Tag It Blog Hop

For The RemARKables blog hop this month we are featuring the Tag It stamp set.  I love this set and part of the proceeds from each stamp set go to The Ronald McDonald House so it's just a good thing all around!  My post is short and sweet as, as this goes up(thanks to my awesome son Cameron) I will be in route to London to celebrate my 20th anniversary!  See previous post for more info on that.

I choose to feature the Celebrate stamp as my niece will be celebrating an August birthday and I thought that I could "girly" up this stamp.  I think that I accomplished that goal.  Let me know what you think!  May all your celebrations have wonderful cards....

Nancy Amato           http://stampinallnight.blogspot.com
Melissa Bolinger      http://www.stampinup.net/blog/2089191
Jackie Bottomley     http://www.jackiebottomley.blogspot.com
Susan Carlson         http://stampinmomoffour.blogspot.com
Tamra Davis            http://www.thecardladies.com
Connie Deibler         http://www.conniestamps.com
Danielle Denhardt    http://www.purrfectlycreative.com
Sherri Eddleblute      http://www.sweetestdesigns.blogspot.com
Crystal Kondo           http://www.card-ed.com
Deb Lehigh               http://thestampinhut.typepad.com
Anne Matasci            http://www.MauiStamper.wordpress.com
Robin Merriman        http://www.trinitydesignstudio.blogspot.com
Audra Monk              http://thecraftyyogi.blogspot.com YOU ARE HERE!
Maria Pane               http://www.stampinandscrappinwithriri.blogspot.com
Andi Potler                http://www.absolutekreations.com
Michele Reynolds     http://www.inspirationink.typepad.com
Vicki Soni                  http://www.paperinkle.com
Pam Staples             http://www.sunnygirlscraps.com
Jeri St. John             https://jerrisgemtastics.blogspot.com
Jeannette Swain       http://www.stampsnwhatnot.com
Janet Wakeland        http://www.remarkablycreated.com

Celebrating 20 Years!

My husband and I are heading out tomorrow on a London trip to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary.  Granny is coming to hang out with our three teenagers to make sure they get where they need to go (thanks Granny!).  So while we explore a new country and city, we'll be celebrating hanging out together for more than 20 years!  I of course needed to make him an original and awesome anniversary card.  I was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week.  I "love" what I came up with, feel free to let me know what you think.

Let the Christmas cards begin!

Here are my first few Christmas cards.  I'm having a Christmas in July class tomorrow, and these are the cards we're making.  I tried to keep them simple and mailable.  Happy Christmas!

a simple thank you

So my friend since high school gave me the best ever birthday present this year... she offered to come help me with any type home improvement project.  WOW!  What a friend!  So we spent two days going through my over-stuffed storage room and cleaned it all up!  We made a great team and really got the job done!  I used this weeks freshly made sketch challenge to help me design a really nice thank you card for her.  Let me know what you think.

And just for fun, check out the transformation of my storage room.

My friend and I resting at a baseball game

Chalk Talk Blog Hop

I'm pretty excited, this is my first time participating in a blog hop.  I have checked out others to see their cool ideas, but this is my first time sharing in this type of forum.  I hope you enjoy my cards and your trip through the blog hop.

There are so many cool new things in the 2013-2014 Stampin’ Up! Catalog and one of the first things that went on my list was the Chalk Talk bundle. 6 awesome stamps with matching framelits!  Lots of cool tag ideas started whirling in my head.  Of course that means that the cards that came up for me featured no tags! 

So anyhoo, the first card that I am sharing actually features the center from one of the stamps.  When I was getting the stamp set ready, I thought what a cool giant polka dot.  I stamped it randomly around my smoky slate card stock (all sides) in smoky slate.  I punched two half circles on each side of the card front to frame up my banner made with a slightly wider and shorter piece of calypso coral and some soft sky, notched like a ribbon on the bottom.  I stamped the happy BIG day greeting in black stazon ink, and colored in the BIG with my calypso coral marker.  A few wraps around with the bakers twine and a floppy bow finished it all off.  Quick and cute!

The second card I made took just a little longer and has a very different feel.  Basic grey, daffodil delight, and so saffron are the base for two quick stripes of the epic day washi tape (love this stuff!) and lots of the small flowers from the boho blossoms punch.  I added in a few flowers in whisper white to brighten up the yellows and sparkled up each blossom with a pearl.  The background for the greeting I stamped in daffodil delight and popped up on two dimensionals.  The elegant greeting is stamped in basic grey.

I hope you enjoyed these cards.  So now carry on with the blog hop for even more wonderful ideas for the chalk talk set.  Thanks for stopping by, click below for the next blog.  Happy crafting--Audra, the crafty yogi.

Nancy Amato http://stampinallnight.blogspot.com
Melissa Bolinger www.stampinup.net/blog/2089191
Jackie Bottomley jackiebottomley.blogspot.com
Susan Carlson http://stampinmomoffour.blogspot.com

Tamra Davis www.thecardladies.com

Connie Deiblerwww.conniestamps.com

Crystal Kondo www.card-ed.com
Deb Lehigh http://thestampinhut.typepad.com/
Anne Matasci www.MauiStamper.wordpress.com
Robin Merriman http://www.trinitydesignstudio.blogspot.com
Audra Monk thecraftyyogi.blogspot.com (you are here!)
Maria Pane http://www.stampinandscrappinwithriri.blogspot.com
Andi Potler - http://www.absolutekreations.com
Michele Reynolds - http://www.inspirationink.typepad.com

Vicki Soni - Www.paperinkle.com
Jeannette Swain http://www.stampsnwhatnot.com/
Janet Wakeland www.remarkablycreated.com

congratulations

For The Paper Craft Crew Challenge #48, I looked to my color coach for inspiration.  Baked brown sugar, crisp cantaloupe and bermuda bay seemed to be just what I was looking for.  I was making a congratulations card for someone I had been working with for a long while who accomplished an amazing feat of perseverance.  The Stampin' Up! flower shop bundle and the new stretchy in color ribbon was just what I needed to convey my pride and joy.

click here to go to PCCCS

A Beachy Get Well

I have a few friends going in for surgery soon.  I am sending them lots of mental positive thoughts, but I thought I should send them a get well card too.  Inspired by this weeks Freshly Made Sketches challenge, summer, and theirs (and my) love of the beach, I came up with this card.  Pool party and chocolate chip, wow!  Nothing says beach and feel better soon than that!

find the Freshly Made Sketch challenge here