Have An Ice Day

Well, I finally made it home, but not after a bit more excitement.  I was able to get things settled on my car, though final repairs are still pending.  In the meantime the air conditioning went out where we were staying.  It was very hard to be creative when it is almost 90 degrees in the house.  I decided to stay a few more days so I would be available to let the repair man in, since Trisha had to return to work.  Finally had air on Saturday night so on Sunday we ate a wonderful brunch and did a little more scrapbooking/cardmaking.  Monday I planned to eat an early lunch at the restaurant Trisha works at and head home.  I had the whole car loaded, went to start the car, and it wouldn’t start.  Grrrrr!!  Called AAA but ended up having to unpack the whole car and have it towed to a local Buick dealer to get it fixed.  Luckily it was something minor (cost more to diagnose than to fix)so Tuesday morning I tried to leave again.  After a lovely breakfast with Trisha and her boyfriend, I headed home and actually made it!!  Now that I am settled back in I can do some posting.

Today’s card is for the House Mouse and Friend’s Challenge of Liquid Refreshments for Hot Summer Days.  I used the image, Splish, Splash...A Citrus Bath, colored with my new alcohol markers.  I cut it out with a Spellbinders’ Circle Nestie and layered it on a cute pink background created with a 4” circle and a Martha Stewart corner punch.  My friend, April, shared this with me and has a great tutorial here. 

The lacy white rectangle is die cut using Marianne Design’s Craftables Die, Lacey Rectangle.  I ran a strip of yellow paper lace down the center. This is all layered on some lovely cardstock from Basic Grey’s Olivia collection called McKinley.  It is a great combination of some of my favorite colors – pink, green and teal.  The sentiment is Ice Day from Inky Antics and was perfect for this card.  I also add 4 little square jewels that looked like mini icecubes.

With temperatures well over 100 degrees in many places, hope you find this cute little critter refreshing.  Try to stay cool!! 

E. Marie 

This card is entered in the following challenges:

HM&F Challenge #122 (HMFMC122) - Liquid Refreshments for Hot Summer Days

Basic Grey Challenge #71 – Favorite Color Combo

Marianne’s Design Divas Challenge #11 - Animal Antics

Stamp and Create June Challenge – Bold and Bright

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #151 – Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss Challenge #137 – Something Yellow

Charisma Cardz Challenge #25 – Anything Goes   

The Cuttlebug Spot Challenge – Lace it

Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge 112 - Francesca's Sketch