Another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Card

The CTMH Heartstrings Paper Pack and WOTG I brought with me will still make quite a few more cards.  

I went to the scrap bag of odds and ends 

 to make this thank you card for the 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #96.

(Cricut Artiste Collection Kudos and Card Word Puzzle are the two CTMH stamp sets I've used.)

(close up of the tiny glass beads in the flower center)

 

I am also entering this card in the following:

City Crafter Challenge Week 250 - Use It Up  (except for the card base, everything came from the scrap bag pictured)

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge #140 - Use Ribbon and/or lace

Shopping Our Stash Chgallenge #190 - Use something that came out of a jar (glass beads)

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Feb 24-Mar 2 - Always Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Rubber Stamps Only  (My tip: when washing stamps not mounted on wood in the sink, take a moment to close the drain first because they slip away awfully fast, never to return!)

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge # 233- Anything Goes  (We are returning home next week.  I am looking forward to seeing my grandchildren and my great-grandbaby and returning to my DT duties at Tuesday Throwdown.  Your cards are great this week, ladies!)

Crafting From the Heart Challenge # 48- Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge #250 - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap Challenge #48 - Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant Challenge #287 - Anything Goes

Yesterday afternoon we went to Tampa for a tour of The Big Cat Rescue.  If you are ever in the area, it is a must see.  

This was our second visit.  Our first visit was about 8 years ago, the last time we were in Florida. 

The animals are magnificent and so well cared for.  

It was fun seeing this male lion and female white tiger interacting.  Here she is washing his face...

and look at the gorgeous coat on this black leopard....

and we thought it cute how this lioness had her paws curled in just like a domestic cat might...

 

On the way back to our temporary home, just before we got to the Skyway Bridge, 

 

we could see a dense fog rolling in.  And that was all we could see for miles!  We crossed that bridge and never saw the water on either side, and just barely saw the huge yellow girders in the middle.  Other than the taillights of the car in front of us, everything was white.  That was a totally surreal experience, for sure!