Pink for Monique

Happy Saturday everyone! Isn't it great to officially be in the weekend? I don't have huge plans today but I'm totally okay with it! Oh, and before I show you the card I have to tell you that I got a call from Jon last night! It was the obligatory I'm here, I'm fine, and I love you that is inspired by the drill sergeant but I was happy to hear his voice for sure!

Onto the card. A couple of days ago Robin, from The Pink Stamper blog had a call for cards to be sent to a friend of hers, Monique, that has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. Because of the fact that I love pink and I have a soft spot for card calls for people with cancer I had to make a card for Monique. I was happy (sort of) to get to use some Sizzix products that I had gotten awhile ago. I also used a stamp that I got from CHF called What Cancer Cannot Do. I embossed the bottom layer of the card with the texture plate, cut a pink ribbon and glued it down on a white layer then I stamped the sentiment in Regal Rose on vellum card stock. I have used the pink pearls so that I could glue the vellum on the white cardstock. I have used this sentiment once or twice before and I always use this layout. I really think it makes the sentiment the most important thing on the card.

My favorite part of this card? Where it says that Cancer cannot steal eternal life. Oh so true everyone!

Well, I hope you have a wonderful day!

My Brother's Birthday

Morning all! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Ours was pretty good here but yesterday was more exciting...Todd got the new flooring (same as my craft room) put down in the hallway to the kitchen/Kyler's room. My word it looks fabulous! I think this is the last of the work before our Memorial Day party/Jon's graduation festivities. I didn't work nearly as hard as Todd did so I know he's tired!

So, I needed to make a card for my brother's birthday. I remembered the old Chevy stamps I had gotten awhile back so I grabbed this one out. It isn't exactly what he would favor as far as cars go but I think he will like it anyway. How fun is that paper and those brads? They all fit so perfectly, huh? This is for CardPatterns: Sketch 65. You should go check it out as there is a wonderful prize for the person that wins the sketch challenge!

I haven't posted a How To Pray For Your Children in a couple of weeks so here you go!
1. Pray that they will know Christ as Savior early in life.
2. Pray that they will have a hatred for sin.
3. Pray that they will be caught when guilty.
4. Pray that they will be protected form the evil one in each area of their lives: Spiritual, Emotional, and Physical.
5. Pray that they will have a responsible attitude in all their inter-personal relationships.
6. Pray that they will respect authority over them.
7. Pray that they will desire the right kinds of friends and be protected from the wrong friends. (Proverbs 1:10-11) It seems so obvious that we want our children to not have friends that do drugs, drink, or have sex right? But what about the other side of that? We want our children to have friends that on purpose stay away from those things...turn their heads when something comes on television that isn't appropriate for them...not swear...I could add so many things to this list. The fact that our kids friends have more of an influence on our kids (at least in their pre-teen and teen years) then we do should take you to your knees in prayer about this often.
Well, ladies...I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday!

Three Clovers Designs Challenge

Good morning all! Today is Three Clovers Designs Challenge day and I'm excited to share that our challenge for today was to make an ornament. We give our boys ornaments every year that, when they move out, they can take with them for their own Christmas tree. This year it was a bit of a struggle as I couldn't find what I wanted. Todd, however, did find something for two of our boys but I was still in a conundrum of what to do for the third...until this challenge.

My favorite Thomas Kinkade stamp website had a tutorial to make these ornaments some time ago but I never got around to making one until now. They are way easy and in real life this thing shimmers and shines like you would not believe as each side (5) has glittered edges and I added glitter pen to the tree and White House on the printed side. If you know my kiddos at all you probably already know which one of my boys this is for. I'm pretty safe in posting this as I don't believe he reads my blog at all.

I hope you will head over to Kerry's blog HERE to check out what the other Challenge members have created and then jump right in and participate. I can't wait to see what you create!

page plans and round-up...woohoo!

Good morning friends! Did you all have a fantastic Valentine's Day? I enjoyed my time with my kids and husband!

I have two cards to show you today! First...it is Sunday so it is Page Plans day! Woohoo! The sketch today is a wonderful one. I'm going to direct you to the Page Plans blog to see the sketch. My card is made with the set America the Beautiful by Kim Hughes which is available at Cornish Heritage Farms (and I see is on sale right now). I made this card because one of Jon's friends was promoted to Eagle Scout a couple of weeks ago and we wanted to give him a card (we know the entire family...as a matter of fact they were our first friends in this town). This was truly a fun card to make...so upbeat!

