Another Peek in Monochrome

I had a chance to play along with today's Free For All challenge.  Dawn is challenging crafters to make a monochromatic card.  That is one of my favorite kinds of cards to make.  I thought to myself, "Why not add a little sneak peek action to it too?".  So there you have it folks.  This is also a look at one of the sentiments from a Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company set called Lighthouses.  To accompany my sentiment, I die cut and sponged the lighthouse from the Spellbinders Nautical Frame and Accents set.

I'm so glad that Friday has finally arrived.  I have a wee bit of prep for tomorrow.  Not only is it St. Patrick's Day, but it's Girls Night.  In honor of St. Patrick, we are having a green theme.  I have the main dish, a chicken alfredo with spinach fettucine, and the drinks.  That means that I have to get myself to the grocery store first thing in the morning.  Hopefully later tomorrow, I can bake Shamrock Cookies with my girl and set up our leprechaun trap.

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Details - Stamps: Lighthouses (MFP); Paper: Mark's Finest Papers, Soft Suede; Ink: Soft Suede; Accessories: Spellbinders Nautical Frame and Accents, sponge dauber, paper snips.

Thank You

Yes, thank you.  Thank you for happening by, for reading, for commenting or just thinking about what I have posted here. 

This is an uber-simple card with 5 layers.  It is not my regular style, layered up like it is.  It does reflect how I feel today.  I just wanted things to be simple, symmetrical and clean (in design). 

Today, I am contemplating how to finish FUN week for my daughter.  We have been to the Children's Museum, the zoo, to a local hotel with a heated pool, had an overnight with a grandma and have a play date today.  I think that is plenty for one who is four years old. 

Switching back to the main theme, thanks again for sharing your time with me!

Details - Stamps: Thank You Kindly; Paper: River Rock, Old Olive, PC Soft Serenity; Ink: Versamark, Old Olive; Accessories: clear ep, heat tool.

Back from Vacation

We did a lot of this over the last 5 days!  My hubby also surfed behind the boat too.  Seriously though, my favorite is just riding around in the boat.  Good thing because they always need an extra body in the boat!  We went to Pearrygin Lake over the week to camp with some friends.  This is our third year in a row and we just love it!  We always go to Winthrop for cinnamon rolls and put-put golf on one day.  The whole week is really about having fun with the kids!  Last year, we survived lightning and this year it was a rainstorm one day!  It's no fun to be soggy, but 95 degree weather takes care of that pretty quick!

But you didn't come for my vacation blurb, you want to see a card?

How about another Dare To Get Dirty challenge card.  This is for Julie's Dare To Get Dirty challenge and also for the Free For All challenge on SCS.  Bev hostessed this week and made the challenge about side swiping.  So I dirtied up my edges for this one!  I had almost all of my challenges done with the exception of about 5 sketches.  I just talked myself into using some similar flower stamps and dp to get it done!  I really like how this one turned out!  That skinny taffeta ribbon is super cute on there!  Very dainty!

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Details - Stamps: Fast & Fabulous; Paper: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke; Ink: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Recollections dsp; Accessories: spong dauber, 1/8" espresso taffeta ribbon, glue dot, Nestabilities, stampin' dimensionals.

Sweet Little Star

I think that maybe I am getting into the groove this summer.  I made this card for yesterday's Free For All challenge to use gold and stars on your card.  I used this cute PTI paper I received from a friend.  It's darling and just said "baby" to me, so I may this a congratulations type card.  I always seem to be short on baby cards anyway. 

I wanted to go simple, so I used a Fall to Layout from the clean and simple stamping blog.  This made it pretty easy.  I wasn't really sure about how my card was balanced, but I tried to balance my bow with my sentiment.  How did I do?

I am off today with the family to do the carnival and the rodeo.  Have a great day!

Details - Stamps: Studio G by Hampton Arts; Paper: Very Vanilla, Brushed Gold, PTI dp; Ink: Versamark; Accessories: gold ep, heat tool, M's vanilla ribbon, glue dot, stampin' dimensionals.