Always Bring Your Own Sunshine

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"Cats do care.  For example they know instinctively what time we have to be at work in the morning and they wake us up twenty minutes before the alarm goes off."

                                                                                 ---------Michael Nelson 

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Hi, Friends......

I am here with a card for the MFP FOSTV Challenge - Yellow and Gray.  I also used the sketch from the Inspired By Stamping Monthly Blog Challenge.  

Here's the sketch she gave us:

 Here's my take:


The gray and yellow colors immediately brought to my mind clouds and sunshine.  I recently won this Papertrey Ink - Hello Sunshine set from PaperCrafts and Scrapbooking.  (THANKS, PC&S!!) and I knew it would be perfect.  I love this sentiment:  "Wherever you go, No matter the weather, Always bring your own sunshine."  I stamped this with a brand new Memento - London Fog ink pad I just bought.  (Yes, I do actually buy things!!  Ha.)  I can't tell you how much I totally LOVE this ink!!!  I also bought one in Rich Cocoa....actually, I bought two so I can give one away in my 50 Follower giveaway coming up sometime soon.  :) :) :) 

I used several different papers in this one:  Crate Paper - Flea Market (a prize from Pumpkin Spice...THANKS, PS!!!), Glitz - Sunshine in my Soul (a prize...THANKS, Glitz!!), Authentique - Blissful (a prize, also....THANKS, Authentique!!) and that dazzling silver glittered paper is DCWV - Twinkle Glints (a gift from my daughter <3 <3 <3 ).

Here's an angled shot so you can see the sparkle and shine.  Other embellishments include:  butterflies from Recollections, a lovely Zva swirl, some thrift store lace, and a few JoAnn dollar rack rhinestones.  Fun!!  Hope you like it, too!!!

Hey, I have another new follower.  That makes 43!!!!
Diana Larson of DL.ART.  I only recently became acquainted with her blog through my pal, Karen L., but it is an a-w-e-s-o-m-e challenge spot!!  She also is an amazing crafter.  You have to look at the out-of-this-world beautiful anniversary bouquet she has up on her blog right now!  Thank you so much, Diana, for your sweet comment on my blog and for becoming a follower!!  This ginormous smile is for you!!!

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Thank you all for stopping by today.  Hope your weekend is full of lovely things!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1.  MFP FOSTV Color Challenge #137 - Yellow and Gray
2.  Inspired By Stamping Monthly Challenge #85 - Sketch   
3.  DL.ART August Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
4.  Words 2 Scrap By Challenge #8 - From Darkness to Light  
5.  Craft Your Passion Challenge #226 - Bring Me Sunshine (Add some yellow)