Hello, everyone!!  Hope this finds you enjoying summer, or something close to it!  Our summer vacation is already in the history books, but it was so memorable and so beautiful, I thought I would use it as inspiration for my card for The Craft's Meow June Sketch Challenge...

I used a little clay/coral mix of color from this, my favorite pathway to our room from the pool/restaurant area...

...and from flowers in a similar shade...ALL OVER the grounds...

...this one was like a flower in a flower...

...and, of course, the beautiful aqua color of the water...

...I put it all together in a fun, easy-going theme...

I brought home a sweet hand-woven basket/bag, so I had to weave a little paper to add as an accent.  The flower, leaves, and bee are from TCM's Happiness Is..., and the aqua background is from the new set I won from TCM, Retro Foundations.  (The tag die, sentiment, card stock, ribbon and buttons came from Papertrey.)  So glad you could pop in, and thanks for letting me share a little of our trip with you.  I hope to get one more Jamaica inspired card done soon, and pay tribute the wonderful people we met there!  They were the best part of the trip, so I hope you'll stay tuned!!  Thanks TCM for the fun challenge!!

~Geri~

Hello, all!  Back from vacation and doing my best to catch up!  Just posting some treats I made for some special staff members at my kids' school for their last day (before vacation!...when I really should have been packing!!)  I used papers from my new Crafty Secrets CD.  It was fun mixing and matching these pretty papers...

Yes...these are the little TP roll pockets...doesn't get much easier...

They're just full of chocolates (with the little daisy tucked in, of course)...(the black papers on these two aren't from the CD)...

Each one a little different...

It would have been nice to top each one off with some tissue paper fringe trim, but I didn't have any made up, and didn't have time to create any :(...

Oh, well...they were sweet without it, too...

If you have any Crafty Secrets goodies...there's still time to create something and link up for a chance to win a SWEET gift certificate!  Thanks so much, Crafty Secrets, for the opportunity...and to everyone else for your visit!! I have a couple "Jamaica Inspired" cards running through my head...I'd like to say I'll get those done and share some pic's next week...but this summer schedule...I don't know...;)

~Geri~