Paper Playtime Challenge

I am finally done with my run at work. I have 3 days off and then am back, working 5 12 hour shifts in 6 days. Ugh! Oh well, at least I had some crafting time today :)
There is a weekly challenge at Paper Playtime and this week, the creator of one of my favorite blogs, Alex is their "Queen". I just knew I had to play along with the "Miss You" theme this week. here is what I came up with.



The snail is cut from Create a Critter (love that cartridge!) an the circles are from George and Basic shapes. The paper is all from my scrap boxes except for the patterned paper, which is from my old Creative memories stash and the "miss you" is from My Pink Stamper stamps.

The card fits in with a couple of extra challenges this week - surprise, surprise :)

One Stitch at a Time is having a double challenge this week. Either a sketch challnge, or using pink on your card. I went for both.

Paper Sundaes challenged us to use stitching - either faux or real on our card. i obviously went with faux. Stitching is something I am pretty new at, an in truth not all that comfortable with yet, but it does give cards a lovely finished look.

Little Red Wagon has a challenge to use circles on your card. I almost never use circles, but today, I did - even the snail has a big circle on her back :)

OWH Stars and Stamps challenged us to use some patterned paper from our stash. I ahev a huge stash of paper that I seem to be afraid to use! I love that these challenges are making me use them :)

I have more crafting to do before heaing back to work on Saturday, so be sure to check back tomorrow for another BBQ card.

A la prochaine...

August Garden

Foggy this morning.
The first few days of August and it is hot and muggy. Humidity high. Thanks goodness for A/C , not for the bills to follow.. Could whine about the weather but keep thinking come February these days will be a fond memory.
Southern Hibiscus is just starting to flower.
Frosty morn sedum Not 100 % happy with this plant , it is stretchy, flower heads more open then I would like. Wonder if it would do better if pruned once during growing season
Kong Sunflowers are flowering showing lots of branching with many seed heads to come.
Birds have been checking out the seeds to see if they are ready to eat yet.
This will sound odd but it smells like August in the garden... Anyone else think so?

Geeks Rule MFT Wednesday Stamp Challenge

Happy Wednesday!

Today we start our journey south! I'm so excited for our vacation but first I'm making a quick pit stop in Calgary for an interview! Wish me luck!

It's the first Wednesday of the month which means it's sketch time! Be sure to check out all the info in the MFT forum on SCS. When uploading to SCS please use keyword MFTWSC08042010 so we can find your creations!

I realize now that I forgot one element of the sketch....oops! Hope Cindy will forgive me ;)

I'm sure that Alex and Wendy have awesome cards too!

I stamped this fun image from Who's That Geek Guy(currently out of stock but I'm sure it'll be back soon) onto white cardstock and coloured with Copics. My sentiment was stamped onto a piece of vellum.

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll post and comment when I can over the next week and a half!
Have a GREAT day!