2010 July 20 – My Cardz ~ My Passion . . .

Shiver me timbers!! ~ Just Us Girls

Hello … AGAIN! I had the worse day imaginable yesterday after coming home from a crazy week. Soooooo, my first thing to do is, of course, COLOR! It really is my favorite form of therapy ~ in addition to a glass of vino!

I was happy to play along with the Just Us Girls (JUGS) color challenge for this week. They are featuring the colors

orange, navy, green and cream

~ with the additional option to create a birthday card in celebration of Maria from the JUGS DT’s birthday. Believe it or not, this IS a birthday card! Happy Birthday Maria!

Here’s the inside to prove it!

It’s pretty amazing what you can turn into a birthday card! It definitely helped to relieve some of the stress. 🙂

Thanks for listening to my whining. Hope you can stop back for a fun All That Scraps challenge tomorrow.

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Supplies Used:

Magnolia ~ Pirate Edwin
Computer generated sentiment ~ angelic war from dafont.com
Basic Grey ~ Boxer
Spellbinders Nestabilities Deckeled Edge Classic Ovals LG
Spellbinders Nestabilities Small Petite Ovals
Tim Holtz Elegant Flourishes Alterations Sizzix Bigz Dies
Making Memories Metal Rhinestone Halloween words
Hero Arts clear Assorted Crystal Gemstones
Miscellaneous ribbon & spiral clip
Inkssentials Opaque White Gel Pen
Pop dots
Copics: B34, 37, 39; YG63, 67, 91, 93; YR000, 00, 01; R20, 30; E000, 00, 08, 09, 11, 13, 30, 31, 37, 50, 53: Woo, 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8; T1, 3, 5

Hello! I seem to be one of those who always sees the glass as half empty … so I love this sentiment about roses and thorns from good ole’ Ab Lincoln! I need to embed it in my mind as my daily motto!

I also just love all the floral images from I Brake For Stamps! This one is called Long Rosebuds. Hope you can take a peek at IBFS‘s store – You’ll be amazed at the selection of stamps! Don’t forget to use coupon code SAVE10MARY for a 10% discount off any order from I Brake For Stamps!

I thought this image was perfect for the new(er) Spellbinders Nestabilities MEGA oval dies. I know we’re previewing all the new dies being introduced at CHA next week, but these are still new to me! 🙂 I also used the Mega Scalloped Oval dies for the matting and was able to emboss it with the 5×7 Cuttlebug polka dots folder ~ I love the new size! No need to try to fit your paper into the smaller sized folders ~ The die cut fit perfectly! yay.