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Hi All!  And a very Happy Thursday to you.  I've been MIA for a few days..lol taking a little breather if you will. 8-) Was soo busy last month, that I want to make sure I remember to keep things fun.. Don't want to get overloaded, 'cause then everything becomes a chore.. A" have too" instead of a "want too".. if that makes sense.. lol.. I sure don't know how you ladies with more than 3-4 design teams do it and still keep it fun, that's for sure..lol. If I had to sacrifice sharing my warmth & kindness and helpful info with others when it's asked for,  in order to stay on top of things.. I don't know, lol  I think I would have to step back and re- think a few things.. 8-)  Well, luckily for me that's not the case here.. So back to our regularly scheduled program.. Today I thought I would play along with a couple of challenges, "just for fun!" 8-)

I chose to play along with the Fabulous Ladies of CR84FN and their latest Color Challenge #35. And OMGoodness, what an absolutely Gorgeous color palate they gave us to play with this time!  I also thought I would give Iwona's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #22  a try.. She creates the most Wonderful Sketches, I have to tell ya, I was very inspired!

I started off by creating my BG with various dp's from MME's All Girl Stack and added a fun MS punched border and a bit of crochet lace and seem binding ribbon.  My Impression Obsession sentiment  was stamped onto a small piece of ivory CS from my stash with Memento Tuxedo black and cut out with the help of my Classic Ovals Nesties.  I stamped a bit of detail with my Inkado stamp and punch set designed to compliment various Nesties shapes with some MS Stem Green pigment ink and did a bit of shading with MS Lilac pigment ink as well.  my Layered Mat was created with the help of my Large Classic Ovals & Labels 18 Nesties, a bit of grey patterned dp from my stash and a touch more shading with my MS lilac pigment ink.  To finish it all up, I popped up my sentiment panel with some dimensionals, added my pretty seam binding bow topped with a lovely paper flower that I shaded with my Copics to match and a few sweet pearls. Pretty easy peasy, huh..8-)

Hope you are all having a Wonderful Day & thanks so much for stopping by!