PPA69 Comfort and Joy

Do you have fabric or ribbon in your papercrafting tool kit?  Then you are ready to play this week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge (PPA69).  It has a Clean and Simple twist–perfect for a repeating pattern like these tiny teacups.  Check out what the PPA Design Team has drummed up along with this week's Stampin' Pretty Pal and Guest Stamper Joanna Munster.  There's blog candy, too!

STAMPIN' PRETTY TIPS:

• The Stampin' Up! 1 1/4" Square Punch proved cooperative in popping out the teacups for a fun holiday pattern.
• You had me at "hello?"  The Tiny Teacup single stamp also includes a "hello" sentiment.  Some crafty stampers will slice a stamp in two to isolate the sentiment from the image.  However, I'm a little squeamish about that type of "surgery" so prefer to use my markers and color only the cup.
• I loved the idea of the cups combined with the "Comfort & Joy" sentiment (Word Play stamp set).  I stamped "o" a second time on Real Red and snipped it out.  It was then layered on a 1/2" Circle in Textured Garden Green.  Really adds "wow!"
• Inspiration is abundant with all the holiday catalogs arriving in the mail.  The mug below (Crate  & Barrel) got me thinking about the teacups.

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-Stampin' Pretty Pal Beccy

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Please note that the following items are temporarily unavailable for ordering due to quality issues:

• 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch (item 118874)
• Ornament Punch (item 119847)

While Stampin' Up! is working to resolve these issues, the following bundles will be affected by this issue and will not be available for ordering:

• Tags 'til Christmas Bundle 2 (w-124478; c-124477)
• Tags 'til Christmas Bundle 2 (Spanish w-124482; c-124481)
• Tags 'til Christmas Bundle 2 (French w-124480; c-124479)

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Stamp Sets:  Word Play (WM 120308, CM 120651), Tiny Teacup (WM 118086)
Paper:  Real Red (103133), Garden Green Textured (Regals Assorted Textured 12 x 12, 119928), Whisper White (100730)
Ink:  Basic Black Classic Ink (101179), Stampin' Write Markers in Real Red (100052) and Garden Green (100080)
Cool Tools:  2" x 1 3/8" Oval Punch Extra Large (119859), 1/2" Circle Punch (119689), 1 1/4" Square Punch Large (119865)
The Perfect Touch:  Brights Brads (119740), Real Red 5/8" Satin Ribbon (117286), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Click to enlarge stamp image.