Creative Creases Challenge HERE with any fun fold card!
• Then, complete this contact information to receive a birthday card from me!
• Also, follow me on Pinterest
• You can see My Secret Sale HERE
• Finally, you find out what’s new with SU HERE

My project supply list.

Want to place an order through me? Use the Demonstrator Locator to find me under “Debbie Mageed, Illinois” to place an order if you don’t already have a demonstrator. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Regal Flora Cling Stamp Set (English) [164157] $24.00	Regal Flora Bundle (English) [164034] $46.75	Regal Winter Suite Collection (English) [164040] $87.75	Sketched Butterflies Cling Stamp Set (English) [163490] $26.00	Sketched Butterflies Bundle (English) [163492] $49.50	Crafting With You Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161219] $21.00
Regal Winter 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [164156] $12.50	Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133675] $11.50	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $9.00	Something Fancy Dies [160424] $28.00	Spotlight On Nature Dies [163580] $35.00	Regal Flora Dies [164033] $28.00
Sketched Butterflies Dies [163491] $29.00	Regal Foiled Adhesive Backed Dots [164038] $8.50	Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins [161627] $7.50	Book Treat Boxes [164048] $10.00

Thanks for scrolling to the end!

I’m still missing my little cutie patootie but will have him this coming weekend! I got him some Play-Doh (might have been a mistake but too late now) and he made some characters with some paper shapes I had kept for long enough! I’m now looking for some mess-free activities, any suggestions??