Love & Laughter

How about a little pink on pink for a card? I love the layered scalloped punches. So fun and so much "punch" with so little effort. I know, bad pun - but I couldn't resist! hee hee! The Love & Laughter set is so pretty. I love the three trees that are choices for so many different cards. And, the Cute Card Thursday challenge this week was for Pretty in Pink so I shared this card there too. You should check it out - beautiful cards - great design team!

Last week-end I went to a stamping retreat with the team of TAC angels that I'm on. What a super week-end! We spent the time at a beautiful spot by the lake in the flint hills and we each brought a project for the others on the team to make. Wow - such creative projects and such great fun! We laughed and carried on and just enjoyed our love of paper crafting. I can't believe I went so long without all of these wonderfully creative people in my life. Here's my project from the week-end, a mini composition journal. I used the Genevieve paper collection to cover it and added some layers with our new flower punches. I love this because teals and purples are my favorite colors!

So 20 minutes after getting home from the stamping retreat last Sunday, friends invited me to join them on an apple-picking trip at my sister and brother-in-law's orchard. I was one tired puppy but had to go so I could see the family and spend time with my good friends. It was so fun! This is my youngest niece with one of the apples that she picked. I think she's surveying her "land" and her friends. :)

Then, after all that I wanted to collapse but instead I spent the week getting ready for my littlest niece and nephew to come visit and I had stamping things every night after working all day (it's a busy time!) so it was a challenge. I tried to make my home toddler proof but found that I failed miserably. Can you ever make any place toddler proof? hee hee! Ah well, it gave Grandma lots of challenges while my sister and I went to a K-State football game on Saturday! But, the important thing is she still loves us and hopefully will be up for it again. She's a great mom! And we had a lot of fun through the week-end so it was all worth it! Good times. So, I apologize for taking so long to get stuff up but it may be crazy all through the fall. :)

It's worth all the busy times though to have the giggles and laughter and companionship of good friends and family. Happy Stamping!