Cacti

Happy Monday! This summer has certainly flown by. Just two more weeks and we start the down the path of fall and winter. What a great summer I had! Lots of crafting drawing and time at the beach with family!

Today starts a new sketch challenge at Inky Paws! Pull out those oval dies and get to it folks!!

Today's card uses another new set from Newton's Nook- "Cultivated Cacti".  

Today's music inspiration is quite a bit off the beaten path. "Cactus" originally done by the Pixies, (no relationship to my Pixie!) but this is the cover by the great David Bowie.

You have one week left to join our sketch challenge at Inky Paws.  ! We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog. 

The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday August 26, 2022 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at  Inky Paws.

 

 

 

Looking Sharp

Greetings from the beach!! I am writing this post a head of time since I otherwise occupied with sand and surf!

Today starts a new challenge at Inky Paws! Such fun! Black, pink, green, and grey. Speaking of grey? Or is it gray? I vacillate when spelling this color. How do you spell it? Here is the difference.

Today's card features "Cuppa Cactus" and the retro sun and palm stencil" from Newton's Nook. You have probably noticed that I love that retro sun and palm stencil". I use the "sun" stencil for just that extra something on my cards.

There are no many songs about cactus, so I figured cactus grow in the desert, and picked a song about the desert.

You have two weeks get your colors on at Inky Paws.  Let's see you use some Newton's Nook stencils in unusual ways! We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog. 

The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday August 12, 2022 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at  Inky Paws.

 

Love stuck

Don't ya love coming home to a package waiting for you?!!? Waiting for me the other day was a package from Lawn Fawn. I couldn't get in the house fast enough to open it. I got two of the new sets. I loved the set Stuck on You. Those cacti were just too cute. But are they manly enough for the sketch challenge at The Male Room?

As usual I always push the boundaries with sketches. But isn't that the point? I liked the idea of the sketch, but I just skipped the squares and went with the diagonal idea of images. The Male Room is having a design team call. I really like this challenge site, so I throwing my hat in the ring. I hope that fact that I am kinda cheating, no excuse me pushing boundaries (sounds more creative huh?) isn't going to be held against me when they consider me.

I have to say this card makes me smile and I know it will make my hubby chuckle when he gets it.

Go check out the Male Room and see what the DT is doing. Oh yeah if you enter a card, don't ask to be on the DT. that way they might have only me to choose! ha ha only kidding, no really I am, only kidding. I can't wait to see what you all do.