Fall Bunny

Unfortunately, we had Hurricane Ike come through our city. Those of us in the part of town I live in were extremely blessed and really not affected by the hurricane. But for those people in Galveston and other parts of Houston there was substantial damage as well as loss of lives. My heart, prayers and thoughts are with those people. If you've seen the news you can see that it is absolutely tragic!

I peeled myself away from the television, I've watched it pretty much none stop since our power came back on at noon on Saturday afternoon. I needed some time to relax and take my mind off the huricane for a while. So I decided to participate in Kristina's Color Inspiration Challenge. The best way for me to relax is to watercolor. So, I decided to use my Serene Spring set. I was very hesitant about ordering this set because it is very much a spring set. But, I think it looks pretty good in fall colors. My daughter loves bunnies so I'll definetly ink this set up a lot which is my reason for ordering it.

All materials Stampin' Up: Stamps: Serene Spring; Inks: Chocolate Chip, Bravo Burgundy, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Old Olive; Papers: Very Vanilla CS, Watercolor Paper, Bravo Burgundy CS, Spring Flowers DSP; Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Bravo Burgundy Ribbon, Aqua Painter, Mat Pack, Piercing Tool.

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Quincenera Card

I've seen these on other blogs and I wanted to make one for a long time. We attented my niece's quincenera the day before Labor Day and I thought this would be the perfect card to make for her. It really was quite simple to make which surprised me. For those of you that don't know what a quincenera is....basically it's a sweet 16. Only in the hispanic tradition the party is given to the young girl that is celebrating 15 years and it basically costs a a small fortune! I told my own daughter that we'd probably skip the quincenera and save the money for her college education. She's okay with that...luckily! I used the same colors that were used through out her party for this card.

All materials Stampin' Up unless noted: Stamps: Pick A petal, Designer Label Punch Box; Inks: Purely Pomegranate, Pretty In Pink; Papers: Old Olive, Pink Piourette, Whisper White, Vellum; Accessories: Halfback Pearls, Purely Pomegranate Ribbon, Style Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Square Rhinestone, Felt Flowers, Ticket Corner Punch, Cuttlebug, Divine Swirls Embossing Folder.