PPA187

Today's card is for the Pal's Paper Art Color Challenge.  The colors are: Soft Sky, Real Red and Whisper White.  I saw a card similar to the one I made on pinterest.  It was made by Patty Gorka.  I thought the flowers were so beautiful.  That was my inspiration for the card.

To make this card,  I used the oval framelits and the big shot and then embossed the oval shape with the hexagon embossing folder.  Next I stamped the flowers and then cut them out with the big shot using the "secret garden" framelit set.  I popped some of the flowers out with dimensionals.  The final touch was using basic pearl jewels.

PPA160

This card was made with Gumball Green, Primrose Pedals, and Whisper White.  

I've been "gone" awhile and it feels great to be back stamping again!

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FALL FESTIVITIES

PALS BLOG HOP!!

Glad you could join us for some fun fall crafting with the Stampin' Pretty Pals! You've probably hopped over from Peggy Noe's blog, I'm stop number 19 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in! I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for Stampin' Up! fall projects! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you'll be back on track

I made two cards today.  I used one of my all time favorite stamp sets; "Lovely as a Tree".  I stamped the tree with black stazon ink, then I used 3 different colors of Stampin' Up! ink with a blender pen and colored in the foliage of the tree.  The trees here in North Dakota are starting to change colors.  This big tree reminds me of the colors around here.

The new designer series paper (Naturals Composition) with the wood grain embossing already on it was just the perfect paper for my card.

Here is the second card I made.  I layered the tree on 3 different layers of paper.  I added the pearls on the bottom for the finishing touch.

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your blog hop tour!

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Lori Martin, stop number 20 on the Pals Fall Flair Blog Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by!

1. Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole
2. Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog
3. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX
4. Claire Crotteau-Hutt at stamppaperscissors
5. Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap With Susan
6. Nicole Picadura at Scraps and Stamps
7. Bobbi at My Therapy
8. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
9. Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping
10. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
11. Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine
12. Lynn at Cattaildesigns
13. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
14. Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp
15. Naki Rager at ...notes from Naki
16. Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness
17. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
18. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
19. Kim Luithle at Kim's Stampin Stuff   YOU ARE HERE
20. Lori Martin at The Rejoicing Papercrafter
21. Diane Roberts at scoreatfourandaquarter
22. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
23. Kris Kilcoyne at Kween Bee Kreations
24. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair!
25. Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full
26. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping

PPA142

Color Challenge

Today's PPA Challenge features the colors below:

Here is the card I created for today's color challenge. The lucky limeade background paper is scored around the edges to give it a framed appearence. "Nemo" was created by using different Stampin' Up! punches. The modern label punch for his fins, the retired butterfly punch was used for his tail, the large oval punch is his face, and 2 different sized circle punches were used for his eyes.
My inspiration for the fish came from Niki Toll. She had a card on Pinterest.com that featured a punch art fish. When I saw it, I knew I had to case it!! Isn't he cute?!

Close-up of Nemo!



PPA141

Sketch challenge

Today's PPA challenge is from the sketch above.  I decided to make a quick Christmas card that has a lot of sparkle.  I love my new snowflake die from Stampin' Up!

PALS AUGUST BLOG HOP!

FEATURING ITEMS FROM THE
NEW HOLIDAY CATALOG

Glad you could join us for some holiday crafting with the Stampin' Pretty Pals! You've probably hopped over from BRIAN KING'S BLOG, I'm stop number 19 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in! I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for Stampin' Up! projects featuring the new Holiday Catalog! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you'll be back on track

The card I made for the blog hop features the stamp set,  'Perfectly Preserved'.  This set is so versatile and fun to use.  I thought the "Orchard Harvest" designer series paper (DSP) went well with this set.  I layered the card to get some depth and detail.  I just tore the edges of the paper to get the jagged edge look.

I used some of the new in-color ink to coordinate with the DSP  when I stamped the jars and apples.  Bakers twine was used to top off the jar on the right.

Here is a close up look at the jars!

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Mikki Sarkisyan stop number 20 on the Pals Holiday Catalog Blog Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by!

1.  Lynn Hoyt at Cattail Designs

2.  Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards.com

3.  Debbie Pierce at Stampin Sunshine

4.  Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full

5.  Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair!

