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PPA91-Buttons!!

 

I must admit that buttons are my favorite paper crafting accessory.  Give me some buttons and a Big Shot and I can move a mountain!!  OK, so maybe not a mountain, but they certainly move my heart!!

Today's Pals Paper Arts challenge was to do a Clean and Simple card, using buttons.  Easy peasy!!  I pulled out my beloved Big Shot, my Buttons sizzlet die (the very first die I bought when I bought my Big Shot), some Brights card stock and some buttons, and voila, a bright, cheery card to make me happy.  The card stock buttons from the sizzlet look more like polka dots than buttons, since I also used an embossing folder to emboss them onto the card, but I love polka dots almost as much as I love buttons, so it's all good!!

I hope whatever you create makes you as happy as mine did me!!

Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge-PPA90

 

 

The challenge today at Pals Paper Arts is another fabulous sketch challenge by the fabulous Margaret Moody.  I can always count on Margaret's sketches to provide me with great inspiration for the challenge.  And today's sketch is no different.

 

For a fun, vibrant base I used Pumpkin Pie.  It just makes me happy, and who doesn't love Pumpkin Pie?  I could go for a piece right now!!  So in keeping with the food theme (and really, is there a better one?!) I decided to go with a citrus-inspired color palette. Fresh, summery, delicious, what could be better?  YUMMY!!

 

 

PPA89-April Showers Bring May Flowers

 

 

We'll, we're certainly getting the April showers, and I'm definitely looking forward to those May flowers!!  In the meantime, I'm enjoying this week's Pals Paper Arts flower inspiration challenge. 

I love flowers, but I have the blackest thumb around.  Put it this way, in college I killed a cactus because I didn't water it enough. So maybe that's why I enjoy Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper so much--there's not much of a chance that I can do any damage to it!!  It was a great paper to use as a background, and giving it a 3D flower brought out the gorgeous color combination in the paper.  Pear Pizzazz is becoming one of my favorites. 

I hope you're enjoying flowers wherever you are.  And I can't wait to see what flowers you're inspired to create.

PPA 87-Celebrity Color Challenge

  
 

This week's color challenge at the Pals Paper Arts gives us the gorgeous colors Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake and Pear Pizzazz.  Since there is now a glimmer of hope that Spring really is on the way here in Maine, I wanted to do something fun and Springy.  Nothing says "Spring" like yellow flowers and butterflies!!

                                           
 
I would typically use Crumb Cake as the card base, but I wanted to switch it up a little bit and incorporate it onto the front of the card.  Daffodil Delight was my favorite embellishment color for this card. A little corner trimming, some fun embellisments, and a fabulous sentiment, and my card, like me, is ready for Spring.

I can't wait to see what these colors inpire YOU to create.