Thank you

Hi friends.  Sorry it has been a bit quite around here.  I have been creating for my DT commitments and I can't share them yet.  My oldest son just finished up his Driver's Ed classes so I have been busy taking him driving in the afternoons to get his hours in so he can go take his test before he leaves for his summer job.  He leaves on the June 16th so we need to get it done before then.  We are getting there.  Ok, enough about me.  Onto my card for today.

This card was inspired by the OWH blog hop that I participated in over Memorial Day weekend.  You can check it out here.  I got some new goodies from the latest SSS release.  The stars are from the set Lots of Stars and the sentiment is from Friendship Messages.  

I used the sketch from my friend Lesley's challenge.

I am adding this over at Simon Says Stamp challenge: Anything goes!

I also wanted to share a sneak peek of last week's challenge at StampNation.  It was a sketch challenge and the DT rocked it!!!!  ONE of the great things I love about StampNation is that the challenges NEVER close.  It is so fun to see one pop up that we haven't seen in a while.

Awesome, right?!

Click here to learn more about StampNation benefits and to join now.

I would love to see you in the forums.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Merry Monday #110

Happy Monday friends!

Time for another Merry Monday Challenge.

This week Debbie wants us to use Christmas inspired food on our Christmas card.

This was definitely a challenge for me.  I could not come up with anything for the longest time until I looked up some Digi stamps.  I don't have many or any food related stamps, other than candy canes, gingerbread men, etc.  I wanted something different so I found this Digi image from MelJen's Designs.   I thought the little Chili pepper with the Santa hat was just perfect.  I printed the image out on vanilla cardstock and then Cherry Cobbler so I could paper piece.  You can't tell in the photo but I added wink of stella to the hat brim and pom pom.

I followed this sketch from the OWH blog.

I hope you will join us this week to get a head start on your Christmas cards for 2014.  Make sure you check out the other DT members cards over at the Merry Monday challenge blog.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Papertrey Ink Blog hop

Hi friends!  I couldn't resist playing along with this month's PTI Blog Hop.  The color combo they chose is just gorgeous.  Aqua Mist and Melon Berry!   I don't have Aqua Mist so I used Coastal Cabana instead.

I was inspired by the colors & by one of the sketches from the new release.  I love the downloadable/printable sketches and color combos PTI offers every month.

Isn't this Art Deco background stamp gorgeous?  I haven't used it enough since I got it so I wanted it to be the focal point of my card.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Cardstock:  Coastal Cabana, white
Ink:  Melon Berry, Coastal Cabana, Versamark
Stamps: Art Deco backgrounds & Keep it Simple: Birthday (PTI)
Accessories:  White embossing powder

Operation Write Home BlogHop

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
Yes, it's a three day weekend for most of us, and the "unofficial" start of summer,
but it's also a time to pay tribute to our servicemen and women, past and present.
  I am participating for the first time in the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Bloghop! 

The theme for this year is to use the colors red, white, & blue!

I used sketch #110 from the OWH blog.

I love how super easy this die from PTI is to use and it fit perfectly with the sketch.
 I used the Quilted stitched pattern die from Lil' Inker for added detail to the base.

Thank you for visiting and have a great weekend!
Happy Hopping!

Celebrate

Hi friends.  I am popping in real quick today with a card that fits 4 challenges.  Love it when that happens and it hasn't happened to me in a long time.  I used the colors from Colour Me!, Marion Vagg's card at Muse, Addicted to CAS is looking for Off the Edge and CASology's cue word is flower.  PHEW!!!

I am off to take my oldest son driving.  Need to get those hours in so he can take his test for his license.  Tonight is his last night of Driver's Ed.  I can't believe he will be driving by himself soon. 

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Cardstock:  White, Primrose Petals
Ink:  Early Espresso, Soft Pool (Hero Arts)
Stamps:  Label Love (Altenew)
Accessories:  Chevron cover plate (PTI), Spring Flower Dies(Lil' Inker)