Picture Perfect Creations #63-Purely Poppy with Barely Basic Gray

I was so excited about the colours this week at Picture Perfect Creations! I love Poppy Parade and Basic Gray is also a favourite of mine!  I went to happily make my card but I did not realize that I had NO Basic Gray cardstock left until I went to make this card, so I needed to improvise! I dug deep into my scrap bin and came out with one 1"x 3 3/4" piece of Basic Gray cardstock!!!  Eeek!  How could I turn that into a card?!!!  Ack!

So I decided I would use black as a neutral on my card, which is okay...I think!  I decided to go for it.  I used some of the DSP from the Level 1 hostess pack of In Colour DSP and I noticed the little flower in the design.  Needless to say, I immediately thought of the wee flower in the "Funky Four" set and went to work, colouring the image directly onto the stamp with my Poppy and Grey markers. Then I punched out the image with my circle punches and popped it up on dimensionals. DO YOU SEE THE STRIP OF BASIC GRAY CS? LOL!  Yes, it is there, on display with a thank you sentiment heat embossed in white on it. I made another thank you card for my school stash. I was praying that I would not stamp the sentiment crooked....whew...it was close!

We hope that you will join the Picture Perfect Creations this week!  Please be sure to visit the other DT Members to see their wonderful creations!  Even if you don't have Basic Gray cardstock, look through that scrap bin and see what treasure you find!!!

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Smiles,

Lesley

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Playing with Sale-A-Bration Stamp Sets

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I wanted to make a couple of cards using three different Sale-A-Bration sets....I decided to ink up the "Funky Four" set, "Thank You Kindly" set and the "So Happy for You" set.  The Funky Four set has this cute little flower image in it that I inked up with my markers and I love that it fits in my scallop circle punch!

This card was a quick and fun card I created with the "So Happy for You" set! I love that little Shamrock!  I punched them out with my 3/4" circle punch!  The Designer Paper is from the "Jolly Holiday" Paper Pack again! I just love that Polka Dot Paper!  The sentiment is from the Hostess Level 2 set called "Something to Celebrate".

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I hope you enjoy your day and get the chance to get inky!!

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All supplies are Stampin' Up:

Stamps: Funky Four, So Happy for You, Something to Celebrate, Thank You Kindly

Inks: Concord Crush, Poppy Parade, Old Olive, Whisper White

Paper: Jolly Holiday DSP, Poppy Parade, Concord Crush

Tools: 3/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch. Scallop Circle Punch

Pals Paper Arts ~ A Sketch

The Pretty Pals have a great sketch going on this week!  I looked at it and decided I would try to create a more "whimsical" card!  I don't usually make many of those, so I decided to really try something new. 

This stamp set is a great Sale-A-Bration set called "Funky Four".  It is from the main Catalogue.  I just received the Funky Four set FREE! I love Sale-A-Bration!! 

How I made my card:

• I inked up the fun little tree stamp with my markers and huffed it!! 
• I used my Bitty Punch Pack to make a small blossom to put on the tree with a pearl of course! 
• The sentiment comes from the Fabulous Phrases stamp set!! 
• My paper is a mixture of Jolly Holiday and Sunny Garden Designer Paper! 
• I used the crimper to create some grass and the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch to add a punch of colour under my grass. 
• To focus in on the tree, I used my Mats Pack and Paper Piercer and did some small paper piercing around the edges of my main panel.
• The tree top is stamped twice, cut out and popped up for some dimension

Hope you get the chance to play along with the Pals Paper Arts this week!!  Only 13 days left of Sale-A-Bration!

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All supplies are Stampin' Up:

Stamps: Funky Four, Fabulous Phrases

Inks: Poppy Parade, Old Olive (Markers and Ink Pads)

Paper: Sunny Garden DSP, Jolly Holiday DSP, Old Olive, Whisper White

Tools and Embellishments: 1 1'4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Bitty Punch Pack, Mats Pack and Paper Piercer, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch, Crimper, Pearls