Sketchin' it out with Halloween

More Halloween goodness up tonight....or this morning.  I picked out the sketch from today on the I heart 2 Stamp blog for this card.  Whenever you run low on mojo, go for the sketches.  There are so many wonderful sketch artists out there.  I picked up the Honey Bear from my Inkadinkado stamps.  Isn't he a cutie?  I worked on more shading techniques for the Copic Challenge #35 going through September 30th .

For the background squares, I used Fiskar embossing folders to dry emboss spider webs.  The spider web at the bottom is a Tim Holtz mask rubbed over with Tea Dye Distress Ink.

I wanted to create a white border around my stamped image and am usually unsuccessful at keeping the embossed edge of my nestabilites clean when I try to free hand it with my Copic markers.  So tonight, I decided to keep the image nested inside my die and color my shaded background.   After completing all the shading work, I popped out the image and had my white border.

Copic Sketch Markers 
Bear: E11, E21,E33, E53, E25, E29, R20
Bear Clothes/Hat: C1, C3, C7, C9, V04, V06, V09, YR21, YR24 white highlights, colorless blender 
Honey/Pot: YR21, YR23,YR24, R22, R24, E09, white highlights, colorless blender
Label Edge: E00, E21, YR21, Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Card Paper: Basic Grey Fusion Line
Spellbinders Nestabilities: Large Scalloped/Large Standard Circles, Large Labels
Distress Ink by Ranger: Walnut Stain, Black Soot, Tea Dye Stamps: Inkadinkadoo
Mask: Advantus Tim Holtz
Embossing Plates: Fiskars


One more fun Halloween image coming up soon.  Stay tuned!

Boo! Popping in for a card challenge or two.

It's been a few weeks since I've done a card challenge.  So I thought I'd pop in today with a Halloween card for you since I've been posting so many Christmas projects.  I was walking through my local craft store on a construction paper mission for my girls.  Get in...get paper...get out.  Curses...the store employees had to stick these adorable Inkadinkadoo Halloween stamps in the aisle on my way to the cash register.  Honestly as I was walking past the end cap, my basket bumped the edge and into my basket the stamps fell.  Clearly I was meant to have them.


Copic Creation's Challenge #35 - Shading in or around images: There was no doubt I would enter this one since it's the Copic skill technique I'm trying to improve...and have plenty of room for improvement too.  ; )


Flutter by Wednesday's Challenge #123 - All winged things: It's a perfect time of year for the butterfly/fairy/angel rule to be relaxed.  For you can't have Halloween without little winged bats, right? I did an emboss resist of little bats in the upper right corner (a wonderful trick I picked up from Mr. Holtz himself).

 To create an emboss resist image on your project, you need the following: Image Stamp, Clear Embossing Ink, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Distress Ink Pads, wet paper towel.
1. Stamp your image using clear embossing ink. (Distress Embossing Ink used here but you can also use Versamark ink).
2. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder and heat emboss using your heat tool.
3. Use a make up sponge and rub your colored Distress ink over and around your image in a circular motion.  You will see your image pop up through the ink.
4. After you have completed your colored distressing, take a damp paper towel and gently rub across your embossed image to take off any Distress Ink left on top.  You have now have an embossed resist image on your project.

Here's a close up of my Inkadinkadoo Kitty cutie.

Copic Sketch Markers 
Pumpkins/Leaves: YR12, YR21, YR23, E25, YG03, G21, G82
Cat: C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, R85, white highlights, colorless blender 
Cat Hat: V04, V06, V09, YR24, E5, white highlights, colorless blender
Label Edge: YR00, YR12, YR21, YR23, V00, V04, V06, C1, C3, C9, colorless blender
Card Paper: Cosmo Cricket, black cardstock
Spellbinders Nestabilities: Labels 1
Punches: Martha Stewart Iron Gate Around the Page Combo
Distress Ink by Ranger: Concord Grape, Spiced Marmalade, Walnut Stain, Black Soot
Stamps: Inkadinkadoo

Let's make Christmas Cards on the hottest day of the year!

There's nothing like having your snowman melting while you're coloring him, right?  We are heating up, up, up the thermometer here on the East Coast.  I have nothing to complain about though, because this is much better than 3 feet of snow.  However, it does make working on Christmas cards a touch interesting.  I created this little guy from a new challenge website I found called Christmas Stampin' All Year Long.  I love it!  What better way to get half of your Chritmas cards made then to do one a week and have someone else provide you with the inspiration.  This week's challenge is a sketch challenge. 

