In the *spotlight!*

Hi, peeps! :)

Today's card is one I made just for fun ~ a spotlight card! 

I'm blessed to belong to a crafty group called the Stamp Addicts and asked our sweet leader, Lynn, if I could toss a challenge out this month :)

 I have been wanting to make a spotlight card for awhile - 

safety in numbers, right? :)

Yup! I'm that far behind in the crafting world! 

While everyone has moved on to Craquelure and Gesso, 

I'm still taking baby steps through techniques 

I meant to try and never did ;)

 Here's a better side view of the spotlighted area - this card has 8 layers!

                                                               ... and the inside of the card :)

 This card is heading to a special friend and I couldn't think of anything 'owl' related to say at the time ;)

The owl stamp is from Unity Stamp Co "Hoot of a Day"

  and I stamped out a tree branch for the owl to rest on ... the tree is

from Taylored Expressions stamp set called "Branching Out" ~

a set that I love dearly!  When I first bought it upon it's release,

part of the proceeds of the sales went towards a tree charity called

the Eden project - isn't that wonderful!  

Now, I bought this set in 2009 but you can read about it here - 

still warms my heart :)

I added a strip of burlap ribbon, used some yummy papers from 

Cosmo Cricket called S'more Love - oh. my. word!

This is the yummiest paper on the planet!!  I've used this 3 times already for cards and a swap and I keep peeking to make sure I have at least one sheet left of each one :)

In addition to getting my jog in, I have a PTA meeting (already!)

this morning and a quick meeting with the bible study ladies - school pick ups and drop offs, Tae Kwan Do across town after school for little man

and if I'm lucky, the library! :)

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!

~Kelly

I'll enter this card into:  Little Red Wagon - Lots of Layers

 LEJDesigns - Inspired by Nature and

Try it on Tuesday's Create a Scene...  lots of fun this week! :)