Show your pride!

Hi friends! 

There's only 58 more days until the summer Olympics in Rio! 

Such an exciting time to see the young athletes that have trained long and hard, dedicating so many hours to their sports make it this far.

And I always get a little teary eyed watching the running with the torch :*)

 

My card today is one showcasing soccer Riley,

ready for the field in his Team USA jersey!

The challenge at The Ink Spot this week: Show your pride!

 

We are HUGE European soccer fans in our home,

and also a house divided :)  

 My husband is always rooting for Spain 

while I'm always cheering on Germany!

 In fact, during the FIFA World Cup,

our home gets absolutely bananas with being glued to the tv,

cheering on our teams, and in his case - tears of defeat, hee hee!

I jest :)

  

  In the spirit of celebrating our athletes right here in our hometowns,

I stamped/colored up soccer Riley with a patriotic, team USA feel.

So many of us 'soccer parents' are/have spent countless hours

cheering for our children as they played on fields at local parks and schools,

and even watched them go on to play at colleges and professionally.

To all the athletes, I applaud you ♥

Be sure to stop on by The Ink Spot 

and check out all 6 places you can shop!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

I'll enter this into:  Colouring in Scrapland - Use 3 (enamel dots)
Stamping Sensations - Feature a Creature
Crafting when we can - Use Stars

Soccer's *World Cup 2014!*

Hi friends!  Yay for Friday!

 

I have a super simple but festive card to share.

I've been trying to get to this card all week :)

I saw this fun sketch pop up on SCS and my eyes

immediately went towards a flag ♥

 

That could be because I have FIFA World Cup on my brain!

 

We are uber fans!

We eagerly await the return of our teams every 4 years. 

 It's an excruciatingly long wait but luckily,

we have the European Cup in just 2 years ♥

 

Let me just say -  I'm not a sports girl!

I don't follow baseball, I'm not much of a football girl,

and I absolutely do not follow basketball ;)

But for dh (born and raised in Europe)

 and me (grew up there),

Soccer is a BIG DEAL.

In fact, it's HUGE!

 

As you can see from my Riley festive flag card,

I'm *Team Germany*!

I'm Southern by birth,

but a transplant by heart ♥

 

 

For my card, I added each row of cardstock in the coordinating color.

On the inside, I cut them too short to flow horizontally -

vertically, though, it became Belgium, LOL!

Whoops!

 

 

I have my Jersey!

My flag!

My pom-poms!

I'm ready!

 

Yes, I will be a nervous wreck on Sunday.

But I'm sure I won't be the only one at church saying an extra prayer :)

 

Let's hear it for the *Goals!!*

 

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

I'll enter my card into:  A Creative Romance:  Colors of the Flag
 Crafts for the Craic: Favourite Colors
As you like it - Animals - Riley the Moose!