Now this is my kind of card….clean, crisp, simple and classic! There is nothing like a classic navy blue!!! The other thing that I like about this card is that it can be a great masculine card or you could switch up the colors…add some flowers on the edges and get another BINGO-BANGO card!!!!

Today is a sketch challenge with the Pals Paper Arts weekly challenges! You have probably heard me before say that I much prefer the color challenges but doing these sketch ones really does make me go out of my box!

What about YOU going out of your box this week and playing along with us! You do not need to have a blog, you do not need to be a demonstrator and if you need help uploading it…..easy-peasy – I'll be there for you – just email me!

Here is this weeks challenge! A big woot-woot of gratitude to Margaret Moody for always giving us great sketch layouts to work with! I swear – I do not know how she does it…..but a big thanks as I appreciate and value your talent!

Ready….set….let's GO!!!

• I have totally been neglecting one of my all time favorite colors….Crumb Cake – This card is a regular A-2 card but I scored it at 5 1/2" to make more of a vertical card!

• The Very Vanilla is 4" X 5 1/4 and then I used the Simply Scored and gave it a nice and deep score on all 4 side 1/4" in….

TIP ALERT: – I know that you can use the Stampin Trimmer to score….but I personally think that the Simply Scored Tool gives you a "deeper" score – and that's the look I am going for!

• The Navy Piece is 2 1/2" X 4 3/4" and I did the same thing….scored it at 1/4" all the way around!

• Follow me on this one as I always try to make things easy – and this worked for me! I took a piece of Very Vanilla measuring a 4" X 4" square. WHY THIS SIZE???It was super easy for me to find the middle (I do much better with finding even measurements!!!!!)

• Pulling out my favorite piece of black plastic….the Stamp-a-ma-jig…the must have tool we all need to love! I stamped it 3 times and then looking at the sketch and seeing that it is a rectangle….I simply took 1/4" off each sides and 1/2" off the top and bottom!!!!

I thought that this was a great idea….what do you think???

• The sentiment is from the Happy Day Stamp Set….it is one happy set! I use it often!

• I was loving the straight lines of this card and couldn't stop! I cut (4) 1/4" strips of navy and adhered them in 1/4" (I'm liking that 1/4" thing today)

• I knew that I needed to line my envelope as I always do and wanted to keep it classic – why not just do the navy…works for me!!!

Now how about this card! Classic….right? I know exactly who I am going to send it to and I know that he will love it and every time he sees me at work…he is going to say – "hello there….hello there…..hello there Susan" – He will get a kick out of it!

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Until tomorrow…..you're gonna LOVE what is in store for you….get your BOOTS out!