Yee-Haw! PPA54 Challenge

Finally got around to making another card for Pals Paper Arts challenge and this week it was a KISS (Keep It Simple, Sweetie) and Masculine card so I pulled out one of the new sets, Out West and put this together. It's so hard sometimes to keep a card simple although when I look back at cards I made 20 years ago, this one looks complicated! lol. I really like how this image inks up and I am going to play with this little guy some more!!!

These are the items I used to make this card:

Stamps: Out West

Paper: Whisper White (100730 ), Real Red(102482 ), Pumpkin Pie ( 105117), and Early Expresso (119686 )

Inks: Early Expresso (119670 )

Accessories: Scallop Edge Border Punch (119882 ), Hemp Twine ( 100982), Jumbo Brad (112533)

To order any of the above, just click on the daisy flower to the right! Thanks.

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Happiness Shared #5

So this is the last card I will make this week with this stamp set. I really jumped out of

my comfort zone with this combo for this particular set but I do like it. I used my Color

Coach to pick the colors. I wanted something bright and so I used Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive. I used the blender pen once again on the flower. I just think that using a regular marker on this flower would take away from it. I have been cleaning out so much stuff in my stamp room that it almost looks naked! Hope to finish up this morning. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Want to make this card? Just stamp on the daisy to the left and shop away for supplies listed below! Any questions? Just email me!

Stamp Set: Happiness Shared (117038)

Paper: Whisper White (100730) , Tangerine Tango ( 111349 ), Tempting Turquoise (102067)

Ink : Tangerine Tango (111834), Tempting Turquoise (100814), Old Olive (102277), Black Stazon (101406)

Accessories: Blender Pen (102845), Old Olive Taffeta 3/8"Ribbon (119767) , Big Shot Top Note (113463), Big Shot (113439)

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"I Am Not A Hoarder. I Am Not A Hoarder"!

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Well today I didn't stamp. My youngest daughter who lives two hours away was home a few days ago and left her wallet behind. So I felt funny about putting it in the mail so I got up this morning and drove the two hours to deliver it to her in person. I got there at about 8:30 and after I handed the wallet to her, we went and picked up her older sister and I took them to breakfast at a place called "Joes". At least I know they both had one good meal today!!! After we ate I dropped them off at home and at work and left to drive back to Virginia Beach. I took a different way because the traffic is so bad on the road I usually travel and had been told that this other route was better. Ha! I sat on the highway for almost an hour because of an accident and well..... I had had about 3 or 4 cups of coffee and well you know what I was feeling. Ugh! I was sooooo uncomfortable. Finally got home an hour later than I was suppose to. So to my title for today. I caught the tail end of Oprah which I think was a rerun and it was about hoarders. Now the people on her show really have some issues but it got me to thinking of all my craft stuff in the attic and in the stamp room. I started thinking and this is a little dark but what if something happened to me? OMG. I don't want all this stuff that I am not using, have not used in probably ten years or more, and probably will never use to be found by my kids or worse yet strangers. But I wouldn't want my family to have to deal with all this stuff. So I have been upstairs at intervals because it is so hot cleaning out so much stuff. I have three piles. One is trash, one is for the Salvation Army and the Senior Center and the other is for a few items I will keep. I feel better already. I watched Kimberly Van Diepen's videos that have been posted these past few days and she said if you can't use it in your business, then get rid of it. Right you are Kimberly. I will never use this stuff. So I am finished rambling and I am sure there are many of you all out there that are in the same boat. I just wanted to hold myself accountable by posting this. Thanks for listening. You all are certainly cheaper than a therapist!!! LOL. I hope you had a good day.

Happiness Shared #4

So are you getting tired of this stamp set or are you seeing that there are a lot of things

you can do with one stamp set and this one has only 4 stamps? However I have combined

another set with a couple of them. This is a 3-D project using the Big Shot and the #2 box die.

I also used Tiny Tags and threw in a little Victoria Lace I had left over from a card I made a few days ago. I thought the box looked too plain and as I was sitting at my desk, I saw this poor little piece of ribbon and thought maybe I could give it a new home! You know us stampers. We never throw anything away and this is the reason why! You just never know when that leftover item might come in handy! Well I need to go do a little house cleaning and then dinner tonight with my son and his girlfriend. And he's paying!!!! I hope you have a good day.

