At the Beach

Even Santa needs to get away sometimes!

His busy season will be here before we know it!

The image is from Bugaboo stamps

and the sketch is from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

Markers were used to color all but the image background.

That's watercolored. 

Sentiment is a CTMH stamp.

Challenges:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #378 - see above 

Double "D" Challenges - Let's Go to the Beach 

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Anything Ocean or Beachy 

Moving Along with the Times Challenge #120 - At the Beach

CRAFT Challenge #565 - Summer 

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - No Patterned Paper 
 

 

Red Hat Card Class 8/21/17

Seven gals from our Red Hat group gathered to make cards yesterday.  I always prepare 4 cards for the girls to make.

At our last class, a few girls had requested an engagement or wedding card.  We made this one first while everyone's hands were clean.  A few girls left off the silhouette and just made a basically white on white card, stamping the center of the flower with "Have a happy day!".

Die cuts are from DieVersion

I had also promised the girls a masculine card.

Colored digi is from Fred She Said

And we made a more feminine card. 

Stamps from CTMH; paper from SU; die cut from Spellbinders

The last card we made was a waterfall card, which everyone loved.

Stamps from SU

What an enjoyable morning we all had!

I am entering the first card in the following challenges:
Die Cut Divas August Challenge - Anything Goes
Dies R Us Challenge #79 - Anything Goes 
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #170 - Anything Goes
Scrapyland Challenge #72 - Anything Goes 

Skinny Bird Easter Digi

Just couldn't resist the current Catch the Bug March Bingo Challenge.  Here's my entry using the Skinny Bird Easter Digi from Bugaboo Stamps.

 

I used the last column: bugaboo image, flower (in image),  and chevron striped paper.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Animal Cards 4 Kids 

Challenge Up Your Life #67 - Chevron 

Alphabet Challenge - A for Anything with Wings

Aud Sentiments Challenge #175 - Easter or Spring

Sometimes things just seem to pile up.....

For example:  laundry, bills, dishes, paperwork, mending, work in general, and

 SNOW

This morning we got another inch of the lovely white stuff.   I went out with my snow shovel in hand to collect the newspaper and the mail.  I completely forgot that there was a huge pile up of ice in front of the mailbox and quickly found myself flat on my back making a snow angel in the street.  Now I had just watched the mail truck struggling to get traction at everyone's mailbox due to this ice flow.  I should have known better, I admit.  I will also admit that the first thing I did after regaining a vertical position was to make sure none of my neighbors had witnessed my unfortunate acrobatics.  As far as I know, I did not break anything - not even the ice.   The experience did , however, give me inspiration for this little introduction to this card:

(Digi image and sentiment from Doodle Pantry)

Doodle Pantry Challenge #42 - Anything Goes
Desert Island Crafters Challenge #69 - I used  3 layers, glitter, and the last of my frosty shimmer mist :>(
Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge SLC185 - 2014 Recipe (2 ovals, 0 pearls, 1  digi image, 4 DP)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's January Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door Challenge - Anything Goes
Cards in Envy Challenge - Snowbody Like You
Delightful Challenges - Use Patterned Paper
Digi Haven Challenge - Baby It's Cold Outside
Digitally Sweet Challenge #70 - Anything Goes

Have a wonderful day/evening/whatever and remember to watch out for that ice!!!!