PPA28 Color Challenge!

Greetings! It has been a crazy few weeks since I started a new job, and so I haven't been able to get into my craft room often. But this week I was psyched to start some valentines using the PPA color combo of Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, and Basic Black. It was also fun to cut into the new Stampin Up Designer Paper, so this is my take on the challenge! Enjoy!

Materials: Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Regal Rose Paper, plus new DSP; Pretties Kit Flower and pearl; Well-Scripted stamp set and scallop-edge punch, heart punch, scallop heart embossing plate.

PPA 24 Sketch Challenge----Give Me Some Summer!

Hello all! I am feeling wintered out and needed to set my sights on some bright colors. Hence, I dusted off the Pink Flamingo paper from SU today and got to work on this week's sketch by Margaret Moody at PPA. Last year at this time I was in Mexico where there were flamingos and peacocks walking around in the bright sun. This card reminds of those warm, beautiful days. How I wish I were there!

Materials used: Darice rhinestone stickers, SU Pink Flamingo DSP, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, Martha Stewart border punch. Cardstock: White, Tempting Turqoise, Real Red. SU Wonderful Words I Sentiment.

PPA23 Anything But a Card Challenge

Hello! I am so excited to share with all of you the triptych I made for my new little neice's room that fits this week's challenge at PPA. It was so easy to do once I decided on a layout and picked out the colors. Abby's room is pink, but my sister eventually wants to paint it a light green, so I opted for the Tea Party DSP which has lovely accents of both.

I decided to make the butterflies white so they stood out against the background. I used the awesome Sizzix butterfly die from SU and the texture embossing plates to give the butterflies some subtle polka dots or swirls. In the center of them all I added pearls, soft subtles buttons and some glitter dots. The paper, ribbon borders and chipboard letters are under the frame, but the butterflies are all adhered with glue dots to the top of the glass making them look like they are really fluttering.

Though I layed out the three frames to work together with the butterflies floating off one frame to another, they also look good individually so that my sister could put them altogether as seen in the top picture or put them around the room in various places.Thanks so much for looking! Have a great day!
Materials used: SU pretties kit, white paper, SU butterfly sizzix die, Martha Stewert small butterfly punch,green glitter chipboard letter stickers, Soft subtles buttons, old ribbon, Tea Party DSP, gold cord tied in buttons.

PPA22 Sketch Challenge

Greetings everyone! This week at PPA, the challenge was to use this sketch by Margaret Moody: My dad's birthday is today, so I used the sketch to make something special for him. I love this old SU sailboat image for mens' cards, and the sketch made it easy to show as a focal point.

I mainly used the Bella Bleu DSP for background color over the Chocolate chip base. I love the colors and patterns of that paper. Thanks for looking. Have a very happy new year!

Materials used: Bella Bleu, chocolate chip, very vanilla, stipple shells set, gold brads, gold cord.

A Sparkly Winter Wonderland

Greetings everyone! I hope this Christmas week is filled with cheer for you. We had some fresh snow on the ground last night, and today I felt really festive and ready to make up some new Christmas cards to send out tomorrow. For this card, I used my Big Shot and SU square scallop die to cut out my card shape. Next I stamped my ice skater images, colored them in, dabbed it all over with Versamark and embossed it with SU's iridescent ice to make it shimmer all over. Then, I just layered everything. I used SU Basic Black, Whisper White and Taken with Teal colors. Very wintry!

There are some great creative challenges out there right now that inspired me to go for this theme. This card is for three of my favorite challenges this week. Check them out to see some great ideas! Have a glorious holiday season!

Paper Pals Arts #21 Theme Challenge: Winter Wonderland

Crafty Calendar Challenge: Winter Sparkle

Kaboodle Blog: Sparkling Winter

PPA 20 Color Challenge

Soft suede, crushed curry, and old olive made the color challenge this week at PPA. It was tough to know what I wanted to make with these colors, but I opted to go with an out of the way Valentine love card since my Christmas mojo has been in a constant swirl for weeks and needs a break. What can I say?...The hearts showcasing the colors inspired me! Above is my take on the combo. I am loving my square scallop sizzix frame from SU, and I think it nicely showcases the "love you" sentiment from Dreams du Jour. Thanks for looking!

Materials used: Kiwi Kiss ribbon, Dreams du Jour, Old Olive and curry markers, small half pearl on glue dot for center of flower, square scallop sizzix die.

Paper: Vanilla, curry, olive, soft suede, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP

PPA 19 Holiday Photo Challenge

Holiday Greetings to one and all! This week at PPA, the challenge is to gather inspiration from this photo and create something spectacular. I love ye old vintage feel, and I immediately thought of using the "Sleigh Bells Ring" set to feature on my card. I added glitter to the image, but very little other color to keep it looking a little more like old-fashioned sepia tones. The red and green provide some color just like in the photo, and I even dug out my fancy corner punch to frame it all. Thanks for looking!

Materials used: Sleigh Bells Ring, Many Merry Messages, Gold cord & brads, Corner punch, Branch Sizzix die, red rhinestones, Real Red and Soft Suede paper.