CFC#90; DD#40; LIM#107 ~ Up, Up and Away!

Happy Monday!

I'm looking forward to a fresh new week.  Last week wasn't so the best, it was more valleys than peaks, but today we start anew.

 

I spent some time yesterday taggling the project of reorganizing my clear stamps by theme, as I've done all along with my woodens.  Enough clears have been purchased now to make it necessary for me to organize them according to the mash ignations of my brain.  Otherwise, I can't find or remember all the parts and pieces of most of the sets.  More on that in a later post with toast.

 

But first, the stars lined up at some of my favorite challenges, so I was able to make one card do the work of three.  Yippee!

 

In alpharrangement, I have for your viewing pleasure:

 

CAS-ual Fridays ~ Black and White Plus One

 Dynamic Duos ~ Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black

Less Is More ~ Up In The Air

And the result:

 

 

I die-cut the balloons from some cool dotted acrylic paper that I believe came from SU! back aways.  The Dynamic Duos challenge gives extra credit if you also use clouds.  I tried, especially since it's all up in the air and all, but it got too messy and too busy and to unCAS, so I went back to a cloudless sky.

 

The sediment is from Wilson Designs.  I placed a PTI Framed stamp around the words to stimulate a hot air balloon basket.  Of course, you'd really need about 10,389 more balloons to lift off IRL, but this is CASL, where we make believe it can be done with only three.

 

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I have our newest friend for you to meet!  The Ava Tar is "mmcgarry5."  Unfortunately, I can't find any other information other than that for now.  I'll edit this if I get more information.  Welcome, "mmcgarry5," and thank you for joining us!!

 

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The latest valley in my week came with the news that my dear friend Verna, who I've talked about before, fell and broke her back.  Verna is an inspiration to me and still a working girl at age 89.  Yup!  It breaks my heart to see her in so much pain, but on the flip side, if anyone at that age can bounce back from this sort of thing, it will be Verna!

 

I met Verna 34 years ago when I was hired as a young legal secretary in the same office.  Not only my office mentor and dear friend, she filled the role of mother to me many times when I needed one.  She has helped me in ways she doesn't even know about and it will be my great pleasure to return her past kindnesses in the weeks to come.

 

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OTOH, the latest peak in my week came with the arrival of the sweet little Girl Scouts selling Thin Mints cookies!  Naturally, I only eat them (frozen, half a box at a sitting) because it's for a good cause.  Naturally.

 

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Stay on your feet and enjoy your day!   No, seriously, enjoy your day.   LITS!

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Paper:  SU! basic black and

  tempting turquoise; PTI white

Stamps:  Sent.: Wison Designs;

  PTI Framed Vol. 4, No. 77;
  Strings: SU! Moving Forward

Ink:  Ancient Page black

Die:  Simon Says Stamp Balloons

Bling from stash
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