A Quick Card

I always feel like I don't have time to make a card or join in a challenge during the school week but I decided to prove to myself that I could. So here is my 25 minute card using the simple but cute sketch from Paper Popsicles. Lynda challenged us to use her sketch on a friendship card which is the theme of the week at Paper Popsicles. In order to create a really quick card I went to my GCD Studios stash because the paper packs include coordinated paper and tags.

Also I kept in mind the Dutch Dare Card challenge which was a Summer in Winter challenge. Yellow and of course sunshine (the little suns on the tag) remind me of summer. Pile it On says enough with winter colors so those two challenges went hand in hand.

Dutch Dare and Card Patterns

I made this card last weekend and when I went to tay with my boyfriend for a few days left it at home. So I’m quite late in posting it and both challenge are over that I used it for. The kitty in the picture is my cat who goes by many names but I call her Princess. I made this card with Card Patterns Sketch 20. I also used the challenge over at Dutch Care Card Challenge which was a color inspiration photo. As soon as I saw the photo I thought of the Bridgeport line from SEI. I won this collection from Papercrafts magazine and these papers are absolutely beautiful! Speaking of winning I was so fortunate to win Marti's blog candy from the UYS blog hop! She sent me some papers and chipboard from DCWV Green Stack. I loved that line but resisted because I have so much paper but I'm so excited to own it now. It will be perfect for the nature photos we've been taking.

Here's a picture that I took on one of our recent nature trips. I don't take many of them because my boyfriend is the official camera man on the trips because he's a bit faster than me at spotting the birds and I honestly just love to enjoy the sights. He's learning so much more about his camera and photography. By the end of the summer he's hoping to have some great bird shots. Its a little tricky with only a medium zoom lens but that just means we need to learn to be sneakier.