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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

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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!



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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