summer camp!

From the time I was 8 years old to about 16 or 17, I went to the same summer camp every year - and it was easily the best part of the summer!  This summer I've joined an online summer card camp - and so far I'm loving it too!

This week's color combo is so bright and lush - full of summer fun!

I took Kristina's day 1 hint of going through my crafting supplies and scouting around for what would work with the color challenge.  I pulled out some pretty papers from my humongous scrap pile (it really is huge) and pulled inspiration from them - especially the blue strip.  I immediately thought of the "large than life" florals as a good match.  Can you see I added some shine to the die-cut pieces?  After I stamped them in versamark ink, I dabbed on some shimmer.  

To break up all the bright color, I tore into the hot-pink paper at the top, and added a strip of white cardstock (stamped with "text-style II" in memento black ink) to the bottom.  A few snips later, and voila! a fun little fringe.

Thanks for looking!

MIM - sympathy.

Sympathy cards are hard enough to send out, let alone create.  It's a fine balance between somber, elegant, and uplifting at the same time.  When I saw that the PTI: MIM challenge was sympathy cards, I decided to add to my stash... I figure that when you NEED a sympathy card is probably not the best time to be creating one... you know?

I have never tried the "emboss-resist" technique before, but gave it a whirl here.  The clear-embossed florals (from PTI's "larger than life") "resist" the ink that I sponged and stamped on top - so cool!  The bird is from SU's "notably ornate" set, and was "kissed" with PTI's "text-style II".