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PPA111 - Please Know That I Care

Stampin' Up! Lovely As A Tree & BorderLines
This weeks challenge for the Pals Paper Arts is a sketch challenge from our own Margaret Moody.  I always love these styles of challenge because the work is done for me and all I have to do is plug in the components.  I relied on an old friend and a new friend for this creation. - Lovely As A Tree and Borderlines.  And of course I used another favorite set of mine - Thoughts & Prayers.
 
Stampin' Stuff:

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Stamp Sets -

• Lovely As A Tree (115026) <-Featured item
• Thoughts & Prayers (113252) <-Featured item
• Borderlines Clear Mount (122642) <-Featured item

Ink - 

• River Rock Classic (109010)
• Soft Suede (115657)

Paper - 

• Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
• River Rock Card Stock (108640)
• Soft Suede Card Stock (115318)

Accessories -

• Linen Thread (104199)
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Tools -

• Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Embossing Folder (117335) <-Feature item
• Sweet Buttons Embosslits Die (121813) <-Featured item

Putting It Together Tips:

• The Sweet Buttons Embosslits Die is a great investment if you can't invest in buttons.  With this die you can have whatever color button you want as long as you have the color in card stock.  I used a cross stitch needle to thread the small pieces of Linen Thread through the holes in the button to give them an authentic look.
• Borderlines is a wonderful new stamp set from the 2011-12 Idea Book & Catalog.  The stamps are 5 1/4'' long which makes them the perfect size for borders in either direction on an A2 style card.  An A2 card measures 4 1/4'' x 5 1/2'', or a quarter of a standard 8 1/2'' x 11'' piece of card stock.
• I wanted to keep this card monochromatic, but that's a lot of white space behind the focal point.  Embossing folders are perfect to add some texture and interest to your creation without overwhelming the composition.  The dots are repeated on the leaves of the Borderlines impression.
• River Rock, though part of the Neutrals Collections family, is really a wonderfully ”natural“ green that compliments most browns.  Try it on your next card!

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PPA85 - Strength & Hope

Stampin' Up! Strength & Hope and
Ribbon of Hope

Welcome to the Pals Paper Arts Thursday Challenge!  Today it's a sketch challenge created by our own Margaret Moody.  As part of our Making a Difference program, Stampin' Up! is proud to partner with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation in the Strength & Hope Campaign.

Throughout the 2011 Summer Mini Catalog sales period, Stampin' Up! will donate $2 from the sale of each Strength & Hope set and Strength & Hope digital kit to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).

Stampin' Stuff:

Don't forget the Featured Items have links directly to the items in my store.  
Click on the pictures to see a larger version. 

 Stamp Sets -

• Strength & Hope (Available May 1 - Summer Mini)
• Ribbon of Hope (115552) <-Featured Item 

Ink - 

• Regal Rose Classic (105211)

Paper - 

• Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
• Blushing Bride Card Stock (119796)
• Designer Series Paper Pack In Color (121028 - Level 1 Hostess)

Accessories -

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

Tools -

• Finial Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (115963) <-Featured Item
• Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (117335)
• 1'' Paper Punch (119868)
• 1 1/4'' Paper Punch (119861)

Putting It Together Tips:

• The orientation of the design in the Finial Press embossing folder is Landscape, but I needed it portrait.  Because the bottom of the Blushing Bride card stock was being covered by Designer Series Paper, I placed the Blushing Bride card stock sideways to give me the correct orientation.
• The In Color Designer Series Paper Pack is available as a free gift with the purchase of $150 in Stampin' Up! Merchandise.  But that doesn't need to be part of a workshop order.  Think about pooling your order with a few friends and as long as you're merchandise total exceeds $150, you're golden for hostess rewards!  Pretty cool huh?  The orders have to be placed directly with me, not through my online store.  And all merchandise will be shipped to you.  What a great opportunity to have your friends over for some conversation and creativity!  Contact me for more info.
• Stampin' Up! Has provided many single stamps that are wonderful additions to your stamping collection.  The Ribbon of Hope is a perfect example.  Change the color of ink and it represents a different cause.

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PPA39 - Blossom

Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Bouquet Bunch 

The theme for the Pals' Paper Arts 39th Challenge is KISS.  We all know the acronym.  Simplicity os key.  I opted to use a stamp set from the Summer Mini for this card.  Bouquet Bunch is a wonderfully flexible set enhanced with the clear-mount design.  Each component allows your creativity to flow as you create bunches of flowers or topiaries.  It is also available wood mounted. 

