Greetings! A huge welcome to all my newest followers. A a warm thank you to all my longterm, loyal followers, as well. It is time again for the Pink Team over at Eclectic Ellapu to step up and our challenge this time around is to create a project "For A Boy." I immediately thought of a new to me set of stamps from Crafty Secrets to use for my own project. Although I have heard of Crafty Secrets over the years, I did not pay attention until I saw a beautiful card recently using some of their images and went over to explore. I was sad to learn that they are phasing out their stamp images and converting to digital images. Although I am learning to use digital images, there is just something about physical stamps for me. So, I scooped up a few of my favorites. For my own card, I stenciled the Stars and Stripes stencils by Tim Holtz in Salty Ocean and Fired Brick on a piece of card stock. The focal images, bat, mitt and glove and All Star image were stamped on scrap card stock, water colored with Distress Markers and trimmed and adhered to the prepared panel, which was matted with black and red paper and attached to a white card base. A bit of red and white baker's twine and some black Liquid Pearls complete my card. I hope you will pop over to Eclectic Ellapu and take a look at the beautiful design team inspiration pieces and then be inspired to join in the challenge. Thanks so much for stopping by! Best wishes, Yvonne
