Boo! Halloween will be here before you know it and I thought I would be festive for this week with the Pals Paper Art Challenge! This week is a sketch challenge and it is a fun one! Please pop onto the Pals Paper Art Website to see all of the beauties!
This is about as easy and basic as it gets but it is still cute! Just about any age would enjoy receiving this card and this would be one that you could easily make a large quantity of.
I think maximizing a small image stamp like this cute little pumpkin is great for cards of all sizes! Naturally it would be perfect for an enclosure card with a sweet sentiment underneath but this size also works great in multiples like this card!
The pumpkin is from a stamp set that I think is overlooked in the catalog, it is called Holiday Invitations and I do plan to do future posts on it!
The designer series paper is from the Motley Monsters Collection and this is just a FUN paper pack! There is nothing crisper than a bold stripe and the size is a 3 ¼ ” square and then matted in Tangerine Tango at 3 ½”
Using up scraps….(just love that feeling) The white stamped images are a 1 ¼” square and then the black is 1 ½” . I quick “dash” all the way around did the trick!
Now lets go back memory lane…do you remember in school when you would watch the teacher draw the chalk lines on the board with the 3 pieces of chalk thingy and then you always were in awe with how well your teacher could print? (I used to love to clean the chalk board and go outside to clap the erasers)
This is exactly what this sentiment looks to me…a Elementary School Teachers perfect printing! It is from the Frightful Wreath Stamp Set and besides that “splatter” up top…this is not frightening at all…actually I think it is super practical!
I know that it is hard to tell with the black paper but I POPPED up both the focal part and the sentiment with my stampin’ vitamins – aka….Stampin’ Dimensionals! How fast and easy!
The envelope love for the day was a simple lining the back flap and then a quick stamp on the front – (sure does get the message across)
That’s it….very doable….right? Simple is truly just as it is….simple! Please do not feel guilty when a card does not take you much time…that is a GREAT thing! This would be one of those “keeper” layouts I have talked about…
I am so happy so many of you want to do the card swap! My dear mailman will be wondering why in the heck am I getting so much mail!
Also, many thanks for all of the great comments and feedback from the dear little hamburger box yesterday! Wait to you see the other ones I made…I will blog later this week with them – they are so cute and so much fun to make!
Jeanie was sooooo happy and as I told you before she is a pre-school teacher at a Catholic School and she called it a “Nun Owl” and is going to take it to school tomorrow to show Sister Corda. She still has a terrible cough but would not miss helping with the swap for the world.
Yikes…the holidays are fast approaching and we all know how fast that calendar is rolling…tomorrow I am going to share with you some tips and ideas for making your projects doable!
Please feel free to email me and have a wonderful day…please play with this sketch – it is super fun!
Until tomorrow!
Hi Susan, Love the card . . . the stitching . . . the colors.
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A happy card! I love the squares. I must try it! I must! The pumpkin is a cute stamp! Thanks for sharing!
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Love cards with squares ! This is a cutie ! I thought that stamp set could be very versatile when I saw it and that pumpkin is a good size too. Your stitching adds that extra touch !
Cute, cute, cute! This sketch really appeals to my “everything must be balanced” personality. What size are the white squares and black mats? Your stitched lines and dots are perfect without being too much.
Hi Susan, this is such a great sketch with so many possibilities and yours is perfect.
Simple and cute! I agree that this stamp set is overlooked even though it is very versatile.
What a nice card! The design is so easy and yet so effective with the message. Love the stamp set and I overlooked it as well.
Susan, your Stamp of the Month kit came today. Wow! Awesome! Generous! Professional! I could go on and on, but don’t want to take you away from creating the October kit. Heh Heh. Your presentation and packaging was superb. Thank you so much for sharing your talent in this way. Keep ’em coming!
Fun card! Love the diagonal stripe and then repeated on the envelope. Goes perfect with the little pumpkins. The faux stitching puts it over the top!
Susan, that striped DSP under the Pumpkins makes that card POP! Love it!
Adorable, Susan! I love these sweet little pumpkins. The striped paper is so fun.
Susan, This is adorable! I don’t know how you so perfectly add that stitching, but it works every time. Thanks for playing along with the PPA sketch this week.