Sweltered in an Irish ....

.... heatwave!  All those reading in the USA will be laughing hysterically at our definition of a heatwave - it's been getting as far as the high 20s Centigrade for about a week now (that translates to about 80 Fahrenheit).  I know it's hitting 3 figures in the west and mid-western USA right now - well, bless all your hearts, I would just keel over and die in that!!!!  We've been opening all the windows (whilst keeping the new cat indoors - a masterpiece in organisation!), and bought an electric fan today to try and keep a bit cooler in the afternoons.  On the plus side, the garden looks amazing, my strawberries and tomatoes are giving a bumper crop, and everyone is in a super good mood because, of course, when the sun is shining there is nowhere in the world as nice as Ireland!

I went to a friend's house yesterday - she had put out a 10ft inflatable pool in the back garden for the kids, and the adults were in the garden too - crafting under the gazebo.  I enjoyed playing with her extensive collection of stamps, and got the makings of a few cards done, one which I finished today:

I used this week's Deconstructed Sketch and I'm also entering Cupcake Craft ("Anything but Square"), Papertake Weekly ("Old, New, Borrowed or Blue" - mine is the borrowed stamps) and ABC Challenge ("Q is for Quite a Few" layers).

Here's a side shot of the card - I love that crackle background stamp.  I stamped the flower on kraft a few times and cut out extra blossoms, coloured and crumpled them and stuck them down for added dimension.  I made the letters using a computer font, printed out on card, stuck down on a few more layers of card, then cut out and inked.

Recipe:

Papers: Cosmo Cricket "Mr. Campy"

Stamps: Not sure - borrowed from Jackie - thanks, hun!

Colouring Medium: Prismacolor pencils, distress inks.

Other: Ribbon from stash.

Thanks for looking!