Oh My Stars for PPA 99

Today’s Pals Paper Arts challenge is Clean and Simple Elements of Style…”Stars”! We are simply asking that you use stars on your project this week. Use one or use a galaxy of them…the choice is yours. How easy is that! I can’t wait to see what you create!
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips: Keepin’ It Easy!
  • Seeing stars before your eyes?  Cherry Cobbler and Night of Navy stars are quickly created using the Stars #2 Originals Die and the Big Shot.  They are randomly adhered to Whisper White card stock and zipped through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder in the Embedded Embossing technique.  Steppin’ It Up:  Distress the edges with a Sponge Dauber and add instant speckles with your Color Spritzer Tool!
  • Heat it up!  The Sail Away image was inked with VersaMark and heat embossed with Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder.  This makes the image “pop”.  Steppin’ It Up:  If time is not a limited resource, the image can be watercolored.
  • Add a “Wow-ee”!  A single large Cherry Cobbler star is juxtapositioned on the image and starred background.  A Jumbo Pewter Eyelet smack-dab in the middle draws in the eye! Unfortunately, these eyelets are now sold-out on Last Chance Accessories list. Steppin’ It Up:  Distress the edges or add a smidge of Glass Glitter.  Or how about popping a Pearl into the center?
As always, your comments are important to me, and I would love to share my cards with you!   From all comments left today and yesterday, I will randomly select one person to receive not only today’s challenge card, but also this card featuring the bird from Nature Walk:
I will  name the winner in my next post.  And don’t forget…if you ever have any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques  I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…

Stamp Set:  Sail Away (123013—Summer Mini);  Inks:  VersaMark (102283); Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler (119685), Night of Navy (100867), Whisper White (100730), More Mustard (100946);  Tools:  Big Shot (113439), Stars #2 Original Die (113461), Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (119976),  Heat Tool (100005); Glitz and Glam: Jumbo Pewter Eyelets (108432  Not Available)

A Peek at the PPA

Wednesday always means it’s time to take a peek at my Pals Paper Arts challenge card.  I hope that you will join me tomorrow for the reveal.  And I also hope you will stop by Pals Paper Arts to see this week’s Pals Artist Picks.  Congratulations to the winners!

Your comments are important to me, and I would love to share my cards with you!  My challenge card features embedded embossing, one of my favorite techniques.  What about you?  What is one of YOUR favorite techniques?  From all comments left today and tomorrow, I will randomly select one person to receive not only the challenge card, but also this card featuring the bird from Nature Walk:
And remember, if you ever have any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away!  Until next time…

Live Life for The Paper Players

It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players in our Clean and Simple Sketch Challenge.  For my card today, I decided to create a birthday card for my husband, Kim.  I pulled out a set that is perfect for creating a vintage look, Extreme Elements, and paired it with the Crown from Artistic Etchings.  As for the sentiment…it is from You’re a Gem!  I hope you enjoy today’s card!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips: Simple with Pizzazz!
  •  Draw attention to a focal image with a Windowpane! Images from Extreme Elements were inked with Soft Suede and stamped onto Very Vanilla.  A few Watermarks from French Foliage were added to complete the vintage look.  But the pièce de résistance is the Beveled Windowpane which emphasizes the Crown image from Artistic Etchings.
  • Sensational sentiment! Create a pennant by flagging one end and curling the other!
  • Little details add up! Safety Pins from the Vintage Trinkets collection hold Baja Breeze Seam Binding in place.  Edges are distressed courtesy of the Seven Sided Tool.  And a fabulous pattern from Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper adds a touch of class!
I hope you enjoyed today’s Clean and Vintage card.  This was the first time I have used a Beveled Windowpane. What do you think?  Doesn’t that crown just “pop” off the page?  Won’t you please leave me a comment and let me know what you think?  And as always, I LOVE sharing the details behind my cards.  So if you ever have a question about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away!  Until next time…

Stamp Sets:  Artistic Etchings (W 118517,  C 120573), Extreme Elements (115181), French Foliage (W 120845, C 121166), You’re a Gem (W 122268, C 122270);  Inks:  Soft Suede (115657),  Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Marker (120973);  Designer Series Paper:  Elegant Soiree (117163);  Card Stock:  Baja Breeze (111352), Very Vanilla (101650), Soft Suede (115318);  Tools:  Cutter Kit (106958), Color Spritzer Tool (107066), Sponge Dauber (102892); Glitz and Glam:  Baja Breeze Seam Binding (122331), Vintage Trinkets (118764), Hemp Twine (100982), Beveled Windowpanes (121881)