Because This is Our City

4.15.2013 2:49pm
Today we remember those lost, we celebrate those recovered, and we encourage those continuing their recovery. We are Boston Strong. This is our city.



I created this card as more of a celebration than anything else. Around here, we take a lot of pride in our city. It's a big thing. We did that before, but we do it even more now. The colors are taken from the Boston Marathon colors.  Gotta love neon yellow and blue! The Boston Strong stamp was a limited edition from Hero Arts that was available for some time last year. The background is the Basic Grey/Hero Arts Highline Chalkboard stamp.  I used Tsukineko Radiant Neon inks.



Be sure to visit Debbie Carriere's blog today, as well!  She has an awesome Boston Strong card over there, too!

Boston Strong!

Boston Strong with Punky Sprouts

Hello, and Happy Monday, folks!  I am excited to share that I am guesting over at Punky Sprouts today!  If you aren't familiar with Punky Sprouts, you are going to find some pretty fun stuff!  They have unique mini albums and some really fun embellishments, too!  I got the chance to play with the Rebel Sprout album.  The thing I love about Punky Sprout albums is that you can totally make them your own by putting the pages in any order and adding the rings anywhere!  It's all about YOU!


The Hubbums and I were very fortunate to have the opportunity to attend two Red Sox games at Fenway the weekend following the Boston Marathon bombings. These games were particularly significant due to the tributes and other special events taking place during them, so I decided they would be the perfect thing to create an album on! I pulled some of my favorite photos and highlighted some of the special events from those games in my album. You can check out all of the pages over on the Punky Sprouts blog!


So head on over to Punky Sprouts and check it out! I used the Basic Grey Hipster collection along with the Punky Sprouts goodness, but the entire supply list is over there, as well! I don't do albums often anymore, so this is kind of a special occasion. Just sayin'. HA! Oh...and yes... that page really does say that. WHY? Because Ortiz really said that. If you aren't familiar with the story... google it. It was freaking AWESOME! It was a great day in Red Sox history and a great day for Boston. For reals, folks. For. Reals.

Have a Happy!

B Strong

This sentiment is a pretty popular one around here as of late. The Hubbums and I were quite lucky to be at the Red Sox game yesterday where we had our B Strong posters and were there to see the tributes and special opening pitches and Ortiz get up and tell it like it is not even considering the fines he might have to pay for doing so. We were there when Neil Diamond stepped out onto the field to sing Sweet Caroline with us. And it rocked. It completely and totally ROCKED! We are actually heading out to tonight's game, too! SO FUN!!! With all of this Boston Strong sentiment going on around us, I couldn't help but to be a little inspired by it to make a card... so...I combined that idea with this fun inspiration photo from Moxie Fab World for the Tuesday Trigger!

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Led to THIS:


Kind of a fun card, eh? For some reason my lights are giving it a slightly more yellow hue than it actually has.  The cardstock is Pool from Hero Arts and is a bit bluer than it appears in the photo... more like the inspiration picture. The stamps are from the adorable Circle Friends set from Simon Says Stamp. It's a happy card. I like happy cards. Just sayin'.

So... that's what I have for today! As for me... I am off to another awesome Red Sox game! Woot! Wooooooot!!!!! Love that dirty water!!!!!!!

Have a Happy!