It’s Sunday, and time to play with The Paper Players!  This week we have a fun, color challenge featuring a trio of my favorite colors:  Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, Always Artichoke.  I hope you enjoy today’s fun and colorful card, featuring one of my favorite sets from the Occasions catalog, Simple Stems.

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
This finished card measures 5-1/2″ wide by 4-1/4″ long.

• Colors! All three challenge colors were easily incorporated into the Simple Stems Flowers, and the leaves from Secret Garden. Of course, any well-dressed flower wears Pearls!

• Bordering on fun!  An Always Artichoke Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border packs a playful punch and adds contrast.

• Feeling sentiment-al! For a slightly different look, the Happy Day sentiment from the Happy Day stamp set was inked in Always Artichoke, and stamped on the Grid pattern paper from the I Am Me Designer Series Paper collection.

As I write this post, Lexi and I are completing Day #2 of our dog show marathon.  So far, Lexi has showed beautifully.  She definitely has her head in the game, and is putting her best paw forward.  Although we have not been the big winner, we haved garnered a class win and a second place at the Boxer specialty…and we still have two shows to go!

As always, your comments are important to me…so won’t you let me know what you think of today’s card? With it’s playful combination of stripes and polka dots, I think that today’s card would surely make anyone’s day a happy one! And remember, if you ever have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…

Stamp Sets:  Simple Stems, Secret Garden, Happy Day; Inks:  Always Artichoke, Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral; Designer Series Paper:  I Am Me, Fresh Prints; Card Stock:  Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Always Artichoke; Tools:  Big Shot, Secret Garden Framelits, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch; Glitz and Glam:  Pearls

It’s Thursday, and time to play at Pals Paper Arts.  This week, the Pals are treating us to a refreshing color challenge:  Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron.  This trio of hues made me think of spring and flowers.  I pulled out the Field Flowers set and stamped and snipped to my heart’s content.  Enjoy today’s blooms and butterflies!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
This finished card measures 4-1/4″ wide by 5-1/2″ long.

• Doing the two-step! I love two step stamping, especially when I have my Stamp-a-ma-jig handy for perfect alignment.  Today’s bouquet was stamped in So Saffron, and over-stamped with Calypso Coral.  How pretty is that

• A bevy of blinged bitty butterflies! Creating butterflies is a breeze with the Bitty Butterfly Punch. Of course, a few Rhinestones adds a touch of sparkle.

• Bow beautiful! A double Pear Pizzazz Taffeta bow is scrunched up and held in position with a few glue dots. Don’t you just love this look?

Lexi Lou and I have started our whirlwind weekend.  We have four shows in a row, as well as a graduate trumpet recital.  We’ll be racing from Crown Point, IN to Columbia, MO on Sunday to listen to Brady.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that both of my babies do well this weekend!

Burlwood’s Unlike Any Other (Lexi)

Brady’s publicity shot from two years ago

Don’t you think the haircolor is similar?  Plus, they both have that intent look about them.  And…Lexi will be sporting a new bit of bling in the ring…her “big girl” lead.  Now she won’t have to use Muffy’s hand-me-down!

As always, I LOVE reading your comments.  Won’t you let me know what you think of today’s card in your comment today? Of course, if you ever have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…

 

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