ODBD Challenge: Ribbon

VCMP, OBDB... now I know my ABC's... here's another challenge card from me... using RIBBON! I think I'm gonna be #31? Let's do this, ladies!

VCMP CHALLENGE #10: Vintage (yeah!)

Vintage Valentine for my hubby perfect for challenge #10.. I'm not seriously "into" vintage but sometimes just love the look of Kraft paper and deep colors. Roses colored with Copic R39,56 and then shading outlined with black spica.

VCMP Challenge #7: CAS

Clean and simple... found this stamp in a box of donated used stamps and just think it's so great sentiment for a hero card or for a hero to send home - IMHO it just doesn't need anything else. Made 10 of these in red/white/blue and sand and sea colors for my "general" cards that I still really really need.

VCMP CHALLENGE #6: Sand and Sea

Fun card day with a good friend and the dining room table's all cleaned up too! All these challenges looked like so much fun but had to pick.... sooo.....

Blues and tans and snuck some yellow in for the sand on this one! Will make more of these for mom's day challenge I think.

VCMP CHALLENGE #2: Hello, Stamp Pad; Hello, Paper Cutter

OWH VCMP CHALLENGE #2: MASCULINE NAUTICAL: A huge handful of M&Ms and a serious case of wanting to be on the OWH cruise making cards with a glass of wine nearby and I dared enter my craft room for the first time this year.

Masculine theme travel card challenge. Love this Heartfelt stamp and it only took me 3 tries to stamp it clean and twice messing up the watercoloring to decide to go clean. Aquapen will have to wait till Friday. I'm claiming to be a novice again, no it's my shipper duties, no, wait,..new dog...

Welcome Lacie Jane!

So hubby's doctor told him to "get a dog" to get us out of the dumps and after we returned from our cruise my obsession with Petfinder.com began! I've always had shelter/rescue doge and I love plotthounds sooooo when I found "Lucy" on North Mecklenburg Animal Rescue's site, we had to meet her. We "interviewed" several other candidates -- oddly enough never had a girl before -- Addy, the Visla, was in a shelter and so sweet; Nikki was a foster with a rambunctious personality; Milo the Bichon just needed some love but Lucy (now Lacie Jane)??? Rescued from a kill shelter 10 months ago, she has been in foster care for 6 months and greeted us at her foster mom's door -- within 30 seconds we knew. She has been here 3 days and has used her doggie door from the first hour, sleeps good on our bed all night through and is just the sweetest girl! Tears around the yard chasing her ball with Steve and is learning the neighborhood on her walks! Lacie started work last night as the Executive Assistant in the OWH East Coast shippers den but got no points because she slept on the job!

It's been 3 months since we lost our sweet Rio... we brought Lacie home on that anniversary. Can dogs smile in doggie heaven? If so I think her "brothers" are all happy to see another rescued forever friend in their yard, although Rio is probably counting on me to keep her from dismembering "Quacker Factory Citrus Elephant".