PPA #274 – A Little Kindness

The challenge this week at Pals Paper Arts is a great color combo…… At first, I was inclined to think Fall with this color combination, however Calypso Coral did not really say Fall to me like the other two colors.  Instead I opted for a thank you card given that November is the month of “thanks”. This card came together super fast using the Designer Series paper from the Cherry on Top DSP Stack.  The…

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PPA #273 – Peaceful Wreath

Hello and welcome.  I am back today with a Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge. This was a fun sketch to work with and I had a few ideas for it as I have a few new holiday sets to break in. I particularly love the vellum embossed Peace banner across the wreath.  It is hard to see in the photo so here is a close up. It is really very pretty and was hard to…

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PPA 272 – They’re Watching You

The challenge this week at Pals Paper Arts is a simple enough looking sketch.  However, sometimes these present the biggest challenge! Since I haven’t made many Halloween projects yet and I have purchased a few Halloween stamp sets, I figured I should put some to work. The stamp set is Among the Branches from the Holiday catalog.  This set is a little surprising.  It has 13 photopolymer stamps that cover Fall, Halloween and Christmas and…

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PPA #271 – A Happy Heart

Time for another Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge.  The colors this week are a great combination and include one of my favorite Stampin’ Up! colors…Hello Honey.  This is an In-Color that is due to retire at the end of the annual catalog.  In my opinion, it really needs to stick around.  But I will definitely be using it as much as possible before then and probably after too! This card came together very fast once…

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