Celebrate Your Day – PPA #309

Today’s card is my entry in the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge.  What I especially like about color challenges is that they are often color combinations that I would never think of myself but they always look beautiful together.  This one is no exception…. This card is pulling double duty as I will be sending it to my sister for her birthday this weekend. The card size is 5″ x 5″.  I don’t make square…

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Gift of Love – FMS #245

I hope you enjoyed a wonderful summer weekend.  It’s been very hot here in PA but I do love summer so you won’t hear me complaining…as long as it’s summer, I don’t care what the weather is! Today I’m playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge….. This is such a straightforward sketch and that’s pretty much my interpretation of it. The card base is Whisper White Thick cardstock with a mat of Sweet Sugarplum…

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Oh Happy Day!

Hands down….one of my favorite bundles in the new catalog is the Jar of Love stamp set and Everyday Jars framelits.  So when I saw the Can You Case It #126 Favorite Die challenge, I know which die I would use.  I coupled this card with The Paper Players #301 Sketch challenge.    Here is my card for the two challenges… The card base is Whisper White thick cardstock with a mat from the Fruit Stand…

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Friendly Flourishes

Can you believe it’s the last week of June already?  That means that it’s also the last week for the two free stamp sets offer.  You can read all the details here. My card for today is for the Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge… How fun is this sketch and how many possibilities are there for it!? Here’s what I came up with…. Warning:  very minimal stamping required for this card!  The Flourish Thinlits did most…

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