Online Extravaganza Preview and Runner Up Card

Yesterday's PPA Challenge card was more true the sketch than this one, which was actually my first attempt! I planned on putting the three leaves in a vertical row, but they were too big. So I grouped them and tied them. Then I added a gold horizontal piece. Then I added a large oval with a sentiment. Then when I came back to reality and I realized that the sketch was not really followed! So, I tried again and the result was on Thursday's post for PPA.

Thanks for looking! I hope you will leave me a comment. Which card did you like more? I liked this one so much that we made it at my Workshop this week!

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Gorgeous Grunge For All Things-PPA276

Another week, another Pals Paper Arts Challenge! Can you believe how fast the year goes by? I'm so thankful that you dropped by to see what I created using the sketch below.

I used my Gorgeous Grunge set to make a background of splatters in three colors. Then I added some leaf stalks with the bow from For All Things. For texture, I embossed the background piece with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. For some elegance, I added three 3/4" Gold Foil circles to match the sketch. I added a little isolated "hello" from the For All Things set. For more texture, I popped up the sentiment using Stampin' Dimensionals. My color scheme was: Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede and Crushed Curry.

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Give Thanks for PPA 274

I designed this card for my October Workshop just a couple of weeks ago. Already it's time to break out the Thanksgiving cards! I like these colors together, because while the Chocolate Chip and Crushed Curry are fall-like, the Calypso Coral sort of throws a twist and adds a pop. I used it for the sentiment and that scrunched up Seam Binding Ribbon that peeks out from behind my Chocolate Chip frame.

I added some lace at the top and a gold mini clothespin. My banner has texture from the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Underneath you see a burlap ribbon that mimics the banner. My Very Vanilla card base is dotted up with Sponge Daubers. They are so fun to use!

I hope you enjoyed my card today. Won't you please leave me a comment? I love reading them!

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November Pals Blog Hop

Welcome to the November Pals Blog Hop. We are thankful you stopped by! This month we are showcasing projects that show our thanks, including both thank you and Thanksgiving themed projects.

You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from stop #22 Lisa Ann Bernard's Queen B Creations. You are on stop #23. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog to see all of the amazing projects.

My first card's base is the Under the Tree Specialty designer series paper. Meant to be Christmas themed, this bold Early Espresso stripe can be used for any occasion. I added a burlap leaf cut with Autumn Accents Die as a base for the sentiment leaf cut from Crumb Cake. I stamped a sentiment from For All Things in Early Espresso ink. I accented my leaf with a Very Vintage button tied with Linen Thread. Underneath the leaves is a band cut from the same designer series paper, but I turned it over and used the opposite side. I adde a piece of Venetian Crochet Trim using Mono adhesive.

close up view of the leaf element

I changed the elements on this card. I used the same Autumn Accents Bigz Die, but I used two leather scraps in brown and red. On to of those I added another leaf cut from a piece of Burlap Ribbon. There is a Naturals designer button on top of the smallest leaf. Under my sentiment and leaves is a band made from Cotton Ribbon.

close up view of leather leaves

The next stop is #24, Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'. Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you next month!

1. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
2. Angie Valle-Peters at Paperluxuries
3. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
4. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
5. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin
6. Rae Harper-Burnet at WildWestPaperArts.com
7. Amy L. Lazzell at Just A Thought...Cards by Amy
8. Natalie Bradley at Natalie Bradley Events
9. September Gray at septembergray.com
10. Jane Knudsen at see jane stamp
11. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
12. Amy Whelan at Amy's Inklings
13. Amy Hoptay at Inking of You!
14. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
15. Martie Pollard at The Crafty Bandit
16. Kerry Willard Bray at Peonies and Paper Chains
17. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
18. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
19. Susan Lankford at Stamp and Create With Susan
20. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
21. Beth Beard at My little craft blog
22. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
23. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts By Patti
24. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'
25. Jackie Diediker at Stampin' Jackie
26. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
27. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
28. Kim Jolley at Stampin' Artfully
29. Sue Becker at RnR Stamping
30. Becky Volpp at Inkblossomwithbecky
31. Kalyn Shubnell at The Stamping Chronicles
32. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
33. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space

Stampin' Success Inspiration

For All Things Stamp Set

This month I needed one more card for a workshop. I turned to Stampin' Success for inspiration. Stampin' Success is the free magazine that all Stampin' Up! Demonstrators enjoy as part of our benefits. Each issue is filled with product ideas, workshop tips, holiday ideas and in general LOTS of great ways to use Stampin' Up! products and tons of color photos! I look forward to every issue and usually find at least one or two things I can take away and use in my business.

