Vanity Plates

     I have no idea what came over me as I was walking the aisles of Hobby Lobby....I will say that I was listening to my usual country western station as I drove over, so I will blame Kip Moore and his song: Something 'Bout a Truck.  This little stamp - LOL - not so little, just hollered for me to bring it home.  Lordy, I thought, what do I need with a truck stamp......but as you can see those voices in my head won.
     This card turned out nothing like the original idea I had, but that's okay with me as I think what it evolved into was even better.  It also screamed out to be colored in red - ahhh, red Copics, a challenge to work with, but I got er done.  Then I just HAD to have vanity plates - at a recent craft fair I saw this saying and it stuck in my head so I printed it up and added it.  Step cards are always fun, this one looks so much better in person with the 3-D effect of the trees and the truck on pop ups to make them all stand out.  I have to tell you I had way too much fun putting this together, thinking of just the right person to send it to.

Materials:  Copics, Print Works Stamp, Computer, Cottage Cutz Die, Paper House American Road Paper

Life's A Beach...

     When I was going through the aisles of JoAnn's Fabric recently I came across this sweet pad of paper called Beaches, by Paper House.  It contained several great 6 x 6 sheets of scenes perfect for beach type stamping......Couldn't wait to try it out and was thrillled when I saw the Teapot Tuesday Challenge was a destination card with a challenge to show the weather on a card, inspired by the lyrics from a song.  
     With this background, and a love of the beach, the song Good Day Sunshine by the Beatles popped into my head (didn't have a rub on with those words, so I used these).  Now I am humming the words: I need to laugh and the sun is out, I've got something I can laugh about.  I feel good, and it's a special day, I'm in love and its a sunny day! - I can just about feel the breeze of the ocean as I toss my head back and hum on my imaginary beach. 
     Inside I have computer generated the sentiment - "Life's a Beach, Enjoy It" with some cute little flip flops in the corner. I will be putting this in the mail to a sister Teapotter this week and I hope she feels the peace it is meant to bring her.
     I am having shoulder surgery Monday and may not be able to stamp for a week or two - but you can bet I will try.  I prepared this a day early.   




Materials:  Rub On Sentiment, Computer, Paper House mini paper pad, Dollar Stamps from JoAnn's, Copics


Challenges:  Teapot Tuesday MMTPT 209, Simon Says Anything Goes