The other card for today is Sweet N Sassy Stamps Round Up. We get to preview one of the NEW sets that SNSS will be revealing during the blog hop...see my sidebar for more information about the blog hop. The set I'm preview is called His Eye Is On The Sparrow and is illustrated by Chris Dickinson. You will seriously love this set. I have always enjoyed the scripture that the name of the stamp set refers to. As a matter of fact I'm going to link you to Sandi Patty singing this song. I saw her perform this song at a a Women of Faith conference. Wonderful!

For this card I stamp the image on the card (4" x 4") then stamped it on about three other pieces of card stock, colored them, and then popped up the birds and full flowers. I really is completely lovely in real life. I then used my two favorite sentiments on the inside.

Now...head on over to the Sweet N Sassy Stamps blog and check out all the other design team members round up cards...you are going to be wow'd for sure!

On a personal note...if you didn't get a chance to watch the video in THIS post named Cardboard Testimonies I wish you would take just a moment and do that today.

Have a wonderful day!

what a pain!

Good Thursday morning! And a good day it will be! You may or may not know that today is my birthday. I'm always quite spoiled on my day. I don't have to cook, today is my day off exercising, and I get to stamp whenever I want! From caramel coffee to special toast and my favorite chicken Parmesan...I get to eat whatever I want and Todd will make it all...woohoo! Who wouldn't love it? Read on down for the birthday candy I'm giving away.

I made this card for a friend of Kyler's who was on a field trip with his class when he fell and split his knee open needing 12 stitches. Poor guy! I bet that is SO painful! So...I had to make a card for Kyler to send him. I once again used the CHF set Comforting Hugs. The patterned paper is from the retired SU! designer series paper pack called Jersey Shore. I wish it was still available as it is one of my favorite packs of paper to go to when making cards for younger boys. Oh, and the layout is from a Taylored Expressions challenge (#25) from some time ago. So...whatcha think? Cute, huh?

Okay, now for my birthday blog candy. I am going to give one lucky reader of my blog the Sweet N Sassy Stamps set called Pray Without Ceasing. You can see the set HERE. Now, there is no requirement other than to leave a comment telling me what your favorite birthday memory is. You can share this on your blog so lots of people can have a chance to win but it isn't a condition of winning. You have until Sunday at 5:00 p.m. to leave a comment. I'll post the winner shortly after that. Good luck!

Have a super day today everyone!

comforting hugs

Good Friday morning stampers! Can you believe it is the end of another week? Wow...time is just flying by!

So...isn't this card just so comforting...lol! The stamp set that I used (and I had too 'cuz Dani made me!) is called Comforting Hugs and is a new set from Kim Hughes over at Cornish Heritage Farms. This is a seriously cute "get well" set...you must check it out!

So, you want to know what I used for the card, right? Well, I can't remember who the patterned paper is from but I did use the front and back for the opposing sides . With the plain turquoise-ish side I used a couple of the other stamps from the set to give it a little character. The scalloped circle is Riding Hood Red from SU! and the sentiment is layered on River Rock from SU!. I went over the sentiment with my black Spica glitter pen and also used the glitter pen for the dots on the turquoise squares. The layout is another Page Plans sketch. I do love the variety of sketches that they have! You can go HERE to see all the past sketches. Have fun!

Tomorrow I must show you the wonderful gift that my summer sister, Sarah sent me and maybe a photo or two of cards that some wonderful friends of mine sent my boys when their great-grandmother died. Then on Sunday...my very first official Page Plans sketch card! Woohoo! I'm excited...can ya tell?! LOL!

Have a super

page plans week 24 sketch

Morning stampers! What did you get stamped yesterday? Anything fun?

I made this card a couple of days ago and just have to share it with you today! This card is made with the same Cornish Heritage Farms set from the other day (Baby Love) but in a completely different style. The layout is from Page Plans Week 24 sketch. It is a very simple interpretation of the sketch but with the cool background paper it looks so neato! The colors are Tangerine Tango and Soft Skye...interesting, huh? Wish I could remember who made the paper but I don't remember...I'm sorry!

This is a short post today. Things to do places to go ya know. I hope you have a wonderful Thursday and get all accomplished that you'd like!

