PPA140 Color Challenge - Button Buddies Thank You

I was thrilled to see my favorite color Summer Starfruit represented in this week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge:

What a delightful color combination inspired directly from the Color Coach, one of my favorite go-to tools! As you can see, I took the challenge literally...

The flowers were stamped with the Button Buddies stamp set and punched out using my 1 3/4" Scallop Circle punch. The scallop circle is the perfect size for these flowers, making it once again, you guessed it...easy peasy! I wanted to add something subtle to the background and thought immediately of the Delicate Designs Embossing folders and the Large Scallop Edgelits, both of which are new to the catalog this year.

To create the effect shown here I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock to 4" x 5 1/4" (just 1/4" smaller than the card base). I then took that piece of cardstock and lined the bottom edge of it up with the bottom edge of Delicate Designs Embossing folder and ran both through the Big Shot. Once the cardstock was embossed, I lined the Large Scallop Edgelit up with the embossed scallop and used two small Post-It's to hold the Edgelit in place while I ran it through the Big Shot and adhered the result to my card base. Two simple steps to create a wonderful accent on a card!

I adhered the two outside flowers directly to the card with SNAIL but popped the center flower up with a Dimensional for a bit of added impact. The sentiment stamped in Real Red balances out the Real Red flower on the opposite side of the card.

This card could easily be re-created in a variety of colors and sentiments so pick your favorites and create it today!

Stampin Supplies:

Stamps: Button Buddies, Deightful Dozen

Paper: Whisper White CS

Ink: Marina Mist, Real Red, Summer Starfruit Classic Ink Pads

Tools: 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, Delicate Designs Embossing Folders, Large Scallop Edgelits

Embellishments:  None

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Play with PPA #135

Please do not adjust your computer monitor! The pig really is THAT pink! lol

This card was inspired by and created for the Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge.

This card came together in just a matter of minutes for me this week. Once I saw the sketch, the pig from the stamp set 'Button Buddies' came right to mind, in PINK. Melon Mambo to be exact. There he was, stuck in my head, so I pulled out some DSP (Designer Series Paper) that I have be dying to use since it came out (it retires on May 31st so I got in just under the wire!). The polka dot theme just evolved from there...it's kind of amazing how many polka dot products Stampin' Up! has available to choose from! And I decided to use them ALL! Who could blame me? I'm really luvin' my little polka dot piggy, he cracks me up because he is just SO outside of my comfort zone!

I hope he inspires you to pull out paper and ink!

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Button Buddies, Petite Pairs

DSP: Cheerful Treat, Brights & 2011-2013 In-Color Designer Series Paper Stacks

Ink Color: Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade

Cardstock: Melon Mambo

Tools: 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon in MM, 3/8" Designer Printed Brads, Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die, Big Shot, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Stamping Sponges 

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