Super Simple Card for Pals Paper Arts

It is the start of the month so the Pals Paper Arts challenge this week is a color challenge.  And the colors are beautiful together. Last month we were in Chicago to take our youngest to college and the leaves were just starting to change.  These colors reminded me of the tips of many of the leaves. While this card design is super simple I really think it is very pretty.  The Magnificent Maple stamp…

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Be a star

Here we are back to the beginning of another week.  Weekends go by way too fast for me.  I did get a bit of time in my craft room.  I am thrilled with the result of this card.  I love shades of purple and green together. The card base is from the note card and envelope set.  It is a perfect size note card at 3 1/2 x 5 and a bargain at only $5.95…

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Paper Pumpkin Halloween Treat Bags

Stampin' Up continues to up the fun factor with My Paper Pumpkin.  The September kit included six burlap treat bags and accessories to make fun Halloween Treat Bags. Here is photo of everything included in the kit.   I could not wait to put it all together.  Here are my finished treat bags.   I adore these.  I think the burlap bags make them more masculine and perfect for sending off to our college aged sons.…

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Triple Flower Treat

I don't usually use retired products as a focal point of my card however this is the first Stampin' Up stamp I purchased and I love it.  I could not even find it in the old catty but I believe it was called Quint-Essential Flower.  In the current catty, I use the Polka Dot Pieces stamp set for a similar result as you can see in this blog post.  However I could not resist using…

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