Nightly Walk

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Feeling cooped up with Covid-19, my family started going out for evening walks together. It began sporadically, but now we do it almost every day. We really enjoy this time together and often go through the woods to the cistern about a mile away. I see this as one of the blessings of pandemic.

To create this layout I used Pinkfresh's Just A Little Lovely pattern paper, Let's Stay Home ephemera, and Leafy cut file.

This page is entered in:

• The June Monthly Challenge at  Pinkfresh Studio

              

• Challenge YOUrself #78 "Summer Dreams" 

              
Thanks for stopping by,
~June

Mercedes Night

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My girlfriends, Carol, Roxie, Treasure and I meet once a month for friendship and to help each other be the best we can be. We call ourselves Sparks Of Courage. Usually we meet at Baker's Square, but my Mercedes dealer had a pop-up event and I invited my group. There were free cocktails, fancy cars and even virtual car racing! We always have so much fun together!

This page is based on a sketch from Scrap Our Stash.

This layout is entered in:

• The June Sketch Challenge at Scrap Our Stash

              

• The "Take Me For a Ride" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The "Anything Goes" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-June

Swan Card

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I think of my friend, Treasure, often and thought this would be a great card to send her.

 

The swan is from SugarPea Design's Every Day Christmas stamp set. The sentiment is from SugarPea's Take Note stamp set. I used Distress Oxides and a blending brush to create the background.

This card is entered in:

• Mix It Up Challenge #68 at SugarPea Designs

              

• The "Anything Goes" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-June

Homecoming Parade Page

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Last year we traveled to Waukesha, Wisconsin to watch our son perform with his college marching band for homecoming. Before the big game, the band marched through the town in a parade.

This is the last of my Little Yellow Bicycle pattern paper stash. It is sad to see it go, but it made a great page!

This page is entered in:

• The "Shoot For the Stars" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

• The "Anything Goes" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-June

Happy Birthday Two-fer

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I was playing around with a few of my favorite dies and some pattern paper scraps this weekend and here is what I came up with:

By mixing the pattern papers I was able to create two cards! I love that. The flower is Memory Box's Tilth Floral die. The "Happy" is Memory Box's Share The Happiness die. Also used was Poppy Stamp's Stitched Fluttering Butterflies die.

These cards are entered in:

• Memory Box Challenge #62 "Birthday Cards"

               

• PSC#69 Clean and Simple at Poppy Stamps

               

• TCP Tuesday Challenge #369 Patterned Paper 

               

Thanks for stopping by,
-June

Floral Window Box Card

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I am missing my friends a lot. It helps to make and send cards to them. My friend, Sue, loves to garden and I thought she would enjoy this card:

The cute window is Poppy Stamps' Mini Madison Window die. The flowers are from Poppy's Poinsettia Joy stamp set, which I fussy cut. And the sentiment is Poppy's Hip Hello die which was cut three times and glued together, with Glossy Accents added.

This card is entered in:

• PSC#69 Clean and Simple at Poppy Stamps

               

• The June "Meant to Be Sent" Challenge at SugarPea Designs

• The "Anything Goes" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-June

Dad's Day Card

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Jeff wanted a special card for his dad. As Dave loves to tinker in his workshop, I thought he might enjoy this card:

To create the peg board I used Altenew's Pegboard Canvas Cover die cut on brown cardstock and added silver dimensional paint for the pegs. The cute tools are stamps from Altenew's Engineers Rule set. They were stamped on silver metallic paper, then heat embossed with clear powder and fussy cut. The "DAD" letters are Altenew's Inline Alpha dies and the sentiment is from Altenew's Heartfelt Sentiments stamp set.

This card is entered in:

•  The June Inspiration Challenge at Altenew

              

• The June Challenge at Dare 2B Artzy 

              

• The "Anything Goes" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Happy Father's Day and thanks for stopping by,
-June

Electrifying Father's Day Card

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With Father's Day coming up, my son, Aaron, and I teamed up to make this card. Aaron came up with the ideas and I tried to create them. He wanted a circuit board (as my husband is an electrical engineer), so this is what we came up with:

Creative Embellishment's Circuit Board stamp heat embossed with silver on green cardstock was the perfect base. Aaron also wanted to add electronics to the board. CE's light bulb flair button was easy, but he wanted a battery too. After digging through my large stash of CE chippies we spotted a school locker left over from a graduation pack. I colored it black & gold and flipped it upside down! Now it is a battery! The sentiment is Creative Embellishment chippies that were heat embossed with several layers of Ranger's Princess Gold Embossing Powder so it looks almost fluid. I wanted to enter this card in CE's monthly challenge. The lantern in the mood board was the inspiration and I managed to find some gold metallic lace. Who would have guessed lace would look on a circuit board Father's Day card?!

I love how this card turned out! Plus it was so fun creating with my son. Now we can't wait for Father's Day to give Jeff this card!

This card is entered in:

• The June Monthly Challenge mood board at Creative Embellishments

              

• The It's A Man Thing Monday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp
• The Something Metallic Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp
• The Masculine June Challenge at Dare 2B Artzy

 Happy Father's Day and thanks for stopping by,
-June & Aaron

The Ring

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Last summer, just a day after we got back from Alaska, Tyler shocked us by saying he wanted to propose to Shara and could we help him pick out a ring?! We took him to Continental Diamond where we got my ring 20 years earlier.

 

Tyler did propose to Shara on July 10, 2019 and she said yes! They were married in September, but that is another page.

I used Creative Imaginations pattern paper with lots of metallic silver foil. The "rings" were die cut from gold metallic paper. The silver glitter title was made with Thickers. The cute wedding stamp is by Stampendeous.

This page is entered in:

• The It's A Man Thing Monday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp 
• The Something Metallic Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-June

Canada Day in Vancouver

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The last stop of our Alaskan vacation was Vancouver, Canada. We had fabulous time strolling the parks, enjoying internet again and shopping. A happy accident, our stay was on July 1, 2019 which is Canada Day and we had a fabulous view of the fireworks from our hotel room!

This page includes metal stars and uses Little Yellow Bicycle papers. The design is based on a sketch from Sketch N Scrap.

This page is entered in:

• The "Something Metallic" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-June

Ketchikan Alaska

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Ketchikan, Alaska is well known for its Lumber Jack Show, which is great, but the town is wonderful, too! It was a fabulous way to spend a summer day!

This page is entered in:

• Challenge YOUrself #78 "Summer Dreams"

              
Thanks for stopping by,
-June

Lumberjack Show

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Our last stop on our Alaskan cruise was Ketchikan. There we saw a Lumberjack Show that was fantastic! Here is the page:

The pattern paper and stickers are from Echo Park's Little Lumber Jack collection. This layout is based on a sketch from Sketch N Scrap.

This page is entered in:

• The June Challenge at Dare 2B Artzy

              

• The "Masculine" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by,
-June

Helicopter Ride

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This helicopter ride was a first for all 3 of us. I am terrified of heights, so of course they seated me up front. Luckily Aaron was next to me and he held my hand the whole time. Although it was scary, the views were amazing as we flew over mountaintops and glaciers.

I love doing challenges as they really push my creativity and often make a good layout great! That happened here. Part of Stacy's tic-tac-toe challenge was to add a die cut. I pondered about this, then remembered my MFT cloud dies. They were the perfect touch and I love how this page turned out. I also love the design, which was based on a sketch by the very talented Rochelle Spears.

This page is entered in:

• Rochelle Spears' June Sketch Challenge

               

• The June Tic Tac Toe Challenge at Scrap with Stacy - I used the column Punch/Die Cut, Sequins, and Teal

              
Thanks for stopping by,
-June