Have a super day!

feels so good!

Oh, my goodness...it felt so good to stamp yesterday afternoon! I made THREE, yes three cards in one afternoon. Yes, they were pretty simple but they are, in my opinion, very cute. You are getting to see the first one today!

I was asked by the PA (parent association) at Kyler's school to make a card for a family that just had a baby and I was happy to oblige. I thought simple yet pretty would be perfect so here is what I came up with. The stamp is from Baby Love, a set by Kim Hughes that you can get over at Cornish Heritage Farms. First I chose the Pacific Point cardstock for my blue, then embossed the PTI white with Cuttlebug's Baby Words embossing folder. A scallop square, some white ribbon, and it was all set. I think it will be a hit...how about you?

Tomorrow is the Created By Courtney Challenge and I finally get to participate! I'm so excited about the challenge and can't wait to show you my card! Wednesday is the Belli Challenge and also October 1st...can you believe we will be in October...holy schmoley! Next thing you know....it will be my birthday and then a few weeks after that...Hawaii baby! Woohoo! It is definitely going to be a fun month for me!

I've really missed stamping and sharing my creations with you and although I have to work Monday and Tuesday this week I think I'm ahead enough in my crafting to keep up with everything...yay!

So...have a super Monday and I'll see you for CBCC Tuesday!

thomas kinkade papers

Good Monday Morning Stampers! How was everyone's weekend? Did you get lots of stuff done? Well, I got the laundry done today, got the Sunday school year off to a good start at church, and made something.

There isn't much stamping involved but I used the fabulous new Thomas Kindkade papers from Cornish Heritage Farms. The papers have 8x8, 4x4, and 2x2 sizes of images such as the Lighthouses, Cobblestone Cottage, and many others. Anyway, I wanted to dress up a wine bottle gift bag so I grabbed out the paper, cut it to the size I needed, and there it is. Just a little bit nicer than before. Oh, and I used a Lisa Strahl set called Script Essential Expressions,also from CHF, on the tag. It says "thankful for you." Inside the bag is a wonderful bottle of Icicle Ridge Chardonnay. I'm hoping the recipient will like this!

So today I get to go to the dentist for a cleaning...woohoo...NOT! I would prefer to do many things other than go to the dentist even though I don't really have to many problems. But, happily, after that I'll come home and get to do some stamping...can I get a big WOOHOO for that??!!

Please keep everyone that was in the path of Hurricane Ike in your prayers especially our Courtney. She is safe and so is her family but her house isn't in great shape and she hasn't seen her husband so please pray, pray, pray!

the rose garden

Happy Friday! I've got a ton of things planned for today so this will be a short post and then I'm off.

I made this card with a stamp that I got in a trade. It is a Thomas Kinkade from Cornish Heritage Farms and is called The Rose Garden. While the colors in this picture are quite bright I did want to tell you that the card, in real life, is quite soft and lovely.

As you can see inside I made this one as a birthday card. It was easy to make this card with a new clear card product that you can see HERE. I got one clear and one frosted base to try as a former purchaser from Shortcuts. The thing that I liked best about this clear base is that it was scored and easy to fold but I just read that they are not going to be coming scored but we have been assured it will be easy to fold them successfully.

Anyway, I don't want to sound like a commercial for these card bases...just wanted you to know what they are all about!

I hope you have a great Friday! I may or may not have a post for you tomorrow...depend on my day today and if I get time to craft or not. See ya later!

june recipe swap

For the third consecutive month I participated in Courtney's recipe swap. For the month of June it was breakfast recipes. As soon as she announced it I knew I had to used my mom's breakfast casserole recipe. It is one of my favorites! As a child my mom would make this recipe for special occasions like Christmas, Easter and the like. I do the same but those special occasions include birthday's first and last day of school (except this year...I forgot...shame on me!) and the like. The kids and Todd were literally shocked when they heard I would be sharing the recipe....lol! I am completely sure that there are many versions of this recipe floating around out there so I by no means think this is original.

For the "kiss the cook" circle I used CHF Baked with Love. The designer paper has coffee words all over it as you must have a yummy cup of coffee with this breakfast casserole.

Oh, image swap participants...if you received your images would you please go to the POST and let me know? Thank you!

