January Choose your Challenge

There are a few blog challenges that have become my favorite. One of them is Freshly Brewed. I do not have many of their digital stamps, so when I saw that the January challenge was choose your challenge, I had to check it out. It runs for the entire month of January, and you have two choices to inspire you, a sketch or a picture. One of my "fun" resolutions this year is to try and participate in more specific challenges, rather than the "anything goes". I like working with new sketches, so I went with sketch 114.

I have been on a Valentine Card day kick, so I thought I would continue down that path. Here is what I came up with.

This image is a favorite of mine and comes from Stampin Up. I found it at a used bookstore called Bookmans for I think $2.00. I haven't used it since Grandparents Day, so I though it was time to give it a little attention.  I colored the image with my Chromatix markers and used paper from the Recollections stack called My Favorite Things. I finished off the card with three pink gems.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

• Ends Jan 31 - Freshly Brewed - Choose your Challenge
• Ends Jan 7 - Loves Rubber Stamps - New Years Resolution - see above in red
• Ends Jan 18 - Send a smile for Kids - Valentine 4 Kids
• Ends Jan 10 - Delicious Doodles - #69 Layer it up
• Ends Jan 16 - Art Impressions - #125 Expect the Unexpected - Use something from your stash (see red)

Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Grandparents Days, Sunday September 8th

Not everyone realizes there is a National Grandparents Day. You may not realize it unless you have kids. But there is. National Grandparent's Day is a secular holiday celebrated in the United States since 1978 and officially recognizes in a number of countries on various days of the year, either as one holiday or sometimes as a separate Grandmothers Day and Grandfathers Day. Every year my sister gives me a list of cards she needs, and this is one of them. I found this stamp with two little kids and I thought it would be perfect for a grandparent's card. It is a very simple card, but so cute. Lots of people love the Black and White Cards, and I am one of them. I even have a board on Pinterist designated for just Black and White cards. The stamp is from the 1999 Stampin' Up series and the paper is from Recollections Signature sheets called "My Favorite Things". The sentiment on the outside says "If Mom says NO...ask Grandma". So don't forget about those Grandma's, they sure don't forget about us!