The Thirty-Minute Challenge Card

• Prepare a standard card base from Bordering Blue.
• Layer with a selection from Thoroughly Modern Designer Series Paper.
• Using the Eyelet Border Punch, punch a horizontal strip from a second selection from Thoroughly Modern. Adhere to the card base.
• Add a snippet of Soft Suede Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, placing it solid side out, at the interface of the two pattern papers.
• Ink the “Crocks and Flowers” image from Country Morning with Basic Gray and stamp onto Very Vanilla card stock. Mat with Chocolate Chip followed by Bordering Blue. (Sorry…I cheated by adding Chocolate Chip card stock. But, every challenge is open to a little interpretation!)
• Color the image using Blender Pens and the following inks: Creamy Caramel, Sahara Sand, Perfect Plum. Crushed Curry, Bordering Blue, and Close to Cocoa. Adhere this mat to the card base.
• Ink the “Hope You Feel Better Soon” sentiment from Kind and Caring Thoughts Hostess Level 3 set with Chocolate Chip and stamp onto Very Vanilla. Punch out using the Large Oval Punch and mat onto a Bordering Blue Scallop Oval using Stampin‘ Dimensionals. Adhere to the card base as illustrated.
• As a finishing touch, add a Styled Vanilla Brad in the upper right hand corner.

This card actually took right at thirty minutes! I did not stop to contemplate the colors on the image. Normally, I would have stamped the image on scrap paper first, and then experimented with the colors. In this situation, I knew I needed to work with browns and blues. From previous experience, I knew that the Creamy Caramel and Close to Cocoa look great with the Thoroughly Modern paper so I selected them first. I also love the blue-grey hue of the Bordering Blue, so it is one of my “go-to” colors for flowers.

I actually had a ton of fun creating this card…and that is exactly what a challenge should be…FUN! That is why I and my fellow design team members are so excited about our new challenge blog. We know that it is going to be fun for all! Join me right here at 5:00 AM Central time for the official unveiling of the PPA challenge blog. Soon you will be saying “I Love to Play @PPA!”

Why not try my little challenge on your own? It may be interesting to see what paper combinations you come up with! As always, your comments and emails are very important to me. Please stop and leave a comment, even if it only to say “Hi!” And remember, you can always email me with your questions. Until next time…

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