Wherever you are

Today is (try to) get ahead day!

I leave for vacation on Saturday, and realized about a week ago that I've got a number of posts that should be going up while I'm out of town!

So I've been working like a madwoman all morning!

What do I have to show for it? 

Three design team posts and this fabulous gem of a card!

Yep, this one was just for fun!

You see, I got this awesome background stamp at michaels, 

It's a hero arts stamp, and I just had to play along with the Rainbow

Challenge at A Blog Named Hero!

Sooooooo I created this beauty!

And, it will be off in the mail this afternoon.

Headed to sunny California to cheer my cousin who is

Indeed on the adventure of a lifetime! 

Here's another quick lookie

Don't you just adore those big gems from lawn fawn?!?

Me tooooo!

Linking up with

Unity stamps: friends with flair

Blog named hero: Roy g. Biv

Pile it on: thinking of you

Challenges for everybody: anything goes

Love to create: anything goes

Tuesday morning sketch: #238

Thank you

Hey everyone!

Wow it's been a week! 

We got a mini vacay to Cali in, I had my last day at work,

And I'm getting ready to start my new job tomorrow!

I wanted to thank our California friends for opening their home to us,

So I made this fun card....

Inspired of course by our fabulous days and evenings at the beach!

The image is from dilly beans and for the current Mermaid challenge,

The sketch from Tuesday morning sketches,

The use of the embroidery floss and tag for the challenge at  timeless twine,

The small stamp for Simon says Stamp and Show

The pins for Simon Says Stamp

The beach for Chocolate, Coffee and Cards and Creative Inspirations,

Cute card Thursday good luck charm

And finally it's feminine for the July card challenge at Bo Bunny!

Whew! That was a lot! 

Octopode card

It's hard to believe that I've made so many cards this week!

After finishing this one I said to myself...

I gotta play in my journal!

So here she is...

the image is from Ocotopode, I colored her up weeks (maybe months) ago!

then I die cut her out and distressed along the edges.

All the papers I used were from my crap pile

(well except for the music book one)

But I ripped that out of the music book, and it's my card base!

I colored up the music washi tape with my distress stain (peeled paint)

added the flowers, and

then I punched out a couple of flowers along the top of the card,

and I made some paper for the new Hi stamp that I got from Unity Stamps

and I punched that out too!

Then added glossy accents to the top.

wanna see a close up??

Pretty huh?? 

Ok, so hopefully something other than cards for tomorrow!!

(Oh wait, I will have another birthday card for my sister to post!)

Then no more cards!!!!

Linking up with: 

Octopode Factory: Inspired by music

Tuesday Morning: Sketch: #198

Shopping our stash: Scrap attack

Card Makin Mama's: Punches

Kinsale Creations: Link up Party

Love to Create: Flowers

Oozak: Earth Tones

**I'll also be linking this up with the unity friends with flair on friday!

Dilly beans for mom

I've been on a run lately...

and most likely you'll be sick of looking at my Mother's Day cards

but I have yet another to share with you.

This one is actually for my own mom

She just loves fuschia, and I know she'll love all the flowers on this girl!

The image is from Dilly Beans, and I've colored her up with my copic markers

Here's her close up

       

Can you see that I added some perfect pearls to her eyes??  I haven't pulled those out in a while!

Linking up with:

Tuesday morning sketch: challenge 197

Dilly beans: For Mom

Pile it on: For mother

Shopping our stash: Mothers day or Pink (mine's both!)