Monday, August 9, 2010

I'm Baaacckk - PPA54 - A Masculine Kiss






I am finally back after my many travels in July. I think I was in the airport more than I was home for the month. The first of the month, I traveled to Washington state to see my family and celebrate my Mom's 75th birthday. As always we have so much fun with the family and laugh a lot. I was home for a week then off to the Stampin' Up! convention in Salt lake City. I had a fabulous time and can't tell you how excited I am about all the new products and information I learned. Upon my return, I had two days to get ready for a 10 day trip to Spain. Then it was off to Madrid followed by the Basque Country. I think our motto for the trip should be " We drove, We saw, We ate."

Anywhoo, it is so good to be back home - m m must s s st st stamp! and what a perfect way to start stamping again than with the PPA challenge. This week is a double challenge a masculine KISS ( keep it simple sweetie). When I first went through the new Idea Book and Catalog, I nearly missed the Engraved Greetings stamp set ( it is in the Simply Sent section), but once I saw it, I had to have these sentiments for my masculine cards. To keep it simple I used a straight forward layout with a few of my new favorite colors Marina Mist, Peach Parfait and Early Espresso. 

Stamps - Engraved Greetings, Woodgrain
Ink - Early Espresso
Paper - early espresso, marina mist, peach parfait, whisper white card stock
Accessories - brads, color spritzer tool, dimensionals

7 comments:

  1. VERY NICE masculine card. Love the style and color combo. good job

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  2. Welcome back, world traveler! Great masculine card! Love the layout and the use of the Woodgrain stamp! Perfect! Thanks for playing @ PPA!

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  3. Hi Tara! So glad you are back - sounds like a wonderful summer! And the mojo came back with you............love the woodgrain and the layout - glad you play at PPA :)

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  4. Great card, it must for the guys b-days!

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  5. Holy Crap I freeken love this for a masculine card! You rock girl!!! I really go ga-ga over all your stuff. You are fab-woman! Thanks for the comment on my blog-yeah the page was missing stuff at convention:( whadda ya expect though-huh? Transporting all that delicate fluff! And wonde-full fluff it all was huh? I died when I saw the sweet shop!-TOODLES-Angela

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