PPA127 Sketch Challenge-Perfect BIG Top Birthday!

Welcome to the Pals Paper Arts 127 Challenge--Sketch. Margaret Moody is our sketch artist and she has been providing our sketches faithfully for a couple of years!

This sketch was particularly "challenging" for me (haha) because I only have a Large Oval punch, which looks too small for this sketch, or the Oval Scallop Frame die, which is too large! What to do? (okay, besides place an order for the Ovals Die!)

I was truly CHALLENGED!! I began my project with a medium-sized FRAMELIT Label, which I used to cut out the Real Red balloon from a sheet of "Big Top Birthday" designer series paper. Perfect! I stamped my sentiment from On Your Birthday right onto the balloon using my Stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect placement using Basic Black ink. Next to the balloon is my sentiment (also from On Your Birthday) stamped in Tempting Turquoise onto Whisper White card stock, then punched out using the 1" Square punch and matted with Real Red card stock. I wrote the "8" myself using my Tempting Turquoise Stampin' Write Marker for a perfect match. The "8" makes my sentiment rhyme!! (My niece turns 8 in the Fall--I'm ahead of the game here!)

The last touch I came up with was this bevy of bouncing "balls" punched from another sheet of Big Top Birthday designer series paper using my 1" Circle punch. You can see the punch captured a bit of the Tempting Turquoise background of the paper, so I didn't have to matt them. I lined them up on the 1" x 3-7/8" piece of Whisper White card stock, adhered them using Stampin' Dimensionals and then matted the Whisper White piece with a 1-1/8" x 4" piece of Real Red card stock.

Thank you for stopping by and please do leave your comments below! I love to read them all! I appreciate your visits!

Stampin' Up! Supplies used above:

Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise

Designer Series Paper: Big Top Birthday

Stamps: On Your Birthday

Ink: Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise

Punches: 1" Square, 1" Circle

Big Shot: Framelits Labels Collection

Accessories: Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon

Etc: Stamp-a-ma-jig

Adhesives: Snail, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals

PPA126 Color Challenge

Welcome to the first Pals Paper Arts Challenge of 2012! How will you choose to play along? You have until Thursday, January 12th to upload your creation(s). The PPA Design Team invites you to play along using YOUR favorite products!

Most people need 'Thank You' cards right after Christmas, so that is what I've made for this week's challenge. I loved playing with the new Framelits dies from the Occasions Mini. Here I one of the sizes on a piece of smooth Baja Breeze card stock for the sentiment from Thank You Kindly. Then, to frame my sentiment, I used a larger die size and cut it out of textured (Snow Burst embossing folder) Not Quite Navy card stock.

I could not photograph this card to show it, but I used my Snowflake punch to cut out part of the Baja Breeze framelit and then glued my actual snowflake into the punched out area. It looks like shadows on the photo. You wouldn't HAVE to do this, but I was trying for a certain look. Not sure I really got it, though!

I glittered my snowflake using Dazzling Details in clear. I even glittered the slice of card stock that I used to "tie" my Twitterpated button, which is adhered using a glue dot.

Snowflake Thank You Supplies:

Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla

Stamp Sets: Thank You Kindly

Ink: Not Quite Navy

Punches: Boho Blossoms, Snowflake

Extra Tools: Big Shot, Framelits Labels

Embellishments: Twitterpated buttons, Basic Pearls, 1/8" Taffeta ribbon in Very Vanilla, 1/2" Seam Binding ribbon in Baja Breeze, Victoria Crochet trim, Dazzling Details Clear

Adhesives: Sticky Tape, Mini Glue Dots, Snail

I hope you liked looking at my card today and that if you would like to order Stampin' Up! products you will use my website.