Alright, well...I have laundry to do and packing so I should run. I hope you all have a Wonderful Wednesday!

last graduation card

So here is the card that I made for the sweet young lady that works in the nursery at my church. She is graduating from Central this year (with a 3.97 gpa...wow!) and as we have in the past my committee decided to give her a card with a Visa gift card inside along with out thanks. She really has done an amazing job with the nursery and our kids. All the kids love her!

Anyway, this card melds two stamp company's together. PaperTrey Ink's Women of Life set and Cornish Heritage Farms Motivational Centers. As you can tell the colors are Basic Black, Groovy Guava, Old Olive, River Rock (the only part
about the card I don't like) and PTI White. I also used SU!'s Groovy Guava Designer Prints paper. Accessories would be Dimensionals and Groovy Guava stitched grosgrain.

I must say that I'm totally in love with Lisa's Motivational Centers sentiment set. I love what they all say and you really should go check them out! There are lots of exciting things going on over at CHF!!!

It is an exciting day at work today. I get to, for the first time in three years, interview a young lady for the intern position that we have for the Children's Ministry! It is difficult to fill this position usually as it doesn't pay enough for a person to stay in town to take the job but makes an excellent 2nd income. The intern gets to go to camp, help with VBS, and plan/execute a short summer program. All in all it is a fun job...for the right person. I really hope it works out as I think a summer program would be great for the church!

Alright...I'm done babbling! Have a great Monday and I'll "see" you tomorrow!

another worm...

Here is another card that I made with Making the Grade. I needed a graduation card for Todd's nephew. He is graduating from high school this year and already is accepted into engineering school in Milwaukee. I think the worm is still too cute but the card is definitely masculine. I know that Matthew won't care what his card looks like but his mom, grandma and aunt will love this card! Like my man bow? That's what I've heard other people call that knot and I think it is so funny! I wasn't sure about putting the tree on the designer paper but I kinda like it. Other than the images the rest of the card is from Stampin' Up! The paper is Wild Wasabi, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, and Apple Cider designer paper. The ink in Palette in Burnt Umber and I used my COPICS to color my image. I know that my photos don't show it much but I really am getting better about the shading and such with my COPICS. IRL this little worm has depth and is a cutie!

Oh, I saw P.S. I Love You yesterday afternoon. My goodness that was a tough one for me to watch. Interestingly I was the same age as Holly when Kyler's dad died. Actually it was the day after my 30th birthday. I can relate in some form with every part of that movie especially the end where she realizes that Gerry is gone for good. It is good to accept the loss and be able to move on but it is hard to realize (for real...know it in your head and heart) that it has happened. If you haven't seen the movie yet...rent it, curl up with a box of tissues and enjoy the love and emotion that the movie brings up.

If Charmaine doesn't get back to me by noon today I'll have the boys pick another number and I'll announce a new name as winner of the Glory from Lorie so check back later just in case.

Have a fantastic Sunday everyone!

***Edited to say...oh, my goodness ladies! I have just watched the YouTube video (HERE) about CHF's new scrapblocks. Looks like a great tool for stamping. Take about 5 minutes and watch the video! :o) Your welcome...I love to enable!***

making the grade

Good Saturday morning everyone! I hope you all have fun and exciting plans for today or at least that you get to stamp a little!

I have had three graduation cards to make this year. Two for college graduations and one for high school. Two girls, one boy. So, here is the first of my girl, college graduation cards. This cute little worm is from the Cornish Heritage Farms set called Making the Grade. Most of the cards that I've seen on blogs with this set are with the owl from one of CHF's other sets but alas I don't have the other set so I had to figure out how to make this one work on its own. The sentiment are also from CHF and is called Script Essential Expressions. If you are in the market for a great sentiment set....you should be looking at what CHF has. These are very versatile, high quality and at a great price! Thankfully I had a Mojo Monday sketch to work with. Some fun DCWV paper and I was all set! This card is for the youth director at my church. She is graduating with a masters in Theology (I think it is theology and not an MDiv).

