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The summers not over just yet (well our kids are back in school) but the weather is still quite hot and humid.  We're hoping to get another trip or two out onto the lake before it starts cooling off and in between all the football and cheerleading going on.

I created this card a bit ago but hadn't posted it yet, the surfboards remind me of summer...and shark week :-)

The August Diva Dare at Verve Stamps is "Pile on the Sweetness"-or use lots of layers.  My layers are stacked on this card with not only the card base but the images as well.

The Simon Wednesday Challenge is monochromatic colors-there are some fabulous creations over at their site.  I'm using tones of blues for my card.

The Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World is the photo below.  I adore any color of blue, but I have a soft spot for navy blue-so much so that my bridesmaids dresses were that color.   The dresser and the photo display really are so beautiful in this picture, but really the color and the stripes were what inspired me in this photo.

You have until August 18th to join in on the Tuesday Trigger over at the Moxie Fab World so jump on over there and check out the details to join.

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Card details:

Stamps: Relax from Verve Stamps

Cardstock: Whisper White and Night of Navy from Stampin' Up!, Trendsetter Blue from Clear & Simple Stamps, Uncharted Waters Collection from Glitz

Inks: Night of Navy from Stampin' Up!

Embellishments: Stampin' Up! Basic Pearls colored with BG01 Copic and dimensionals

Season of Love

Just a quick share this morning of a card I created in less than 10 minutes (9:23 to be exact, just under the wire).  Very easy, no big embellishments or additions to this card.

I got some new sets from The Sweet Stamp Shop and one that I've had my eye on for awhile are her sentiment sets, this one being the Holiday Sentiments set.  As I was looking at it, the idea for a Valentine's type card came to me with the Season of Love sentiment.

I embellished with a few strips of Chevron washi tape and my tattered heart which is hard to tell in this picture.

This week at Simon Says Stamp Challenge is to use washi tape.  I think I could make a few of these washi tape cards.

Again, as I often do after seeing the picture of my card on here I think I may go back and add in some more embellishments, maybe some red rhinestones somewhere???

Happy Hump Day everyone!

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Card details:

Stamps: Holiday Sentiments from The Sweet Stamp Shop

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White, patterned paper from My Mind's Eye Ruby

Inks: Perfect Little Black Dress

Embellishments: washi tape, dimensionals

BC270: Sketch

I'm a little late on my blogger's challenge post.  I was traveling for work this week and just got around to stamp my card last night.  Of course I couldn't turn down doing one of Lisa's sketches.

Here is the sketch we were given and I kept almost exactly to the proportions in the sketch.

I pulled out one of my new sets from Sweet Stamp Shop, the Scootin' By set along with some of the new Fancy Pants Design paper-Summer's End.  Odd coloring but I wanted to match the papers and then I added some glossy accents to the balloons and wheels.

Join us over at blogger's challenge and show us your use of the sketch above.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show- Bit of Brown

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog- For a Man

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Card details:

Stamps: Scootin' By from The Sweet Stamp Shop

Cardstock: Brown Leather Satchel, Marina Mist, Gina K. Luxury White

Embellishments: Cappuchino twine from The Twinery, glossy accents