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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One More Day!!

 It's really never too early to start making holiday cards. This time of year, everyone is going back to school, and sometimes that means a little more time for making things while those kiddos are gone all day.

Stampin' Up! is debuting their Holiday Catalog on September 1st, which is right around the corner--I mean TOMORROW!! It's so exciting! I don't make a lot of Halloween cards, but with the Happy Scenes stamp set (sentiment) and the Hearth and Home Framelits (Basic Black Window Frame), it's easy to have a little fun at this time of year. 

 

 I CASEd this card from Nicole Tugrul. I didn't have the spider web stamp (from new set Witches' Night) so I just drew my own spider web with my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker. I used a Window Sheet to make a shaker window and put some In Color and retired silver sequins (from last year's Holiday Catalog) that will shake and move around inside my window. The black stars are from the Confetti Stars Border Punch and the background is embossed using the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  My little spider is from the Cheer All Year stamp set, also available tomorrow in the new Holiday Catalog. (If you need a copy and don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, please email me and I will send you a free Holiday Catalog)

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Too Cool 4 School

I made two of these cards to carry gift cards to my niece and nephew as they begin a new school year. They are 17 and 20, so in high school and college. I loved playing with the new stamp set Cheer All Year, which is where I got the feathers. The feathers are fussy cut using Paper Snips. I added some a piece of folded Mossy Meadow Striped Cotton Ribbon and a bow of Very Vanilla Thick Twine to anchor my flag. (Cherr All Year and Very Vanilla Thick Twine will be available September 1st in the Holiday Catalog). 

On my flag, I wrote: "You're Too Cool 4 School" using Basic Black and Delightful Dijon ink and the Alphabet Rotary stamp. The Whisper White flag is just about 7/8" wide and I centered it into the smallest "ditch" in the Banner Triple punch. My background is from Chocolate Chip card stock that I embossed using the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I hardly ever use Chocolate Chip anymore, so I really had to look around for some!

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Spread the Love for PPA254

As I wait for my newest Stampin' Up! items to arrive (2015-2016 Annual Catalog went live June 2nd), I am playing with the only stamp set that I got during the preview period -- Sprinkles of Life.  There is something to be said for only ordering ONE set in preview, which is I have already used it more than I sometimes use any stamp set!

Pals Paper Arts Challenge this week was color, and seeing that the Strawberry Slush is officially retired, I was instead inspired to use the brand new Watermelon Wonder. It's a good match to So Saffron and Soft Suede, I found.

I decided to use the floral arrangement stamp from the Sprinkles of Life as the tree foliage. I colored the flowers using Stampin' Write Markers in So Saffron, Watermelon Wonder, Soft Suede and Cucumber Crush. My teeny bird was stamped in So Saffron onto So Saffron card stock and punched out perfectly using the Tree Builder punch.

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