Well, I'm off to work on my recipe swap. Have a super fantastic day and I'll see ya all tomorrow! Oh, and please check below for the winner of the Glory from Lorie. Charmaine has until noon tomorrow to contact me!

hometown pride

I'm not sure if you know or not but Todd and I really like Thomas Kinkade's paintings. Todd loves the lighthouses and my favorites are Forest Chapel and Sunrise. We even invested in a Gallery Proof, with Mr. Kinkade's signature on the back, of Victorian Light. HERE is what it looks like. Anyway, all that to tell you that when Cornish Heritage Farms said they were coming out with Thomas Kinkade stamps I was thrilled! They are individual little pieces of art. While they are a bit difficult to color with all the detail I still love them anyway. I just recently purchased the newest stamp called Hometown Pride. I decided to try a sepia look with it the first time prior to coloring it as I had seen seen in a couple of the sneak peeks. All of it is brown except for the red stripes in the flag. I just thought that was stunning. I used Palette Burnt Umber for my brown ink and then my red COPIC on the flag and that was it. I have found that if you ink up the stamp then lay your card stock on it and roll it with a roller it inks better for me. I used CHF's new Clear Cards thick transparency crafting sheets for the base. The image is on one side and the red layer is on the other. Make sense? That way no one sees the adhesive I used. Oh, yeah..the thick transparency sheets are not very forgiving with taking off the card stock and placing it again so you have to be really ready to put that card stock down! I wasn't sure if adding embellishments would make this card look any better or not and honestly I didn't know what I would use if I added any so I've left it like this. If you have any ideas though let me know. I'll not be changing this specific card but for future purposes I would like to know what you think. So, this will be off to my brother for his birthday next week. I sure hope he likes it!

Just a reminder that the due date for the image swap is rapidly approaching and, in fact, are due on Tuesday. If you don't have them in the mail you should do it today or tomorrow for sure. HERE is a link to that thread. If you need my address just e-mail me and please don't forget to include an envelope so that I can return your swaps to you. If you aren't going to be able to get your images out just let me know.

It is a cloudy, rainy day here...blah! But, it goes well with my plan to do a movie marathon with the kids. We have several "series" of movies like Star Wars, The Love Bug, Back to the Future and I thought it would be fun to take a day and watch one of those series. We'll see what they think! It is now 8 a.m. and I need to get to my exercising soon so I'm signing off for today. Have a super Friday and I'll "see" you tomorrow!

recipe

Remember THIS card? Well, I made it for a friend's birthday that is next week. For sometime I've been wanting to do the idea that you see to the side. I used a CHF set and a PTI set plus a Karen Foster set to stamp the top part. And, yes, I know it isn't straight...more my writing than anything else. Anyway, I have put this on the inside, top of the card so that I can write my own, personal message on the bottom. The scallops on the sides are just 3/4" circles punched out and then placed on the card. Over all I think it is a super cute idea and that my friend will love it!

A pretty lame post today but I just didn't have time to sit down and stamp yesterday.

I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday and I'll see ya tomorrow!

yummy!

I got a super cute set from Cornish Heritage Farms called Baked with love the other day and when I saw it I knew I had to combine it with this cute baking paper I had. I stamped only twice on this entire card but I still think it is adorable! The layout is from Mish Mash's blog. Michelle has taken to sharing her personal layouts with her blog readers and I have loved every single one of them! It is difficult to see but there is a white layer under the chocolate chip layer.

The other picture is of how I store my COPIC markers on my desk. I have read in several different places that, unlike SU! markers, you can store your COPIC vertically and it wont hurt them so I was off to find something neato to store them in. This is a tin from the Dollar Spot at Target that I used some of the SAB rub on to spiffy up a little. I love that I can see the colors well and that they are somewhat organized. This tin takes up so much less room on my desk than the plastic holders that they came in. Kinda neato, huh?

If you are in my image swap you may want to think about getting those images out to me this week as they are due on the 27th. I don't want to have to hold this up to please complete this commitment. Any questions? Take a look HERE!!!

And finally today...run do not walk to Courtney's blog. She is having a weeks worth of blog candy in order to celebrate her blogaversary.

Have a super great Monday!!!

Something I've Never Done Before

After all this time paper crafting I've never done a recipe swap. Don't get me wrong...I like recipes, I just don't think I'm 1. a very good cook and 2. able to put something cute together. Well, my friend Courtney asked me to join her 6x6 recipe swap I couldn't say no. As a matter of fact she could hear my foot stomping through the miles when I said FINE...I'll do it. You see...I only join swaps with 10 or less players. For some reason that is about the most of on thing I can make without getting frustrated. Also, it's 6x6...I mean really...what do you do with the extra room if you have a 3x5 recipe?! BUT, I said yes so I needed to get to work on it. So.....there it is------->

What do you think? I went to my LSS and got the veggie designer paper. Used my Chefabella, GinaK's Scalloped Frames & Doodles, and my word set from the Kim Hughes Collection at CHFs. The recipe has a brad on the left top because there are two pages and you can move the top 3x5 card up and around so it is out of the way to read the directions on the 2nd page. Would you be pleased if you received this page in a swap? I hope so 'cuz this is what I'm going with!

