Stampendous Impressions-Summer Projects

My cousin & I spent many hours on a swing just like this when I was a little girl.  I think that's why this stamp appealed to me so much when I saw it, and while this card may not say "Summer" to most people when they see it, to me (and hopefully to my special recipient,) that's exactly what it represents.

Tree stamp: Stampendous "Tree Swing"

 

Inside> sentiment stamp also by Stampendous "Sincere Sayings" set

I'm entering this at the Stampendous Summer Project Challenge.

Make it a great day for someone else & it'll come back to you!

Snowflake dreams continued.....in blue

Yep, it's this little guy again, but this time in blue.  OK, that's 3 with him so I'm in the clear with this stamp.  Actually, 2 would have put me in the clear because he didn't cost much but I made one more for good measure.  (If this makes no sense to you, see previous post.)

When I said I was going to start entering challenges I had NO IDEA there are so many out there!  It's quite overwhelming.  I visited a blog that must have had between 20-25 challenges she was entering with just one card.  I picked 5 that my card will fit the requirements/theme and they are:

Creative Card Crew #1: Snow Day 
Sentimental Sunday #84:  Snow, Blue &/or glitter
Make it Mondays #71:  Anything Goes
Do You Stack Up (DYSU #53): Let It Snow
Critter Sketch Challenge #97:  Baby It's Cold Outside (Snowman/Snow-woman)
Stamps R Us:  Anything Goes

I think what I need to do is find a handful of challenge sites and just stick with those 5-6.   Any suggestions?

Have a great day and make it a good day for someone else too,
it'll come back to you.

New stamps to play with

I LOVE clearance sales, and that's how these funny little characters ended up at my house.  (I don't care if they are old and out of style, I think they're cute.)  And once I play with them a little more, and get used to them, they'll make nice cards for our soldiers to send home to their sweeties.

front

inside

front of tri-fold

middle of trifold

It never ceases to amaze me the way photos turn out. Sometimes they don't show the detail and look washed out, other times they pick up way more than the naked eye normally sees. The 'greens' look much more blended in real life than they appear in these pictures. I guess THAT"S why they make photo editing software.

The stamps are by Stampendous. 

HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY 4th EVERYONE!!!