I'm plowing through all my older papers and using my stash of "must haves" from years gone by.  It's hard but you can do it too!  I will be sending this card off to Operation Write Home.  Will I get any of my own Christmas cards done?  Probably not many, but this gives me happies in my heart to send this off for a soldier to use.

The sketch challenge ends today, so if you hurry, you can still get one in.

Copic Sketch Markers
Background: W1, W3, W5, W7, colorless blender
Stars: E11, E21, E33, colorless blender
Snowmen: C1, B02, B14, BG05, R22, E09, E21, E33, colorless blender, Inkssentials White Pen
Digital Stamp: Sassy Cheryl's
Paper: KI Memories (Alpine Collection)
Ranger: Inkssential's White Opaque Marker
Sentiment: Studio G
Brads: Queen & Co, Creative Impressions (Stars) 

Monochrome Mania

  

Ever since I found the My Cardz blog, that I mentioned in last week's Treasure Find, I've been dreaming of trying a monochromatic card.  So here it is...my first attempt.  I definitely need practice but I'm not completely appalled with my first try. It wasn't easy but it was fun.  I will mention I did a practice run first before doing the card.  The Pixie Cottage challenge for this past week was to create a card using a sketch by Jay Jay, with a twist of stamping twice...which I managed to get in.

I will try this again.  If you have done any monochromatic work, please leave me a link so I can check it out.  This is one of the cards going into a batch for Operation Write Home.  If you are a cardmaker and have some time and too many supplies like me, then this a great organization to work with.

Copic Sketch Markers: C1, C3, C5, C7, colorless blender
Stamp: Sandra Hammer
Paper: Basic Grey Ambrosia
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities
Punches: McGill Flower Punch
Ranger: Inkssential's White Opaque Marker, Distress Inks (Black Soot), Clear Embossing Powder
Sentiment: Maker Unknown  

Now what page was I on?

If you're a reader like me, then you typically have 3-5 books going at one time, around the house.  I usually have a devotional, a non-fiction, a drama and one of my kids school books going all at once.  So bookmarks are needed a plenty here.  Even the girls usually have a chapter book or two going at the same time. 

So guess how delighted I was to see that the new Copic Creations challenge involved my favorite thing...reading.  Yes, I think I even like reading better than scrapping...but only by a smidge.  If you have children, may I encourage to pick up a book with them daily.  Not only does it make great snuggle time, but increases their vocabulary and love for learning.  Copic Creations is featurning Elizabeth O. Dulemba, children's author and illustrator.  So what could their theme be this month?  Why anything related to reading of course: bookmarks, book gift card holders, book charts, etc...  Elizabeth even has a page full of free downloads for coloring and boy are they cute.  When I was looking through all the images, I saw the one below and instantly knew this one was the one for my bookmark.  I can just see this happening at our house somedays. 

Since it was one of the few non-cutsey illustrations, I wanted to dress up the bookmark by using a clear background.  I grabbed some Basic Grey Cappella Scraps, did some fussy cutting and adhered the flower design to the clear tag.   I added the journal tag and backed it with a border.  Finally, I dotted the edges with Liquid Pearls.

This one will promptly go into my current read: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle.


Copic Sketch Markers 
Couples' skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, E33, R20
Lady hair: E09, E11, E33, YR24, white highlights
Lady dress: G21, G40, G82, G99, C7, colorless blender
Man Hair/Hat/Shoes: C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, colorless blender, white highlights
Man Suit: E09, E25, E59, C9
Paper: Basic Grey Cappella
Ranger: Inkssential's White Opaque Marker, Liquid Pearls (Petal Pink)
Illustration by Elizabeth O Dulemba
Punches: Fiskars (Threading Water)

Wedded Bliss

Tonight, or this morning, whichever it may be wherever you are, I bring you a card of wedded bliss.  So remember, way back when, earlier this summer when I posted a wedding album for my friend?  Well, I finally finished the card for it.  Hah...am I slow this summer or what?  Must be the intense heat of summer.  I managed to weave back through my leftovers and found some scraps from the Cappella Album Kit.  Since I had the Loving Thoughts JustRite stamp set handy, I married the two together for quite a nice coupling, I think.


