Color Throwdown #100 and many more....

Helllloooooo! Wow, it's been so long since I've sat down to create "just cuz." Today I decided in between housecleaning jobs to come into my craft room and make something for the exciting challenge over at Color Throwdown this week. It is their 100th challenge and let me tell you - they are celebrating BIGGIE TIME! Make sure you hop on over and take part in their wonderful color combo and blog hop...there are many, many incredible prizes to be won! I combined the color challenge with a few other challenges *wink* Here they are:

1. The Shabby Tea Room - embossing (dry or heat)
2. Little Red Wagon - nestabilities
3. Your Next Stamp Challenge - flower power
4. Creative Card Crew: die cuts/dies
5. Color Throwdown: color combo (Real Red, Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze and Regal Rose)
6. Truly Scrumptious: sketch challenge (see pic below)

...and here is my card using all 6 challenges:

Stamps: Strawberries (Flourishes); Paper: Whisper White, Regal Rose, Real Red, Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery DP; Ink: Basic Black, Versafine Black; Accessories: markers, paper flowers, crocheted flowers, brads, glue dots, dimensionals, nestabilities, Certainly Celery satin ribbon, pearls

Congratulations to the gang over at Color Throwdown on their 100th challenge! I haven't taken part in all 100 challenges, but I try to participate when I can and I have always loved doing their challenges. Boy, did it evah feel supah great to sit down and CREATE just 'cuz....:) Tomorrow Tamie and the clan are coming to visit so I'm hoping to get inky tomorrow too *giggle, snort!* Until then, happy crafting! xoxoxoxo

Dear Father...

Welcome back! It's been raining non-stop all day today and I must admit, I'm *happy* about that! The rain helped me to relax today and not worry about yard work and gardening etc. I enjoyed a 2.5 hr bubble bath today with my book that I cannot put down! Yep, you heard right - 2.5 hours :o) I had to drain and refill twice before I got out - ha ha!!

I finished planting the garden last night, so that's a bonus! The seeds will welcome this rain with open arms. I think we are scheduled for rain all this week and hopefully the weekend turns nice as I am planning a fun "girls only" weekend in the city to celebrate my 40th birthday! Yay!!!

I have been wanting to watch "New Moon" for quite some time now and I just haven't done it. I was talking to Tamie tonight and she challenged me to sit and watch it tonight. So, I will be doing that later on. I wanted to sit and get a card made before I did though. Father's Day is in a couple weeks, so I wanted to get a jump on those. I used the Mojo Monday sketch, and this card also qualifies for The Shabby Tea Room and Always Playing With Paper's challenges of "Father's Day or Masculine."

Stamps: Well Scripted; Paper: Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, To the Nines DP, Sahara Sand; Ink: Chocolate Chip; Accessories: choc ribbon, oval punch, scallop oval punch, brads, decor elements Elegant Trio stencils, sponge dauber, dimensionals, scallop trim punch, stapler

Thanks for poppin' in tonight. Don't forget about my Celebration Blog Candy - deadline is June 11th - be sure to click on the picture at the top right of my blog. Good luck!!

TSTR - Embracing the White

I'm not sure about all of you crafting PEEPS out there in blog land, but I have difficulty "embracing the white" LOL...The challenge this week over at The Shabby Tea Room - hosted by my good friend, Melissa - is to "embrace the white." I will just say that I didn't really know *what* to do, so I went to my cuttlebug folders and just started embossing some different patterns and I came up with what I came up with. I used the "vanilla" color in the photo as my inspiration....I think it will make a great wedding card in various colors now that I've got it done! Thanks for the challenge ladies!!

Stamps: Whimsical Words; Paper: Whisper White, Barely Banana; Ink: Basic Black; Accessories: embossing folders, vanilla satin ribbon, punches, pearls, dimensionals, scallop trim punch

It's just the kids and I home tonight, so I'm off to magically create something for supper LOL...I'll be back later! Happy stamping!