July Stampin' Pretty Pals Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the July Pals Blog Hop
 to celebrate the 2013-15 In Colors! 
Are you ready to see wonderful creations made with Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush, Baked Brown Sugar and Coastal Cabana? 
We all love to make these projects, we hope you enjoy viewing them.  

You should have just left stop number 2 on the Pals Hop
 - Lynn Hoyt at cattaildesigns.   
If so, you are in the right spot.  If you get off track, 
the full blog lineup below will help you move along from 
blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.
Below is my card:

....and here is a picture of the inside:

The new 2013-15 In Colors! are just fabulous!!!  
My favorites are Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar 
and Crisp Cantaloupe.  I love the real deal too!!!  LOL!!!  
I just want to gobble them all up!!!  
I also used Whisper White to show case these yummy colors.  
When making this card I was having so much fun using my Big Shot.
  I pulled out my Apothecary Accents frame lits, Hearts a Flutter frame lits and Delicate Dollies Sizzlits.  Truly,
 I don't know what I would do without my Big Shot.  
I use this tool on every single card I do!!  
The heart was punched out using the Full Heart Punch.
  To add some texture I used the new Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder and 
the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder. As a finishing touch; 
I used the Very Vintage Designer Buttons,  
the scrumptious 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim in Crisp Cantaloupe, 
5/8" Crochet Trim and the now retired Ticket Corner Punch.  
I have to confess to all you stampers out there .......
I MUST have all the colors in the ruffle stretch trim!!!
  It was so easy to work with and so pretty!!!  Squeeeal!!

The next stop is Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping, 
stop number 4 on the Pals Blog Hop! 
Thanks for visiting – and I hope to see you next month!  
As always I love to see your comments and hear your questions!!  

Have a fabulous week!!!

Amy

1. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
2. Lynn Hoyt at cattaildesigns
3. Amy Lazzell at Just a Thought...Cards by Amy
4. Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping
5. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
6. Laurie Chilton at Stampin Ink
7. Kim Czenszak at Live Love Stamp
8. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons
9. Debra Simonis at Deb's Stampin' Grounds
10. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
11. Peggy Noe at Prettypapercards.com
12. Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness
13. Martie Pollard at The Crafty Bandit
14. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
15. Debbie Mageed at Scrappin' and Stampin'
16. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
17. Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikki's Creative Corner
18. Kari Linder at Stampin' Essentials
19. Angie Blake at Angie's Musings
20. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
21. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
22. Shirley Sumption at Look At My Cute Stuff
23. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
24. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
25. Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary
26. Colleen Mollema at My Crafty Habit

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Pals Paper Arts July 4th Color Challenge

Hello fellow stampers!!! 
It's Sunday and the end of a fabulous July 4th weekend!! 
Wow!!  My brother with his wife and two kids came in from Dallas!! 
We had so much fun!!!  We spent our days talking, eating, traveling to Fredricksburg and then last the San Antonio Missions.  Whew!! 
Then to finish things off, we spent the last couple of days watching incredible firework shows from our front lawn on top of the hill!!  It's been wonderful seeing them.  This morning we said goodbye with a heavy heart and tired boys.

  So with all the fun starting to fade away, it's time to get down to business.  Today's post was from a card I made for July 4th.  I decided before the weekend ends I would post this card to our fabulous
 PPA Color Challenge we had this week.  Here's my card:

Here is a picture of the inside:

I love VW Beetles!!! 
I saw this card originally from  Patti Lee at Creations by Patti.

I was thrilled when I saw this VW and simply had to try this myself!! 
Here is the punch art map below:

Isn't this card fun?  I hope I have inspired you to try this too!! 
I will definitely be completing a whole rainbow of VW bugs!!! 
As always I love to see your comments!! 
Please let me know if you have any questions!! 
Before I leave you; stay tune for another blog hop with the Pals on Tuesday!!! 
We have lot's in store for you!!!

Have a fabulous week!!!

Amy

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Stampin' Up Supplies:

Paper: Real Red, Crumb Cake, Pacific Point, Basic Grey, Black, Whisper White  

Stamps: Tiny Tags 

Ink: Black 

Fabulous Tools:  Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, 3/8" Punch (from Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack), Wide Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Tag Punch, Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals.

Friday with "The Stampin' Schach"

TGIF!!!!

Do you ever have one of those weeks that just won't seem to end?  

Well, this week was it for me! 

On Wednesday I thought it was Friday!!!  Aaagh!!! Boy was that a rude awaking!!!  LOL!!  Anyway, you know you're in trouble if by Wednesday your already for the weekend!!  LOL!!  

Enough about this long week!!  I'm so excited about my card today!!  

Ann Schach is featuring me as her guest today on her blog 

the Stampin' Schach.  I have been waiting to use this pack of 

"Mondern Medley" DSP and decided now was the time!!  

I absolutely love this DSP!!!  It's so.....chic, moody, elegant and mysterious 

at the same time.  I can see doing a card with a flare of elegance with a little black dress or jump to halloween with hint of spookiness too.  

What do you think?  Heres's the DSP below:

Here are my cards I made with this fabulous paper:

The card I made is a "Z" fold card.  This fold is easy, fun and oh so impressive!! To brighten the card, I pulled out a couple of my favorites, "Cherry Cobbler" and the DSP called "Polka Dot Parade".  The cherry cobbler was embossed with the "Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder".  Another absolute favorite of mine is the "Blossom" punch!!  I punched out these big beautiful flowers and snipped them down each petal.  Don't they just pop out when you put them front and center on the cards!!  Love the dimension the flower adds!!  The top of the card needed a special touch to pull the colors and patterns up.  In looking around at my punches I spotted my "Mosaic Punch".  Perfect!!  

