Happy Wednesday! We have the wildest storms last night. I was just getting ready to wind my day up and head off to bed, when the tornado warning came across the television screen. I had no idea the weather was like it was! I had been down stamping some and when I came up I turned on the Hallmark Channel. It wasn’t too long after I saw the warning on television, that the tornado siren at the end of my street sounded. I love to watch storms! I love the lightening, the wind, the rain – they just fascinate me. But last night, for the first time in years, I had a funny gut feeling. After the second siren sounded, I pulled the pups out of the kennel and we went to the basement. They were a little scared too and we all huddled together under blankets watching the local news. Finally about 12:30 a.m., our tornado warning expired and there was an all clear. Thankfully we escaped any damage. Others to the southwest of us were not so lucky.

I don’t know what came over me. Maybe it was the thought that my girls aren’t here and I was worried about them – I don’t know! But I’ve not had a feeling like that since Kate and Mallory were very young. I used to send them to the basement to play trying not to scare them, and then I would stand at the window and watch the storm. Not last night!

Anyhoo, I’m not going to have time this morning, if at all, to get to today’s Sketch Challenge. Today’s is my mother’s birthday – – and we are supposed to go to lunch and then I NEED to shop for my trip to CHA.

While I was working with Far East from Lizzie Anne Designs over the weekend, I did make another card that I can share with you today.

The lotus flowers were stamped on white cardstock in Aspen Mist and then the design was over stamped with Niagara Mist. I cut the flowers out and placed them individually on a piece of vanilla cardstock, that the edges had been sponged with Niagara Mist. The edges of all the designer paper were sponged in Niagara Mist and the sentiment was stamped in Espresso. The designer paper layers were sewn to a background panel and then put on the card front.

Stamps: Far East by Lizzie Anne Designs

Paper: SU Whisper White, Very Vanilla and Basic Gray; Prism Island Mist Light; BasicGrey Blush

Ink: VersaMagic Aspen Mist and Niagara Mist; Adirondack Espresso

Accessories: Sewing Machine, Tsukineko Sponge Dauber, Sanding Block, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Mounting Tape, Ribbon

For those of you who like to see the product, here’s the photo. I often wonder if you like me showing a picture of the product. There are times I feel that it might be overload and then I think that I personally would love to see what is being talked about. I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Do you like the product photo or would you prefer not to have it?

The stamps are from Lizzie Anne Designs and all other product can be found at Rubbernecker Stamp Company.