A little later today Todd and I are going to get my new car. I won't keep you in suspense...it is a VW Passat Wagon. It has everything on it that a person could want...leather interior, heated seats, 6 disc CD changer, lots of room, and the best part is that it is WHITE!!! I have always wanted a white vehicle (don't ask me why...I don't know) and now I have one...woohoo! If you click on the link ignore the price in the left corner as it isn't what we paid and I'm not gonna tell ya! LOL! I will take a picture when we get it home and post it. I'm sure I'll have a huge smile! Oh...if I have your cell phone number and you can get a text you'll probably see it that way first! LOL!!!

Alright...have a super Saturday and I'll see you back here later!

Hey, Cupcake!

While blufing (blog surfing) yesterday I stopped at one of my normal stops and saw that she had used a sketch from Stampin' Kub's blog. I thought it was worth a look see so I went to Kurtis's blog and website. Love it by the way...check it out. Anyway, he used a really simple sketch that I thought...no way...I can't do nice card with such a simple sketch. Or, at least I hadn't in the past. Well, taadaa! All the stamps on this card are from the Kim Hughes set called Hugs and Kisses and can be found at CHF. My supplies are listed HERE. My favorite part of this card is the cake part of the cupcake as I used brown flocking on it and it is SO cute in real life! There is a strange phenomenon in our house. If I make a card that I don't like and then show it to Todd and he really likes it...typically it is very well liked on SCS. When I love a card but Todd doesn't like it all that much and place it on SCS then it isn't very well liked. Frustrating! Anyway, I love this card, Todd isn't in love with it, it doesn't have many comments on SCS BUT both Kurtis and Keri Lee like it...what do you think? Am I right on this one or is Todd? It is okay to be honest just not mean, k?

***Enabler Alert...Enabler Alert!***

Oh, and I must tell you about this place I found for good buys on crafting stuff. It is called Scrapbook Pal. I placed an order through them on Wednesday and received it TODAY!! Free Priority shipping with orders over $25, too! All of their Stickles glitter glue are on sale for $1.75 each. I got Platinum, Baby Blue, Cotton Candy, and Yellow! I also got a couple of more Color Box Chalk Cat Eyes. And, my very first Ranger Distressing Inks. I have NO idea how to use them but I'm excited to try them. I picked out antique linen and tattered rose colors. If you know how to use them please leave me a comments so I can have some fun with them, too! Oh, and one more thing about Scrapbook Pal. I used their online customer service for a question and it was GREAT! I quickly got an operator and she answered my question and suggested an alternative for me. Overall...I say...type quickly to get to this store and buy LOTS!!! LOL!

Have a fantastic Friday everyone...Todd and I are going on a date tonight so I'm excited!!!

I made an RAK and received an RAK!!!

A couple of times a month there are calls on the yahoo groups that I belong to for special RAK's to be sent out. Most often it is when a family member or friend is having a hard time of things and the person would like to support them. Sometimes I send a card and sometimes I don't. Well, this last time I decided to send a card. The call came out through my Bellaholicsanonymous group but I decided to use one of th Happy Hopper images that I had gotten while ago. The top card is what I came up with. I have to say that I'm totally in love with the card. You can see the recipe for this card HERE. There is just something about this card that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy...uh, duh Lorie! It could be that the fuzzy bunny is in a hot tub of its own therefore the warm and fuzzy feeling!!!

The RAK I received is from Keri Lee over at the blog Pink Lemonade. She is also a major player at Cornish Heritage Farms. Keri writes the technique tutorials for CHF among other things. Have you been to CHF recently? Not to long ago they had a new release night and the fantastic broad stripe background you see on the card in the picture is one of the new stamps! You should definitely go check them out! Thank you, Keri! I have already looked at the magazine and found a ton of things I'd like to try...including your creations! Make sure you all go check out Keri's blog and CHF as I know you'll love both!!!

Have a great Friday everyone!