You GIRAFFE me crazy! ♥

I love, love, LOVE Altenew Stamps! 

 They are just gorgeous in design and a joy to stamp and color.

I was so so SO blessed to win a gift certificate early this year
and chose this stamp set awhile back,

 I took advantage of a sale during the summer AND they had free shipping

 so went back to bought the matching dies!  

Now that I finally inked it up, I wonder what took me so long
(no pun intended!)  :)

I know in my heart this set will get a lot of use ~ 

it's so different and unique and just stunning ♥

Onward to my card!

I'm in a card group on Splitcoaststampers called Challenge Your Stash (CYS)

in which we make a card once a month using things we already own.

No new products, no buying, just dig through your stamps

and make a card based on the challenge theme.

This month ~ our hostess is the amazing Darlene!

She asked us to .........

GULP ....

make a card using no designer paper.

Wait, what?

no.  designer.  paper?

None?

Oh this took some thinking!
And in the end, I ended up making a card, 
then fixing the card,
and so now I have two :)

Here is my original card:

 and my fixed one! :)

Thanks Darlene for a fun challenge this month!
The girls in the card group ROCKED this challenge -
from embossed backgrounds to just images as a focal point, 
it was fun to see them all :)

Jody is up next month and
I can't wait to see what she asks us to create :)

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

I'll enter my card to:  AAA Cards - Creatures Great & Small

We love to Create - Anything Creative

Scrap and craft creations - colors of autumn