"My Favorite Season" - September 2018 Stampin' Pretty Pals Blog Hop

 Good Morning Fellow Stampers ~~

 

Welcome to the Pals September 2018 Blog Hop.  We are so excited to showcase the brand new 2018 Holiday Occasions Catalog today . . . and share our favorite "season."  For me, this time of year, it's always all about Autumn!  And so, I have a wonderful "treat" to share with you today - that I hope you will find inspirational and "enabling" for a product or two that maybe you haven't considered yet from the new catty ;-)  (hee hee hee)

 

 

You may be starting the hop here or you may have arrived here from Leah O'Brien at Stamping By the Bay.  Either way, you’ve come to the right place!  Once you've completed your visit with me, you’ll find the full line-up below to help you move, or “hop,” along from Pal-to-Pal.

 

 

I have just been hardly able to contain myself in anticipation for today's post - and to share this wonderful "luminary" with you.  If this looks a little "familiar" to you - it's because I'm CASEing the luminary on page 9 of your 2018 Holiday Occasions Catalog ~ BUT . . . I have made this for Fall using the brand new Still Night Bundle which is like "to die" for!!!  Eeeeeeek . . .  I'm so in love with this project!!

 

 

This project is actually simple enough to create.

Using our brand new Galvanized Metallic Paper (which is like sooooo wonderful), cut 2 pieces that are 7" x 8"; then score along the 8" side at 3-3/4" and 7-1/2".  You're going to create window cutouts in each panel (I did this by using my Stampin' Trimmer and cutting out a window that is a 1/2" in on all sides), and then covering those windows from the "back" side with Vellum.

Once you've added the "decoration" on the outside panel(s) (front panel and back panel), then you adhere the two pieces together at the 1/2" flaps, and you have a gorgeous luminary for your end table.

 

 

I have cut out an Owl and a branch using the new Night Owl Thinlits Dies in the same Galvanized Metallic Paper for the front and back of my luminary - this creates the "illusion" and allows the cutouts to blend in and show through when the candle is lit inside (be sure to use battery-powered candles folks - this is paper after all).

Then I added additional decoration at each of the opposing corners which is the "pop" highlight of Autumn in leaves and sprays of varying Fall colors.  We have so many wonderful dies that you can use for this - I used the cute little "pine boughs" in the Night Owl Thinlits Dies in Old Olive and Mossy Meadow; and then some leaves and sprays using the "exclusive" Stitched Seasons Framelits in varying colors of Poppy Parade, Cajun Craze, Merry Merlot and Crushed Curry.

I finished it all off with some wonderful new Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets - just like "dew" on the leaves at dawn! 

 

 

 

 Now that we've had some fun together today, it's time to see what the rest of the Pals have to share today.  I'm sure you'll absolutely LOVE each Pal's "favorite season" and the inspiration they have to share.  Next up is Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards.  Or you can use the Blog Hop Line-Up below to move to the next Pal you wish to visit.

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 10th - the next Pals Blog Hop - when we'll be sharing some "Wickedly Wonderful Folds" to inspire you just in time for Halloween!!

 

Happy Hopping!!

 

 

Blog Hop  Line-up:

 

1. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
2. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin'
3. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin' Hoot!
4. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
5. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
6. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
7. Terri George at StampMeCrafty
8. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
9. Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin'
10. Jill Killeen at Killeen House Studio
11. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
12. Nina King at InkPaperSequins
13. Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
14. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
15. Leah O'Brien at Stamping By The Bay
16. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'
17. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
18. Rachael at Shedeed
19. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
20. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
21. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
22. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
23. Linda Suarez at All Night Stamping
24. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts