I'm Back!

Hey, it's good to be back home again! (Can you hear John Denver singing?) After more than 3100 miles in a car I'm ready to be at home and back to crafting again! We got snow last night. We manage to miss two snow storms while we were gone but the temperatures are supposed to drop this week and I would have been happy to miss those really cold temps too. I did miss crafting and the twins of course. So I had to see the twins first and then I could make a card.

Before Christmas I won a $50 gift certificate from My Favorite Things and spent it on some new stamps and does when they had a sale. My DH gave them to me for Christmas. Haha! But these Wildflower stamps caught my eye and I decided I needed them. I stamped and heat embossed the flowers and leaves and then colored them with Spectrum Noir markers. I die cut each one with the coordinating dies. The designer paper is MFT Sweet Celebration Paper Pack and I used two different patterns from the pack. The rind was due cut with two sizes of MFT Stitched Circles. The sentiment is from MFT Anything-but-Basic Birthday Wishes heated embossed with white embossing powder on black card stock. I just used my paper cutter to cut the sentiment and popped it up with foam tape. For a little embellishment I used Gina K Crystalline Drops. They are clear so they are a bit difficult to see in the photo. I am entering these challenges:

• Friday Outlawz challenge: birthday
• Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes
• Seize the Birthday: stamping only
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: anything goes
• Get Creative challenge: anything goes, no twist

The twins and their parents are coming for dinner this evening so it's off to the next project to get done. I'm still doing laundry from the trip. We spent two weeks away and never did laundry so we have a bunch. Looking forward to getting back to a routine again, although Tom isn't looking forward to going back to work. Take care and stay warm or cool wherever you might be!

Donna