A rainy Monday.....

  At least we are having some much needed rain and I just hope it does a good job of watering my flowers.   My garden was starting to look a little dry and with more hot and humid weather coming right back tomorrow, it's nice to have one day of rain!

   Rainy days are also fun for crafting for me and now that I have my new OTT light, I can even take fairly good pictures without the sun.  Today I am here to share a few new cards and the first one I had started last night for the Wacky Wednesday Challenge that is hosted at both PCP and CDAC by Bugaboo Stamps.   This week we had a cute color combo and since it had PURPLE as one of the colors, I had to play.   I picked out one of my newest images, which I think it's adorable and made this cute little card.

   I have another Christmas In July themed card today and this once was inspired by the new Sketch Challenge being hosted by Bugaboo over at CDAC.   If you head over to the group you'll find a special surprise that Jodie has gifted to everyone who plays along.  You can find you find ALL the Challenge details for the challenge HERE!!     Here is a copy of the sketch that I copied over to inspire you to play along --

Sketch Inspiration

My Card

 

    I am also submitting my Happy Holidays card to today's new Greeting Card Challenge over at 'The Outlawz'.   Their theme this week is also  Christmas In July.

  My next card today was created based on the fabulous new colors were are working with in Summer Card Camp.  I'm soooo bummed that this is already our last week and can not believe that four weeks went by so fast.  It's been such a wonderful treat to have taken the Camp and I'll definitely sign up for more online classes with Jennifer and Kristina!  I'm sure they are both now out at CHA and checking out all the wonderful new products ready to hit the market.   In the meantime, they are still stopping in and you can always finds some news on CHA on their blogs.

     Our new colors this week are wonderful colors that remind me of the Ocean or a fabulous day at the Beach.  This is copy of our color swatch for Week 4 -  Awesome!!

 

   And this is my first take on the colors using a cute Bugaboo digi image that I've had for a long time.   I can see now that my colors look a bit dark, as compared to how they printed out, so I'll be more careful on my next card to go with even lighter shades of each color.   I took a little break from inking hands today and instead colored with my Copics.  All of my patterned papers are from Basic Grey.

 I'm also very excited as I have a new goodies package that arrived today from Ellen Hutson and it is the order that I just placed on Friday!  Yippee!    It includes a wonderful new Background Stamp from Hero Arts along with some more Distress Stains and two new Distress Color Washes - two of my new favorite coloring mediums.   I also wanted to mention that the brand new Memory Box dies are now in at her store and also at my LSS, but they are selling out super fast and more will be back in stock.   I have my eye on a few that I want for Holiday Cards and if you are looking for these awesome dies - please go HERE!!  

  These are two that I have on my Wish List and will be adding to my collection, when I can find them back in stock -

Frostyville Border

 

Frosty Border

   I think they are both stunning and will add such a nice touch to my Christmas Cards.   What about you, do you like them as much as I do?   I have already started quite a nice collection and found them first at my LSS.  I also have been a fan of Memory Box papers and stamps for a long time and think they are really lovely.  I can't wait to take my Memory Box Class in August.  Woohoo!   

   I just LOVE classes and workshops and I know when Summer Card Camp on Sunday, I'll miss it a lot!!   On the upside I know that Suzanne Dean is planning on a brand new Copic Coloring Class, that she hopes to start in August!  I have already taken several classes in the Classroom and enjoyed everyone.  There are currently 8 different classes ongoing and you can work at your own pace.   I have take all of the Copic Classes and also one of Marti's Cricut Classes and loved each one.   You can find all the class info over at the main site --  Color Me Creative Classroom.    I am looking forward to enrolling in the new upcoming class and also still love to play in the challenges.  If you want to play along - you'll find the bi-weekly challenge in the Group Section -- Go to - the  Copic Coloring Challenge!   I would love to see you there!!