Every Chapter is the Chance for a New Beginning

I was excited I won Challenge #13 at Stamping Pals and I get to be with their Design Team for this new Challenge #15. You can see the color challenge here. It's a color challenge and the colors are here:

I wanted to use my new stamp by Unity Stamp Company called "Not the End of Your Story". Why don't I have any book stamps until now? I read every single day!! So I needed to change that and this set has a lot of great sentiments. For the colors, I chose all Distress Oxide colors and I used: Shaded Lilac, Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade.

MOTHER

Yesterday I went to the dr and they took off my bulky bandage and said my nose is healing nicely. Thank goodness my skin cancer wasn't any bigger and they could do the MOHS surgery on it and the cancer is 100% gone!! It will take a year to completely heal and hopefully I will have a very little scar. For now, I have to be careful and not get any sun on it for a YEAR!!  And I get to start exercising again, as long as I don't let my heart rate get up too much. (see pic below for a week after my surgery)

Cardz 4 Galz - Mother's Day or For a Special Lady
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

Stamps by Colorado Craft Co.

I had MOHS surgery on my
nose exactly one week ago for
basal cell carcinoma. Now I 
just need it to heal!! 

Let's jump in the lake

This Hero Arts set makes it so easy to layer stamps and make this cute lake scene. It's going to be in the upper 80's today and tomorrow so it will definitely feel like jumping in the lake here!! Sure feels like summer!

Spot Challenge - Ink Blending (one of my fave challenges!)

Stamps by Hero Arts
Ink blending with Catherine Pooler inks

So Very Proud of You

I know, I know ... ANOTHER Anita Jeram stamp set you're asking?  Yes, I can't help it. I just love her newest release with Colorado Craft Co. (And a little secret I have to share is I won a $25 to their store for free stamps because I participated in a long blog hop which I do from time to time but never win) I made this card for my godchild who graduates this May and will become a kindergarten teacher for 2021-2022. She got an early contract with the school system so she knows where she will be teaching when August comes. I hope she likes this.

The Paper Players - Sketch PP538

Stamps by Colorado Craft Co.
Colored with Copics

This Calls for Extra Sprinkles

I'm continuing to heal and each day I feel better and better. I am still wearing this horrible bandage on my nose and it's trying to fall off, but I keep adding more tape to it. I go back on Thursday to have it taken off (HOPEFULLY). I also hope they give me the ok to start walking again. They said no strenuous exercise until after then!! Not that my walking is strenuous by any means, but I just want to be able to walk around the block a few times if I want :).

I have a friend turning 6-0 and thought this would be perfect for her. You have to really search for the "60" but it's there LOL. Newest stamp set by Flora & Fauna and I love it already!!!

Cupcake Inspirations - Pastels
Always Fun - Clean and Simple
Passion for Markers - Sentimental (with a sentiment on front)

Stamps and die cuts by Flora & Fauna
Inks by Catherine Pooler Spring Fling Collection
Cake plate colored with Copic marker

I must have flowers always and always

I'm not sure if this is "too busy" using these stripes, but I went with it anyway. I die cut the mouse and flowers out with black too to create a little "shadow" behind it so you can see it better with those stripes. I'm loving this color combo.

Sunday Stamps - Spring Blooms

Stamps by Colorado Craft Co
Stripes by Concord & 9th
Colored with Copic markers