Pals January 2015 Blog Hop: Hello Occasions!

Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop of 2015. We hope our new year is off to a great creative start. To celebrate the start of a new Stampin' Up! year, we are showcasing products from our newest catalog this month-the Occasions catalog. You may also see new Sale-A-Bration products too. If you don't know how to earn free Sale-A-Bration products-contact your Stampin' Up! demonstrator. 

You may just be starting the blog hop or you may have come from Martie Pollard's The Crafty Bandit Blog, #22 on the Pals Hop. If you get off track at any time, the full line up below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations. 

In. Love. With. Trees. Specifically the Sheltering Tree stamp set from the 2015 Occasions Catalog. I saw some artwork last week on Pinterest that inspired me to create both of these cards. The artist had painted the simple tree in the center of her canvas, then she had this explosion of color around the tree. 

In addition to using reinkers for my watercolors, I also accented and deepened the colors on the edges with some sponging. Don't you just love the way the embossed portion of the tree jumps out at you?

I ended up using a stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge set to put some added specks of white. 

I just love Real Red mixed with Mossy Meadow. Such a rich combination! I only used a few of the images from the Sheltering Tree. There are several great word stamps and even a cuter than cute bicycle! "How to" slideshow and product list below. 


The next stop is Beth Beard's My Little Craft Blog, #24 on the Pals Blog Hop. 

Final Line Up:

1. Amy Whelan at Amy's Inklings
2. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
3. Becky Gifford at The Social Stamper
4. Kerry Willard Bray at Peonies and Paper Chains
5. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
6. Amy Williams at Stamps and Spice
7. Rae Harper at WildWestPaperArts.com
8. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
9. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'
10. Becky Volpp at InkBlossomwithBecky
11. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space
12. Jane Knudsen at www.seejanestamp.com
13. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
14. Michelle Quinno at Shell's Life
15. Susan Lankford at Stamp and Create With Susan
16. Karen Hallam at Karen's Blog
17. Kelly DeTommaso at Kelly's Creative Corner
18. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
19. Laurie Chilton at Stampin' Ink
20. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
21. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards.com
22. Martie Pollard at The Crafty Bandit
23. Kim Jolley at Stampin' Artfully
24. Beth Beard at My little craft blog
25. Michelle Gleeson at StampinMojo
26. Sue Becker at RnR Stamping
27. Jackie Diediker at Stampin' Jackie
28. Natalie Bradley at Natalie Bradley Events
29. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
30. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
31. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits From Dawn
32. Angie Valle-Peters at Paperluxuries
33. Amy Hoptay at Inking of You!
34. Lynn Kolcun at Stamping with Avery's Owlery
35. Shannon K Jaramillo at Shannon Kay Paperie
36. Liz Gautreaux at Kind Deeds Stampin
37. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
38. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
39. Pamela Sadller at Stampin Pink Rose
40. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
41. Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works by Shannon

Product list:

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Hope you enjoyed this post! Let me know if you have any questions. 

Artfully Yours,
Kim