Pals' Paper Arts Challenge 56 - My Friend

Stampin' Up! Greenhouse Garden & Perfect Punches

Welcome to the new Pals'!  This is the premier of our designer inspired challenge.  Over the coming weeks and months you'll be dazzled with colorful inspiration from designers such as todays inspiration piece by Oscar de la Renta.  We'll have our own little fashionista model for color challenges, patterns for card composition and fabulous guest designers from the paper crafting world.  AND this is MY premier week as one of the Pal's Design Team.  So grab your seat next to the runway or strut your stuff by participating in our weekly challenges!

This week's challenge had so much inspiration, I needed to focus on the upper right corner containing the rose patterned fabric and golden vase.    

  
 

Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• Greenhouse Garden (113824)
• Perfect Punches Clear Mount (120516) 

Ink - 

• Peach Parfait Classic (119783)
• Tangerine Tango Classic (111834)
• Regal Rose Classic (105211)
• Melon Mambo Classic (115656)
• StazOn® Jet Black Ink Pad (101406)
• Certainly Celery Stampin' Write Marker (105106)

Paper - 

• Very Vanilla Card Stock (101650)
• Basic Black Card Stock (102851)
• Brushed Gold Card Stock (102935)
• Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
• Pacific Point Card Stock (111350)

Accessories -

• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Tools - 

• Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049)
• Paper Snips (103579)
• Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (118309)
• Little Leaves Sizzlits Die (114511)
• Curly Label Punch (119851)

Putting It Together Tips:

• One thing I always do when I'm working with a two step stampin' technique is to use vellum for the second image alignment.  That way I can store the vellum image with the stamp set and use it over and over again.  Just mark which edges touched the Stamp-a-ma-jig for easy alignment.
• I wanted to simulate the fabric without duplicating it, so I opted for more graphically bold images like the pacific Point flowers than to try and shade to recreate the nuances of the inspiration picture.  I thought these flowers so far away from the main color palette added some interest to the design.
• Using Dimensionals to pop up only a few flowers gives the card some dimension without making everything stand away from the card base.  It also allows an easier means by which to tuck background components in.
• I used a Certainly celery marker to give the leaves some texture with out concentrating on fine detail.  This again adds to the texture of the composition without overpowering it with detail.

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Comments

[Mike Funke]

1.

Thanks Mary,
I always take my camera with me and capture those moments to use later!
Mike

Sent from my iPad

[Mary Cardini- Anderson]

2.

A beautiful card Mike. Your right about inspiration being al around us. Now all I have to do is be a little more open to it. :)

Mary

[Terri]

3.

Very cool card. I love all the bright colours Mike.

Ter ;)

[Dee in N.H.]

4.

This is so pretty! You have inspired me to ink up that set again!

[Jan Butler]

5.

I like how the punched blue flowers cool the rest of the design down just enough. Glad I read details because I noticed the leaves being "different" and wondered how you did it. Thanks, Mike.

[Susan Carlson]

6.

Stunning card! Great idea to shade the leaves with marker. I always seem to find new ideas from your creations

[Suzie]

7.

This is WONDERFUL, Mike! And what a great idea to use the vellum for the second stamping! Super tip! Thanks so much for sharing!

[Kim]

8.

Ahh, the two step from the very sophisticated gentleman - bold and striking, fabulous against the black background! Awesome card! Congrats on the gig ;)

[JoAnn Burnham]

9.

Very striking card. Love the bright colors and the black background.

[Sue O.]

10.

What a stunning card, Mike. I love bright pink and orange (variations thereof) together anyway and putting that with a black background and adding in the kraft and turquoise gives this card a huge WOW factor. I've not done much 2-step stamping yet, but I love the tip. I will have to give that a try. Thanks for sharing!

[Terry Molineux]

11.

Mike this card is amazing....wow it really caught my eye...had to add this to my favorites,
copy it and print it to try this weekend. thanks
so much for sharing!!!! You are an amazing stamper.

[Jen Mitchell]

12.

What a dramatic card! It caught my eye right away. Congratulations on joining the PPA!

[Colett R]

13.

I could almost smell the tropical flowers! This is such a refreshing, delightful card. The colors just pop and seem to come alive. We are surrounded by smoke from forest fires a province away so I'll continue to pretend I can smell the scent of flowers, lol, and maybe that will dull the smokey smell.

[Kris Kilcoyne]

14.

Bold & Bright - just like you!

Love the pop of color against the black background. Great work as always.

[Chris R. from Iowa]

15.

Gorgeous! Love the bright flowers and all the little details - it does remind me of fabric and a dress my mom made me when I was a little girl. Thanks for all the little tips mixed in there too!

[Jessica]

16.

And you've done it again!!! This card reminds me of my time in Hawaii with my BFF Rhonda and her family. The colors are just pure hawaii florals.

[Ida]

17.

Wow! How pretty and so colorful.

[Ann Schach]

18.

Love it, Mike! The colors are bold and beautiful! I am so happy that you are on the DT! Now...I can hardly wait until you and I launch our new blog feature together next month! Woo hoo! We are going to have fun!

[Mary Fish]

19.

Absolutely stunning garden and mix of colors. Perfect for the new PPA challenge! Hugs, M

[Cookie]

20.

another Mike masterpiece, love this card. I have the set just haven't had the nerve to give it a try.... just beautiful... thank you for sharing your creativity...

[Anita Irvine]

21.

Wow, (again). And pop, pop, pop!!! Love it!!!Anita

[SUSAN]

22.

WOW, Mike---what are you doing with the color renos.? Right out of your box & LOVE it!!!These are colors I LOVE!!Thanks friend!

[Pinky]

23.

Mike, this card is AWESOME! Love the tip about the vellum and using a marker to create texture...great tips! Oh, I forgot, the colors are so dramatic and wonderful against that black bg...

[Diane]

24.

Love it...very striking contrast of color and I always love what black does to color. Good idea to focus on a small part of the challenge. I enlarged the picture and I think I'll go for that floral, high-heeled shoe! How fun! Thanks for the inspiration!

[Jeanne Nielsen]

25.

Love the card Mike! It just pops out with the "neon" colors on the black! Love it!