Here is Maria's Sketch for this week. I loved this one, it was so much fun to work with. 
Be sure to check out all the other Challenge Diva's samples at the CSAYL blog. You can also see all the cards made by other stampers from last weeks challenge! You know you want to play along with us and get a jump start on your holiday cards!!
Well I am just a bit late posting this for last week, but better late than never. I had a busy week and did not get this posted. This was another fun sketch that Maria posted.
Be sure to check out all the other Challenge Diva's samples at the CSAYL blog. You can also see all the cards made by other stampers from last weeks challenge! You know you want to play along with us and get a jump start on your holiday cards!!
Here is the sketch Maria posted for this weeks challenge. I did not follow the sketch to a T, but I still had fun this week! This is a fun color combo!
This was a no stamping card, I used Cuddlebug embossing folders and a rub on saying. The DP is Stampin'Up Sweet Slumber, it is a textured cover weight card stock, CS colors are Ruby Red, Baja Breeze, So Saffron. I popped up each layer to give it dimension. This is one of my favorites so far, think just becasue of the fun and funky color combo! 
This is from a class I held today. What a super fun project! It is one of Andrea Walford's class planers. I just love her projects. Since I work full time, her planners allow me to put together fun organized class projects that fit within my time table. This will make a nice little gift for my MIL. She will have four adorable cards to send to her grand kids! 
Well today I do not have a card to share but a VERY special project close to my heart. My friend and co-worker Wayne, passed last April from Pancreatic Cancer at age 43. At the time I set up a memorial fund and I knew I wanted to do something to honor him. I wanted a monument that was functional ... I first designed a tall tablet with a floating bench seat that came out of it, but since we were placing it on Forest Service land they would not allow it, they said we could do a bench and that was it. So back to the drawing table I went and came up with a bench. I worked with a talented local artist to fine tune the design. I am so happy we just completed the installation of the bench, it is at the start of the river trails our company built a few years back with Wayne as the project manager, it is placed under a big oak tree and when you sit on it you get a beautiful view of Mt. Lassen. Wayne loved the outdoors so this was a fitting place to have it. I love walking and biking on these trails and I am so excited to have the spirit of Wayne there with me!! 
