A Heartfelt Thank-you...

Our #ttgsponsor, Steve with Bicycle Ranch blessed me with a FREE entry to El Tour de Tucson the week before the race.  I was so excited to tell my teammate Ermalinda that I would be riding with her while she completed her first century.  I couldn't thank Steve enough, it meant the world to me that I could be there for my teammate and friend, encouraging and motivating her while she reached her goal.  

I thought I was making a quick and simple card but, ha!  Little did I know how hard it was to line up all the cardstock...then oops, you apparently need a back to attach the cardstock to or you end up with scraps everywhere.  I think it took me 3 or 4 attempts to get the strips cut, lined up, the die-namics lined up, and into a card.  I really should've watched a tutorial for the simplest way to do this.  Lesson learned.  I used Bicycle Ranch's Store/Team colors, Black, Gray, Red, and White.  My favorite Things die-namics, and Hambo stamps.

Me and Steve, an amazing supporter!!!

Ermalinda and I after El Tour de Tucson.  She lost her race number off her helment...

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Huggabugg Well Wishes...

A card order for my friend Wendy for her grandmother.  I actually made this a couple of weeks ago but am just getting around to posting it.  Wendy went through my SCS Gallery and saw this card.  She asked if I could keep the sketch, change up the papers and change flowers to ladybugs.  This is what I came up with...

I stamped Fluey Huggabugg by Christy Croll in Memento Ink on Neenah, coloring with Copics.  I used Prismacolor Pencils and OMS for shading.  Stickles on the wings.  Crystal Lacquer on the ice pack.  I off set the image when I cut it out with my Nesties to have room for the Ladybugs.  Melon Mambo, Black, and EP Country Drive paper.  MS Border Punch, SU Photo Corner Punch.  Sentiment from Hambo Stamps.  My layout is from Paper Crafts.



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Don't sweat getting older...

For my co-worker Kiera who's birthday is today.  Happy Birthday Kiera!  Kiera's into fitness so I thought Barbella from Stamping Bella would be a perfect image to use for her card.  I stamped my image with Momento ink on Papertrey Paper, (thanks Kiera!) coloring her ink with Copic Markers.  I added a glaze pen to the dumbbells.  I lightly sponged around my image with Versamagic Sea Breeze and Wheat Chalk Inks.  I also add Wheat to the edges of my DSP.  The Sentiment is from Hambo Stamps.  I started out using Card Patterns Sketch 100...I ended up flipping it, skooching it off to one side and adding a sentiment panel.

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