It's All White With PPA72

I'm fairly certain I have never done a challenge like this before.  This week the challenge at the Pals Paper Arts blog was all about white.

The design team had made some fabulous cards for inspiration and they definitely inspired me to give it a try.

I know I sound like a broken record when I say this, but I reached for my French Foliage stamp set for this one!  That little leaf is so awesome!  I stamped it on white with Versamark and then embossed it with clear embossing powder.   I think it shows up fairly well in the picture.  I added the oh-so-awesome basic pearls in the center.

I didn't make this as a traditional card - it's just a 4 1/4-inch square - because I had other plans for it.  I think I'm going to adhere this to a white gift bag as an accent piece.  I just haven't decided whether I'm going to purchase a gift bag or make one myself.  Or, now that I've given it a good look-see, it might look even more dramatic adhered to a colored gift bag - like maybe a deep, cherry cobbler red!  Decisions, decisions.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!

Color Lab Challenge 20

And.........we're back!  It's Thursday and after a slight hiatus, the Color Lab challenge is back in full swing!  This week we've got some fabulous holiday inspired colors.

Don't you just love this pillow?  After much contemplation I finally decided to do something a little fun for my card and went with my Snow Buddies stamp set.  I always loved these little snowmen with their interchangeable hats!  I also used the MOJO Monday sketch challenge for my layout.

I think eventually I will give this card to my friend who moved from Massachusetts to Florida a few years ago.  She doesn't get much occasion to see snowmen anymore, so I like to send her a reminder of what she's missing every so often!

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to pop on over to the Color Lab, check out the fabulous colors this week, and create something.  We'd love to see what you do!

Color Throwdown 122 Cookie Swap Bag

This is prototype number 836488387 for my cookie swap bag.  Just kidding.  It's really number 4.  Or maybe 5.  I've lost count.  Anyway, today I used the colors at the Color Throwdown challenge blog to make this cookie bag.

These are nice Christmas colors, and as a bonus because my bag is a plain brown lunch bag, I managed to include both the chocolate chip and kraft colors for my project.

I'm not at all sure that the recipient of my cookies will find any joy in the bag, but I'm hopeful!  I'll certainly have fun filling the bag and eating disposing of any cookies that I think are defective!

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Color Dare 87 Tag

I'm still experimenting with ideas for my cookie swap at work next week.  I think by the time I'm done, I will have settled on nothing and everyone will get one of my test samples.  I'm actually ok with that and I hope the recipients will be too!

So today I made a tag using the colors over at the Color Dare blog.  The challenge was to use Chocolate Chip, Perfect Plum, and Concord Crush.  The colors are fabulous and the cards made by the design team were very inspiring and I had high hopes that I could make something really nice.

My plan is to stick this on the front of a lunch bag and probably pretty up the lunch bag with some ribbon or such.  I've been experimenting with the bag and I've got some cute ideas there too!  I don't think you can tell by the picture, but I tried to jazz up the snowflakes by covering them in dazzling diamonds, but all that sparkly goodness doesn't show up on the photo.  I've got to say this is my least favorite of my lunch bag embellishments so far, but I really like the color combo, so I'm sticking with it!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!

SSSC59 and Curtain Call 59 Tag

Next week is cookie swap week at work, so I spent some time today trying to figure out how I was going to package my cookies.  I've got a few ideas but one of them is based on the sketch challenge at the Sweetest Thing blog and the Curtain Call color challenge.

I think I've decided to use lunch bags that I've decorated for my swap.  I love the simple look of the craft paper and they are easy to decorate.  Here's one of my ideas.

I used the old Yummy stamp from a long time ago.  It was made especially for the top note die, but I adapted it here to go with one of my nesties.  I haven't used it very much, so it was nice to take it out and dust it off!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!

WMSC26 Christmas Tag

I found another cute sketch that was just perfect for a Christmas tag!  This one was over at the Waltzingmouse sketch challeng blog.

And it's a round one, which I think makes the nicest tags.  This one said "snowflakes" to me, so that's what I did.

I cut out one snowflake in Cherry Cobbler and covered it in Dazzling Diamonds.  Then I cut a smaller one out of Crumb Cake and sprayed it with gold Smooch Spritz.  I put a rhinestone brad in the middle, and presto!  A very sparkly Christmas tag.  (Once again the picture does not do the sparkliness justice)!

Tomorrow, I plan to start putting out my Christmas decorations around the house and decorating my tree.  There's no snow on the ground, but I feel like I'm in the Christmas spirit anyway!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!

PPA71 and FTL119 Christmas Card

I want to say, first of all, that I love the color challenge at the Pals Paper Arts blog this week.

I think these colors are just great!  I admit that I've been trying to focus on Christmas things lately but I felt pretty confident that I could use these colors and make something Christmasy as well.  It being Friday, I checked out the Clean and Simple sketch challenge and went with this weeks sketch to make my card.

I ended up flipping the image panel and the sentiment panel and I did manage to squeeze in a Christmas theme.

It's been a while since I've used Regal Rose and the big brads from the Hodgepodge Hardware.  Sometimes it's nice to be reminded to use things that you've neglected for far too long!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!

MOJO167 & cQc61 Christmas Tag

First, I saw this fabulous color challenge over at the Colour Q blog:

I have to admit I have a thing for peacock colors, so I knew right away that I wanted to participate in this challenge.  I paired my card with the latest MOJO sketch.

Of course, the last challenge of the month is always a choice between a round or square card.  I went with the round and made a Christmas tag. 

First, let me say that this looks WAY better in real life.  I stamped the leaf from the French Foliage stamp set on Pacific Point and Tempting Turquoise card stock.  I added Dazzling Diamonds to the Tempting Turquoise leaves and chunky glitter to the Pacific Point leaves.  I stamped some leafy bits from the Tropical Party stamp set onto Soft Suede and cut everything out.  I layered it all together, added some rhinestones in the center and presto!  My version of some peacock feathers!

It's really quite sparkly and that doesn't come across in the photo at all. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!