Many Thanks

Many thanks! That sums it up for me. I know it is not Thanksgiving, but as I post this card I am reminded of many of the things that I am thankful for.

At this time last year I was spending each day at the hospital with my Dad. Some days good, some days bad. One week from today, he passed away and as sad as it made me, I was thankful that he was no longer suffering and in pain. During this last year I have had many changes in my life and I am thankful for my family, extended family and friends as you have all made it a better year for me. Hugs to all of you!

Now, personal stuff aside, let me tell you about this card. Over the last year I have been admiring a new little stamp company that was called Verve Visuals, now known as Verve. As many of you know, I work/teach at my local stamp store and am thankful to have access to many of the different companies. I had started out by doing a few of Julee Tillman's Mojo Monday sketches and finally decided to bite the bullet and order a couple of stamp sets. Heck, who doesn't like receiving stuff in the mail (sister?). Now, if only Julee would sell wholesale, I could be using her stamps in my classes. (hint, hint Julee)

Verve is celebrating their first Anniversary and each day starting August 1 and going through August 12, (my b-day) Julee will post a sketch challenge over at her forum on SCS. SCS stands for Splitcoaststampers. SCS is a place where stampers from all over the world can mingle and share their works. She will continue each day through the 8th and then she will upload the rest of the sketches and give us all the weekend to work on them and get them uploaded by the 12th. Why would we do this? Julee will be releasing several stamps/sets this month and if you do all of her sketch challenges, you could be randomly chosen to win the entire release. Whew, that would be a great gift!

For this card, I used the Fancy Florals set. The solid cardstocks are from Bazzill and the print is from My Minds Eye's Signature Christmas line from last year. The ribbon is from Amuse and we just got all eight colors in at the store. YUM-O! No fancy techniques were used, however I did stamp the flowers onto print paper with red ink and emboss with clear powder.

So, this card was for the Aug 1 challenge and I have managed to do all of them so far. I will post the next one tomorrow night.

Stay tuned and hug the ones you love,