My neighbor, Pam

Hey Peeps!

So many of my daily conversations start with "My neighbor, Pam....." so really, it only seems right to start this post out like that. I am sooooooo blessed to have her and her husband for neighbors. They are so kind, supportive, generous, funny, and loving that the kids and I both know we have won the neighbor jackpot! Well. Except for the time we took Pam camping, and tried to convince her she was enjoying it. A bout of near death stomach flu, and one verrry long car ride home, and for a few moments BOTH kids would have traded her in for the neighbor with the 12 foot fence, 10 rusted cars on his front lawn, and a "NO KIDS ALLOWED" sign duct taped to the rotten old apple tree on the boulevard. ;o)

Anyway....my neighbor, Pam, needed a wedding card for a friend, so she came over and created this masterpiece! It started out much differently in our heads than it ended up. I wanted her to do a monotone card so she could enter it into the Finally Friday challenge (click here to see the deets and enter your own project http://spcolorcombos.blogspot.com/2009/08/finally-friday.html ), and had seen a beautiful card (sorry, I wish I remember where so I could link to it) embellished with punched flowers in a heart shape. Well, my flower punch decided to not work, my Slice decided to not work, and I was getting frustrated! Pam whips out the SU! Heart Punch, and starts working away. She popped up a square on the card, then taped a single layer of hearts down, then the next layer popped up. Add some bling, and a ribbon, and Voila! An absolutely gorgeous card she can be proud to give away!

Ingredients (all SU! unless otherwise noted):

Very Vanilla CS and 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, Heart Punch, tape and pop dots from Dollarama, gems from Michaels.

I'm so excited! And I just can't hide it!

And I don't know the rest of the words to that song...so just dance around a little while the tune plays in MY head! ;o)

Dear, sweet, generous Samantha over at SPCC has asked me to Guest Host the Finally Friday challenge this week!!! Thanks so much Samantha, I have totally loved working with you over the past few weeks. For any newbies out there who haven't started entering challenges, I urge you to join us! Samantha, the SPCC Diva's, and all the other creators are so sweet and supportive, that it is a warm and positive way to break yourself into challenges!

Anyway...click on over here http://spcolorcombos.blogspot.com/2009/08/finally-friday.html to read the guidelines to the challenge, and enter your creation as well!

Ingredients:

Ruby Red CS by Stampin' Up!, embossed pattern from unknown source...it was just in my "to be used one day pile", "smile" cut from the Basics 1 Slice Cartridge, buttons from Forever in Time, pop dots from Dollarama.

SPCC Finally Friday, and maybe a little teasing???

Hey ladies! Pop on over to Samantha's SPCC site http://spcolorcombos.blogspot.com/ , she posts a color challenge every Monday, and a Finally Friday challenge where a guest host designs a challenge for you to complete. That challenge can be based on ANYTHING, and this weeks challenge by SP Diva, Beverly, was based on a photo. Click here to see the photo that inspired this card http://spcolorcombos.blogspot.com/2009/07/its-finally-friday_31.html and to check out the other entries.



Now, time for teasing....I'm seeing RED! Come back here Friday to find out the verrrry exciting news I have to share. Heck, hurry back tomorrow for another post, and likely another wee hint!



Ingredients (all SU! unless otherwise noted):

Pretty In Pink CS and Classic Ink, Bashful Blue CS and Classic Ink, Old Olive CS, Kraft CS, Whisper White CS, Good Together Stamp Set, Versa Mark Ink, Detail White EP, Heat Tool, Slice Cartridge Spring edition, Fiskars scalloped rotary cutter, pink and white ribbon from Michaels.