6.  Cathy King at chattycathycardcreations

7.  Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti

8.  Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog

9.  Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts

10. Mary Fish at Stampin Pretty

11. Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp

12. Diane Roberts at Scoreatfourandaquarter

13. Claire Crotteau-Hutt at stamppaperscissors

14. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn

15. Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping

16. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin' Space

17. Naki Rager at My Stampin' Blog

18. Brian King at Stamp with Brian

19. Kim Luithle at Kim's Stampin Stuff (THIS IS ME!)

20. Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikkis Creative Corner

21. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers

22. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards

23. Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap With Susan

24. Nicole Watt at Impressions by Nicole

25. Bobbi Mangas at My Therapy

26. Angie Blake at Angies Musings

27. Kris Kilcoyne at Kween Bee Kreations

28. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps

29. Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sunshine

30. Nina Dee at Deesigns by Nina Dee

My Guest Appearance!

Today is an exciting day for me.  I am a guest on Mary Fish's Stamping Pretty website!!  To me, she is a 'rock star' of Stampin' Up!  She is a great leader of all the PALS and has a BIG following.  I am so inspired by her work, and have loved being a part of her Stampin' Up! group.  She is wonderful person, and I even had an opportunity to meet her in person when I was in Arizona on vacation.

                                                              I got to meet Mary Fish in person!

The project that is featured is a purse (or bag) I made out of Stampin Up! fabric.  It was such a fun project to make.  Stampin' Up!'s fabric is of high quality, and I loved working with it.  Here it is:

I used the "Spice Cake" designer series fabric from the Stampin' Up!  The purse is made from sewing together 2.5" strips of fabric.  I followed a pattern I purchased at a local quilt store.  It was easy to make and I have been giving them as gifts!  I have made 5 purses so far.  So fun for me!  If you have any questions about the purse or want further information, you can email me at: kthome99@gmail.com 

                                                             Side View

Inside Purse:  I love all the pockets!

Here is another example of a purse I sewed using "Beau Chateau"  designer fabric from Stampin' Up!  After I made it, I realized it looks like a small baby/diaper bag.  I plan on saving this purse for a gift to give someone who has a baby girl.   Here it is:

Beau Chateau Desiger Fabric

PPA 140

Today's PPA challenge is a color challenge featuring one of the new 'In colors' from Stampin' Up; Summer Starfruit.  The other two colors are 'veteran' colors; Marina Mist and Real Red.  

Here is the card I created.  It is a triple layer card.  I got the idea from my PAL's leader, Mary Fish.  You can find out how to make this type of layered card HERE on her blog; Stampin Pretty.

I used the Stampin' Up! stamp set, "Carry On" for this card.  I have had this stamp set for a while and was excited to get it out and use it!   

The purse on the front of the the card is made with the tab punch folded in half.  The handle is made with the oval punch and scallop oval punch.  I also used a couple of embossing folders to add texture to the card.

PPA139

Time for another PPA challenge!  This challenge is a sketch challenge, see below!

Here is the card I came up with for the challenge.  I love using the new Stampin' Up!  embossing folders; I seem to incorporate them into most of my cards lately!  Also, framelits are becoming my new favorite item.  I don't like to cut out things with a scissors, so the framelits are perfect for me...no cutting!

Here is an upclose view of my medallion 'layer'.

JULY PALS BLOG HOP

It's time for some fun in the sun with the Pals! Glad you could join us for the Pals Summer Sunshine Blog Hop! You've probably hopped over from Nina Dee's blog, I'm stop number 18 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in! I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for summer themed Stampin' Up! projects from the Stampin' Pretty Pals! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you'll be back on track

The PALS hop today is the theme of summer.  When I think of summer, I always think of flowers.  The card I created today is all about flowers.  The dahlia adornmets added the touch I was looking for!

Here are the items used for the card:
Paper:  Very vanillia, Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse cardstock and Comfort Cafe DSP
Stamp Set:  Embellished Events and Curly Cute
Punches: Ornament punch, scallop cornor and decorative label punch
Ink:  Midnight Muse, Gumball green and soft suede
Embellishments:  Dahlia adornments




                                                 Up close view of the vase

I put the "vase" through the bigshot with one of the new embossing folders in the new Stampin' Up! catalog and used a sponge dauber with champange mist on it to give it a little sparkle!


Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Lori Martin, stop number 19 on the Pals Summer Sunshine Blog Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by!

