Pal Paper Arts Sketch Challenge #189

Today's card was created for the Pals Paper Arts Challenge...this week it is a sketch challenge!

I kept it very clean and light in Coastal Cabana. I've been using this color quite a bit recently!

I love the combination of the stripes and polka dots, they compliment and offset each other nicely. A clean and simple flower image from the Best of Sale-A-Bration stamp set and a simple sentiment from the Blooming with Kindness stamp set work very nicely together.

Stamping with a light color can be tricky because with the light color, the image may not have as much impact as you would like. I ramped that up just a notch by adding paper piercing along the edge. And I carried the sentiment banner over to the other side of the flower image to balance everything out.

I hope you find time to play along with the challenge this week!

Thanks to a Pal who has a programmer husband, I now have these awesome images in my supply list. You can click on any of the images and they will link you directly to my store! I think they are awesome and hope that they help you quickly visualize the products and how I have used them :)

Thanks for stopping by! 

Stampin Supplies:

Best Of Sale-A-Bration Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$14.95

Blooming With Kindness Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$16.95

Very Vanilla 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$8.50

Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$6.95

Afternoon Picnic Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Stampin' Trimmer

$29.95

Paper-Piercing Tool

$3.95

Stampin' Pierce Mat

$4.95

Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

$7.95

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Basic Pearls Jewel Accents

$4.95

Stampin' Dimensionals

$3.95

Snail Adhesive

$6.95

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Comments

[Brian King]

Shannon - this is lovely! Your designs are always so clean and fresh. Thanks for playing along with the PPA sketch challenge this week!

[Diane Roberts]

Love this, Shannon. Monochromatic is my favorite color scheme and the piercing is wonderful! Thanks for joining us at PPA this week.

[Ann Schach]

A beautiful card, Shannon! I love the monochromatic look you created with Coastal Cabana. Thanks for playing with the Pals at Pals Paper Arts!