I've printed mine out large so it would be the focus of my card (and I followed the SCS sketch from this week, too). However you could print it out smaller to go along with an image or place it on a scrapbook page. There are so many possibilities. And the price is right...FREE!! So hop over to the PMS blog and get yours today! When you make your card, make sure you post it on the PMS blog or use Paper Makeup Stamps as you key word if you post to SCS/PCP!Also don't forget about sneak peek week at PMS. The sneaks begin Monday and continue throughout the week. The release par
ty is on Friday. You can see the details on the top of my sidebar. We hope to see you back for the sneaks and the party. Enjoy your weekend!ETA: I just saw that my friend, Cheryl Rowley, is giving away some awesome blog candy for reaching 50,000 hits on her blog! She is an awesome artist and your jaw will drop when you see her copic coloring! Here's the direct post to the blog candy giveaway, but look at her entire blog starting here, too, and leave her some love...it may get you some great candy!
Recipe
Stamps: PMS digi wordart
Paper: Neenah white, basic gray, cameo coral. Walk in the Park dp (retired SU)
Accessories: Nesties, gray tafetta ribbon, dimensionals
What I like about this is all the smaller stamps you can use. This is a western-themed stamp set, but look at the fancy drink glass, the beer mug, the flowers, and that cherry pie! So many options! So here's what I did with the cherry pie.
Not very western is it? I used SU's retired Summer Picnic dp for my cherry pie theme and colored my pies with copic markers. I added red stickles to the cherries and slits in the pie and green stickles to the leaves. I just love this card! I made another card with this set which you can see in 
It's a great set with all sorts of cute images that make it very versatile. You can see what I did with a few of the images and chipboard in 
Pretty colorful, huh? That's what I like about Halloween...all the fun and bright colors! I started with this new Halloween dp from K & Co. It comes in a smaller 12 x 12 stack, but the papers are FABULOUS!! (I hate when papers are double-sided because it seems a shame to "waste" the other side!) I was enabled by my friend 
I thought that the 
Terry is colored with copic markers to match this Lime Rickey dp by Basic Grey. I also used the new SU in-colors Crushed Curry and Dusty Durango. The polka dot ribbon is also SU's new Dusty Durango. I added some yellow stickles to his freckles and crystal effects to his eyes. I changed the placement of the sentiment a little because of the way Terry was facing, but I guess that's allowed, right? It sort of looks like he's carrying the sentiment!
I kept the same layout and added the embossing on the top and bottom. I used Soft Sky and Night of Navy as my colors. The sentiment is from PTI's Out on a Limb. This was a fun and easy card to do!
This gift and card came out so pretty, IMHO! I started with this great dp that was given to me by my friend, 
I just think this combination of colors on this pretty template is so fabulous! I print these templates on regular computer paper (even though you can print them right onto your cardstock) for two reasons: first, my printer won't print on the cardstock all the way through...it gets stuck half way! Second, I don't like that the score lines and other print is on the template and you can see it on the inside. So I print on regular computer paper, cut it out, tape it with removable adhesive to my cardstock and cut away! Much better for me. Back to the project. Since this had seashells on it, I decorated it with pearls (like from an oyster, only mine aren't!). I added some paper shredding and the gift card inside and tied it up with the groovy guava ribbon. So simple! Really took about 25 minutes to pull together. (I also forgot to mention that this is for the Dare to Get Dirty challenge issued by Tracy Harp called 
I didn't have time to color an image and get fancy, so I used one of 
You can use any of the 
Now here's what I did. I used one of Lauren's newest templates called 
So I have to admit, I love the template, but I'm not thrilled with my end result. I'm going to show you another I did a while back with these same colors that I like much better. Here I used SU's basic gray, baja breeze, and Urban Garden retired dp. I added kiwi kiss satin ribbon, some prima flowers, and a button. I didn't do any stamping on this. If it didn't take me so long to figure out what I was going to do, it would only have taken me about 30 minutes to pull this together! I did another one today (that I'll share in tomorrow's post) that I did right before I went to a 40th birthday party. So simple and quick to create! I'm going to a party today at our friends' house, and I think I'll add some Kisses inside this one and give it to them as a hostess gift. I have to say that the petite size of this is so cute!
I used kiwi kiss, night of navy, baja breeze and sahara sand for my box colors and the base, and the Urban Garden dp and kiwi kiss satin ribbon. So you can really see how versatile these templates are. Wait until you see the one I'm posting tomorrow...I'm really in love with that one.
Cute, huh? I decided I needed a big red heart, cut with my nestie, and then I gave it some texture by running it though the cuttlebug folder (not sure of the name of it right now) that looked sort of "scaley" to me! The sentiment (and another one) actually comes with this snake in a set. I cut it out, rounded the edges, and then sponged some real red ink around it. I originally had started to put red buttons in the corner, then remembered these red crystal hearts I had from a Valentine's project and liked them much better! The dp is from Basic Grey's Lemonade. I like the olive and the yellowish green in it...it really pops off the red and black.
I love this little cowgirl! Anna pointed out her knobby knees on her blog...aren't they hilarious? I started this card with my dp, as I always do. I came across this in my stash the other day (from K & Co. called Bandana) and had forgotten I had it! I thought it would be a perfect compliment to this cowgirl theme. I used the color of the rope and the red in the paper to color my image. (Tip: I couldn't find the right red, so I chose one that was close and laid down some W-3 & 5 first, then layered the red over it. It made it a more smokey red color.) Her teeth and the petals of the daisy were colored with a white gel pen. I also used the white pen to add some dots to her bandana and on her hat. I don't know if you can tell, but the black mat was run through the paisley cuttlebug folder. I added some piercing, red brads and the jute ribbon. There are 12 images and 5 sentiments in this set.
I went shopping last week with my friend, 
This is 
Isn't that image precious? I remember on my wedding day looking at myself in my mirror...I had waited a long time for that day and I just loved my dress and I felt like a princess in it! The sentiment stamp is something I've had for a long time from Rubber Stampede. When I saw the sentiment I knew immediately what my gift was going to be...I'll talk about that later. Back to the card. Here's a closeup of the bride.
Can you tell I REALLY LOVE this card? LOL!
Please keep in mind that this was the first time I used this template, so I wasn't familiar with it. If I had to do it over, I would have stamped all that white space with a vine of some sort in the Soft Sky ink. As it was, I was making this at 5:00 and had to be at the party at 7:00 and I hadn't showered or done my hair/makeup yet. Still, I think it's pretty darn cute!
I looked at this a couple of times before I decided what I was going to do. There is a lot of inspiration to take away from this...the colors, the different patterns, the layout, and the embellishments to name a few. I decided on the colors, some of the patterns, and the two red stripes going across. This is what I came up with.
I just received this 
