Dasher in Real Red

Mojo monday is a little late for me this week. I ordered the Dasher stamp and the Christmas Cocoa Specialty paper and it just came today. I LOVE this paper and I just had to use it. I don't have time to list the entire recipe but here are a few basics. I used Real Red everything; grossgrain ribbon, classic ink, card stock and specialty paper. My background paper is Whisper White. I used the scallop circle punch and one silver brad. All products are from Stampin' Up!.

Hope you like today's card. Thanks for visiting.
-Roberta

Texas Tree

Another Pals Paper Arts challenge. This week (week 12) is a sketch challenge. It looks like a very simple sketch, but I had a hard time deciding which stamp set I wanted to use. I was really in the mood for a Christmas card but I need more Christmas stamp sets. I finally decided on using Yippee Kiyay Holiday from Stampin' Up!

• I started with a Very Vanilla 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 card base.
• I used the Old Olive snowflake paper from the Merry Moments DSP. I cut two 5 1/4 x 2 pieces and adhered them to the card base.
• For the sentiment, I started with a 1 x 5 1/2 piece of Very Vanilla. I used some non Stampin' Up! rub-ons for the sentiment and the decoration in the corner.
• I layered this on a 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of Old Olive. That was layered on a 1 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Riding Hood Red. This layer was adhered to the card base towards the bottom of the card.
• For the tree, I stamped the tree from Yippee Kiyay Holiday in StazOn on Very Vanilla. I used my scallop circle punch and punched out the tree.
• I then cut out a circle a little larger than my scallop circle in Old Olive and adhered it to the back of my tree.
• For the last layer of my tree, I used the 1 1/4" circle punch and punched out four Riding Hood Red circles. I cut them in half and adhered them to the Old Olive circle.
• I colored the tree and ornaments with various colors, making sure the star on top was a golden yellow. This was then adhered to the card base.
• Done!

I hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to stop by www.palspaperarts.com to try the challenge. If you aren't into challenges, stop by anyway, there are some really nice cards.

Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!

-Roberta

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month as many of you know. It seems that year after year more people take notice. Even the NFL is wearing pink during the games this year! I haven't seen very many cards with the breast cancer awareness theme. I don't know if I am looking in the wrongs spots or if there just aren't many people making the cards.

I decided to make this card after looking through the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog. On page 58, there is a card made with the Loads of Love stamp set. I knew right away that this was the set to use. I used a similar layout but different colors.

• I started with a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of Regal Rose as my card base. I used the corner rounder punch to round all my corners.
• On a 5 1/4 x 4 piece of Very Vanilla, I stamped the swirl from the Yummy stamp set in Melon Mambo in the corners. Again, I rounded all my corners. This was adhered the the card base.
• On a small piece of Regal Rose, I stamped the truck from the Loads of Love set in Basic Grey. I cut the truck out leaving the wheels off. The wheels were stamped on Very Vanilla and adhered to the truck; as was the lady driving.
• The sentiment was stamped with Melon Mambo on Very Vanilla.
• I layered a piece of 2 x 5/4 Melon Mambo DSP on a piece of 2 1/4 x 5 1/4 Regal Rose. These were layered on a piece of 2 1/2 x 5 1/4 Melon Mambo; which was adhered to the card base. (Don't forget to round all your corners!)
• Finally, the truck and sentiment were layered on the card base. Done!

I hope you enjoyed this card and don't forget to show your support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Thanks for visiting.

-Roberta

Rootin Tootin Halloween

Today's card is for Pals Paper Arts challenge #11. This week's challenge is to make a card using Perfect Plum, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie.

• I started with a 5 1/4 x 4 1/2 card base of Old Olive.
• I layered a piece of 5 x 4 1/4 Pumpkin Pie on the card base and a 4 3/4 x 4 Perfect Plum DSP on top of that.
• On a piece of 1 3/4 x 2 1/8 Very Vanilla, I stamped the Halloween girl from "Yippee Kiyay Holiday" in Going Grey. She is colored with Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Creamy Caramel.
• I layered the girl on a piece of 2 1/16 x 2 3/8 Pumpkin Pie.
• Next, I cut four 1" squares of Old Olive and adhered them to the corners of the layered girl.
• This piece gets layered on the middle of the card base and you are done!