Now, I did not have the same tools that were used in the Make And Take sample, but I made it work with my own supplies and preferences. 

Do you like my card and envelope? My workshop guests sure did! I love these colors and I think they make year-round sense.

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PPA224 Watercolor Sketch

Another Thursday and another Pals Paper Arts Challenge! This is a sketch challenge. You can see that I used the elements labeled 1-4 as four different colors instead of pieces. My card base is Crushed Curry card stock. My watercoloring is on Water Color Paper in the colors Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie.

For the sentiment element, I used a 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" square of Very Vanilla card stock. It's different water coloring onto card stock than watercolor paper, but it can be done if you don't squeeze the Aqua Painter too hard. 

I stamped "off" the flower bouquet before stamping it onto my dry square. I used Mossy Meadow. Then I stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso ink. Both stamps are from the For All Things stamp set. I tied a bow with Baked Brown Sugar Thick Baker's Twine around the bottom because I thought the area needed a little something.

I hope you like looking at my card today! You may be inspired to play along at Pals Paper Arts! Go to the site and check out the rest of the Design Team offerings!

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Water Color For All Things Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla

Watercolor Paper

Stamps: For All Things

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso

Embellishments: Baked Brown Sugar Thick Baker's Twine

PPA222 Color Challenge

Welcome to another Pals Paper Arts Challenge! This week we have colors and they are so fun! "Early Calypso Saffron" if you run them all together.

I thought about filling up my white space with rows and rows of the acorns from "For All Things" in all three colors, but then when I saw the first row, I thought it was enough! I added a border of So Saffron and a knot tied in Calypso Coral Seam Binding Ribbon. My card base is Early Espresso.

My sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso onto the "banner" stamped in So Saffron.

I hope you enjoyed looking today! Please take time to check out all of the Design Team's samples and those who linked their creations to the PPA site. You will be inspired! 

Let me know what you think of my card. I love your comments!

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Color Challenge Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Early Espresso, So Saffron, Whisper White

Stamps: For All Things

Ink: Early Espresso, So Saffron

Stampin' Write Markers: Early Espresso, So Saffron, Calypso Coral

Embellishments: Calypso Coral Seam Binding Ribbon

Give Thanks

Hello! Wanting to use my new "For All Things" stamp set and the colors Soft Suede, Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry, led me to make this card.

I began by making my own custom designer paper. My Very Vanilla card stock was stamped with the same leaf image in each of the three colors. I overlapped them and left little blank space.

Across the top, I hung my Banner Punches from Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper. They are hung on a Dotted Scallop Ribbon punched in Soft Suede card stock. There is also a piece of Linen Thread tied across the top. I put an In Color star or heart sequin on each of the banners.

For my sentiment, I used an oval cut from the Ovals Collection Framelits on Very Vanilla card stock. It's swabbed with a bit of Soft Suede ink on the edges. I used a Sponge Dauber to accomplish this. The acorns from For All Things are stamped in Early Espresso ink and the sentiment is stamped in Soft Suede ink.

I'd love to read your comments if you'd leave one below! Have a great day!

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Give Thanks Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede

Designer Series Paper: Color Me Autumn

Stamps: For All Things

Ink: Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso

Big Shot: Ovals Collection Framelits

Punch: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border, Banner

Embellishments: In Color Sequins, Linen Thread

PPA220 Sketch - Grateful For You

Happy Thursday! It's time for another PPA Sketch Challenge. Margaret Moody has given us this wonderful and simple sketch. Don't be afraid to jazz it up a bit, though! All my jazzing is done in the upper corner.

After I laid down my piece of Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper and left a nice, thick border I tied two bows using Venetian Crochet Trim and Linen Thread. I adhered those with Glue Dots. I punched one Crumb Cake Note Tag and then stamped "Grateful For YOU" from Merry Everything onto Whisper White. I colored the stamp using Stampin' Write Markers in Early Espresso and Crumb Cake. I adhered the tags using double layered Stampin' Dimensionals so it would sit high over the two knots in the bows. Lastly, I colored with those same markers onto two acorns from from the For All Things stamp set. I snipped them out with my paper snips and blued them to the top center of my tag.

I hope you liked looking today. I hope you will take a moment to leave me a comment. Your comments keep me going! If you get inspired won't you play along at Pals Paper Arts? We love seeing what you've created!

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