The photo on the card is a picture of their rings and I had wanted to use this in the album but ran out of pages.  Who here has ever run into that problem?  Well wouldn't you know, the lovely team over at the JustRite blog challenged everyone to make a card with a photo on it (Challenge #28).  Perfect timing, I say.

To create this shape card, you need cardstock (folded in half) and a set of the large scalloped Nestabilities.  First, place the largest nestability die over the folded cardstock, leaving the top edge off the folded seam, as seen in the photo below.  After running it through your die cut machine, you now have a folded scalloped card for your base.  Next, cut out a full scalloped circle, embellish it and then glue it down to the base. 

Paper: Patterned Paper (Capella Album Kit)
Stamp: JustRite Stamps - Loving Thoughts Set
Flowers:  Prima
Ink: Distress Inks by Ranger (Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Walnut Stain)
Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities (Large Scallop Circle, Large Label), Quickutz Flourish

This week's card challenge brought to you by...

Here's another 3 in 1 challenge for your viewing pleasure.

Copic Sketch Markers 
Girl skin: E000, E00, E11
Girl hair: E09, E33, YR24, white highlights
Girl dress/bow/socks/shoes: B02, BG05, BG09, G21, G40, YR04, YR12, YR18, colorless blender
Bear: E25, E29, E59, V04, C9, colorless blender, white highlights
Paper: DCWV Old World Stack, Bo Bunny Paradise, Bazill Cardstock
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Quickutz Flourish
Ranger: Inkssential's White Opaque Marker, Various Distress Inks
Digi Stamp: Sassy Cheryl's
Sentiment: Studio G Stamps 



Entered for the following challenges:
#1. Sassy Cheryl's Challenge #22: "Thinking of You"

#2. Mojo Monday #149

#3. colorQ challenge #43: Hmmm, I seemed to have gotten a touch color blind when I got to the Bermuda Bay color, but what can you do.  I was sure the colors were closer when I picked them out.

Thanks for taking a gander....

 

One Card...Three Challenges...

  

As I was perusing the blog I mentioned on Monday, it lead me to a digi stamp maker.  Don't things always lead to other things!  Sassy Cheryl's digi stamps are just plain cute.  I ended my night with 3 new digi stamps in my collection and decided to try out her Challenge for the week.  

Unfortunately, our house is still inhabited by those nasty sick germs and they finally caught me as well.  I only had the energy to do one card this week, so I chose to combine 3 challenges into one.  And I'm proud to say the whole card was made with scraps. 

Copic Sketch Markers 
Girl skin: E000, E00, E21, R20
Girl hair: E00, YR21, YR24, white highlights
Girl dress/socks/shoes: R22, R24, R27, YR00, YR04, YR12, YR21, E11, E53, colorless blender
Bear: E25, E29, E33, YR21, YR24, W7, colorless blender, white highlights
Paper: Various Scraps
Sizzix Alterations: On the Edge Die
Spellbinders Nestabilities: Various
Stickles by Ranger: Black
Digi Stamp: Sassy Cheryl's



Challenges Entered:

1. Sassy Cheryl's Challenge #21: Cut It Out.   The challenge is to use one of her digital stamps and then cut all or some portion of it out.
2. Mojo Monday #148 sketch challenge.  Here's the sketch, which I turned sideways.

3. The Color Q Challenge #42: Loved these color choices this week.  It reminds of Fall, which is my favorite season of the year. 

Weather is calling for 105 degrees tomorrow....I think everything is going to be a fall color alright.  Brown...as in withered.  Woo hee, it's hot.  But it's certainly better than 3 feet of snow that I posted about here back in February.  Happy Friday everyone!

On a Roll with the Bo Bunny's Layout Challenge Friday

 


Bo Bunny's challenge this week is to create a layout using the title of your Favorite Movie or TV Show.  Just one movie or show?  Impossible.  I've enjoyed so many shows over my life but for this layout I jumped backed to my childhood.  I mean seriously, what girl my age didn't have a crush on Chachi or the Fonz.  I definitely enjoyed my weekly fix of Happy Days although I was never a big fan of Richie's friends.  Anyone else remember the Karate Kid master as the lovable "Arnold?"


