~Message from Afar~

TIMELESS TUESDAY #175

hosted by Silke:

"I’m challenging you to use your FAVORITE FLOURISHES STAMP along with your FAVORITE DIE(s) and please finish your card/project off with your absolute FAVORITE EMBELLISHMENTS!"

My favorite Flourishes stamp is "A Guiding Light".

I love the sentiments and the gorgeous ship.

AS for my favorite die, I'd have to say it's my newest...Spellbinders Postage Stamp die.

My favorite embellishments are these wonderful Sassafras flowers won from  Lauren's challenge.

I am entering this in her current Inspired By Challenge #30.

Check out the blue tablecloth and the water in the distance!

Also, there are white and red elements for Paper Issues:Picnics and Patriots .

I hope you are having a beautiful day...if not, reclaim it and make a new creation!

~Take care now~

Stamp: Flourishes "A Guiding Light"

Ink: Memento Ink Bahama Blue,Ranger Tim Holtz Broken China for edging

Paper: Georgia Pacific white and Teresa Collins Everyday Moments DP

Embellishments:Sassafras flowers

Dies:Spellbinders Postage Stamp die

~London!~

Simon Says Stamp and Show:LONDON
inspired me to create a card for my sister.



  While we were stationed in Germany, she came to visit.

If it weren't for her, I would have never had the guts to travel to

my dream destination~London.

With her help, I was able to do so with my girlies in tow 8 years ago.


Look how wittle they were!!!

 BTW, they wore those hats on the flight home(zero room to store elsewhere)...they weren't too thrilled about it.

I don't care...they looked way too cute in my photos!

I made a card for my sweet sister~I owe her a hello/thinking of ya.

I was so excited to use my cool double decker bus button.

(Papertrey Ink Grunge Me,Papertrey Ink All Booked Up,Spellbinders classic circles,Ranger Tim Holtz distress ink fired brick,Sassafras flowers,Piggy Tales DP,Bazzill cardstock,Memento ink london fog,Creative Memories corner rounder)

I'm hoping she will remember that chapter of time...when we got to visit Shakespeare's globe and other cool sites.

We are both English majors, so that was a HAVE TO.

We even rode those red buses!


I glittered up some buttons for Make It Monday #54:Glitter Buttons.
Ashley's tutorial offers a variety of ways to add glitter to your buttons.

I used my daughter's glitter glue to give some sparkle to these awesome Sassafras button flowers.


Thanks for stopping by! ;)

~ColourQ and a Sassafras Flower~

I was so blessed to win some gorgeous Sassafras Flowers from  

Lauren.

I used one on this card.

I also recycled a gorgeous heart tag from my daughter's new outfit.

(Inspired Stamps Strength,Sassafras flower,Spellbinders scalloped circles,Piggy Tales DP,Bazzill cardstock,Brilliance red ink,Ranger Tim Holtz distress ink fired brick)

ColourQ Challenge #124

 Inspired By #11

I am also submitting this to 

Paper Crafts February 2012 Gallery Challenge.