I'm alive

 Phew, settling back into "life" after vacation proved to be a little crazier than I expected.  That 3 hour time difference between CA and NJ was a killer!!!  But LOTS of naps and a week later and I think we are all finally back on east coast time :)  Elizabeth's first week of school went nice and smoothly and she loves her new teachers.  We also celebrated Alex's birthday with our families over the weekend which was a blast!  Sadly in between all the getting back into the new fall schedule and getting readjusted to east coast time there just wasn't any stamping time last week.  But settling in has happily brought some stamping time back :)  I am ready to get back into stamping and playing along with all the fun blog challenges out there!

I started off today with this week's Curtain Call Act 48.  I have to tell you of all the challenges to start off with this one really tested me.  What a color combo-wild wasabi, rich razzleberry, peach parfait, poppy parade and very vanillla.  This combo is such a reach for me but I have to admit once I finished the card I do really like it.  I never would have put these together on my own though.... I wanted Fergus to be a cute little polka dot dragon so I stamped him on some rich razzleberry paper and then colored his belly and foot pads peach parfait.  I also colored the pearls to match the peach parfait paper-love that I can color my pearls with my copics :)  

Materials used: fergus with poppy (wild rose studio); poppy parade, peach parfait, wild wasabi, very vanilla cs (SU); rich razzleberry dp (SU); tuxedo black (memento); copics; stickles; pearls (SU); dots embossing folder (sizzix); poppy parade ribbon (SU); nestabilities

Our trip to California was absolutely wonderful and exhausting at the same time.  My husband did awesome in the half marathon and Alex's first birthday was fun!  He even surprised us and took his first steps while we were out there :)  He's still not really *walking* but he's taking more and more independent steps each day.   But boy is he CLIMBING....up and over everything!!!!!  Yikes!  Elizabeth wasn't a climber but what she didn't climb he is making up for :)  He really is a little monkey!  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!  Hope you have a wonderful day :)

Comments

[Silke Ledlow]

Super cute card Merry!!! The paper piecing looks awesome!!! Thank you for playing the Curtain Call colors!!! Hugs ~S~

[stacey schafer]

what a cute little creature! thanks for playing the Curtain Call, Merry!

[Monika/buzsy]

Super cute card Maradith. Love the cute paper-pieced image. Great use of the colors. Thanks for playing along with us at Curtain Call. :o)