A Heart Full of Thanks! FMS19

Jen Mitchell drew up this sweet sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  She loves square cards and so do I.  And I also love this new Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! called Attic Boutique.  It has such beautiful designs and colors!  But I must take exception to the name..........Attic Boutique?  Sounds like an oxymoron to me - especially when I think about my attic.  Not much of a Boutique atmosphere on the third floor of my old colonial.............definitely more of a BOO-tique!


                                        

All Tied Up.........PPA127

This card is all tied up with pleated ribbon, ruffled ribbon, sheer organza ribbon and linen thread!  Definitely one Valentine that's not going to get away!


                                                    Pals Paper Arts has a great sketch challenge this week.
                                                                  We'd love to have you join us!
        
                                                                 

Pool Party is the New Black....FMS18

That Pool Party is the life of the party wherever it goes!  It arrived last July and made a big splash looking cool in the summer designs.Then it showed up on fall cards looking gorgeous with rusty browns, yellows and oranges.  Next it made a fabulous appearance for the holiday season in wintry scenes and Christmas greetings.  It's a new year and look who's still around!  Pool Party has gone vintage and is a featured color in two new sets of designer series paper, Attic Boutique and Everyday Enchantment (pictured above).  I like a clean, crisp look and somehow that vintage Pool Party adapted beautifully.  Pool Party is definitely the new black......

Jump in the pool this week at Freshly Made Sketches and play along!

                                       

'Tis A Gift to Be Simple

There's a sweet sketch and a lot of inspiration from the DT at Connie and Mary's this week so I decided to play along.  In case you haven't noticed I am a Plain Jane kind of gal - much to my mother's dismay. You can't imagine the two of us clothes shopping together.  Let's just say that at 86 she still rocks the leopard print and bling.  Anyway I set out to make a sweet simple card - with no leopard print or blatant bling.  I thought I did just that and then I decided to write out everything I used.  Here's my list:

dotto, snail, vario dots, glue dot, stampin' dimensional, scotch tape, paper cutter,Simply Scored, bone folder, ribbon scissors, paper snips, color spritzer, Marina Mist marker, Marina Mist ink pad, Marina Mist paper, Real Red paper, Whisper White paper, Whisper White taffeta ribbon, rhinestone, Itty Bitty Heart Punch, Itty Bitty Heart Button, Baker's Twine, Scal loped Edgelit, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Hearts Framelit, snowflake stamp from Dear Santa, sentiment stamp from Merry Winter

Simple isn't as simple as it looks!