COF June Challenge

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Barb's challenge for us:
June is Dairy Month in Wisconsin. I remember when I was growing up there were dairy breakfasts at farms in our area and my 4-H club had a pie and ice cream social every June. Now--I am not sure that everyone has a dairy themed image. But--if you have something farm related--cow, chickens, ducks, barns, fields, etc. or dairy products related--ice cream, cheese, milk, eggs, cream puffs (the Wisconsin State Fair favorite!), or use your own imagination to honor the dairy farmer. Do you have some farm related DSP or an embossing folder? Chicken wire, barbed wire, farm animals, etc.--please be sure to use that."

I made use of some of my newest Graphic 45 paper. I have had this rooster for quite some time in my collection, which I use for all my Emmaus agape items I love to make. "De Colores" is one of the main songs used on an Emmaus weekend, and in the lyrics it sings about the rooster, the hen, and the baby chicks. I've tried to capture a French Country look in the choice of my colors and the sunflower.

ODBDSLC160

So many proud Americans serve their country and they serve their God. Many have put their lives on the line and even lost their lives protecting our God-given freedoms. As we celebrate the liberties and freedoms that we hold so dear, let us not forget the high price others have paid to make it so. These are the true American heroes.

Little Red Wagon Challenge 191

This is for the Litttle Red Wagon challenge 191 to use red and white. The flower is from Paper Trey and the verse is from Verve.

Casing Stacy

I finally got to do some blog browsing this evening after a week of entertaining a 10 year grand daughter last week.. I found that one of my favorite designers over at Flourishes was being featured this week, Stacy Morgan.  There is a challenge to case one of her lovely cards. I found one here that I just loved. I am a big fan of embossing and of course, the floral stamps from Flourishes are some of my all time favorite stamps.
Thanks, Stacy for all the lovely inspiration you provide in your lovely Flourish cards.

WAW85 and TLC435

The challenge for the Splitcoaststampers' TLC challenge was to use an angled background. and this is this week's scripture for the Wordart Wednesday challenge.

Make My Monday Challenge - summer scene

I just got this new Kitchen Sink multi-layered palm tree stamp set last week, so thought it would be perfect to use for a summer scene for the Make My Monday challenge. I used an old retired SU circle stamp for the sun, and a SU speckle stamp for the sand. I did some direct to paper from my tear drop Memento teal pad for the ocean. I sponged the sky. The sand dollar is a cuttlebug diecut. I used a bermuda bay cardstock for the mat. The sentiment is from Flourishes and the seam binding is from The Cat's Pajamas. It's plenty hot in Texas for these first days of summer. Hope you are enjoying your summer wherever you are!

CBC172 wedding

Hailey, my 10 year old grand daughter has spent the week with me, and it was hard keeping her out of my stamp room, so I let her color this image for me for this challenge. The button is part of my old stash and seemed perfect for this little couple. The designer paper is from my old stash of Basic Grey papers. Usually wedding cards are not this colorful, but this one is.