Practice Hospitality

Hello Saturday! Hello weekend! I'm back with not one, but two, samples for Jen's Sketch For You To Try. Earlier today, I promised to be back with a "do-over" and this is it. More about why in a jiffy. Great sketch this week from Jen - check it out, along with Jen's sample and guest designer Megan Lock's sample, at i{heart}2stamp. Fellow sketch girls Amy Rohl, Carole Burrage, Kelly Lunceford, and Susan Liles await with a bounty of creativity and inspiration. To play along, link your sketch to Jen's post and remember to use keyword SFYTT if you upload to SCS.

The papers are from Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird line. The Scripture is the new Romans 12:13 Plain Jane by Verve, and the teapot is from Verve's new Cup of Life. [Note: I did my photo editing on my not-so-new-anymore Mac laptop for the first time - the display is very different from my desktop, so if my photo looks off, that's why.]

Okay, on to the silliness about the do-over. No, my dog didn't eat the first one. And neither did my 2-year-old. If you were at the Verve release party, you may have seen me express some embarrassment that my Cup of Life project from yesterday bore a noticeable resemblance (in my eyes, anyway) to Laurie Schmidlin's Anni-VERVE-sary blog hop post from a couple of weeks ago. I didn't realize they were so similar until last night, and it gave me that weird, kind of icky "I must look like a total copy cat" feeling. Yes, I care what other people think :)

Fast-forward to this morning. I had my SFYTT post almost ready to go, just needed to add the card photo. As so often happens, I got sidetracked by my email. Among those emails was Laurie's blog feed from her post last night. GASP!! Not again!! You have to click over and see Laurie's card (the first one) ... (I'll wait) ...

And now, with Laurie's encouragement, I present you my first SFYTT sample:



Now that I have a fresh pair of eyes, maybe they don't look THAT similar (Laurie added a lot more warmth with her lovely distressing), but still, do you see why I could NOT post this this morning as planned {giggle}? Laurie, I love ya, and I hope you're not creeped out!

Have a great weekend, friends!

Card #1:
Stamps: Romans 12:13 Plain Jane, Cup of Life (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird, Papertrey Dark Chocolate cs, Stampin' Up Handsome Hunter cs
Ink: SU Chocolate Chip craft and Soft Sky, Ranger Antique Linen Distress
Accessories: Spellbinders circle and blossom Nestabilities and Fancy Scalloped Border Piercabilities, Papertrey button and ribbon, clear embossing powder, foam adhesive, sewing machine, distressing tool



Card #2:
Stamps: Romans 12:13 Plain Jane, Enjoy (Verve Stamps)
Paper: My Mind's Eye Bella Bella French Flea Market, Papertrey Dark Chocolate card stock
Ink: Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip craft
Accessories: Spellbinders circle and blossom Nestabilities and Fancy Scalloped Border Piercabilities, Papertrey button and ribbon, Kaiser Craft bliss adhesive pearls, foam adhesive, sewing machine, clear embossing powder