Birthday Wishes for PP#755

Today’s card is coming to you after quite a struggle. I mentioned before about how I find so much inspiration from playing along with card challenges. One of my favorite challenges to participate in is The Paper Players. However, color challenges always present the biggest challenge for me and I sometimes shy away from them. So when I saw LeAnne’s challenge this week, I took a deep breath and said I WILL make a card…

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Gathering Together for CC2C (Crafting Coast to Coast)

It’s time for another cross country crafting adventure with Karen Hallam in California and myself, here in Pennsylvania. We’re traveling East to West this month, so it was my pleasure to choose our “direction”. Karen and I are creating using the Gathering Together Designer Series Paper. This paper collection can be found on the Online Exclusives. Here’s a look at the paper collection… …and here’s my card. I used two patterns from the collection along…

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A Bushel of Thanks: PP754

It’s apple picking season, so I pulled out Lawn Fawn’s Thanks a Bushel stamps and dies to create a cute seasonal thank you or thinking of you card. My inspiration for today’s card came from this week’s Paper Player’s theme challenge HERE. Here’s a peek inside… Apples may not be the most decadent food, but candy apples are certainly yummy!! I hope this card made you smile, too! Take care, Rosanne

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Moody Masculine Slimline for #TTTC278

As the blog title indicates, I created a masculine slimline card for Tic Tac Toe Thursday. The patterned paper, from the Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper, was the perfect pattern for both a masculine card and the challenge. Although I don’t have too many men in my family to create cards for, this one will be perfect for my Son-in-Law, James’, upcoming birthday…win/win! The Basic Beige card base measures 8″ x 3 1/2″. I layered…

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