This is my card for today's limited supply challenge, Message Bouquet. This is my story.
1. I bought a couple of those fun little M & M $1.00 tins at Michaels and at the same time saw some M & M party invitations. I bought some thinking they would make good background paper on a card someday. This is that day! LOL!
2. I hope you can see the Ghost Flowers because they are the most important part of this challenge, the flower part.
3. When my husband was taking the picture, I said..Oh Wait! I want to put this little M & M tin in the picture as a prop! I ran around the corner into my stamp room and....
4. This is where I tell you about my ice skating adventure this morning in the middle of summer, 90 degree weather during the day!
5. I had been looking through a bunch of SU/CTMH catalogs and had them scattered all over the floor. When I rounded the corner and hit those catalogs, I literally skated half way accross the room! Yikes, those things were slick!
6. I didn't do any tricks, no double toe, turn pike, toe pick, triple klutz, spinning thingamajiggys, just plain old accross the floor skating. I did however do something really cool with my arms! (A skater I am not!)
7. After I uploaded my picture and chose one with out the M & M tin in it, I was thinking....I nearly killed myself this morning and didn't even use the stinkin' picture!
Date: Friday, July 13, 2007 GMT Views: 1999
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Registered: November 11, 2004 Location: Llamaville, OH Posts: 62697
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 5:04 AM
BUT I WANNA SEE THE TIN!!! ;)
what a FUN,FUN,FUN card Cindy!! and what good thinking picking up the MM invites for future use...schmart! and, yes, I see the ghost flowers.........cool!!
too bad DH didn't have the video camera running along with the digital!!! Winter Olympics...here comes Cindy!!!
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Registered: March 6, 2004 Location: Casa Grande, AZ Posts: 28932
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 5:18 AM
Cindy - hope you are not hurt. Especially your stamping arm (or maybe your typing fingers).
This is so cute - I can never find all these super cute embellishments/bg/etc. Great job.
Registered: July 21, 2005 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 24948
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 5:21 AM
Fabulous, Cindy! I love the 'ghost' flowers! I have some of those and have never found a way to use them but now you've given me inspiration! This is really, really cute but I'm so disappointed that you didn't do a triple lutz while skating!
Registered: March 17, 2006 Location: Right here. Posts: 4687
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 5:30 AM
Girl! I'm just glad you didn't bust your bazooka! he he he... Love this card and the ghost flowers really do look fab! You are so talented! Stamping AND ice skating! Wow! he he he...
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Registered: April 29, 2007 Location: PA Posts: 11153
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 5:31 AM
Oh WOW, I love this. The colors are amazing, the use of M&M paper is too stinkin' cute, the ghost flowers are such a cool idea, and the overall layout is fantastic. Favoriting this one, for sure!
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Registered: March 20, 2005 Location: Butler, PA Posts: 77633
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 5:41 AM
Love the ghost flowers, the M&M's and of course, the story - what a bright cheerful card - you almost got to send it to yourself in the hospital! Be careful!
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Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79473
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 5:44 AM
Nothing more fun than M & Ms. Love the bright colors.
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Registered: August 6, 2006 Location: southern Indiana Posts: 393
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 6:04 AM
I can picture you now, gliding (not so gracefully) across the floor, arms flying about like a whirlygigthingy. You see, I have done things like that too and I can relate.
I love your card. The colors are great and I can see the ghost flowers. How did you do those? It almost looks like filament made into the shape of a petal. Great idea. TFS!:-D
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Registered: August 30, 2006 Location: Saugus, Massachusetts Posts: 65045
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 6:05 AM
I am suddenly craving chocolate M&M's I'm not sure why (LOL!!) I also have this vision in my head of you sliding through your room and I think that is going to stay with me all day -
Love your ghost flowers (Yikes - they scared me when I looked back to see them after I read your story !)
Love the cuttled bg strips -- what did we ever do without our cuttles! (I know - we used the stylus like yesterdays challenge!)
Wonderful bright card Cindy - better go to the chiropracter later today!!
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Registered: May 15, 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 8029
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 @ 6:11 AM
What a wonderful card...you went through a lot for it(we appreciate it greatly)! Certainly glad that you didn't get hurt on your graceful glide for the tin!!!! You must deserve a 11 for effort. I never find the wonderful things you do, or if I see them, I don't imagine the ways you find to use them! This is just waaay cute and bright...sure to bring happiness to the lucky recipient of it.