Ah, good times.  I wonder what my kids' go to favorite will be when they get older.  So here we have my husband and my oldest at 9 months old.  We flew out to San Diego for one my good friend's wedding and stayed with my Sister.  I loved her back yard.  We just don't get blue like this on the East Coast.  My daughter had a grand time playing around in the water and chewing on her ducky.  I had to reminisce about all the "Happy Days" to try and compete with all the sickness we've been dealing with this past week.  This certainly was a nice switch.  Check out more Summery Goodness from the Bo Bunny Paradise Collection.

I free handed the sun and then pieced it back together on the layout.  The edges are inked with Fired Brick Distress Ink and the top decorated with Liquid Pearls, Lemon Yellow (I think I see a need of more Liquid Pearls in my future).

To add variety to the bottom and give sort of a land/sky effect, I added the striped paper to the bottom.  To keep the flow of the scalloped die cut, I traced the edge onto transparency paper.  After cutting out the border edge, I traced it onto the striped paper, cut and adhered to the scalloped die cut.  The little seagull was from the cream paper and is colored in with Copic markers.

The title tag is created using 3 different Spellbinder Nestabilities shapes.  The middle is inked with 3 Distress Inks (Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade and Walnut Stain).  The edges are dotted with Liquid Pearls Baby Blue.  And check out the crab underneath the tag.  I'm proud of him.  He was cream colored when I started working with him, but all day in the sun and look how colorful he is now.

Thanks for stopping by.  And just for kicks, I'm curious what your favorite Movie or TV Show is.  Can't pick just one can you?

 

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #26

Not only was there a sketch challenge at The Pixie Cottage but the twist was to create a window in the card.  I've never done one of these before...but I can say, it was successful, thanks in great part to my Spellbinder Nestabilities.  Here is the sketch below. 

I opted to pull my sketch into a rectangle shape instead of the square shape. The border punch turned out to be the biggest challenge of the whole card but I think I managed to accomplish it.  Check out that cute Tina Wenke stamp I got from The Pixie Cottage.  He made the most whimsical little addition to my birthday card.

Card: Die Cuts With a View
Paper: Patterned Paper (Cosmo Cricket Delovely)
Dies:  Large Labels, Nestabilites by Spellbinders
Copic Sketch Markers
Stamps: Mouse - Tina Wenke, Celebrate - Studio G
Border Punch: Martha Stewart
Ranger Ink Distress Ink - various colors
Pop Dots, Glossy Accents

Copic Creations Challenge #31 ~ Birds ~

Copic Creations had a great challege this week...birds.  The girls and I just installed a bird feeder on our back deck and have been having a wonderful time watching the birds this summer.  Our hummingbird feeder has attracted a few of these beautiful, tiny creations and are therefore the inspiration for this card. I made this card with Delovely Deluxe kit leftovers.

Card: Die Cuts With a View
Copic Sketch Markers
Paper: Patterned Paper (Cosmo Cricket Delovely)
Stamp: Inkadinkado
Flower:  Prima
Ranger Ink Liquid Pearls - Lemon Yellow
Pop Dots, Glossy Accents

The Color Throwdown celebrates its 100th challenge!!

My friends, I'm not even sure I have 100 items in my gallery but I'm jumping on the bandwagon celebration.  The ladies over at The Color Throwdown are throwing a huge party this week.  There's an amazing blog hop that contains hundreds of dollars in prizes...no kidding.  Not to mention some fantastic cards.


The color scheme for this 100th Throwdown is below.  Pretty great colors huh?

I told you I had a few more projects coming from my Delovely Deluxe kit...well, here's another.  The kit is filled with the green and blues of this challenge so I only need to add my pinks and reds.  I snagged another element from the die cut card sheet to hold my sentiment and embellish with the pear.  I ran the tag through my printer to create the saying.  The edge is finished off with faux stitching.  I wish my sewing machine was working...but this will work in a pinch. 

And there's my Color Throwdown. Take a gander over at the challenge and enter yourself.


