I Should Have Been a Cowboy........

I am liking these clean sketch challenges at Freshly Made Sketches just fine!  Spice Cake DSP and a combo of stamps from Easy Events made putting this card together a breeze.  This card is to say thanks to my Cousin Cindy who managed to get second row seats for my daughter and me this week at the Toby Keith concert!  But we never even sat in those seats - we were dancing the whole time!  We were so close to the stage that we were even ahead of the big screens on each side of the amphitheater.  About half way through the concert Erin received a text from her brother - who was home watching opening night football - that said:

Receiving texts from friends at the concert that say you two keep appearing on the big screen.  Don't act like idiots. 

That kid sure has a way with words!  My apologies to all the guys out there who were hoping for a hot girl in a cowboy hat on the big screen and got me instead................

PPA 110 - Happy Halloween!

Pals Paper Arts is celebrating the soon-to-arrive fall season with a Halloween challenge.  Frightful Sight DSP worked well with the stamps from Scaredy Cat. How convenient that Halloween has its own built in candelabra! 

A Fresh Start!

After all of those years of teaching school, September always seems like the beginning of the new year for me!  The seasons change, school starts and those lazy summer days fade away.  It is the perfect time of year to start something new!  I am excited to be part of the Freshly Made Sketches Design Team!  The challenge is to follow the sketch and keep the design clean - doesn't have to be simple - just clean!  Hope you join us!

I used stamps from Button Buddies, Sew Suite and Sweet Shoppe alphabet with Just Add Cake DSP to create this card for a friend of mine who is still teaching. But the message is for all of my fellow teachers  - and students - school does rule!  Have a great year!

PPA109 - Color Challenge

If I could send flowers to all of the power company crews I would!  They have done an amazing job turning the lights back on in our area!  I live in upstate NY - in the foothills of the Adirondacks.  Hurricanes?  Never!  Until Irene........the devastation upstate and in neighboring Vermont is just incredible. We were very fortunate locally and just had power outages and some trees down.  Unfortunately a tree did fall on our garage up at the lake.  The damage wasn't too bad - the power wires actually kept the tree from going through the garage.  My husband is always glad for a reason to power up that chain saw!

I used PPA's challenge colors this week along with stamps from Button Buddies and Friendly Phrases.