Fun in the Sun!

Well, Summer has definetly arrived in South Texas! It's been extremely hot...since May! You can look over to the left of my blog and see my Weather Widget, it will give you our current weather conditions...most days...its says "HOT"!!!

Last week was a whopper and I shamefully missed posting my Meljen's Designs card for the week. So, today I'm going to make up for that and show it to you!!
But first I'd like to share a Challenge Card with you!  I am entering this card in a SEVERAL challenges. The first is over at All that Scraps Wednesday Challenge. The theme this week is anything goes.
I'm also using it  for the Wednesday Whimsie Challenge, their theme is Take a Dip!
So appropriate for our HOT weather days!!
And the last but not least, I'm also linking my card to Stamp and Create.com's "Summer" Challenge. Their prize for this month is a $25 gift certificate to Stamp and Create.

Linking this card to Papertakes Weekly Challenge for their "Anything Goes" theme.
And the challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar for their "Summer" theme!

Card Details: Digi Image-All that Scraps, Patterned Papers-the girls' paperie and The Paper Studio, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Circles-Spellbinders, Ribbon-Offray, Twine-Kimberly Poloson, Misc-Machine Stitching, SeaShells were googled clipart that I found and resized. I colored them and tied them to the twine.

My next card is a SUPER cute image from Meljen's Designs available at Whimsy Stamps

Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, RicRac-Wright's, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Cardstock, Bazill, Stickles-Ranger, Colored with Copics and Chalks

Here is  a peek at last week's Meljen's Designs New Releases:

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Don't forget to thank a Teacher!

As the school year is winding down I believe it's time to thank a teacher for their time and dedication. After all, teachers spend about 8 hours a day with your child. The teachers I have been so blessed to know have that "special gift". You see, it takes a "special gift" to be a teacher. How do I know....well, my Mom is a PreKinder teacher, she's a young gal in her 60's.  For many, many years she has been a dedicated  teacher to "her children". Yes, that's what she calls them.
She displays patience, kindness,  and most importantly perserverance.  I worked at school for a few years, but then realized I really didn't have that "special gift"...and I didn't want it either! he,he!!! I'm just kidding. I really loved working with those little ones. After all, who doesn't have fun chasing 4 and 5 year olds around as they yell, "NO I don't want to!" at you. You get to enjoy cleaning running noses, comforting them as they cry because Billy won't be their friend, you get to see the excitement in their eyes when they learn to right their name.
But I chose to stay home and take care of my kids and my family and do what I love....crafting.

My kids have also had some awesome teachers, so I'll get right to it:
Thanks  for a Great year!!!

Card Details: Digi Image-Whimsiedoodles (Image has been altered a bit. The glue bottle said, "Stuck on you", but I changed that up a bit. Patterned papers-Cosmo Cricket, Border Punch-EK Success, Brads-The Paper Studio

I am entering this card in a challenge over at Whimsie Doodles

This is the Sketch challenge

Thanks for visiting today! Have a great Tuesday!

I am also linking this to a challenge over at KB Challenges, the theme this week is Anything Goes.

I Lava You!

I made this card for a super fun challenge over at Whimsie Doodles. The theme for their Whimsie Wednesday Challenge was TEENS!!! I have 3 of them so this card is right up my alley!

Honestly, I a bit disappointed with my photo taking skills or my camera, because you cannot see the glossy accents I used on the lava lamps. I used stickles on the Lava hearts, and Glossy Accents inside the "glass" domes. Oh well....here it is, perfect or not! LOL

Card Details: Digi Image/Sentiment-Whimsiedoodles, Patterned Paper-Doodlebug Design, Buttons-Cosmo Cricket, Stickles-Ranger, Misc. Colored Hemp and Glossy Accents

Okay...time to start some dinner. Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday evening.