Stamps: Happiness Shared (120534), Tiny Tags (118091 )

Paper: Early Expresso (119686 )

Daffodil Delight (119683 )

Whisper White (100730)

Ink: Regal Rose (105211)

Old Olive (102277 )

Early Expresso ( 119670)

Black Stazon (102283 )

Accessories: Victoria Lace Ribbon (118481), Daffodil Delight !/8" ribbon (119254),Jewelry Tag Punch ( 117190), Blender Pen (102845), Big Shot (113439) , Sissix Die Box #2 (114518)

Color Coach (121620) ** Used this to come up with the color combo!!

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Happiness Shared #3

So today I thought I would make an "Autumn" looking

card. I first took my Color Coach and turned to the color Pear Pizazz and liked the combo which is what I used here. I decided to use the leaf and words out of the Happiness

Shared Set. I stamped the leaf several times in Cajun Craze, More

Mustard, and Pear Pizazz. Then I colored them in with the blender

pen in the same colors. That way you can still see the detail in the

image. Then I layered it and added a Pear Pizazz Ribbon and some of these

lovely Regal Collection Buttons! Aren't they just to die for?

There are several sizes and shapes and it was so hard to decide

which one or how many to use.

The Color Coach is such an awesome tool and if you think you can't

think of colors to go together then this is the tool for you. No more guessing! Check it

out on page 165 of the new 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog. Don't have a catalog? You can

order one here. Just click on the daisy to the right and order away!

This is what I used today for my card:

Stamp Set: Happiness Shared (120534)

Paper : Whisper White (100730)

Pear Pizazz ((119795)

Cajun Craze (119689)

Gardenhouse Gala DSP (117167)

Regals Collection Pattern Pack (117154)

Ink: Pear Pizazz (119784)

Cajun Craze (119671)

More Mustard (103162)

Accessories: Blender Pen-package of three (102845)

Designer Buttons- Regal Collection (119744)

Pear Pizazz Ribbon (119265)

Hemp Twine (100982)

Color Coach (121620)

My youngest daughter is home visiting for the day so we are getting ready to go out for fish tacos. I love when my girls come home to visit me. I think I see them more than I do my son who lives here in the same city! I hope you had a great day.

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Happiness Shared #2

I had a list of errands to do today but it has been raining almost non-stop

all morning so guess what I have been doing. Yep. I went up to my stamp

room and put this card together for you and Mojo Monday and LNS weekly

challenge as well. You should check some of the samples out during the week

and drool because there are so many talented stampers out there. I am always

in awe of all the creative juices floating around this world! So here is my second

card using the Happiness Shared Set. I used the single flower as well as the

single leaf stamped in Crumb Cake Ink on Crumb Cake card stock. I had such

a hard time deciding which Antique Brad to use. I love them all. So I hope you

like this sample and let me know what you think. Feedback is always a good thing.

Have a good day. I hope the sun is shining where you are!

Here's what I used and if you want any of these items, just click on the daisy flower and it will

take you to my Stampin Up website where you can order anything you want 24/7.

Stamp Sets: Happiness Shared (120534), Simple Friendship (113397)

Ink : Crumb Cake (121030), Baja Breeze (111833), Stazon Black (101406)

Paper: Elegant Soiree DSP (117163), Crumb Cake (120953), Baja Breeze (111352)

Very Vanilla (101650)

Accessories: Finial Press Embossing Folder (115963)

Big Shot (113439)

Victoria 5/8 " Ribbon (118481)

Antique Brads (117273)

Punches : 1 3/4 Circle (119850), 2 3/8" Scallop (118874),

Scallop Trim Border (118402)

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Happiness Shared

This week I am going to spotlight the stamp set "Happiness Shared" (120534) which

can be ordered here on my blog. Just click on the Daisy Flower and you can order any

thing you want 24 hours a day, seven days a week! I love this flower and wanted to

keep the card fairly simple. I used a blender pen (102845) along with stamp pads to color

the flower. This is such a easy way to control the amount of color you want to use on your

images. Sometimes markers are just to heavy. Here is a list of the materials and the order numbers. Email me with any questions. I'll be happy to help you out.

Stamps- Happiness Shared (120534)

Ink- Garden Green ( 102272 ) Soft Suede ( 115657 )

More Mustard (103162 ) River Rock(109010 )

Paper- Garden Green (102584 ) Crumb Cake ( 120953 )

DSP Woodland Walk (117389)

Accessories: Very Vanilla 5/8" Satin Ribbon (117291)

Blender Pen- package of 3 (102845)

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