Captain's Challenge

Finally, I did it! I completed my first challenge. I found this challege on Captain Crafter's site. This challenge was to use the layout provided and 3 different colors of cardstock. The catch was, the base card could not be one of the 3 colors and it had to be a neutral. For the first card, I bent the rules a bit and used one color of cardstock but a couple of print papers for the "extra" colors. The green paper is "Lime Twist" from the My Mind's Eye Everyday Tango collection. The floral print is from K & Co. I don't have a scrap big enough to tell you which collection it is from. Sorry about that. The dragonfly stamp is from Denami and the inks used were Laurel Leaf, Baby Blue and Lagoon Blue VersaColor. For the second card, I played by the rules. ARGH! I used cream cardstock for the base card and then a scrap of brown with a piece of Brown Scarlett Letter from Basic Grey, rust Bazzill and a scrap of Lt. Chocolate Malt from World Win for the flower panel. I versamarked the Autumn Leaves swirl stamp onto the rust panel. The flower (Paper Ispirations) was colored with Bark, Brown and Burgundy VersaColor Inks. I used a bit of Diamond Stickles in the center of the flower. The brads are from Lasting Impressions. This was fun and I look forward to the next challenge.

Neglect!

Neglect! That is all I can say about this blog. I have been so bad at posting. I have said a bunch of times that I would try harder to post.

I have decided to start doing some of the stamping challenges that I find on SCS and the blogs that I stalk.

Personally, the most exciting thing was celebrating Jon's 16th birthday. He is chomping at the bit to get his drivers license, but because his grades dropped a bit, he was late getting his permit and here in CA you have to have your permit 6 months before you can get your license. August 15th will be the MAGIC day for him. Jon started working at one of the local resorts for the summer so guess who is schlepping him to work and back................you guessed it, me. DH helps out some on the weekends and I appreciate that!

Well, I am off to work on my first challenge. I will post all of the info as soon as it is done and uploaded. Try not to hold your breath too long.