One Last ATC. . .

Here's the last as-yet unpublished ATC from my collection so far this year. This one features a petunia stamp by Karen Lockhart. The patterned paper is part of the Botanique line by American Crafts, and I drew the dotted border on the orange cardstock myself.

See you soon!

Soft Lavender

Is it Thursday already? How did that happen? I am truly convinced that time goes faster as an adult than it did when I was a kid. I feel like Christmas just happened, and it's already March!

Maybe it's because I had a busy weekend last weekend. On Friday, hubby and I drove down to Moss Landing with another couple to check out Phil's Fish Market. I've never had such fresh fish, and the atmosphere was fun too! Then on Sunday, we went to check out the Legion of Honor's Cartier in America exhibit. I loved checking out the bling!

Anyway, on to the card. I've had this sketch on a Post-it floating around my workspace for forever, and the card finally came together this week. I needed a card for a classy older friend's birthday, so I turned to a Karen Lockhart stamp for a calming sketchy feel.


















I used cream Neenah cardstock for the base, and a bit of A Muse gingham paper for some color. Quick, easy and done done done!

Aloha!

Hello there! Can you believe it's June already?

Well, after another three days off, I'd like to say that I'll be happy to be going back to work. . .but I'm not. There is something so nice about having free time all day to do anything. I guess I'll have to keep buying lottery tickets, eh? ;)

We tried two new burger joints (Mike's at the Crossroads and Flipper's). I love love loved Mike's, Flipper's was okay. We also walked Toby every day this weekend, three miles a day.

On Sunday, we went out for sushi in San Francisco and checked out the SF Museum of Modern Art. The main exhibit was a Georgia O'Keeffe/Ansel Adams show, but my personal favorite was a smaller exhibit featuring work by Robert Frank. He made a cross-country trek in the 1950s and turned the black and white photos he took into the book "The Americans." It was completely inspiring.

Anyway, I did manage to get some stamping in on Saturday. With a relaxing weekend underway, I was reminded of the feeling you get on vacation, and that brought me to my Hawaiian shirt stamp by Karen Lockhart. This is my second Karen Lockhart stamp and the first big one (the other one I own is three cupcakes and doesn't take much coloring). Oh, I loved coloring this one though! Check it out:















There's surfboards, palm trees, coconuts and flowers to color. Love it! The patterned paper across the bottom is by Memory Box, and the sentiment is by A Muse. I think they go pretty well together. So well in fact, that I made a second card.















I thought I'd mix it up with a completely different color scheme, and I like it! This stamp has so many coloring opportunities.

All right, time to get settled into "the grind." Have a great day!