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PPA74-Celebrity Sketch Challenge

Update!  They just announced winners my card was seleted!!  WhooHooo!!  I'm so honored.

Check out the other winners here!!

Wow, it's been a very long time since I've had time to join the gals over at Pals Paper Arts for one of their fun challenges.  Below is the information about the challenge.  You can find all the details on their blog.

They have a celebrity guest artist joining their team this week, Maile Belles! She is an amazingly talented artist.  So why not hop on over and join Maile and the PPA Design Team as they showcase their styles using Margaret Moody’s sketch!

 

 

                                Rules for the Runway:

• We invite you to use ANY brand of products to create your card or papercraft project.
• Please use keyword PPA74 when uploading to public galleries. 
• Incorrect links are not eligible for Pals Picks, and may be deleted.
• Inlinkz will close at Noon (CST) Tuesday December 28th.  We'll announce our Pals Paper Artist Picks Wednesday December 29th.

 

 

This is the layout.

 

Here is my card.

 
Supplies:

• Eat Chocolate Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!
• Card Stock - Very Vanilla, Stampin' Up!
• DSP - Very Merry October Afternoon, Stripes are from Lasting Impressions
• Nestabilities -  Lacey and Medium Circles
• Espresso and Creamy Caramel inks - Stampin' Up!

Thanks for stopping by!

Melissa

 

 

 

Simply Sketchy - PPA57

This week's sketch from Pals Paper Arts, looked like alot of fun so I decided since I needed a birthday card for tomorrow (hopefully, she doesn't see it before lunch) that I would combine the two.  I love the Play Date DSP and haven't had a chance to play with it.

Here are the supplies I used:

• Card stock - Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Real Red, Whisper White, Old Olive
• DSP - Play Date
• Stamps - On Your Birthday
• Other - Chocolate Chip ribbon, Scallop Trim Border punch, tiny buttons (non-SU)

Here is a close-up of the tiny buttons!

Thanks for stopping by!  Gayla

 

Pals Paper Arts - PPA 52 A Sketch Challenge

It's time to play along again with the gals over at Pals Paper Arts.  Here is what they have to say about the challenge this week!

"By now you know how much we love a Margaret Moody-inspired sketch challenge, and today's challenge is no different.  We think you'll agree that the clean lines and interesting layout makes for a fabulous inspiration.  The possibilities are endless!!  We're looking forward to seeing what you're inspired to create.

Here is the fun sketch layout from Margaret!

 
And here is my card.

The card was made using Very Vanilla card stock and layered with the new "Love Letter" Designer Series Paper.

Don't you just love the new stamp set from Stampin' Up! called "Morning Cup." Oh yea, I LOVE my first cup of coffee during the early morning hours when all is quiet on the home front. I'm sure you will be seeing me use this set a lot more :)

The coffee pot is stamped with black ink on Cherry Cobbler card stock and cut out, then stamped again on the Love Letter DSP, cutting out only the middle section of the coffee pot.

The message "a morning without coffee...is like sleep" is stamped in black ink on Very Vanilla.  Everything is sponged!!

The matching coffeee cups are from the same set as the coffeee pot, "Morning Cup."  I first stamped the single cup on very vanilla and cut them out.  Then stamped it again on the DSP, cutting out just the centers of the cups and then gluing them to the vanilla card stock.  The saucers were trimmed off since I wanted to hang them on my "coffee rack."

Using Cherry Cobbler card stock, black brads for nails and the Scallop Trim border punch I created the coffee rack. 

Thanks for stopping!

Melissa

Pals Paper Art Picks & New Challenge

I'm so excited to have been chosen as one of the "picks" from last week's challenge on Pals Paper Arts. Thanks to all the wonderful talented ladies over there who give us all an opportunity to share our work!  Each week they announce the Artist Picks from the prior weekly challenge.  Winners receive a special badge to let everyone know they are a Pals Paper Arts Artist Pick...like the one on our sidebar!

I was pleased and inspired so I decided to play along today.  For this week, they have challenged us to use this wonderful color combination.

 

My card was created using Chocolate Chip, So Saffron and Very Vanilla card stock and patterned paper from October Afternoon.  The stamp I used is one of four that comes in the Stampin' Up! set, A Flower For All Seasons.

