sending big hugs....

Hey there.... the weekend is winding to a close and it was a beautiful one here in Western Washington!!  YAY!!  I'm hoping the week ahead is just as nice.   Here with a card I made using the current My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge sketch (MFTWSC68).  

For my card I used some 6x6 papers from the Simple Stories Fabulous pad.  This is the first time I have used any papers from Simple Stories and I must say that they are rather cute!  It's funny because I used to be so afraid of using patterned paper, but then a friend I made through the Hero Arts Flickr group expressed such admiration for my skill with patterned papers that my confidence grew tremendously and now I thoroughly enjoy combining different papers on my cards.  It also helps that all these pads are coordinated to begin with... hee hee!!  Anywhoo... the only stamping on the card is the sentiment which is from the MFT set Big Greetings. All the dies used on the card are from MFT, as well.  They recently released their Fishtail Flag Stax dies and when I saw then I just had to get them!   I used the 2nd to smallest fishtail flag die to create my little flag.  The felt rose was created using their Rolled Rose die and the leaves with their newly released Royal Leaves die set and some MFT Sour Apple felt... yummy!!!   I added a little buttoned embellished with some twine to finish things off.

Thanks for stopping by... wishing you a wonderful week ahead!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Bazzill teal & cream; PP:  Simple Stories; Stamps:  MFT; Dies:  MFT; Punch:  EKSuccess; Button:  PTI; Twine:  May Arts; Ink:  Tuxedo Black & Ranger Old Paper