Lift the Person Before You

We have a fun challenge going on over at Clearly iStamp - Lift the Person Before You. The person I got lift is fellow CDS DT member Kathy Dunnegan. I loved this card of Kathy's for it's wonderful layout, showing off the image and beautiful papers.

And here's my card, casing her layout completely! I used from Clearly Digi Stamps the set Seashells. I wanted to keep it monochromatic so shades of brown it is. The designer paper was a piece of scrap that I sponged caramel ink along the edges. A fun and fabulous challenge, I sure hope you can join us.  

Mister Monkey

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the sketch challenge at Operation Write Home this week. It's a fun sketch, great way to use up designer papers. I used Doodle Pantry's Mister Monkey in the color version along with the digital papers from the set. Just a fun card of encouragement.

Phillip's all excited, his computer for college is scheduled to be delivered today. He and Dad researched all their options and decided on a Mac. He has a week and a half to learn how to use it then off he goes. How fabulous for him, our college bound boy!!

A Trip to the Beach

Okay, so I'm not taking a trip to the beach, but I am sharing with you our latest month long prize challenge over at the Fresh Brewed Blog - a Beach/Ocean & Glitter theme. I decided to use the newly released My Island digital image. I found some perfect tropical papers in my scrap bin -- love the yellows and blues. I added glitter to the sun and water plus the brads are already sparkled up! So fun and fabulous! Join us this month for our Beach/Ocean/Glitter challenge over at the Fresh Brewed Blog.   

Sweet Silly Cat

It's Wednesday -- HOORAY!!! Two reasons for my excitement: it's getting closer to the weekend and we have a new challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. It sure is a fun one!!!

And speaking of fun and fabulous, our wonderful sponsor this week is Stamp Fairy. Do check out their store, it is so full of whimsical images, you can't help but want 'em all!!

The prize this week is a $10 gift certificate from the store at Stamp Fairy.

I had a hard time deciding on an image, they are all so cute. I ended up going with this sweet thing from Sticky Cats 1. Hehe, I hope there will be a Sticky Cats 2 & 3!!! Anyway, I used copic markers on this guy, trying to add some subtle stripes on this tabby. The papers are from My Mind's Eye in great blues, mustards and grays. And that brad is from a pack I've had forever...so nice to finally put it to good use. Join us this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. 

Relax

Relax, that's one of the newly released digital images from Fresh Brewed Designs. I can totally picture being at the beach, listening to the crashing waves, soaking up the sun...and loving every minute of it!!! It's hard to believe that summer is coming to an end. School starts up at the end of the month. Phillip will be heading off to college in two weeks...YIKES!!! He is so excited, and I am so proud of him. So much so, I just booked a four day trip for he and I over Thanksgiving to Disney World!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!

I hope you get a chance to "relax" today, maybe even make it into your craft room. I am so far behind on my design team cards, but I got a lot done on Saturday at my scrapbooking event. It started at 9am and was scheduled to go till midnight...I made it to 10:30. But I got 8 two page layouts completely done and a mini album, all with pictures too! I was so pleased! Now I wonder why I'm behind on my cards!!

Birthday Card

Birthday is our clean and simple challenge theme over at The Outlawz this week. Once again I put my die cuts to work. The border, banner, and stamp set are all from Simon Says Stamp. Initially I put the pink panel on an ivory card base but boy did it look washed out. Once I layered the pink to the ivory then back onto the pink as a card base, the light bulb exploded and I knew I liked that much better. Just some linen thread for an embellishment and I was done. Join us this week over at The Outlawz for some birthday fun.  

Office Chatter

Happy August 1st. Can you believe it, August is here already! YIKES! Not long now and the kids will be back to school -- HOORAY!!! Another big shout out for the first of the month because it's Doodle Pantry's new digital release. Talk about some super fabulous images!! You are going to want 'em all!!! I get to share with you two cards I made using the new set Office Chatter. A must have set for all your work mates. This sentiment made me giggle, so I had to pair it with Beaver Hello. But in this case, I pictured him waving good-bye.

I made a second set of card, using the "You're the Best" sentiment from Office Chatter and the image from Pen & Ink. A super simple card, merging the two elements then adding a little sewing a linen thread for a bit of pop. Quick and easy, that's for sure.

There's lots going on at Doodle Pantry this month:
- 25% off the entire store
- Magnolia is free with purchase now until August 24th  
- Apple Ants & Wormy is the latest freebie
- Pumpkin Peeps can be yours free just for playing along in our Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge. You can also purchase this adorable set.

Enjoy looking at all the wonderful newly released sets this month. I can't wait to play with 'em all!!