Dinner With Flickr Friends and a Card!

Hi there!

I had a wonderful evening tonight! My friend, Linda and I met up with another Flickr friend, Daria!

Linda first met Daria a couple of years ago, but I wasn't able to meet with them back then. Well, Daria was in town with her daughter for orientation at the University of Minnesota, and this time I was able to join them.


Here we are, just after eating a yummy dinner at Tucci Benucch, in the Mall of America.

Then of course we headed to Archiver's. After a bit of shopping, we went up to the counter to pay for a few goodies, and what did we see? The brand new Tim Holtz, Summer Distress Inks! Daria had not been able to purchase the springtime ones yet, so she grabbed those, and I got the summer ones - YAY! :)


Of course we had to pose with them! It sure was nice to see Linda again, and wonderful to finally meet Daria! I only wish we would have had a bit more time together.

So, I do have a card to share with you too. I was cleaning up some scraps on my desk yesterday, and noticed a couple of different pieces of black and white patterned paper. I still wanted to play with the rose die-cut that Joy sent me, so I grabbed some dark gray felt and cut away. I rolled up three flowers, used a small piece of vellum and a little doily die-cut, and the card was done.



Not much stamping on this one - just the Hero Arts Sentiment, embossed in white.

Thanks for coming by! :)

Inspired Again!

Hey everyone!

I've got a card to share with you tonight that was inspired by my good friend, Nancy. She has a wonderful blog called Happy Heart Studio, and she also writes blog posts for her local stamp store called, Stamp Fever, where she teaches card making classes too. She is one talented lady, and when I saw this post here, I knew I just had to CASE one of those fabulous cards! (Scroll all the way down to the end of her post to see them.)

Nancy used the beautiful , Prim Poppy die-cut from memory box for her card. I happen to LOVE this die-cut and couldn't wait to use it again!



I used Nancy's idea of the script in the background and the larger, darker sentiment too. I wanted to do something a bit different, so I added some Stickles to the poppies. I haven't used Stickles in so long - love their pretty glitter effect!

Thank you, Nancy! I'm so glad you share your talent - you inspire me!

Thanks for stopping by! :)