As always, I love to see your comments!!  There's a complete list of the supplies I used below.  Please feel free to email me any questions.  

Have a fabulous weekend!!!!!

Amy

 

Stampin' Up Supplies:

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Modern Medley DSP, Perfect Polka Dot Parade
Stamps:  N/A

Ink:  N/A

Fabulous Tools: Big Shop, Mosaic Punch, Blossom Petal Punch

That Special Touch:  Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

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Stampin' Pretty Pals June Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the June Pals Blog Hop and our kickoff to the new catalog! Are you ready to see wonderful creations featuring new products from the 2013-14 Stampin' Up! catalog? Get ready to update your wishlist! 

You should have just left stop number 11 on the Pals Hop - Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat . If so, you are in the right spot.  If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.  Below is my card I made for the project:

and here is a picture of the inside.

 I don't know about all of you, but I LOVE this "By the Tide" stamp set!!  With Father's Day next weekend, what better excuse to make card, after card with this set.  Take a few minutes and look at all the marvelous creations out in the blogging world.   It's amazing!!  I just did an ealier post with this same set too!!!   Go check it out!!!     In putting the card together I used Midnight Muse, Marina Mist and Very Vanilla.  I stamped the Lobster with Cherry Cobbler, the shell and "Father" from "Amazing Family" with Midnight Muse and the sea horse with "Basic Grey".  Any dad would be proud to get this card!!

The next stop is Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine, stop number 13 on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting – and I hope to see you next month!
Have a fabulous week!!!
Amy

1. Penny Nichols at Sierra Stampin!
2. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons
3. Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works
4. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
5. Lynn Hoyt at cattaildesigns
6. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
7. Kerry Willard Bray at Stampgoodness
8. Angie Blake at Angie's Musings
9. Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards.com
10. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
11. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
12. Amy L. Lazzell at Just a Thought...Cards by Amy
13. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
14. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stampin
15. Patti Macleith at Papercrafts by Patti
16. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
17. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
18. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
19. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
20. Martie Pollard at The Crafty Bandit
21. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
22. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
23. Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping
24. Peggy Noe at Prettypapercards.com
25. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space

Stampin' Pretty " A Card for Dad"

This week I'm featured as a guest on Mary's Fish's blog Stampin' Pretty!!
I'm so excited to be featured as her guest again!!!

Since Fathers Day is coming upon us fast; I decided to do a "Card for Dad".  There are just so many cool sets to choose out of our Stampin' Up catalog!!!  Anyway, I decided finally on "By the Tide" stamp set  from our new
2013-2014 Annual Catalog.
I absolutely love this set for masculine cards!!!! 

Here's my creation below!!

....and a picture of the inside.

I began my card with Soft Suede, Island Indigo and Crumb Cake.  The Island Indigo I thought would be a fun twist on typical colors and add some interest to the card.  In addition, I used Calypso Coral marker for the reef and the same color for the fish with a touch of Island Indigo and Soft Suede markers.  All were blended in with a Versa Mark pen.  The background used the Fancy Fan Fold that to me resembles seashells.  I then fussy cut the fish, the coral and the shell.  I felt the card needed depth, so I positioned the fish and coral with
Stampin' Up Dimensional's.   So much fun!!!

As always, I love to see your comments!!  There's a complete list of the supplies I used below.  Please feel free to email me any questions.  

Have a wonderful week!!!!!

Amy

Stampin' Up Supplies:

Paper: Crumb Cake, Soft suede, Island Indigo
Stamps:  By the Tide

Ink:  Early Espresso, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Versa Mark, Clear Embossing Powder

Fabulous Tools: Big Shot, Heat Embossing Tool

That Special Touch:  Fancy Fan Embossing Folder

Summer Holiday with the Paper Players!!

Hi Everyone!! 

Before we start with a fabulous theme challenge from the Paper Players; I wanted to apologize for being away for a few days.   The day finally came and went this past weekend!!  Yep...GRADUATION!!!!  Woot, woot!!!  I have been away from my blog trying to keep up with friends and family visiting.  My daughter graduated from high school this past weekend.  Happy dance!!!  LOL!!

Here's my girl after graduation.

 

What a relief to have her Senior year over!!!  

I truly believe this has been the hardest one yet!!

Boy what these teenagers do at the end of the year!!  Maybe I'm just getting old, but we never had such a fuss as these girls do...parties here, parties there....oh wait another party over here.  Really?  These were all hosted by parents from picnics to catered events.  Wow!!  I wonder what they do for college?  My daughter had fun and stayed safe.  

That's all we can ask for during such a wonderful occasion.

 

Anyway, it's officially summer here in Texas!!!  What better way than to start off the season with a hosted by Jaydee over at the Paper Players.   Summer reminds me of vegetable gardens, flowers and evenings out on the back porch with a cool glass of Rosé wine.   Nothing reminds me of this more than the beautiful DSP Gingham Garden.  This paper is fun and colorful with bright splashes of Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzaz.  

Here is my card below:

I hope you like my picture of summer fun!!  Until next time or come follow me on my blog and be notified instantly of all my posts right when they come available.  I have some fun posts in store!!!  Starting with a sneak peek of our next Pals blog hop coming on Tuesday, June 11th !!

   

As always I appreciate your comments!!  There is a complete list of supplies listed below.  I'm also happy to answer any questions!!  

  Have a beautiful day!!!

Amy

Stampin' Up Supplies:

      Paper: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizza, Whisper White, DSP Gingham Garden

      Stamps:  Label Love, A Round Array

      Ink:  Pear Pizzaz

      Fabulous Tools: Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Big Shot, 

      7/8" Scallop Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch,  Artisan Label Punch, Non SU butterfly punch, 

      Scallop Edge Border Punch

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