See Ya Later! FMS125

I am terrible at good byes so I thought a few light-hearted farewell cards could help me out when needed. Those Zoo Babies were still hanging around so I put them to work flanking the sentiment from See Ya Later. The squiggles are stamped with the mountain top stamp from Map It Out.  And of course I have an alligator story for you..........

During Easter break we always took our kids to Florida to visit my parents and usually spent one day at Camp Holly. We would take the air boat ride up the St. John's River, through the grasses in search of alligators - scary and fun! One year our tour guide cruised to a stop and told us to be very quiet and we drifted a bit.  He was kneeling at the front of the boat and all of a sudden went forward into the water up to his waist. He popped back up grinning with a baby alligator in his hands.  Before I even had time to react he handed me that alligator.  I don't know who was more afraid.....me or that little critter.....his heart was beating so fast!  He was tiny but already had quite the set of teeth! And you know what we all said when that baby alligator was released and swam away from us........................

My mom isn't looking too thrilled about that little critter being so close to her!

Narelle has a wide open sketch for us to play with this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

                                        

There's Something About Mary.......

I am delighted to be the Guest Stamper on Mary Fish's blog today! Five years ago I "found" Mary on line and called her to order two packs of Certainly Celery - we had a great chat. Two weeks later she called me back to make sure my order arrived and we chatted some more.  Before I knew it I was a Demo and could order my own Certainly Celery!  Pretty soon there was another chat and I was hearing words like blog, feedburner and posts......and before long Stampin' Seasons came into being!  And then I learned about challenges during another chat......and wow I was on the PPA Design Team! And who knew I would end up at Convention or Leadership?  Mary did! She is a terrific mentor and friend and has really helped me grow creatively........looking forward to the next five years!

I used a circle framelit to make a stencil so I could sponge Pistachio Pudding ink in the background. The flower from Happy Watercolor is embossed in gold and popped up on dimensionals.  But my very favorite detail on this card is the gold cord!  I was delighted to find some included in in my free SAB card kit!  

My design was inspired by this great sketch at Seize the Sketch!

1,000,001 Thanks - PPA192

I am loving the look of embossed silver on vellum!  The back center panel was embossed using Gorgeous Grunge and then layered over the flowers.  The sentiment was also embossed on vellum but backed by a piece of Whisper White to make it stand out.  This card reminds me of my back yard.......it is all silvery, sparkly and white......but underneath it all somewhere are flowers just waiting to make their grand entrance in the spring!  

Hope you play along with our sketch this week at Pals Paper Arts!

Perfect Blend....FMS124

Coffee and friends......the perfect blend........couldn't agree more........well except that I am a tea drinker..........

The panels were given texture by using white embossing paste and a Tim Holtz spatter/drink ring stencil........more homework from my stencil class....  :)

Karren has a perfectly blended sketch for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!