PPA 247: The Three Shades of Purple!!!

Hello stampers!!!  This week we have a color challenge which has proven to be a challenge for me!!!  I never use these colors!  Purple in three shades!!  YIKES!!!   If it wasn't for that the fact I'm a paper hoarder, I probably wouldn't even have these colors.  LOL!!  So after considerable thought and
contemplation; I decided flowers it must be.  Obvious, but hey, a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do!  LOL!!  Her's my card below:

The flower pot card is from a template I used off of Split Coast Stampers.  Isn't this fun?  I'm going to have to make a bunch more of these with all kinds of colors!!

I hope you enjoyed my card today

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Amy

PPA 245: Butterflies for Spring!

Hello friends!!  This week we have a clean and simple sketch that challenges your creative minds.  It's REALLY hard for me to do clean and simple.  I want to layer, fussy cut and bling out the card as much as I can!  LOL!!  I managed to just layer and bling a "little" this week.  My inspiration this week are our Mountain Laurels.  Here in South Texas their absolutely beautiful!!  The Mountain Laurels are in full bloom.  They're absolutely my favorite flowers here in Texas.  Their sweet smell is just intoxicating!!  The bees and butterflies just live on these sweet blooms while they last.   In looking at the trees I thought the butterflies would be perfect to have featured on my card. 
Here's my card below:

I hope you enjoyed my card today

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PPA 243: Sneek Peek of Spring!!

Hello friends!!!  Here in South Texas the first signs of Spring have finally started to show.  Today it's going to be 70 degrees!!  The rest of the week will be 75!!  Wow!!  The kids are loving it!!  This week is their Spring break so the weather could be more perfect.  Trust me though; we will be facing 100 degrees and higher before you know it.  For those of you up North, the dreaded winter is to you what our dreaded summer is to us.  Scorching sun, water shortages that lead to water rationing and dieing plants you've worked so hard to save without breaking the law.  However for now, we'll relish in the lovely sunshine and mild temperatures.  It's just beautiful!!

The card below I thought would be a nice reminder for us to start to look for the smallest signs of Spring.  You hear the birds sing more frequently, the green grass you notice peeking up or that flowering tree you have been waiting to bloom has finally sprung one little flower.  

Oh the anticipation!!   

I hope you enjoyed my card today showing you those small little touches of Spring.  I can't wait to do another card showing our trees in full bloom.  What fun!!

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PPA 241: Kick Up Yer Heels!!!

Hi everyone!!!  It's time for another fabulous sketch challenge with DT 2!!  Today's card is in honor of our Texas rodeo taking place for the month of February.  It's amazing what this city will do to host this event.  They even kick our amazing SPURS team right out on the road until this extravaganza is over.  Yep...Our basketball team is even named the SPURS!!  LOL!!  

Here's my card below:

What do you think?  I even had to added a little bling in honor of fellow team member Ann Schach!!  Ok, she's a pearl kind of gal, but Rhinestones I imagine would work too!!  LOL!!

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Amy

PPA 239: Be my Valentine!!!

Hi everyone!!  Valentines Day is just around the corner! This day is such a wonderful time to tell someone how absolutely special they are in your life.  I sent my daughter in Bellingham a care box filled with chocolate hearts and tokens of love while she's away at school.  Speaking of Chocolates and tokens of love; how perfect are these gifts to go with our palate of Crumb Cake, Real Red and Soft Suede!!   Aren't these colors just scrumptious?  

Here's my card below:

 

What do you think?  Of course, we had to have Chocolate hearts!!!  They're calorie free too!!  LOL!!  The flowers are from the Flower Patch Stamp set stamped twice in Real Red.  Once I ran them through the Big Shot with the Flower Fair Die; I snipped the top flower between each petal to show dimension.   I thought it changed the look of the flower completely.  

Such fun!!!  

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Amy

PPA: 237: Beep, Beep!!

I'm so excited to show off our new sketch designs by Nicole Watt and Kerry Willard Bray!  Aren't they fabulous?   This week we had some glorious weather here in South Texas.   Made me want to ho on a little scooter and go for a spin!!  BTW...My sister-in-law really does have a bubble gum pink Vespa.  Isn't this adorable or what?

As I was thinking of hopping on that adorable little Vespa; I thought immediately of the stamp set Today & Everyday.  Isn't that little scooter adorable?  I fussy cut the scooter so it would pop-up on the card.  This little scooter is definitely on my bucket list!!

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Amy

PPA 235: Missing You Already!!

Happy New Year!!!

It's hard to believe another year has gone by...again!!!  Everyone always has said as you get older the years would go by faster.  Well....they're right.

However, I have to say 2014 ended well and it's been a great start to the new year.  

This weeks colors are perfect for the start of Winter.  I just love the cool tones!!  Today's card is for my daughter.  It was so hard putting her on a plane back to school.  I was missing her before she even left the car!!!  She loves college, so I can't help bet be so happy for her.  

Here's my card below I made for her.

 

Aren't those little snowmen adorable!!!   I thought this was so fitting to use the trees and snowmen from the stamp set White Christmas featured in the past Holiday catalog.  All the snow and bare trees I thought would be just perfect for these colors.

Before I go, I wanted to leave you with a picture of my girl.  My daughter Amanda was home for her winter break from Western Washington University.   We had such a wonderful time together.  She and I spent more time together this time than we had with so many other visits.  Amanda has grown up so much since she left in the Fall.   Here's a picture from school while she and her best friend were out on a walk.  Amanda found a leaf as big as a plate.  LOL!!

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Amy