 

Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• Bouquet Bunch Clear Mount Stamp Set (120039 - Summer Mini)  
• Bloomin' Beautiful (111490) 

Ink -

• StazOn® Jet Black Ink Pad (101406)
  

• Riding Hood Red Classic Ink (111836)
• Pink Pirouette Classic Ink (111838)
• Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker (100079)
• Certainly Celery Stampin' Write Marker (105106)

Paper - 

• Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
• Certainly Celery Card Stock (105125)
• Old Olive Card Stock (100702)

Accessories -

• Old Olive 1/4” grosgrain Ribbon (111368)
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Tools - 

• Petals-a-Plenty Impressions Folder (116824)
• Blender Pen (102845)

Putting It Together Tips:

• I've always loved to watercolor.  The Blender pens make it so simple to do.  No messy water to deal with.  Squeeze a little ink on to the cover of your ink pad and scoop it up from there with your Blender Pen.  Done!
• I didn't want the stem that supports the flower bunch to show the cluster of grass at the bottom.  So I simply masked the leaf cluster and stamped the stem again.  Voila!  No grass!
• I always want color to be evenly dispersed when I'm using multiple markers.  I let Stampin' Up! Tell me how!  I simply colored all the leaves with a line in them with Certainly Celery and the line-less ones with Old Olive.  The same is true for the flowers.  Centers = Pink Piroette; centerless = Riding Hood Red!

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Pals' Paper Arts Challenge 33 - Bloom

Stampin' Up!'s Bella's Bloom & Definitely Decorative Elegant Trio

Now here's a challenge!  Use Certainly Celery, Garden Green, and Kraft colors to create a project.  The two greens were a piece of cake, but where to place the Kraft.  I found it made a nice matting for the card. And Stampin' Up!'s Elegant Trio Decor Stencils are the perfect size for card fronts.  Not being one to use something like this in my home, I was really glad they were sized perfectly for the A2 card size!

 

Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• Bella's Bloom (111600) 

Ink - 

• Certainly Celery Classic Ink (105217)
• Garden Green Classic Ink (102272)

Paper - 

• Very Vanilla Card Stock (101650)
• Certainly Celery Card Stock (105125)
• Garden Green Card Stock (102584)
• Kraft Card Stock (107070)

Accessories -

• Certainly Celery 1/4” Grosgrain Ribbon (109031)

Tools - 

• Pinking Hearts Border Punch (117649 - Occasions Mini)
• Modern Label Punch (116630)
  
• Stampin' Up! Lots of Tags Sizzlits (114508)
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
  
• Sponge Daubers (102892)
• Tag Corner Punch (107215)

Putting It Together Tips:

• A nice juicy ink pad is key in creating this stencil.  BUT - pounce once on  a scrap of paper first.  Fully inked daubers end up being too much ink and make the lighter colors too dark.
• The Definitely Decorative Stencils cling to the paper so no tape is needed to hold the stencil in place - just a nice firm hand will do it.
• When using the daubers, pounce, DO NOT RUB!  It would be very easy to catch a delicate piece of the stencil and bend it back.  Once that happens the stencil is never the same.
• I love pairing unlikely labels together to make an unusual matt.  This is the case with the pairing of the Modern Label with the scroll label from the Lot's of Tags set.  This set has some great tags - definitely a wise purchase.

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Mojo 123 - Get Well Soon

Well it's another Mojo Monday Challenge.  This one was a bit more flexible in that you could choose round or square.  DON'T GIVE ME ANY MORE CHOICES!!!  I already have a hard time deciding.  LOL  But here's my interpretation - and yes, I stuck with square!

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Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

•  Thoughts & Prayers (113252)

Ink - 

• Basic Black Classic Ink (101179) 

Paper - 

• Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
• Basic Gray Card Stock (108692)
• Going Gray Card Stock (108588)
• Ruby Red Card Stock (102030)
• Holiday Lounge Designer Series Paper (115676)

Accessories -

• Scallop Trim Border (118402 - free in the Sale-a-bration Mini)
• Black Brads (109109)
• Basic Gray Corduroy Button (114345)
• Trio Flower Punch (109183)
• Boho Blossoms Punch (110711)
• Stampin' Up! Birds & Blooms (113485)
• Paper Piercing Tool (116631)
• Mat Pack (105826)
• 2-Way Glue Pen (100425)
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Putting It Together Tips:

• This is a fairly straight forward project where there are no special technique tips.  However tool tips are another thing.  Any time I use brads of any kind, I always make a pilot hole (my days of working with wood) with my piercing tool and my mat pack.  It makes it virtually impossible to not get the brad centered and it's so much easier on the fingers than trying to push the little tabs through a minimum of 2 layers of card stock!
• Whenever I have a creative inspiration block, I go to my stamp drawer and my DSP.  This time I used the DSP to give me a color palette jump start.

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