Since July 2013, I’ve been so honored to be a member of the Pals Paper Arts Design Team. The group was already a thriving challenge when I joined Stampin’ Up!, and I’m thrilled I could be a part of it for so long. Today, though, is the very last Pals Paper Arts challenge. 🙁 My dear friend Ginger Toivonen created the super-fun sketch for this monumental challenge. Here’s my card:
And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card:
Tips, Tricks and Reminders
- Petals & Paisleys Specialty Designer Series Paper. I’ve been studying Ginger’s sketch for quite some time. I knew I’d crop a piece of striped Designer Series Paper for this challenge, but I wasn’t really sure which piece until I sat down to make this card. I landed on this GORGEOUS page of thin stripes from Petals & Paisleys Specialty Designer Series Paper. The colors – Night of Navy, Delightful Dijon, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry and Mint Macaron – look great against a backdrop of Very Vanilla. I cut right along the line in the pattern.
I created this graphic for all of the Designer Series Papers in Stampin’ Up!’s 2016 Holiday Catalog. If you’d like to see the others, CLICK HERE. - A Scalloped Edge. Before gluing down this unique panel, I knew I needed something else to balance out the large oval of Delightful Dijon. Even a small strip could create the needed impact, but why use a small strip when I could embellish with a design from the Flourish Thinlits Dies? I added glue to the back of the Night of Navy panel and glued it down to the cropped Thinlit before snipping the edges and gluing the panel to the card base.
- Color Combination. Blue and yellow are a classic combination. You can pick almost any shade of blue and pair it with any shade of yellow in Stampin’ Up!’s color collection for a perfectly fun combination. If you like this combination of Delightful Dijon and Night of Navy, too, please save this:
Stamp Sets: Suite Sayings Papers: Petals & Paisleys Specialty Designer Series Paper, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Delightful Dijon Inks: Night of Navy Accessories: Flourish Thinlits Dies, Layering Ovals Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals
I hope you’ll pop over to the Pals Paper Arts challenge site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with the final Pals Paper Arts challenge.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
You always amaze me. I love the use of the diagonal blocking!
Even though today is the last of the Paper Pals Challenges, I’m sure we’ll see you and the other team members making amazing projects for us. Today’s card is a great take on the sketch. I love the diagonal with the flourish diecut on the side. The oval sentiment with the striped paper works perfectly. Have a great day!
Aww, so sad to see such a fun challenge coming to an end. This is a gorgeous card to help celebrate the the long reign of PPA. The Night of Navy really helps all the gorgeous colors of those stripes to stand out.
Beautiful card for such a sad day. I’m really going to miss the challenges. Its been an honor for me to be on this design team with you.
This is so my kind of card. Love the stripes, layering and color combo’s.
Thanks Brian. Sorry that this s group has ended.
Good Morning Brian:
As usual, you had a little surprise for me in today’s card with the flourish die cut on the right side. I love it! Somehow you always manage to make an off center central design look perfectly placed with a small addition to balance it off. I so admire your artistic talent!
I like this sketch and you did it up well ! The stripes add to the effect.
Sorry to hear that this team is going away . I have enjoyed seeing all of the designs ,sketches ,and blog hops .
Great card. As usual your borders are superb and the scalloped edge balances your card perfectly. Pals Paper Arts will me missed.
Loving those classy stripes! And the scalloped edge is sweet!
Nicely done my friend! Thanks for playing the last PPA challenge.