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Happy holiday weekend, crafty friends!

I know all my American buddies will be recovering from a late night watching fireworks.

Here in Canada, we celebrated earlier this week on July 1st. In fact, I had a four-day weekend last week, as the hospital I work at mandated a "slow-down" day this past Monday. No complaints here!

So here's the current sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

That big circle is kind of intriguing...reminded me of a sunrise or sunset.

 I cut a big orange circle from patterned paper and then stamped a beautiful sentiment from Verve. It was anchored with some arrows (strip of DP and washi tape), and a big bright feather cut from the same DP. The bird taking flight, is a piece of embossible metal, from Provocraft. I ran it through an embossing folder, then tinted it with alcohol markers.

I kind of like the collage-look!

Get out there and enjoy the weather!

Happy crafting,

Caroline

You are... FMS #124 and CMCC #8

 

Just sayin'...

This photo was sent my a friend of mine who "escaped winter" by renting a condo in Florida!

Lots of melting and sunshine in Ontario today. Just a taste of the warm weather to come.

My whole entire family is away this week (except the dog, and he doesn't expect three meals a day), so I've had some time to get caught up on some crafting and challenges.

 This card was made to play along with the pretty palette over at Colour Me...!

And the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches:

A couple of new Close to My Heart goodies are involved: the embossed Paper Fundamentals (neutral card stock with a raised design on one side and a pattern on the other) and the cute stamp set "Feathers." The one with the outline was just calling out to be coloured in with Copics!

 I used the Stamps of Life set "youare2kind" for my Dynamic Duos card this week, and it was still sitting on my desk. The sentiment seemed perfect for that crazy feather.

 This would have been a good card to tuck into my son's suitcase. He is off on a cross-country tour in the US, auditioning for graduate school in classical guitar performance. He IS extraordinary.  See/hear him play HERE.  Good music to craft by.

Have a happy week,

Caroline

Supplies:

Cardstock in White Daisy and Saddle (Paper Fundamentals-CTMH)

Vellum

Inks: Sweet Leaf, Sky, Saddle, Versamark

Copic Markers

Brown embossing powder, CTMH

Tim Holtz Distressing tool

Sequins,  American Crafts