Oct 05 2010
Best Friends * Hope You Can Cling To!
Hi everyone! Well, maybe this one should read, “Howdy, y’all!”
Have you noticed the cute new pink blinkie <<<over there .. in the left column of Savor the Journey? Every year October brings World Card Making Day to those of us who enjoy/love/dabble in/tinker with/must have our rubber & ink & paper time on a more or less regular basis. This year is no exception …. BUT ... SCS has given a brand new pink twist to this annual tradition. For all of you challenge junkies, stampers in need of a cause, game players, and everyday stampin’ enthusiasts, SCS invites us one & all to play all throughout October with the “Hope You Can Cling To Challenges” ! (<<<linked for your convenience & welcome participation!) We are all encouraged to donate our HYCCT creations to the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center for their patients to use! What a fitting cause for October … our nation’s Breat Cancer Awareness month! Check out the linked SCS post for more details and the mailing address for MD Anderson.
My card today is for the HYCCT02C challenge = Bring in the Brown. As you might have noticed, I do use browns from time to time, but I don’t necessarily make a favorite habit of such. So for this challenge, everything is in some form of brown. And .. wait a minute! There’s actually a story for this one too.
Over the weekend, I traveled to Austin for a visit with a couple of very special friends. Next day, I made a quick stop in Georgetown for a visit to a fabby stampin’ shoebox swap, featuring lots of awesome Texas stampers! When I left, I headed towards home, but just “had” to stop in Salado, TX for the darling “Stamp Salado” store, plus lunch & shopping with my sweet friend, Joan Ervin. Well, you know how it goes …. Time passed, and I never made it on the road to the N. Texas area the rest of the day. Ooooops! That allowed Joan & I to chat forever and to spend some awesome farm fun visiting their horses, Sundance & Midnight … plus the cute but not-so-social donkeys sharing the huge pasture as well. It’s been a few years since I’ve visited the farm in Oklahoma for some horse lovin’, so this was a most welcome visit. I was so tickled that both Midnight and Sundance allowed me to get a close hug & nuzzle. Midnight was so sweet that she followed me to the car for some last-minute sweetness. Honestly … I’m still smiling on the “inside”. Thank you Joan & hubby! 😉
Needless to say, Joan & I stayed up late stamping! I was priviledged to browse through her incredible stamp collection, and when I spotted this stamp … I knew it was the one! (Just too easy, huh?) It’s the perfect summary for a perfect weekend with friends! All inks, papers, ribbons, etc. are straight from the “Joan stash” … and it was a bit of a collaborative effort as well. I’m feeling mighty blessed indeed.
Please feel welcome & encouraged to join in the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges over at Splitcoaststampers! Thanks so much for stopping by today!
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STAMPS: Horse & Rider (Cornish Heritage Farms)
INKS: Memento Rich Cocoa (image), Distress Inks – Tea Dye (edges)
PAPERS: SU Chocolate Chip, Ivory, dsp = daisy D’s
ACCESSORIES: Spellbinders Ovals & Scalloped Ovals, crinkled ribbon, button twine, buttons, pop-up glue dots, SU Dimensionals
4 responses so far
Pretty!
Hey, Hey, gf….just look at that gorgeous card!!! You are quite the horse woman….they just can’t get enough of their sweet friend!!!! I sure do miss ya…thanks for the wonderful Bev fix but it wasn’t near long enough!!! The memorial Tex room will be ready and waiting for your next visit!!! Oh, btw, poor Midnight got stung arounf her left eye and boy did it swell!!! We had to get the vet out to give her a steroid shot..it’s better today but it sure did scare us!!!
Bev, how WONDERFUL you could have a visit with friends…. it really makes life sweet and that long road more enjoyable being in the sweet memories…
Your card is absolutely STUNNING… you can see the love in the card, it was made with MUCH happiness!!!!!
kj
This is gorgeous, Bev!! Love the rich warm colors, the rolled corners and that fabulous bow!