PPA219 Pals Paper Arts – trees galore!

Hey folks, found another challenge!!  This time it’s with the Pals Paper Arts PPA219, and it was a color challenge.

I had just made a card this week for a swap card, and it used similar colors, so I figured I could tweak it a little, and use it for the challenge.  Turns out, after I did that, it looked a lot like one of the samples provided by one of the designers, Brian King!  I guess great minds think alike, right?!?  🙂   SOOOOO, I had to tweak it up a bit more. I didn’t want it to be too similar!
After all the tweaking, I like the results. You get a treat today, because you get to see all three versions!

Here’s the card I made for swapping at the “Unite & Excite” event on Friday:I used Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz and Crushed Curry for this one.

Next, here’s the modified version to use the correct colors for the challenge:

And, finally… here’s the version I completely modified to use:

I really like this one. It’s got bonus sparkle, too – in the form of Iridescent Ice embossing powder.  I wanted to keep it simple, and went back to one of my favorite sets of-all-time:  Lovely as a Tree.  I have made so many cards with this set, I just love the huge pine, and the row of leaf-less trees. The first two cards actually use the new Festival of Trees set in the Holiday Catalog for the background trees, since they are smaller. I didn’t use that on the last card though. I also put a layer of vellum over the trees, and that is what I embossed on. The candy dots conveniently covered up the glue dots I used to hold it on.

Behind the scenes:  What you probably can’t tell on the first two is that I actually used a mask made from the Chalk Talk framelits. I cut out the big tag, used the outside of the paper (meaning not the tag itself – use the original piece that’s left), then snipped off the piece in the middle to get a rectangle with angled corners. This was a lot easier for mass producing swap cards instead of repositioning a ton of sticky notes for each card! The color in the rectangle is just sponged on to blend the colors.

Here are the items used for these:

Lovely As A Tree Wood Stamp Set

$27.95

Festival Of Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set

$15.95

Holiday Invitation Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.95

Iridescent Ice Stampin’ Emboss Powder

$4.95

Regals Candy Dots

$5.95

Chalk Talk Framelits Die

$24.95

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad

$5.95

Always Artichoke Classic Stampin’ Pad

$5.95

Crushed Curry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$6.95

Cajun Craze 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$6.95

Always Artichoke 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$6.95

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$8.50

Vellum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

$6.50

Glue Dots

$4.95

Stampin’ Dimensionals

$3.95

Snail Permanent Adhesive

$6.95

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I hope you like!
Mak