Card: Die Cuts With a View
Paper: Patterned Paper (Cosmo Cricket Delovely), Solid cardstock (AC Cardstock)
Dies:  Nestabilities by Spellbinders
Ranger Ink Distress Ink - various colors
Pop Dots, Glossy Accents, Ribbon

JustRite Sketch Challenge #024

Ah, it feels good to get back in the groove again.  If you ever hit a slump, I highly recommend sketch challenges.  They provide just enough boost to get your creative burners flowing again.  This week, at JustRite, we were given the following sketch challenge with the requirement to use an Americana color scheme.

Fitting that I just received 2 batches of JustRite stamps from Lil' Lambs Boutique.  I decided to rotate the sketch for my card.  The stamp is from the Seeds of Kindness collection.  I created the white borders using the Doily Lace Trim Martha Stewart punch.

I decided to create my own patterned paper for the red strip.  Here's a quick tutorial on creating your own patterned paper. First, cut out a small flower using a die machine or stencil (Tattered Florals Alterations Die used here).  Take a blank ink pen and trace around the flower onto the red paper strip.  Set white flower randomly about when tracing.

Next, take a white opaque pen (Inkssentials used here) and draw white dots around the inner edge of your traced flowers.  It's as simple as that.  You now have your own patterned paper.

If you get a chance, stop by JustRite and join the challenge.  You have until Friday.


Paper: AC Cardstock
Stamp: JustRite - Seeds of Kindness collection
Dies: Tattered Floral Alterations Die by Sizzix, Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders
Punch: Doily Lace Trim by Martha Stewart
Inkssentials Opaque Pen
Stickles by Ranger Ink: Christmas Red

Time to take a challenge break...

Today has definitely been a challenge.  Unexpected car repair AND the kitchen pipes, under the sink, decided to spring a leak and create a lake in my kitchen....sigh.  So, I decided to take a break from the hassels of life and create a card for a couple of blogs I follow.  And what better way to deal with challenges than do some challenges. 

The Pixie Cottage challenge #12 this week is all about circles...big, small, one, many...we decide...round and round we go.

Over on the Color Q blog, challenge #25 presents us with this week's color challenge: Celery, Banana, Turquoise, Chocolate Chip and White...why am I hungry all of a sudden.

Because I'm usually strapped for spare scrapping time, I thought, why not combine both challenges into one Thank You card for my dear Mom...who did not know that in sending me a care package earlier this week, it would arrive on this very day when I needed it most.  God bless Moms!!  So without any further chit chatter, here it is:

I think I have the circle thing down for Pixie Cottage.  I decided to pick up most of the color scheme, for the Color Q challenge, in my stamp as well as the card itself.  Here I have a close up of the Inkadinkadoo stamp that I've practiced, yet again, with my foray into Copic markers.  I embossed the white background using a Fiskars template and then lightly swiped the top with Shabby Shutters Distress Ink, to catch the raised dots.  The brown center circle has been glazed with Crackle Accents by Ranger.

Thanks again Mom!  Love you!

Caardvarks Photo Inspiration Challenge

This week I have been finishing up a few projects.  But I wanted to fit in this wonderful one from Caardvarks.  They come up with such great card challenges.  The challenge this time is to create a card based on what inspires you from this photo from Kids Pottery Barn.

I looked at this picture for quite a while, went away, came back and looked at it again.  About 2:00am last night I finally got inspired...maybe it was the fully caffienated Diet Coke my husband bought for me instead of my Caffiene free.  Well, whatever it was, it worked.  I worked mainly off the color scheme and then chose to go with butterflies instead of the bird and birdcage.

Here's the instructions on how I made this card:

The card is a 5x7 white textured card from AC Cardstock.  I used a Stamp by Inque Boutique, covered it with Gesso (which is a white based primer) and stamped my butterfly in the corner.  I then inked the edges of my card with Distress Ink (Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint used here).  Finally I randomly spritzed with my Mini Mister mix (Coffee shop Glimmer Mist, 1 tiny scoop Gold Perfect Pearls).  After you are done inking and spritzing, wet a paper towel and lightly rub over your butterfly to remove the colored inks.  Gesso works as an ink resist.


Next, choose paper for your background piece.  I used Websters Pages Life's Portrait line.  Cut the paper slighltly smaller than 5x7 and then tear the edges all around.  In the corner with the butterfly, tear out a V shape, so the butterfly can peep through from underneath.  In the back edges and front edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. Roll up the edges slightly all the way around.

