my favorite chair

This month the Design Team Challenge at Lizzie Anne is to take a photo of something you love and then use it as inspiration for a card.

I decided to take a photo of my favorite chair! I love this chair. I bought it at Pier One about a year ago and it's my favorite place to sit and read my magazines. It's comfy and stylish and it has all my favorite colors. If I have a special guest over, I may offer my favorite chair to them. Maybe. :)

Here is my chair. Note the gold swirls, the flowers, and the autumn colors.



A close-up of the pattern...




And here is my card!




I used three different stamps on this card... a flower from Brilliant Blooms, a flourish from Fanciful Flourishes, and the Thank You sentiment from the Life is Good Mix set. I gold-embossed the flourishes and used a little glitter pen on the flowers to match the gold on my chair. I kinda love this card!

This assignment reminded me that *anything* can be inspiration. So often I hear "I have a creative road-block" or "my mojo is gone." This happens to all of us every now and then! When you feel like you need some creative inspiration, just take a look around at the things you love and let that inspire you. A favorite chair, a home decor magazine, your bedspread, a favorite shirt, a favorite photo...all these things can be inspiration!

Visit the Lizzie Anne Blog today to see what the other Design Team members have come up with for this challenge. Enjoy!

aloha

I just got back from a fabulous getaway to Maui with my husband... the first no-kids getaway we've had since we had kids! We had such a wonderful time. We stayed in Ka'anapali (which I highly recommend) for five days and drove all over the island! We also relaxed a lot on the beach. :) Below are a few picts from our trip.


This is a waterfall we hiked to on the "Road to Hana" over on the jungly side of the island.




A view of a coastline I loved.




This is us at the Old Lahina Luau.



This is a huge Banyan tree in Lahina, it covers an entire city block! That is an old courthouse behind it that is now a museum.



I loved all the tropical flowers. They were everywhere!



This was the view from our hotel room. Um yeah, can we go back now?



Hope you are enjoying your summer as well!

patchwork of friends

It's Mix it Up Day at Lizzie Anne... and here's a card featuring one of my favorite stamps from the July Mix set, "Life is a Patchwork of Friends." Not only is this a great sentiment but it lends itself to a lot of cardmaking ideas... which is why I did a "patchwork" of different patterned papers behind the sentiment. This card is also based on our Sketch Challenge this week.

Visit the Lizzie Anne Blog to see who else is posting Mix cards today!

I am in Maui right now! My husband and I have been talking about going to Hawaii together for, oh, FOREVER. At least since we got married almost twelve years ago! This will also be my very first time *anywhere* in Hawaii, I'm so excited! I'll post some photos when I get back!