With Sympathy

Today I woke up to sunshine and blue skies and wonderful warm.  So, instead of getting my chores done first thing, I decided to make a card for the current Pals Paper Arts Challenge.  I figured the dusting and vacuuming could wait an hour or two.

One of the services I volunteered for, here at the place where I live, is giving or sending cards to those who live here, whether it's their birthday, a get well wish or an expression of sympathy to family members who have lost their loved one.  I keep plenty of birthday cards on hand as those are the ones I go through the quickest.  Today, I made a sympathy card, not because I needed it today but because I thought the colors from the challenge would make a very nice card.  What do you think?  

Stamp Sets:  Flower Shop, Petal Potpourri, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Ink:  Tuxedo Black Memento; Card Stock:  Basic Black, Garden Green, Whisper White; Accessories & Tools:  Triangle Screen Die (My Favorite Things), Bird Builder Punch, Flower Medallion, Pansy Punch, Gold Sequin Trim, SNAIL Adhesive, Glue Dots, Multipurpose Glue, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine

All Stampin' Up!® product unless otherwise noted.

The colors I used are from the current Pals Paper Arts Challenge.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

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Hearts and Flowers

One of the new papers coming out on January 6th in the 2015 Occasions Catalog is the Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper.  It is absolute gorgeous!  The designs are actually from hand painted originals.  The sketch from Pals Paper Arts was perfect for showing off some of the patterns.  All the colors used on the card can be found in the paper.  To add a pattern to the strip of Blushing Bride card stock, I used Blushing Bride ink to stamp the honey comb image from the Butterfly Basics Stamp Set.

Stamp Sets:  Bloom with Hope, Butterfly Basics; Inks:  Blackberry Bliss, Blushing Bride; Card Stock:  Blushing Bride, Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper, Wild Wasabi; Accessories & Tools:  2013-2015 In Color Sequins, Glue Dots, SNAIL Adhesive

All Stampin' Up!® product unless otherwise stated.

You can find the Pals Paper Arts challenge details and more inspiration HERE.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch 104/Pals Paper Arts 214

Good morning!  For today's card, I've managed to combine two challenges.  The sketch from Paper Craft Crew and the colors from Pals Paper Arts.  I love that little Banner Punch from Stampin' Up!®  It makes the cutest little banners.  The top banner was punched from one of the papers from the All Abloom Designer Series Paper Stack.  Then, I got the idea to layer several banners punched from Island Indigo onto a mat of Crisp Cantaloupe in such a way as to give me a very neat diamond shape.  The little diamond tag has the HI  for Hawaii stamped on it from the Map It Out Photopolymer Stamp Set.

Stamp Sets:  Gorgeous Grunge, Map It Out; Ink:  Wild Wasabi; Card Stock:  Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Island Indigo, All Abloom Designer Series Paper Stack; Accessories & Tools:  Banner Punch, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin' Trimmer, SNAIL Adhesive, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, 2-Way Glue Pen, Liquid Multipurpose Glue

All Stampin' Up!® Product unless otherwise noted.

The color challenge from Pals Paper Arts can be found HERE.

The card sketch from Paper Craft Crew can be found HERE.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

Happy Father's Day

With a sigh of relief, I now have all of my Father's Day cards done and ready to get in the mail.  I wasn't sure it was going to happen.  For some reason I thought Father's Day was another week away and I had plenty of time.  Oops!  It's a good thing I checked my calendar this morning.  Today's card was made using the Fab Friday Sketch Challenge and the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge.

Stamp Sets:  Gorgeous Grunge, Teeny Tiny Wishes (Stampin' Up!); Inks:  Baked Brown Sugar, Pacific Point, Vellum (Stampin' Up!); Card Stock:  So Saffron, Baked Brown Sugar, Pacific Point, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!); Accessories & Tools:  Petite Pennants Builder Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Baked Brown Sugar Thick Baker's Twine, 2-Way Glue Pen (Stampin' Up!), Dimensionals

HERE is where you can find the Fab Friday Sketch Challenge.

You can find the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge HERE.

Thanks you for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha