It’s Thursday and you know what that means…It’s time to play along with the PALS Paper Challenge and this is a special week for us as it is our 200th challenge! That in itself deserves a big WOOT-WOOT!!!!
This is a fabulous challenge that everyone can do…look at it and go to town as in honor of this 200th milestone for PPA…one lucky winner that participates will win all 20 of the cards!!! You can see that both Design Teams came together today for this challenge!
You can see that we are all doing monochromatic cards and my color is Soft Suede! I have learned to love this neutral as it blends so well with many colors! (Sorry Crumb Cake…I still adore you)
Let’s get to the card…but please POP by the Pals Paper Art Website and see all of the amazing cards…and then make sure that you enter your project because I know that it will be equally amazing! Remember, you can email me if you need help uploading your project!
A regular A-2 card in Soft Suede with some fun and then the inside is Very Vanilla!
The “polka dot” piece is fun and I bet you are wondering where that “dot” came from…it is from the Eye-Catching IKAT Photopolymer Stamp Set! While I was in Arizona, I swapped a card with someone that used this set….and I thought – I have never used it…but I know that it would be a perfect and fun addition to the card!
The side vertical Very Vanilla piece is 5 ¼” X 2 ¼” and then ran it through the Big Shot using the Dots Embossing Folder from Sale-a-bration! Whenever I emboss a piece of paper like this…I like to adhere it down flat rather than using stampin dimensionals – personal preference but I think it always looks “cleaner this way”!
The sentiment is from the Friendship Preserves Stamp Set and it was a cinch to pop out using the Window Frames Framelits! We are sooooo darn tootin' lucky that Stampin' Up! has so many framelits for us and I hope that there are more to come!
Using the next size up I popped another one in soft suede and then paper-pierced it using the Festive Paper Piercing Pack…a fun element to a card and truthfully something I forget about but when I remember…I am all smiles as I love the effect!
Adding some dimensionals to the "dot" piece and the sentiment….and we are done – well with the card….but we have my favorite to do – the good old envelope!!!! Today I put a piece of "post-it" notes on the edge of the envelope and then carried the "polka dot" theme across the back – a super fast and cute finale!
I think we all can agree that this sketch is a super clean and simple one…so how about trying it out! I always get so excited when I have downline or customers give it a spin…and remember – if you "play with us" this week – you could win all 20 cards!!!! Now wouldn't that be THE BEST!!!
I know yesterday, I shared with you 2 posts….I had soooo many emails about the card and I was so pleased that so many of you are giving it a try! It really is not hard but it looks hard….it's just the best when things like this happen!
The other post that I shared about the Project Life by Stampin' Up!! Ever since I learned about this…my head has been spinning with ideas! I truly think that it is an answer to many of "time constrains" in life! Remembering special moments and more importantly documenting them are soooooo important!
Please click here to read that post in case you missed it!
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Have a fabulous day and until tomorrow!!!
I LOVE your card, Susan! The IKAT stamp set is a favorite of mine! The DSP you created is amazing! Soft Suede is a color I rarely use, but you made it stand out! XX
Love the big dot background you created! Looks great….and such fun!
YUM! That’s the perfect way to describe your Soft Suede card, it’s lovely!
So clever of you to use that stamp as a background stamp! I have never even looked twice at that stamp set but I sure loved that swap card, and now this one too! I haven’t done any paper piercing in awhile either…you are just giving me all kinds of ideas 🙂 Love the card! Soooooo fun to finally meet you in person, you have such AMAZING energy!! Hugs!
Soft suede is exactly soft and soothing to the eye as is suede to the touch. At least that is my opinion! I am really loving those big dots! It was fun to see all the dots on the cards as well as chevrons in the challenge! Thank goodness I didn’t have to pick just one card as a favorite. Your little Susan dots made me smile with the big ones – like they are just wanna be dots!
Gorgeous card Susan. I love how you used IKat stamp and your 3 dots to make it your own. I have the set; but, haven’t played with it yet. Congrats on the 200th challenge. AND, I finally got enough nerve to enter the challenge. Thanks so much for sharing with us!
Such a pretty card!