July 2011 Blast From The Past

It's that time of the month again - Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop.  I am so glad this day has come.  I was beginning to worry I wouldn't be able to participate thanks to my migraines.  They've gotten really bad lately, however, thanks to Taylor's Dies, I was finally able to make a card in a few minutes.

This month's challenge is "Sending You Sunshine".  Well, for those that live in California, especially the Central Valley, sunshine is all you get during the summer; except this year for some reason.  Hmmm.  However, I digress.  For me, summer and sunshine means lots of sun, flowers, fruits, nuts, harvest time, grass (some of it brown) and 100+ degree temperatures, perfect for TE's Garden Party Blooms set.  However, this time, I planned on using my matching Garden Party Blooms Dies 1 & 2 instead of cutting everything out by hand like the last time I used the set.  That was such a total V8 moment when I came across those.

I started out by stamping my images in various colors of PTI ink to match the Cosmo Cricket Pixie-licious designer paper.  Once that was done, I pulled out my Big Shot and cut out all of the images.  In order to make the PTI spring rain layer stand out a bit more, I rubbed some spring rain ink along the sides of the card stock before adhering it to the designer paper. 

Finally, the inside, which I don't normally decorate complete with the phrase "Sending You Sunshine".  Here's a pic of the inside.

Make sure you stop by the rest of the hoppers in the list below for some more eye candy.

Here are the entries from the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past blog hop! Stay tuned for details on how you can sign up for the customer blog hop next month!

1.	Victoria Lutz	16.	Rebecca Ednie
2.	Taylor VanBruggen	17.	Chris Loritsch
3.	Sankari Wegman	18.	Bonnie Ratzloff
4.	Jessica Diedrich	19.	Monika Davis
5.	Stephanie Kraft	20.	Karen Giron
6.	Rachel Sztonyk	21.	Jennifer Meyer
7.	Lea Lawson	22.	Debbie Carriere
8.	Corinna McGregor	23.	Jodi Collins
9.	Cassie Trask	24.	Margie Cortina
10.	Pattie Goldman	25.	Terri Trotter Early
11.	Natalie Houston	26.	Julie Romano
12.	Holly Sheather	27.	Geeta Suggs
13.	Nancy Jensen	28.	Mary Collins
14.	Tracy Clemente	29.	Libby Hickson
15.	Michelle Van Patten

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Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.


Stamps: TE Garden Party Blooms
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Various PTI
Card Stock: White, PTI New Leaf, Spring Rain, Cosmo Cricket Pixie-licious
Accessories: TE Garden Party Blooms Dies 1 & 2, Pop Dots