Stampin' Chez Moi

Why does summer get SO busy...I always seem to be running ~ not getting things done that I would like to ~ running again...okay, sorry, you didn't pop in for this...but I was so thrilled to have some time to create a birthday card for our son Marc! He'll be home in a few days along with his beautiful wife ~ I can't wait to see them ~ I don't do long distance well ~ Nance, thanks so much for this wonderful sketch to follow ~ I'm down to the last minute, but I made it just in time to join the girls at Paper Players ! Here's Nance's sketch And my son's birthday card ~ I purchased this stamp set with him in mind, so it was so fun to ink it up and put this together for him ~ sure hope he likes it ~ I would love for you to have a listen to his music, here's a link to his my space and his birthday card! Thanks so much for stopping by today ~ I hope you have a super day, weekend and enjoy the wonderful month of August!!!! Let the music play on :-) Stam...

What a busy week I've had and then all of a sudden, I had a found afternoon today ~ so ~ I quickly found the challenges that I was hoping to play with and had myself some fun! I really am hungering for spring and the Paper Players Challenge #37   & PPA84 were just TOO perfect ~ I can almost smell the roses! The subtle colors at the Color Throwdown #132 just screams spring to me...and so away I went!  I knew exactly what I wanted to do, but sometimes what I see in my head isn't quite right and I end up changing everything about what I had originally planned on creating....today was a different story ~ this is pretty much exactly what I dreamed up ~ that is exciting for me and a first! So here's my spring card... I've got Shimmer Mist on the butterflies as well as the flowers ~ but, it's really had to see in the photos I had to place my clear block onto my card in order to hold it down ~ here's a little side shot ~ and the inside of my card ~ I...