PPA 218

Good morning, Friends! Well, Monday came and went and I lived to tell about it - lol! I survived so now it's time to get through the rest of the week. I can do this! I think I am a little more caught up and will be able to feel a little more organized this week. It rained yesterday and last night and is supposed to rain some more. Wow! We usually don't get this much rain but it sure is nice! I'm loving the cooler weather!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch and the color palette at Pals Paper Arts. So I pulled out the beautiful Four Feathers stamp set and got to work!

• Card base is Hello Honey
• Cut a piece of Blackberry Bliss the shape you want it and use the Feathers framelits to cut the feather shapes
• Stamp the two feather images onto Hello Honey card stock using Hello Honey ink and cut out using the Feathers framelits
• Adhere the feathers to the card base using the Blackberry Bliss panel as a placement guide
• Adhere the Blackberry Bliss panel to the card with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from Four You onto a strip of Crumb Cake using Blackberry Bliss ink and flag the end
• Tie a piece of linen thread through a gold basic metal button and where to card

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Four You, Four Feathers; Paper- Hello Honey, Blackberry Bliss, Crumb Cake; Ink- Hello Honey, Blackberry Bliss; Accessories- Feathers framelits, gold basic metal button, linen thread, dimensionals

FMS 76 & PPA 154

Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is going swell! Nick had the day off yesterday so he was able to hook up with a friend and have some fun! I then was able to get some sewing and stamping done. Loved that! Especially since the weather turned icky. Today is more of the same weather wise. So thankful that the mountains are getting snow! And I love the rain! Spring is really here!! Still a little cooler than I'd like but it's not snowing - lol!! Today will be a very nice day to do more sewing and stamping! 

Today's card was inspired by two challenges! The sketch at Freshly Made and the color challenge at Pals Paper Arts. I wasn't sure about these colors but the design team has such beautiful cards that I wanted to try it myself. And I am glad I did! I do like the way this came out! I adhered a piece of Crumb Cake to a piece of Calypso Coral designer paper and then tied a piece of Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon around it. This is then adhered to a card base of Calypso Coral. I punched three pieces of Crumb Cake with the Postage Stamp punch from Crumb Cake and sponged the edges with Crumb Cake. These are adhered to squares of Calypso Coral that were punched with the 1 3/8" square punch. I popped these up onto the card. Below the squares I stamped the greeting from Tea Shoppe in Raspberry Ripple. On a scrap of Very Vanilla I stamped the tea cups in Calypso Coral and cut them out. These are popped up onto the squares. I used the Itty Bitty punch pack to punch flowers from Raspberry Ripple and adhered them to each tea cup. A pearl is added to each flower center. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Tea Shoppe; Paper- Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Raspberry Ripple; Ink- Calypso Coral, Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon, Postage Stamp punch, 1 3/8" square punch, Itty Bitty punch pack, pearls, sponge, dimensionals

PPA 147

Good morning everyone! Here we are at the last week of November! Wow!! Where is all this time going? Lol!! It will be a fairly quiet week as Nick's sports are on hold for a bit. He will be doing Futsal (indoor soccer) but that won't start for another week. And he will be trying out for a competitive basketball team but that is also a week out. So we will be thankful for a quiet week with not a whole lot to do! Yea!! And we also need to get Nick focused on school again. He seems to be doing all right but it's good to get him focused every now and then - lol! 

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Pals Paper Arts. It's something a little different for me but I like the way it all came together. Another way to use this set!! I ran a piece of Cherry Cobbler through the Big Shot with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. Then I adhered a piece of the Naturals Composition specialty designer paper to one side. I also adhered a strip of champagne glimmer paper with both ends flagged. This panel is adhered to a card base of Midnight Muse. Then I stamped the sentiment from Rejoicing with You in Midnight Muse onto a piece of Very Vanilla and adhered this to a piece of Midnight Muse. I popped this up onto the card. I stamped the image in Midnight Muse and cut it out. This is adhered to the sentiment panel. It's hard to tell from the photo but I did add some pearls to the scallops of the image. That's all for today! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Rejoicing with You; Paper- Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Naturals Composition specialty designer paper, champagne glimmer paper; Ink- Midnight Muse; Accessories- Fancy Fan embossing folder, pearls, dimensionals

FMS 51 and PPA 142

Good Sunday morning, Friends! I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend! The boys tied their soccer game yesterday. That team was a tough one and one that we had lost to late last spring in a tournament. So we were happy with a tie. I am happy to report that we have played three games and haven't lost any - lol! Tied two and won one! Nick played great! He was goalie and made some amazing saves. He got new goalie gloves and they helped him do his job! Today I get to go to the quilt shop and spend the afternoon stitching and then the Broncos play this afternoon! I am anxious to see how our new quarterback - Peyton Manning - will do!

Today's card is for two challenges! Yep! I got really inspired this time - lol! I used the sketch from Freshly Made and the colors from Pals Paper Arts. I thought the colors would be great for Halloween and the sketch is a fun on to use the Googly Ghouls with. The colors are Lucky Limeade, Elegant Eggplant and Pumpkin Pie. So I used the scallop edge border punch to punch the length of a piece of Elegant Eggplant card stock and adhered a piece of Lucky Limeade dsp to that. Then this panel is adhered to the card base of Lucky Limeade. Then I stamped frankie in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and colored him with a Lucky Limeade marker. I cut him out and popped him up onto a panel of Whisper White which is then popped up onto the card. Then I stamped the 'boooo' in black StazOn onto a strip of Pumpkin Pie and flagged one end. I tucked this behind frankie and added my gogglies! Cute!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Googly Ghouls; Paper- Lucky Limeade, Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, In Color designer paper pack; Ink- black StazOn, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- scallop edge border punch, gogglies, dimensionals

PPA 141

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a splendid start! Nick had a dentist appointment yesterday after school and needless to say he was less than thrilled! But it all turned out great and he is good for another six months! I wish I was so lucky when I was his age! 

