It's Thursday and you know what that means…time for another Pals Paper Art Challenge and today is a color challenge….YIPPEE!!! I love the color challenges! Here is the palate of colors that we will work with – Aren't they great!

In my mind I have wanted to do a Christmas card in purple, and the Elegant Eggplant is sooooo rich and beautiful that when I saw the colors for the challenge I knew exactly what I was going to do!

This is a very, very simple card and it produces a wow factor and it also would be an easy peasy card to make many of…do you remember a couple of posts ago I talked about breaking steps down

Let’s get going!

• The card base is using the Smokey Slate Cards… (love them… when you are in a hurry…pull off the shelf – get the bone folder out and GO!)

• Using the Elegant Eggplant Card Stock in the Regal Core’dinations Paper Pack, I cut it to 51/4” X 4” and then pulling out my main man, Mr. Big Shot and the Pretty Prints Embossing Folder…the magic is going to start!

• It looks great like this but I gently tood the sanding block over it and gave it a “soft scruff” and it was the perfect touch to let the WOW happen!

TIP ALERT: If you love this card and I hope you do….you might be saying to yourself…I can only get 4 sheets of Elegant Eggplant in a pack and I do not want to purchase multiple packs for just this color…..couple of suggestions…since this is in the Regals Collections…there are many other super yummy colors that would work perfectly with this layout OR use the regular paper …trust me – you will still get a very effective touch by using the embossing folder!

• Stamp some snowflakes with Smokey Slate ink on Very Vanilla paper – These are from the Festive Flurry Bundle and using the matching framelits is a cinch (yikes – can you imagine if you have to cut out these snowflakes?!?!) I put stampin dimensionals on all three of them but one I “doubled” up on the dimensionals to give it a bit of extra height!

• The Sentiment is lovely – I adore this font and it is from the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set…so classic and I gave it a quick mat with the smokey slate to add some pizzazz!

• After I put all of this together on the embossed piece, I used the Tombow Multi Purpose Glue as with all of the ridges…this is the best in giving you a nice flat hold!

• Next touch, I added some Regals Candy Dots and also some Dazzling Details to the edges of the snowflakes! (this takes some time to dry) – this is a bit of sparkle for the season!

• Envelope time – simple with the help of the Regals Designer Series Paper Stack and the Envelope Liner Framelit!

Well…what do you think???

I think it’s a keeper and I think my friend Jeannie is going to like it! She is one talented stamper and I asked her earlier this week what card she is making this Holiday Season and her answer was… “don’t know yet” We both laughed….she is a night owl and I am an early bird but I do know that she adores purples so let’s see if she reads the blog today and leaves a comment!

Yesterday I went to a luncheon and there were vendors selling products! I must say – I was soooo proud of my works of heart that I made from my heart! Many of my goodies were a hit and I was also able to take many orders! It is times like this that make you feel great when people realize the importance of sending a card…making a simple gift card look extra special…making a little pouch of kleenex look special…I could go on and on!

Over the next week you will be seeing some of the goodies that I have been making and I know that you will want to make them as well!!! Remember those Sour Cream gems…these would be great to make up a BUNCH in fun holiday colors and put them in a beautiful clear bowl on the center of your table…tuck some greens around it….BAM – a work of Art!!!

You know where I will be – please email me or leave me a comment! Have a fabulous day and do not wait to get an order on for your card making plans!!! Simply click here or better yet – go up to the right hand side and hit the shop now button!

Until tomorrow….