1.   Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn

2.   Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping

3.   Angie Blake at AngiesMusings

4.   Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter

5.   Marian Kay at All Aboard the Crafting Train

6.   Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap With Susan

7.   Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards

8.   Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts

9.   Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty

10. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards

11. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers

12. Jen Takacs at Stamped in Full

13. Kimberly Deacon at Delightful Stampin

14. Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole

15. Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikki's Creative Corner

16. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps

17. Nina Dee at Deesigns by Nina Dee

18. Kim Luithle at Kims Stampin Stuff      (ME!)

19. Lori Martin at The Rejoicing PaperCrafter

20. Brian King at Stamp with Brian

21. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the Max

22. Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog

23. Kim Czenszak at Live Love

PPA 138

Today's challenge incorporates the above colors from Stampin' Up!  I made a Birthday card with all three colors.  Notice the paper piericing around the "Happy Birhday" sediment.  I love using the new paper piercing pack that just came out in the new annual catalog.  No more guessing in lining up the dots!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the close up of the piercing of the sediment:

 

PPA 137 Sketch Challenge

Today's PPA challenge is for the sketch above.  I decided to use some of my new products I purchased from the new Stampin' Up!  catalog.  The new in-colors are so beautiful!  Gumball green, Primrose Petals and Summer Starfruit are the in-colors I used for most of my card.  I did a lot of layering using various punches and some of the new framelit dies.  Here is the card I came up with below.

The card measures 5" X 5" square

Here is the layered circle upclose!

JUNE PALS BLOG HOP!

Welcome to the Pals New Catalog Blog Hop! The Stampin' Pretty Pals are excited to share some fabulous cards and projects showcasing our favorite products from the new Stampin' Up! Catalog! You've probably hopped over from Beth Beard's blog, I'm stop number 7 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in! I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for new Stampin' Up! products from the Stampin' Pretty Pals! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you'll be back on track

For my new catalog project, I used some of the new in colors for 2012-2014.  "Midnight Muse" is the star of the show in this project.  The designer series paper is:  'Comfort Cafe'.  A couple of embossing folders were used to add dimension to my project:  Perfect Polka Dot and Elegant Bouquet.  The stamp set is:  "Forever with You".  I used the in color Stampin' Up! markers to color the stamp before stamping it on vanilla cardstock.  Beautiful 5/8" Crochet Trim was used for the bow on the bottom of the card.  In the center of the bow is a brad from the Antique Brad set.

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Kim Czenszak, stop number 8 on the Pals New Catalog Blog Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by!

Nina Dee at Deesigns by Nina Dee 

Brian King at Stamp with Brian 

Susan Lankford at Stamp and Scrap with Susan

Angela Richwine at Stampin' Away with Angela

Debbie Pierce at Stampin' Sunshine

Beth Beard at My Little Craft Blog

Kim Luithle at Kim's Stampin Stuff      <=YOU ARE HERE!

Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp

Angie Blake at Angie's Musings

Kylie Nicolosi at Kylie's Crafty Corner

Nancy Gleason at My Stampin' Space

Marian Kay at All Aboard the Crafting Train

Shannon Jaramillo at EZPeasyCards

Mary Fish at Stampin Pretty

Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps

Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter

Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn

Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards

Leslie Davis at Ellalicious Elements

Jennifer Takacs at My Stampin' Blog

Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts

Kimberly Deacon at Delightful Stampin

Kris Kilcoyne at Kween Bee Kreations

Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole

Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti

Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikki's Creative Corner

Sandie Conner at Pretty Provisions

Max Conrad at Stamp to the MAX

Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers

Nakaba Rager at My Stampin' Blog

Wendy Smith at West Wind Curiosities

PPA136 Color Challenge

Today's Challenge consists of the three colors in the picture below:

When I layed the 3 colors together before I made a card for the current color challenge; I knew I would make a patriotic card.  The red, white, and blue instantly reminded me a of our USA flag.  Here is the card I came up with:

Here is the inside of the card:

BABY DRESSER CARD

I made a baby card for my hair-dresser today.  She has been on maternity leave since February; and I REALLY missed her!!  I have an appointment tomorrow and I am very excited to see her.  Here is the card I made for her.   Her little girl's name is Bergit...named after her great-grandmother.

It is a side dresser card I cased for Jan Topa.  I "quilted" the side baby quilt and put a "B" on it for Bergit or Baby!  Here is the inside of  the card: