Welcome to the Pals Retirement Hop! If you arrived from Barb's blog you have made it all the way to the end - Me! If you missed someone along the way, no worries you can start in again at Linda Fisher's site
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I am such a Designer Paper fan that I can't believe I just discovered this beautiful pad of in color designs. These sheets will be retiring at the end of June along with this sweet little image from A Flower for All Seasons. Pear Pizzazz, Concord Crush and Peach Parfait combine to make a perfect summer birthday card. Looks like the frog is taking time to stop and enjoy the flowers. Hope you have been able to spend some time and enjoy the sights along the way as well!
Pals Hop Lineup:
1.
Linda Fisher
2.
Nicole Watt
3.
Joanna Munster
4.
Mary Fish
5.
Rae Harper
6.
Mike Funke
7.
Nina Dee
8.
Barbara Chatzkel
9.
Ann Schach
10.
Joan Norris
11.
Staphanie Uzee
12.
Sandra Conner
13.
Barb Furlong
14.
Linda Callahan
Pals Paper Arts challenge this week is to design a card in your signature style. I try to push my comfort zone now and then but my go to style is definitely clean and crisp! I love white space - or in this case Crumb Cake space. The red, black and white look so sharp against it! The daisy from Every Moment was perfect for a game of "Loves Me, Loves Me Not." Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds add a bit of sparkle to the daisy centers. Interesting that my closet is mostly black, white, red and taupe - must be directly related to that signature style! If I start sprinkling myself with Dazzling Diamonds I have gone too far............
Wonderful colors.......beautiful image......just makes you want to sail away on a gorgeous summer's day......unless you are me. They don't make sea bands or Dramamine strong enough to turn me into a sailor! So when I am at the lake and my crew heads "out to sea", I sit on the beach, sip my Diet Coke and open my latest find from the library - it's not all bad!
PPA's challenge this week is to use brads on a clean and simple card. As I worked at my desk I kept watching the reports coming out of the midwest on the aftermath of the tornadoes. My heart goes out to the midwesterners - and the southerners - who have recently lost so much. Our town is loading a tractor trailer with building and cleaning supplies to send to one of the affected areas. It doesn't seem like much compared to the scope of the disaster but it is a small step to recovery. My card design is just a simple way to let folks know we care and are thinking about them. (I do hope my husband doesn't think about me when he notices part of Missouri's road map has been snipped out of his Harley touring book :)