I hope you enjoyed this card and be sure to stop by www.palspaperarts.com to try the challenge for yourself. Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend! I have the Scarecrow Festival in Chappell Hill, TX to go to this weekend. I hope it doesn't rain.

-Roberta

Thanks

Today's card is for Pals Paper Arts Theme Challenge. The challenge is to make a "Gratitude & Thanks" card. It could be for something(one) you are thankful for, a simple note of thanks or a Thanksgiving motif. I chose to go with the simple note of thanks.

• I started with a Basic Black 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card base. Onto that I layered a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Very Vanilla.
• I stamped the bear from "Under the Stars" in Chocolate Chip on Very Vanilla. He is colored with Close to Cocoa and Creamy Caramel. I cut him out and adhered him to a 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 piece of Night of Navy DSP.
• I then used my Big Shot and the Billboard die to get the "thanks." Two silver brads are punched into the bears hands to hold the banner. The string is a piece of thread from my sewing collection. I adhered the letters to the card and then glittered them with Dazzling Diamonds.
• I adhered the bear piece to the card base. I cut a piece of 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 Night of Navy and adhered it to the top of the card base. On the Night of Navy piece, I versamarked stars to give it a little something extra.
• For the sentiment, I used the Beary Nice Wishes stamp set. I stamped it in Ruby Red and layered it onto Ruby Red DSP. This I adhered at an angle on the card base.
• Done!

Thanks for visiting and be sure to stop by www.palspaperarts.com to try the challenge for yourself. You will be glad that you did.

-Roberta

Give Thanks

Today's card is for Pals Paper Arts Picture Perfect Inspiration Challenge PPA-9. The rules are simple. Make a project using this picture as your inspiration. You can use colors, photo elements, or overall theme. I chose to mimic the brown table and the green pottery.



For this card, I started with a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 Very Vanilla card base.

• I cut a piece of 1 x 5 1/2 Chocolate Chip and adhered it to the bottom edge of the card base.
• I then cut a piece of 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 and 2 1/2 x 2 Merry Moments green striped DSP.
• I layered those pieces on to 3 3/4 x 1 3/4 and 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 Pumpkin Pie. These two layers got adhered to the card base offsetting each other.
• Next, I took the "Give Thanks" stamp from the Holiday Best stamp set and colored it with Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, and Dusty Durango to give it the look of changing leaves. I stamped it in the upper left corner.
• Finally, I cut out a purple, dark green and red leaf from the Autumn Harvest DSP and layered them on top of each other on the card.
• Done!

Be sure to stop by Pals Paper Arts and try the challenge for yourself. You never know how much fun you will have. Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend.

-Roberta

Dear Friend

Today's card is one I made for two challenges; mojo monday 105 and color throwdown #61. I thought that it would be more fun to try to combine the two instead of making two different ones. This is the mojo monday sketch. The colors for the color throwdown are old olive, rose red, more mustard, regal rose, and chocolate chip. I know that five colors seems like a lot at first but when I put them together, I knew they would fit perfectly together.

For the card,

• I used a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 Chocolate Chip base.
• 4 x 5 1/4 Old Olive is layered on top
• With the 1 1/4 circle punch, I punch out four Rose Red circles and three Regal Rose circles. I layered the Rose Red circles on first and cut off the overlap. Then came the Regal Rose circles.
• A 4 x 1 piece of Autumn Harvest DSP is layered on top of the circles to cover up the edges.
• Next is the sentiment "My dear kind & wonderful friend" from the All Holidays stamp set.
• I colored the "&" in Regal Rose and then colored the other words in Rose Red to give a little definition. This 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 square is layered on a 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 More Mustard square.
• Finally the sentiment layer is layered on to a 3 x 3 Chocolate Chip square and adhered to the card.
• Done!

Thanks for visiting and be sure to check out mojo monday and color throwdown to try your hand at them.

-Roberta