A Spice Cake Birthday Challenge

One of my favorite blog challenges is the Thursday challenge at  Pals Paper Arts.  This week's challenge is a Sketch Challenge by the uber talented Margaret Moody. 

 

Here is my card:

I made a very clean and simple card using one of my favorite designer papers from Stampin' Up! - Spice Cake.  Not a lot to it - The base of the card is Pool Party (a very yummy color).   I used a lid from the mica flakes container to make the large circle.  Trimmed a rectangle piece from Spice DSP.  Added an extra large soft suede button threaded with linen thread and punched out a birthday greeting using the decorative label punch.   I tried adding some basic pearls to the the greeting, but I just didn't like how they looked. 

Card Ingredients:

Cardstock:  More Mustard, Pool Party
DSP:  Spice Cake
Stamp Set:  Happiest Birthday Wishes
Ink:  Soft Suede
Accessories:  Spice Cake button, Decorative Label punch, dimensionals, snail adhesive, linen thread

Hope you had a wonderful Sunday! 

Happy Stamping! 

~ Angie

One More Card For The Pals

I really loved the color challenge this past week at Pals Paper Arts so I whipped up one more card before the collection closes today.    I used the same stamp set, The Sounding Joy, but added some sparkle:  silver embossing on the word Joy and some silver glimmer paper.  

Card Ingredients:

CS:  Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla
Specialty Paper:  Silver Glimmer Paper
Stamp Set:  The Sounding Joy
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke
Accessories:  silver embossing powder, heat tool, eyelet border punch, basic pearls, dimensionals, snail adhesive, sponge, pine colored twine

Here is a close up of the silver embossing:

I love silver embossing - especially on Christmas cards!  Just seems to add the right touch to holiday projects. 

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

~ Angie 

A Card For The Pals - PPA121

Today's card is an entry for PPA121 Challenge - CAS Elements of Style - Pearls.   I kept it simple and added some pearl accents to the tag.  I just love the colors Pool Party and Chocolate Chip together - I think it reminds me of Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream!  Yum!

Card Ingredients:

CS:  Chocolate Chip, Pool Party, Shimmery White
DSP:  Spice Cake
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Stamp Set:  So Happy For You
Accessories:  Basic Pearls, Scallope Trim Border Punch, Itty Bitty Shape Punch, 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread, Snail Adhesive, Dimensionals, Spice Cake Designer Button (Pool Party), Crystal Effects



One more picture:

 Hope you enjoyed today's card.   May you all have a blessed Thanksgiving!!!

~ Angie

Summertime and the Livin' Is Easy with the Pals

Two posts in one day doesn't happen very often but I decided to whip out another card after drawing inspiration from the photo posted at Pals Paper Arts  this week.  The challenge is to create a card or papercraft project that reminds you of livin' easy in the summer.  The Pals provided this photo to get our imaginations rolling: 



The photo also brought back memories of spending time with my grandparents during the summer on their farm - falling asleep with the windows open and hearing the cool, night breeze whispering through the curtains.  And waking the next morning to birds chirping in the trees.  The Pals photo and Botanical Gazette DSP gave me just enough inspiration to get the ball rolling for this challenge.  I also wanted to try a new card style so I decided to make my first gate fold card!

 

The gate fold card is quite easy, just requires some special scoring for the folds.   The Crumb Cake card base stock measures 4 1/4" by 8 1/2".   The base is scored at 2 1/8" and 6 3/8".   Add DSP and other accessories to the panels and finally a stamp a focal image piece for the middle of the card.  I am going through a vintage phase right now so I usually ink the edges of my cardstock and this card was no exception.  I also added some basic pearls and got out my spritzer tool to complete the card. 

Card Ingredients

CS:  Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip(textured), Marina Mist

DSP:  Botanical Gazette

Ink:  Early Espresso (marker), Walnut Stain (Distressing Ink)

Stamp Set:  All Holidays (retired)

Accessories:  sponge, basic pearsl, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, modern label punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, spritzer tool, dimensionals, mono adhesive, birds and swirls embossing folder, antique brad, scoring tool

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great week!

~ Angie



 

Nature Walk Challenge Card

Today I whipped up a card for two challenges.  The first challenge is for Pals Paper Arts and their 100th challenge.  Not only can you showcase your favorite "Magnifique Technique" but each member of the design team is giving away some blog candy!   Who doesn't love blog candy?  I love to emboss and spritz so my card incorporates those techniques.  The bird image is embossed in black and I used the spritzer tool with a basic black marker to spritz the very vanilla cardstock after I had embossed and inked the images. 

The second challenge I am entering this card in is for Hand Stamped Sentiments Theme Challenge #73.  Your project needs to create a project using a charm(s).
 

Here is my submission for the challenges:

Card Ingredients:

Cardstock:  basic black, very vanilla
Ink:  basic black (marker), crumb cake, versamark
DSP:  Newsprint
Accessories: trinket key, black embossing powder, spritzer tool, heat tool, linen thread, Bo Bunny gray brad, paper daisy


Thanks for stopping by today!   I'm working on another printer tray this weekend and I should be ready to post it tomorrow.  This one features vintage Christmas images!  :)

~ Angie

PPA99 CAS Element of Style - Stars

Today I tackled an exciting project and decorated a 7 Gypies printer tray with a patriotic theme.    Mixed media projects like printer trays do take a long time to create.  This particular tray from start to finish took 4 1/2 hours!  Whew!  But as you can see, once it is finished it is a beautiful item that can dress up a mantle or a wall for your seasonal decorating.  The Pals Paper Arts (PPA99) challenge this week is to use stars and this project definitely fits the bill! 

