Monday? Already? Have a good week

Morning readers, 

My apologies, this post is pretty photo heavy with my craft make and vacation pix but, if you've time, pull up a chair, grab a coffee and enjoy some sunshine .....

I've a make to share with you today ....... an Artist Trading Card, measuring 3½" x 2½" - surprising just how MUCH you can pack on to such a small space. I recently acquired some new stash and one set was a whopper (Aall & Create set #58) which I always knew I was going to cut down in to smaller stamp sizes - far more manageable! Still LOVING being back in the "ink blending" zone too ...

My finished ATC

Layer One - inky

Layer Two - stamped and foiled!

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of card in white and black
• Stamps used: Aall & Create sets #292 and #58 (both August 2023 and NBUS), Lost Coast "Badass" (August 2023 - NBUS)
• Inks used: Distress Inks - Fossilised Amber, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Distress Oxide Black Soot, Adirondack Terracotta Versafine Clair nocturne, Memento tuxedo black
• Embossing powders used: Judikins "sticky stuff" (in conjunction with gold foil) and WOW! Clear super fine
• Gold foil sheet

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. NBUS - challenge No. 56 - USE NBUS
2. Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - November challenge - ANYTHING GOES
3. Love to Craft - challenge No. 77 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Mix It Up - challenge No. 68 - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) STAMPING
5. Archi-Scraps - November challenge - EMBOSSING WET or DRY
6. 613 Avenue Create - November challenge - EMBOSSING WET or DRY

I was a lucky FAVE over at the Happy Little Stampers blog, for their October STENCIL challenge, thanks so much peeps, appreciate it.

And the last few vacation pix from Florida ...

The two above pix are of Eustis, a quaint little township
and home to My Favorite Things stamp store!

The two pix above are of
the Venetian Gardens, Leesburg

Dinner out with a pal ... the mighty Manny's Chop House

I got stash too ..... now to get round to using it all

MFT Boutique in Eustis

Joann's at The Villages

Joann's in Winter Garden

Pink and Main in Paletto

And a refreshing morning walk ....

And then a walk around a different lake, at Celebration, followed by a walk around Disney Springs (shopping and eating area) - notching up seven miles that day!!! YIKES!

The cable car system is new since we last visited!

Disney Springs - a whole shop dedicated to
Disney at Christmas

Stopped in for a refreshing beverage, at Avocado,
guess the service must be a little slow!!!!

Some of the houses in Celebration are HUGE!!

And then the Fall Festival, at Solivita, it's beautiful there

Hope you've enjoyed joining me on a virtual trip to Florida this past few blog posts, I've enjoyed sharing the pix with you - see you Wednesday.