fresh & fun

When we checked the weather forcast yesterday it said it would rain all the way to Texas. We were a bit worried. We got up at 5 a.m. and were on the road at six.

We were lucky. It rained on us only a few times. Of course we had to stop at the Orange, TX rest stop. It’s Johns tradition. We have several rest stops that we always visit while driving to Texas.

While at the rest stop in Orange, we saw a raccoon. I have never seen a raccoon in the wild before. We didn’t stay long, but Lucas had to climb on the star again!

 We made really good time today and we in San Antonio at 7:00 p.m. sharp. It’s exactly 800 miles from our house to my in laws.

Yesterday the week long Dirty Dare challenges started over at SCS. You can read more about what those challenges are, the purpose of those challenges and the schedules in this thread by Julie. Today I am one of the challenge hosts.  I came up with this simple sketch for the sketch challenge I am hosting:

The card base is a 5 1/4″ x 10 1/2″ piece of chocolate chip cardstock folded in half. I stamped the Linen background stamp on it with chocolate chip ink.  All patterned paper is from the Linen Prints designer paper pack. The stamps are from the set Flowers & Flourishes.

I inked up the big flower with Cameo Coral and stamped it off once. Then I huffed on it to moisten it, rock n’ rolled the edges with chocolate chip classic ink and stamped it on white cardstock. I cut it out, added a chocolate chip flower punchout from the Three For You punch in it’s center and topped it off with a circle jewel brad from the fire collection.

The main panel is a piece of white cardstock, stamped with Apricot Appeal and Linen background stamp and flowers from the Flowers & Flourishes set. I added the small flower background stamp from that set with cameo coral ink that was stamped off once for a softer look. The saying is stamped in chocolate chip.

I paper pierced some swirls with the Priceless Brass template and some corner deco on the top right with the mat provided in the Tool Kit.

Of course I couldn’t help myself to add some Faux Stitching with the All in a Row set.

If you are a fan club member, head on over to SCS and participate in the challenges. If you aren’t a fan club member yet, you might want to consider joining. The Fan Club helps keeping SCS running. The monthly server costs for the site are quite high! As an extra bonus for supporting the site, you will be able to see a new stunning gallery filled with new samples from some of our most talented site members every month!

Please think and pray for my family’s safety today. We are heading towards San Antonio today for a weeks visit! It’s a 14 hour drive!

Misty bought some of my retired sets and sent me this striking card. You can find more of her work on her blog Lil’ Buck’s Creations.