Here are two close-ups of the tray:

close-up of the top eight trays

close-up of the bottom 8 trays

The tray definitely has a vintage look to it and I love that! I sponged the edges of the 12 pieces of designer series paper with Walnut Stain Distressing Ink.   I also used a distressing tool to tatter the edges of the other papers that were layered on top of the main tray papers.   Here is a list of the items used to decorate the tray:

7 Gypies Printer Tray

Ink:  Tim Holtz Distressing Ink - Walnut Stain, Old Paper, Fired Brick, Chipped Sapphire

Other Accessories: trinket pin, memo pin, stacked pearl stick pin, twine, chipboard stars and letters (U, S, A), miscellaneous designer paper/tags, vintage buttons, Tim Holtz Seasonal Salvage Stickers, bingo marker, polkadot ribbon, paper twine, Stampin' Up! basic pearls, Distressing Stickles -  Old Paper, Barn Door, Faded Jeans, Zots - small and medium, Stampin' Up! dimensionals, Scotch quick dry adhesive, heat tool

This is a very detailed project so I won't document each step in my blog, but if you'd like more information on this project, please email me at Josee4@aol.com.  I'm also going to enter this project into the HSS Stars and Stripes Theme Challenge this week.  The design team came up with some great ideas to get your mojo started! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

~ Angie

PPA 90

This evening I decided to try my hand at a Blog Challenge once again.  I found a sketch challenge at Pals Paper Arts and decided to highlight the Botanical Gazette DSP.   Margaret Moody created the sketch:

And here is my submission: 





I absolutely adore the Botanical Gazette DSP - my photo doesn't do this piece justice.  It's a beautful shade of Old Olive with polkadots and butterflies.   The sentiment is stamped on a piece of the DSP came from the Oval All stamp set.  For some extra bling, I spritzed the card with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz and added some basic pearls.
 
Card Ingredients:

Stamp Set: Oval All
DSP:  Botanical Gazette
Card Stock:  Early Espresso, So Saffron
Ink: Early Espresso, So Saffron (ink pad and marker), Old Olive (marker)
Accessories:  Oval Scallop Punch, Wide Oval Punch, XL Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Basic Pearls, Coordinating Buttons, Vanilla Shimmer Smooth Spritz, Sponge, Mistletoe Ribbon(retired), Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive, Glue Dots

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week!

~ Angie

Holiday Challenges

I made this card for two challenges  PPA72 and SRC 49.  The first challenge is from Pals Paper Arts.  The challenge was to create a card, scrapbook page or 3D project using a fashion photo collection of winter whites as your inspiration.   The Stampin' Royalty Challenge this week was a theme challenge - Winter Holidays.   I  CASED the layout from a card that Mary Fish created.   She has some amazing MOJO!!!  This card did not take me long to make - about 20 minutes and has minimal stamping.  I used a lot of Stampin' Dimensionals to pop the circles and added some basic rhinestones for a little bling!  

Card Ingredients:

CS:  Whisper White, Soft Suede, Shimmery White

DSP:  Cocoa Christmas (retired)

Ink:  Soft Suede

Stamp Set:  Circle of Friendship (retired)

Accessories:  Circle Punches - 1 1/4", 1", 3/4"; Basic Rhinestones, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mono Adhesive

If you have any questions about this card, you can send me an email at Josee4@aol.com.  Thanks for stopping by!

~ Angie

Pals Paper Arts Pick - PPA71

I'm so excited!  I received an email this evening letting me know that I was chosen as one of the Pals Paper Arts Picks this week!  Woo hoo!  Thank you to the PALS Design Team - you guys are my daily inspiration!!!  Thank you!!!  Here was my winning entry:

You can play along each week with the Pals Paper Arts Design Team.  A new challenge is announced every Thursday. 

Have a great evening!

~ Angie

A Color Challenge With Pals Paper Arts

Today I whipped up a card for PPA71 Color Challenge.  Pear Pizzazz, Regal Rose and Early Espresso were the beautiful colors that were picked for the weekly challenge.  I decided to stick with a Christmas theme and I pulled out a stamp set from last year, Berry Christmas.   I love this set with the wreath, holly twig, bird, and holly berries!  I layered the cardstock and stamped the images on Very Vanilla cardstock.  The Stamp-a-ma-jig helped me line up the wreath hanger perfectly!  I added a few Basic Rhinestones to the wreath and for some extra bling, I added Dazzling Diamonds to the Merry Details Sizzlet star.  Simple and elegant!  You can view samples from the fabulous PPA design team here. 

Card Ingredients:

CS:  Early Espresso, Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla
Ink:  Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Versa Mark
Stamp Set:  Berry Christmas
Accessories: Merry Details Sizzlet Die, Basic Rhinestones, Dazzling Diamonds, Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Angie

A Second Challenge - Pals Paper Arts Challenge #70

I follow the blogs of several of the designers from Pals Paper Arts so today I decided to throw my hat into the ring of their weekly challenge.   This week's challenge is a sketch challenge and here is my entry:

Card Ingredients:

CS:  Chocolate Chip (textured), Real Red (textured), Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White
DSP:  Greenhouse Gala
Stamp Set:  Short and Sweet, Friends Never Fade
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  Versa Mark, White Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Basic Pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive

I have loved the Greenhouse Gala paper since the new catalog came out and felt it would make a great centerpiece for my entry in the PPA challenge.   Hope you like it!

~ Angie