Summery Sugarplum Wreath

I’m back today and playing along with Can You Case It #121 color challenge and the Paper Players #296 sketch challenge.     The CYCI challenge colors are so pretty and summery that I immediately thought of flowers.  Who am I kidding, I usually think of flowers for most of my cards.  I will have to try to go in some other directions in the future.  Then when I saw the PP sketch, I thought…

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Blended Birthday Bloom

Happy Monday…I hope you had a good weekend and your week is off to an equally good start.  We do have the holiday weekend to look forward to after all. I’m playing with the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge this week. Although, I found this combination a little difficult to figure out…. Today’s card features a stamp that will be hard to say good-bye to soon….Blended Bloom.  The flower is so large and beautiful and is…

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A Perky Plaid Thank You

Isn’t it amazing how the weather can have such an affect on your days.  It is finally a warm, sunny day here after so many cloudy, rainy days and this has actually influenced my card today…go figure!  I also had some guidance from The Challenge #72 color challenge…… Since this challenge included two of my favorite colors, blue and yellow, I jumped right in. This color combination makes for such a cheery card.  The card base is Pacific…

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Timeless Congratulations

Today’s card was a little bit outside of my comfort zone, but was inspired by the Can You Case It #119 Color Challenge….. I am always a little challenged when it comes to working with metallic colors.  I like cards that use them and have the sparkle and shine but am afraid of going overboard.  Well, I just took the plunge with this challenge and may have gone a little over in the sparkle and…

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