Cut out an oval shape and then cut out the middle section to make an oval ring.  You can emboss your ring with any type of embossing folder (Cuttlebug script folder used here).  Ink your ring any color you desire (Tea Dye and Vintage photo used here).  Glue your oval down on the background and then stamp your sentiment in the upper right middle section (Studio G stamp used here). 

Choose some type of floral paper and cut around the stems and flowers.  Use an exacto swivel knife to cut the smaller inside pieces.  More floral paper from the Life's Portrait collection was used here.  The fence is a border punch from Martha Stewart. Adhere these items to your card.  I suggest using pop dots for part of the floral work and the fence post. It adds nice dimension.

Finally finish off with a small flower in the corner of your V and some butterfly embellishments.  Items used here are a itty bitty Got Milk flower with a Basic Grey Opaline Pearl Center.  The butterfly is a rub-on that I adhered to transparency paper, cut out and then heated up to curl a bit.  It's pop dotted onto the card and then Opaline Pearl Butterfly trails to finish.

Now it's your turn!  If you have any questions about technique or product, just let me know in the comments section.

Caardvarks Challenge for Lil' Lambs Boutique

Attention all my Cardmaking friends: Here's a double bonus for you: a chance to win $25 gift certificate from Lil' Lambs Boutique and a chance to get those Valentine cards done early. We are hosting a heart challenge over at Caardvarks. You can find all the challenge details here.

I wanted to jump into the action and used the Bo Bunny Love Bandit Deluxe Kit , seen below, to make 3 cards for my dear husband and two girls.

I used the faux stitching on dear hubby's card. I took some of the green trim from the kit and pleated it in a little circle, tacked down the middle with some thread and used it for the center layer of my flower.

I cut one of the little premade tag sentiments from the sheet of Bo Bunny tags to use here and then picked up my Martha Stewart punches for the bottom. I used the Deep Edge Lattice heart punch (which is beyond cool) and the Doily Lace Edge punch. The center of flower is one of beautiful glittery brads from the kit.

And finally another tag card used here from the Bo Bunny tag sheet, some more faux stitching and green trim from the kit. The big glazed brad in the flower section is also from the kit. I still have plenty left over from the kit to make a layout, which you'll get to see later and a treat bag.

Get on the move...you have until February 1st to submit your entries.

Anything But a Holiday

Anything but a Holiday....that's our new challenge going on over at Lil' Lambs Boutique. The challenge is to create a layout or altered item that is non-Holiday yet using Holiday themed paper. I had a lot of fun creating mine even though it gave me the "willies" while thinking about the journaling.

This paper is from the Fancy Pants Trick or Treat line. Very whimsical on one side and more subdued on the flip side. Watch in the next week or two when I pick up this line again and use the flip sides to capture my daughter's Halloween costume pics. I grabbed several of the Tim Holtz Idea-Ology masks to add to the creep factor of my layout. And doodled borders around the journaling cards to fill out some of the empty space.

This layout is for my Book of Me and here is a short list of some things that tend to lead me to panic. Please tell me someone else thought they would fall through the open back part of the stairs. Big fear of mine ever since I was a kid. Of course, we just got back from vacation and look what I had to climb up and down 3 or 4 times a day. I got very good at climbing the stairs looking at the sky.

Ferris Wheels - hoo boy, there's one fear I thought I was over. This past August I managed to not be able to escape riding on one with my youngest daughter. There's a reason they put a sign at the bottom that says "do not force someone to ride this ride." As I was sure our seat was going to drop all it's bolts and go plummeting down to earth, I had a death grip on my daughter and wouldn't let her move one inch. Poor thing. I think dear Husband will have to stand in line twice now to take one daughter at a time. It's just not in me.

And really, the GRAND CANYON is not the place to take someone who is afraid of cliff edges. Swoooon!! My husband even wanted to ride the donkeys down to the bottom. No Freaking Way!!! You think I'm going to trust my life to a jackass....ha ha ha...not referring to my husband by the way. ;) Albeit, I must conclude that the Grand Canyon was incredibly breathtaking and beautiful....10 feet back from the edge.

Someday, I may conquer these fears but fortunately the served me well in the Anything but a Holdiay challenge. Be sure and enter your layout or altered item for a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to Lil' Lambs Boutique. And just for fun, leave a comment and let me know if you have any unusual fears.