Nestabilities were used to cut all the scallop circles which were sponged with Creamy Carmel.  The watering can was colored using a blender pen and Basic Gray ink and I used Old Olive for the cute little frog. A Chocolate Chip bow was added as a finishing touch.  So there you have it!  Off to work I must go (I'd much rather stay home and play in my studio but I am grateful for my job!!). Make it a blessed day.

Melissa 
 

 

 

Herb Expressions & PPA42 Challenge

After traveling for work and playing catch up this last week, I actually had some time to stamp and decided to play along with the girls over at Pals Paper Arts. This week's challenge is a color using Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive and Real Red.

I grew up "going antiquing" after church on Sundays and in a home that was full of old treasures and family heirlooms.  I definitely inherited that love for antiques and the "hunt" for these wonderful keepsakes.  So even though Tempting Turquoise and Real Red are bright cheery colors I toned them down by giving my card an antiqued look using Creamy Caramel.  

The base of the card is Kraft, layered with Tempting Turquoise and some DSP from the Sweet Pea pack.  I also used some of the retired DSP from one of my favorite packs called Rockabilly.

I used the herb "Thyme," and stamped it in Old  Olive and used Itty Bitty backgrounds and some more sponging in Creamy Caramel to distress the card.  The tag is one that I had tea dyed (you'll see these in some of our vintage DIY kits).  The flowers were colored in a bit with the white gel pen. A little paper piercing, a little ribbon, a small red button with twine, a little more sponging and there you have it.

Notice the fabric, that's actually an old apron that Gayla and I picked up at the White Cloud Flea Market (up by my parents' home) a couple of weeks ago.  That was a fun day and it reminded me so much of all those types of outings with my parents and my grandma.  Make it a blessed day. 

Country Morning PPA 34 Challenge

Todays challenge for Pals Paper Arts  is a simple sketch challenge.

 

Ingredients for my card are:

Stamp set - Country Morning Hostess, Itty Bitty Backgrounds

Card Stock - Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, So Saffron

DSP - Pawsitively Prints

Inks - Almost Amethyst, Stazon, Pretty in Pink, Creamy Carmel

Blender pen, ribbon and bling
 

Inspiration Challenge - PPA31

For today's challenge at Pals Paper Arts, they have an inspiration challenge.  The cool thing about this challenge is that it's meant to be just an inspiration.  It's all about letting the colors and designs inspire you.

My card uses Old Olive, Rose Red and Whisper White card stock.  The DSP is called Tall Tales.  For the "birds," I simply punched out this group of friends and layered it, along with another 1-3/4" circle, on one of our die cut scallops.  The grosgrain ribbon is Chocolate Chip and Rose Red.  Today, I simply tied the ribbon bow with natural hemp.  No button, can you believe it!!  I wanted the look of simplicity.  Make it a great day!

  
 
 

PPA30 - KISS

Here is my card for this week's PPA Challenge.  This is a 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" square card.  I don't make these often but I do love them.  This card uses Whisper White and Bermuda Bay card stock.  The white has been embossed with a polka dot embossing folder.  The flowers are from the Happy Moments Sale-a-Bration set.  They were stamped in black and them the flower "parts" were stamped on Bermuda Bay DSP and cut out.  A Certainly Celery marker was used for the leaves and stems. 

The card is embellished with Bermuda Bay Polka Dot ribbon and two of the corners have been paper pierced.  The layer has been sponged with Bermuda Bay slightly. 

 

  

Pals Paper Arts Weekly Challenge - PPA30-KISS

This week the girls decided to "Keep It Simple, Sweetie", KISS.  Some guidlelines were lots of white space, quick, clean and not to many layers and embellishments.  So here's my card.

 
Card Stock:  Whisper White, DSP is retired Candy Lane Stamp set is Crazy for Cupcakes.

Embossing folder and border punch from Stampin' Up!  a tiny bit of twine and 1 button.  :)

 

PPA 29 Challenge

This card is for the PPA 29 Challenge.  Whisper White, Regal Rose, So Saffron and Chocolate Chip card stock are used.  The striped DSP is from the Simply Scrappin' Kit, Love Sparkles.  The stamp set, Thought & Prayers, can be found on page 52 in the main catalog.  The tiny flowers are stamped in So Saffron and Regal Rose and then cut out - I must have lost my mind this morning! LOL  I did use Crystal Effects on each flower to give an added depth.  Everything is sponged in Chocolate Chip.