Crafty friends

 Every year my stamping tribe gets together at a lake house in the Pocono mountains in Pennsylvania. Because of Covid we have now missed two years. It is so sad. Hopefully with the vaccine and herd immunity we will be able to get together again for a fun filled weekend of crafting, good food, long walks and lots of laughs!

 

So that's what my card means to me. Friends and the lake! They go hand in hand. At Inky Paws we want to remind you to play along with us for our "friendship" card challenge.

My card features lots of Newton Nook products. "Winston's Lake House", Forest scene die builder set,  cloud stencil and for the water I used the hills and grass stencil. 

So find a friend to inspire you and join our friendship 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, April 9, 2021 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

 

Paddle away

Happy Friday everyone.AS much as I love going to the beach, as a kid we always headed to the mountains for our family vacations. The Poconos in Pennsylvania hold a special place in my heart. 

    One of my crafting tribe has a house in the Poconos on a lake. A few time a year the whole tribe gets together for a stamping weekend in the Nos. We craft, hike, eat and have a all together great time. 

Today's theme at CAS on Friday spoke to all those great time in the Nos.

NATURE

I used two stamp sets for this card. Avery Elle's "Happy Camper" which is no longer available and one of my go to Newton Nook stamp sets, "Winston's Lake House.

My only worry about this card is that it might not be the most CAS.  I might be sent to my room without my ink pads and copic markers for this!! Yikes.

You have two weeks to share with us your clean and simple nature cards at CAS on Friday.

Go to your happy place

Every year I get away to the Pocono mountains in Pennsylvania  for a crafty weekend of stamping, good food and good times with my best buddies. My buddy Judy aka "the angel" has a house in the "Nos" right on a gorgeous lake. Every year the weekend seems to grow and this year all of us will be there.

To get everyone psyched, I will be sending out this card. My card reminds me of one of the views from the porch.

My card fit into three challenges so I am submitting this to Time Out Challenges where the challenge  is:

'Holidays with the Optional Twist of No Stamping' 
(stamped sentiments allowed)

 I am submitting it to my friend Kylie's Happy Little Stamper CAS challenge   

where the challenge is:

I am also sending this out to a new challenge to me: The Sisterhood of Crafters

CLOSE TO NATURE

What does that mean to you?  

This is a perfect challenge since that's what we have going in to the NO's- a sisterhood of crafters and the theme couldn't be better!!!

I used the British view of holiday- our idea of a vacation here in the states.

The inside of the card says "go to your happy place". We have a running theme of the Nos being our happy place so this card is perfect for our upcoming holiday.

 The masking was a bit tricky and took several tries to get the masking inside to line up with the outside diecut window.

Check out both of these fun challenges and join in!!

Off on an adventure!

I writing this post a week in advance, because as the title of my blog says, I am of on an adventure. This is our annual girls stamping weekend in the Pocono Mountains. I will be up there for 4 days of stamping, crafting, cooking, cocktails and chick flicks. It doesn't get  any better then that!!

Lisa's photo challenge at Just Us Girls was like kismet! I knew exactly what I was going to do. I just had to make sure I hadn't gotten rid of the stamp set I wanted in one of my many purges. I am happy to report, I hadn't got rid of Loads of Love from StampinUp.  This clean and simple was easy to create and I used my new fav trend- watercolors.

I hope you will join us in this cool photo challenge at Just us Girls this week.

These are from last year, but it looks kinda the same every year. Stay tune for pics from this tear!

House of Cards, CAS sketch challenge for August

Over at House of Cards the August challenge is a sketch. I love sketch challenges- better then photo challenges and this sketch was perfect for us CAS folk. I hope all of you check out the designers cards and participate in the challenge.

I made these cards while I was in the Poconos, because I knew the month of August would be all about my senior research paper for school along with a poster presentation and community service project- I am nauseous thinking about getting it all done.

My blog postings will be very sporadic through the month.

Meanwhile as my challenge card says- I am sending all of you "a whole lot of happy!"

Because "friends are special treasures!"

Girls' Stamping Weekend- see you in a week or so

I won't be posting until the end of July. I am taking my mini vacation this coming weekend. I will be going to the Pocono mountains with my best buds for a stamping weekend. I have been going up to the mountains with my buddies for the past 10 years or so for a crafting weekend.

I get up early and start stamping, and stop to make the meals for all of us. Not only do I have to figure out what stamps I am going to take with me, but I spend a fews weeks planning the menus. 

The evening brings chick flicks and sweets!

The best part of my day is when the sun starts to go down and I grab a drink and go down to the dock and enjoy the sunset. I think I will use this picture as my photo inspiration this week.

See you all in a week or so when I will share the adventures with you!