Hi blogging friends! Today's post is so special to me because I made this card for my daughter :) She is one of the sweetest kids but truly loves life ~ always smiling, such a fun-loving, adventurous soul. She has a full schedule of classes this semester including 2 AP classes, plus choral requirements and both Opera and All-State auditions coming up this week. And she is battling a horrendous sore throat - they won't postpone or reschedule so it's "do or die", to quote the director :( Well, in her rare "down-time" one of her favorite hobbies is her archery. She is an absolute natural! She fell in love with it back in the days of Princess Diaries 2- long before Katniss in Hunger Games - but that trio of books inspired her to ask for a bow of her own, lovingly dubbed by her as "the Green Goddess", LOL!!
So .... this month, the Calendar Girls were asked to create a card with the theme: The Olympics! Our hostess is Debbie and she challenged us to use the Olympics as a guide, use one of the 5 colors of the Olympics (I chose blue, my daughter's favorite color) and one embellishments in that same color. I hunted far and wide for just the right archery stamp and was so excited to see this one called Artemis. It was perfect! I used blue hues through-out the card and picked dsp that worked well with the image - I knew it was going to have blue on it somewhere for her and the bow had to be green :) And she - unlike her mommy! - loves her some bling! So I added some tiny rhinestones for a bit of dazzle. And on the inside, I left it without a sentiment to include a journaling tag I have had that is so her ... it reads
LAUGH as much as you breathe and love as long as you live." :) I love how this card came out! And I don't say that often about my cards ~ by then, with her as my muse, I get warm fuzzies anyway :)
The other part of the challenge was to share our favorite part of the Olympics. Honestly, I didn't see a lot of it but what I did love was seeing London! We had the blessing of visiting London a few summers ago and it was nice to say "we saw that! we went there! We ate that!" :) My favorite sport to watch during the summer Olympics is usually a toss-up between swimming and gymnastics, but this year we tuned in to the Archery and TaeKwanDo a little more! Such absolutely amazing talent and I'm so proud of all the young people that stood strong and worked so hard to represent their countries. Kudos!
**Post edit** ~ Back to school tomorrow! We had some serious howling winds and monsoon rains that would beat on the shutters all night ~ seriously creepy! I am glad we had all our hurricane shutters on! Although the storm wasn't so severe for us, it caused some damage - part of our wooden fence was pushed over and internet service was interupted (due to the towers, not loss of power - woohoo!) We had the generator ready but never needed it or the candles or flashlights - my son was actually disappointed! :o My heart goes out to those affected and we're on vigil for those still in it's path. Thank you so much for the well-wishes and good thoughts - you are beautiful people!
Be well! Please stop by and see what sport the other Calendar Girls chose this month to work with! You can find them in my sidebar. And thank you, Debbie, for the awesome theme this month - loved it!
Big hugs,
Bigger Blessings!
