Oh I have to say that I am so excited to share my samples with the new stamps from Lizzie Anne Designs  new release! But those have to wait a few more days.

They are also celebrating their BIG Birthday Bash!

You can see their big bash events HERE, as well as the release schedule for those of you anxious to see some peeks!!

In honor of their bash YOU get a chance to enter to win a SURPRISE set!! Just leave me a comment here, telling me your favorite thing about birthdays! Tricia will surprise “you” (aka random drawn winner-but you can’t win if you don’t enter and you have NOTHING to lose by doing so) with a set in your mailbox!!

SO leave a comment about birthdays and what you love:

Is it a certain cake, what kind of traditions or things do you look forward to? A favorite b-day memory or gift……………whatever you want! I will randomly pick a winner and announce them here tomorrow at noon EST!

Also Tricia has a giveaway today too!

(I have been BUSY BUSY!! You have NO idea! LOL! More to come.)

Now for some eye candy 😀

funky-fleurs.jpg Summer Fun Flowers

I just LOVE these colors together! I had so much fun making this card. Sometimes you need to know WHEN to stop. I wanted to add MORE but think that would have been overboard.

 Le Jardin is another one of my favorite flower sets. You cannot see by the photo, but I used a glitter pen along all the blue areas of the flowers. SO PRETTY and shimmery in person. LOVE IT!

I know I have said this before, but sometimes you NEED a layer. You don’t want it to be to heavy or overbearing, so that is when vellum cardstock comes in handy!!

 See my pumpkin layer? It needed another layer, but nothing over the top, or too contrasting in color that it would draw your eye away from the focus of the card, so I used vellum cardstock. I get mine from Stampin Up, and and HAPPY to say that Papertrey Ink is going to be carrying it as well.

I hope you like my card as much as I do! LOL! I just can’t get over this color combo-sky, olive, pumpkin-just YUM!

LAD is one of the only companies who releases every quarter, rather than monthly. I do post samples monthly, so just keep your eyes open if you want to see more of LAD, and check my sidebar for the other design team member’s blogs, who also feature samples through the month as well.

There is of course a gallery (aka Sketchbook) of inspiration-don’t miss that too.

Well that is all for today. Thanks for reading.

Lauren