PPA263

Wow, another fabulous color combination from Pals Paper Arts!  As always, I need birthday cards so that's what I set out to make.  I haven't used my Flower Patch set in a long time, so I dug it out and dusted it off!  I ended with a sentiment from Butterfly Basics.  I added a bit of Garden Green for the dark part of the leaf.  I will definitely use this color combo again!

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Chalk Talk Day to celebrate

I made this for my aunt's birthday.  Please see products used below.  Thanks for commenting!

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Leftover card

I've been trying to get ahead on some challenge cards so that I can schedule them to be posted after my surgery.  I won't have use of my right hand for a while and I am right handed.  I am not looking forward to the surgery (rotator), and not being able to craft, or do anything that requires two hands. Hopefully my recovery will go by fast.  I don't sit well unless I'm in my craft room!

Anyway, my OCD came out after cutting papers at an angle.  Gasp! I just couldn't put them away like that!   So I decided to turn the papers over and cut them straight.  Then I used the reverse side to make a card.  Then I thought I'd make a second one just for yucks.  I really love the colors and prints in Flower Pot designer series paper.  Hope you like them!  You will see the opposite papers coming up soon.

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A two fer

I wanted to use my Back to Black dsp since I've seen so many cards using it.  I thought I would cut out a circle and put the image in that circle.  I planned on popping the dsp, but I didn't like how you could see the dimensionals.  I ended up putting it down flat so you can't really see the cut out in this picture.

I put the Back to Black circle aside for later.  I also had this pink flower sitting on my desk from another crafting session.  I thought it would look pretty on the black so I set out to make another completely different card.  I may add a gem or pearl to the center of this flower (a suggestion from one of my Pals).

I had a little extra time this week to create some cards.  My mom had shoulder surgery and I was home with her for a few days.  My aunt is helping out today and tomorrow so that I can go to work. As soon as she is able to drive, I will be having shoulder surgery as well.  I'm not sure how much time I will be away from my craft room, but I'm trying to get in as much time now as I can.

Thanks for your comments!  I can't believe the weekend is almost here!! 

PPA 218

I made this for a work friend.  I love this color combo, but realized afterward that I messed up a little.  The color in the dsp is actually Sahara Sand, not Crumb Cake.  It's close enough, right?  :-)    This is for my Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge 218.

I used the Flower Patch bundle (#134207).  It took me a while to break this out, but now that I have I don't want to put it away!  I truly love when the dies match the stamp sets.  I'm not a cutter!  The dsp stacks make it super easy to put together a quick card.  This paper is from the Moonlight stack (#133701).

Two tips for you on using photopolymer stamps - 1) stamp with Versamark ink and stamp off before first use; 2)  put a mouse pad, piercing mat, or something squishy under your paper before stamping.  You will get a crisper image.

We had some crazy storms in NH yesterday.  We actually had tornado warnings!!  We went for a nice swim early afternoon.  It was gorgeous out.  All of a sudden it got cloudy and we heard thunder.  We hopped out fast and sat it out.  It went downhill fast.  The lighnting was crazy.  We had downpours and wind.  The power went out a few times but came right back, thank God!  Our cable was out for a few hours though. Hope you had a great weekend!