PPA 9 Golden Fall

This week PPA 9 is inspired in the colors of Autumn. Although here in Puerto Rico we have green all year long, I remember a visit I made to Washington, DC in a work trip with my husband.  It was on November and all the trees were painted with nature's brush strokes of orange, burnt yellow, olive green and caramel.  It was a beautiful sight that I still remember with pleasure.  I hope I can be back there shortly but in the meantime I am re-creating those memories with my card Golden Fall.  I used Soft Suede cardstock for the card base (115719), retired Stampin'Up Autumn Vine DPS a retired Stampin' Up set "Spring Party" (colored with the colors of fall),  I used the Modern Label Punch (116630) with the sentiment "Pensando en ti" from "Deseos pequenitos" (116841) also available in English. I colored the leaves of the tree with Dusty Durango and Crushed Curry markers and then put a dot metallic stickles over the color.

Mojo Monday 105 Love and Affection

Another Monday and another Mojo Monday Sketch! Today I spent some time viewing the postings for this challenge and I was amazed with all the talent out there. I wanted to make a pretty and happy card. I think I could accomplish just that. The paper is pretty by itself and the sketch is ideal for what I had in mind. I used a retired Simply Scrappin' Kit from Stampin' Up. No stamping here. It was very fast and easy to make. I am amazed by the versatility and ease of use of these Simply Scrappin' kits. You can make fast and easy scrapbook pages, a lot of cards, paper crafts, you can even wrap your gifts and combine the card with the wrapping for a very fancy look. When you have no time at all and need a pretty card or gift, the work is already done for you.

Kiss Challenge

Welcome back to my blog. This week I played along again with my Pals Paper Art. The challenge: Keep It Simple Sweetie! It is incredible the amount of talent out there. I liked all the participations to up to date and I went to each blog to watch them. I tried several times to make my KISS card but I realized I am loosing my KISS ability! In this era of widgets and gadgets doing simple designs using few layers and embelishments is a real challenge for me. I have tons and tons of dies, card stock, stamps, papers, ribbons and everything out there. I think I am in a way addicted to stamping, really. I think I am not the only one...what do you think? LOL. I remember the day I used only a stamp in a single layer of card stock to do my cards and I liked them. I was determined to do a single layer card and after a lot of trying I came with this pretty simple card. I used the base of my card a plain whisper white cardstock from Stampin' Up, a stamp from the retired Stampin'Up set: "What could be better", a sentiment of the Stampin'Up set "Deseos Pequenitos" also available in English,a piece of ribbon in Crushed Curry and 3 three brads. What could be better? This time I surely Kept it simple sweetie!