PPA 180

OK, 50 photographs later I think this is the best I can do.  I have a problem with my pictures ALL the time,  but photographing the foil paper at night is a real challenge!  Next morning update:  I didn't do any better in the daylight!

Sentiment from this month's Paper Pumpkin

Winter Frost DSP

Silver Foil Sheet

Warmth and Wonder Hostess Set

Bermuda Bay and Island Indigo Ink

Here is the inside of the card:

PPA 179

We have another color challenge this week at Pals Paper Arts

Here is my card:

Here is my product list:

Card Stock:
     Crumb Cake, Card Stock Vellum
Stamp Sets:
     Gently Falling, Gorgeous Grunge, Another Thank You and Endless Wishes
Ink
     Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry and Rich Razzleberry
Embellishments:
     Rich Razzleberry Candy Dot, Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon
Tools:
     Stampin" Trimmer, Scallop Edge Border Punch

Please try your hand at the challenge this week.  We'd love to see your creation!  Happy Stamping!

November Pals Blog Hop

  

Thank you for joining us for the November Pals Blog Hop. We are thankful you are visiting today and hope you enjoy our thank you inspired projects.  

You should have just left stop number 23 on the Pals Hop - Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons

If so, you are in the right spot.  If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

I got my Best of Autumn stamp set today and used it to create my  Thank you inspired card.  Both images and the sentiment are from this set.

The pumpkin image is stamped on Watercolor Paper.  The cardstock is Soft Suede and Pumpkin Pie, which is embossed with the Square Lattice embossing folder.  I stamped the leaf in Soft Suede, fussy cut and sponged the edges.  I used ink pads and the aqua painter  to color the image.  The colors used are Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Starfruit, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Smokey Slate.  Two sizes of the Oval Framelits cut out the image and the Pumpkin Pie layer.  Three Very Vanilla Candy Dots finish off the top.

The next stop is  Brian King at Stamp with Brian stop number 25 on the Pals Blog Hop! 

Thanks for visiting – and I hope to see you next month!

    

1. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
2. Ann Schach at The Stampin' Schach
3. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
4. Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary
5. Shirley Sumption at Look at my Cute Stuff
6. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
7. Connie Lindsey at Crafting a Joyful Life
8. Michelle Gleeson at Stampinmojo
9. Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works
10. Colleen Mollema at Uncanny Crafting
11. Lynn Kolcun at Stamping With Avery's Owlery
12. Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness.com
13. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
14. Amy L. Lazzell at Just A Thought...Cards by Amy
15. Lisa Davis at Cherry St. Paper Treats
16. Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards
17. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
18. Martie Pollard at The Crafty Bandit
19. Donna Kopenski at craftycardmaker
20. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
21. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
22. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
23. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons
24. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter.........YOU ARE HERE
25. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
26. Beth Beard at My little craft blog
27. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
28. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
29. Sue Becker at Sue's R n R Stamping
30. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space
31. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards
32. Marlene Heringer at So Many Toys in Schertz

PPA 178 Color Challenge

Are you all set for a color challenge this week?

Pals Paper Arts is challenging you to use Summer Starfruit, Crisp Cantaloupe and Early Espresso in a project this week.  Hint:  If you happen to have Stampin' Up!'s DSP "Soho Subway" the possibilities are endless.  Here is my card:

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!'s Best of greetings Stamp Set.  The strip of Crisp Cantaloupe is embossed with the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder and embellished with two Early Espresso Candy Dots. The lower right corner is embellished with an In Color Boutique Detail in Crisp Cantaloupe.

Happy Stamping!

Pals Paper Arts 177

This week we have another sketch challenge at Pals Paper Arts.  If you are new to card making or if you have never participated in a sketch challenge before but would like to, I will explain what I do to create a card from the sketch.

First I make a model from scrap paper to figure out the measurements of the design.  These are not necessarily the exact measurements, just what I think they might be, or what might work for me.  That's the fun of a sketch challenge, the sketch serves to get you going.


When I am happy with the model measurements, I start to think about color.  I just love all the Stampin' Up! green shades. This time I chose Pistachio Pudding, which made me think of Figgy Pudding in the Christmas Carole "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", so I was off on a Holiday themed card.

So, using the Pistachio Pudding card stock and coordinating InColor Patterened Paper I put this together.

 The sentiment is from the stamp set called Christmas Messages and it is found in the Holiday catalog.   I also used an image from Mosaic Madness. I stamped first with VersaMark and then heat embossed with white embossing powder.  I punched out the images with the matching Mosaic Punch.     I hope you will join us this week!  Happy Stamping.

PPA 176

Pals Paper Arts has a sketch challenge this week.

I used Very Vanilla and Midnight Muse card stock.

The image is stamped with the Stampin' Wheel  Shop Around in Midnight Muse.

Crochet Trim

Ticket Duo Builder Punch

Photopolymer Another Thank you

Hostess Postage Collection

PPA 175

We have another color challenge this week at Pals Paper Arts!

I think these are beautiful Autumn colors, but as I sat down to stamp, I was not inspired in an Autumn direction!  I started embossing the card stock and then began cutting the card stock at different angles and then I wanted to put a large word on one of the angled lines.  The words in the Thinlits Dies set were the perfect size to use so I decided on the word "Merry".  A Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas to You!

                         

             

The stamped sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.   I just love the contrast between the large Merry and the teeny tiny Merry!  I hope you decide to play along with us this week.  

Here is the link: PPA 175 Color Challenge.  Happy Stamping!

PPA 174

Pals Paper Arts has  a color challenge this week and these colors are just PERFECT for fall!

Using the three Stampin' Up! colors shown above and the SU Stamp Set Gently Falling I created this card:

I also used the Thinlits Dies to cut out "thankful" multiple times and then put it back in place popped up in it's original spot.  I saw this technique demonstrated by Jennifer McGuire at popped up die cuts

PPA 173

This week's challenge at PPA is a sketch challenge-please join us for some fun.
 http://www.palspaperarts.com/
The oh so talented Nicole Watt has a fun sketch to challenge us this week.  Here it is:

I used Modern Medley  designer series paper and the stamp is from Perfectly Penned.

Hope you consider joining us this week!  Happy Stamping!

PPA 172

My favorites cards are the ones that are all about the paper.  In this case, it is Venetian Romance.