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Pals Paper Arts. It's been quite a while since I played with one of their challenges. This sketch was calling out to me but I did have a hard time with what I wanted to do. Of course I was trying to use the new Perfectly Preserved set but I also wanted to try to use some of my other stamps. So, I finally narrowed it down to this one; Lean on Me. This set will make you a very quick and easy card and they always turn out cute because this set is just so adorable!! Anyway, I attached some strips of Twitterpated designer paper to a Whisper White panel and popped this up onto a card base of Whisper White. Then I stamped the image from Lean on Me in black StazOn onto a Whisper White panel and colored it in with inks and a blender pen. I adhered this to a piece of Basic Grey and then popped it up onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Lean on Me; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Grey, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette, Blush Blossom; Accessories- blender pen, dimensionals

PPA 131

Good morning, Friends! It seems that our nice spring weather has turned nasty. Ugh! Yesterday Nick had a soccer game and the poor boys had to fight hurricane force winds. Today Nick has a baseball game and it looks like the winds will be more of the same. Yuck! As a parent and spectator, it is no fun sitting in all this wind either. The baseball games are just scrimmages so I hope he has fun anyway and I hope the rain stays off until we are done! But I do hope it rains because we need the moisture badly!!


Today's card was inspired by a great sketch at Pals Paper Arts. I liked the simplicity of it. And I decided to keep my stamping to a minimum and very simple. I started with a card base of Very Vanilla and adhered a strip of designer paper from the Everyday Enchantment pack. Then I stamped the teacup from Tea Shoppe in Peach Parfait onto Very Vanilla and adhered that to a piece of Soft Suede. This is popped up on the card. I took a strip of Very Vanilla and stamped the greeting in Soft Suede and adhered that to the card. I added some pearls to the flower centers and there you have it! Very simple!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Tea Shoppe; Paper- Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Everyday Enchantment designer paper; Ink- Peach Parfait, Soft Suede; Accessories- pearls, dimensionals

FMS 24 and PPA 130

Good morning, Friends! We made it back safely yesterday afternoon. The roads were perfect and the day was most beautiful! Looks to be another beautiful day around here, too! Now it's back to reality. Laundry needs to be done. I need to go to the grocery store. Nick has practice. I need to spend some time in my craft room... You can see which one will take priority - lol!


Today's card was inspired by two challenges. Freshly Made had a sketch that was nice and clean and simple. The other challenge it the Pals Paper Arts color challenge. I thought that both challenges came together nicely on my card. And the Lean on Me stamp set is perfect for a clean and simple card! I started with a piece of Always Artichoke and added a piece of Lucky Limeade striped designer paper. On top of that I added a strip of Chocolate Chip card stock that was flagged on both ends. Then I popped this whole panel up onto a card base of Whisper White. I stamped the image from Lean on Me in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White. I colored in the image with a blender pen using Always Artichoke, Lucky Limeade and Chocolate Chip inks. I adhered this to a piece of Always Artichoke and then added two brads. This panel is popped up onto the card. Done! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Lean on Me; Paper- Whisper White, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, In Color designer paper pack; Ink- black StazOn Always Artichoke, Lucky Limeade, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- brads, blender pen, dimensionals

PPA 107

Good morning, Friends! This is my last morning to sleep in until the weekend! Last night was Nick's final night to stay up late! I can't believe that school starts tomorrow! Where did the summer go? He is excited to start Middle School but not so much for the school work. I hope he will look at it as a challenge to do his best. It is kind of weird to have school starting in the middle of the week. I have to keep reminding myself that tomorrow I will need to get up and get him ready. I am excited for him!! 


Today's card is one that I put together yesterday. I used the sketch from Pals Paper Arts that you can find 'here'. I think it is a fun and interesting sketch! And pretty simple. Which is how I like them!! I decided to use the Strength & Hope set before it goes out. You still have a week to order this set and donate to the cause! Find a demonstrator today or contact me! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Strength & Hope; Paper- Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Soft Suede, Confetti White, Pocket Full of Posies designer paper; Ink- Poppy Parade, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede; Accessories- Soft Suede taffeta ribbon, basic pearls, Stripes embossing folder, dimensionals

PPA 98

Good morning everyone! I have to make this fast so I can get ready. We are headed to Wichita to meet my sister and her kiddos for lunch. We are also going to stop at a few stores to have a look. That won't be a favorite part for Nick but he will have to adjust!! Supposed to be another hot one! And my hubby told me that it was especially hot at home yesterday! 

Today's card was inspired by a sketch at Pals Paper Arts. It is an older sketch but I really liked it and wanted to try it out. I do like the way my card turned out, too! I like the way black looks on here! And it is hard to tell, but there are little white gel pen highlights on the circle. Super simple! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- My Friend; Paper- Pear Pizzazz, Basic Black, Whisper White; Ink- Pear Pizzazz, Basic Black; Accessories- Pear Pizzazz poly twill ribbon, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, white gel pen, dimensionals