Happy Birthday with a Flower Patch

  Happy Thursday! I am so glad it is a short week this week as it is my first week back to work after a two week vacation. I will post more about that over the weekend.  Today my card was inspired by the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge this week. Check out these bright summer colors. I usually like a lot of white space in my card design however I was drawn to use…

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I Think You’re Great

It is Thursday and that means we have another PPA Challenge. This week is a Sketch Challenge.    This challenge is a little different and rather than fuss and rack my brain I simply went with the sketch and had some fun. There was no grand plan.  I grabbed a couple of colors (Pacific Point and Cucumber Crush) I don't normally use, my Circle Collection Framelits and a new stamp set. I used the I…

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Triple Banners Made Easy

Happy Thursday! And we have another PPA challenge this week. This week is a sketch challenge and I am using a combination of new product and old favorites. The card base is 5" square in Whisper White. A layer of Watermelon Wonder (LOVE this color) adds the perfect  pop of color to the card. The next layer is Smoky Slate from the Neutrals DSP Stack. There are great designs in these stacks. Another new favorite…

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Wild About Flowers

Another great Photopolymer Stamp set in the new catty is called Wild About Flowers. It is a two-step stamp set and has three types of wild flowers.  I know there is Watermelon Wonder again. It is such a fun new color I can't stop using it. This time it is paired with Old Olive. I used a bit of Washi Tape (Retired) to create a border that looks like a sweet fence to me. The…

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