More Fun in the Sun!

I've been busy enjoying summer and hope you have too!  I've also done some creating and it really is time to do some organizing! I've had this card on my computer for awhile now and intended to get it posted while we were on vacation in early July-didn't happen!! 

 Besides using awesome My Favorite Things products I also used one of their terrific sketches!! Wish I'd gotten it posted during the week of the sketch as I'd planned! I'm not on Instagram or Twitter, but it sure would be fun to be 'Spotted' by MFT!  Oh well, not this time!!

Anyway, I stamped heavy white cardstock with the MFT grid BG stamp.  I used the Lawn Fawn plaid 6 x6 paper for one banner and raspberry fizz (PTI) and canyon clay (PTI) for the other banners. They are cut with MFT dies.

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The dotted paper is from PTI.  The images from the Pure Innocence set Fun in the Sun set is colored with Copic Markers and mounted on dimensionals. Below is a close up. I know you can see spatters on her leg. She was too close to the area where I was playing with Colorburst to make the BG for the previous card post. I guess it's the 'surf' spraying up on her!!

See all the sparkle!!

Again, I used Glossy Accents to make her 'shades' shiny!  I love the look of her!!
Thanks for stopping by!!  I appreciate it so much!

Fun in the Sun!!

Hello! Dave and I have been back from the beach for a week now and back into the normal summer routine, if there is such a thing! We love the beaches of Maine-not what most people think of  when they think of Maine, but 7 mile beach at Old Orchard Beach is really beautiful! I actually made this card for my good friend and stamping buddy, Lisa (Kind Creations) to wish her a happy, happy summer.

I used the Pure Innocence set and die Fun In the Sun for my images and colored them with copic markers. Her suit and beachball were made polka-dotted by removing color with the colorless blender. Sparkle was added with Stickles-probably in Stardust.

The background was made with Ken Oliver's Colorburst powders in Turquooise (Caribbean Colors) and Sepia.  I wet the watercolor paper and tapped just a small amount from the color burst container. After I watched the magic happen for a bit, I used my wet paintbrush to help things along. Finally, using a wet paintbrush again, I tapped more clean water from by brush onto the background. When I had the look I wanted I dried the bg with my heat gun. I then used the Papertrey Ink Cover Plate to cut the bg into the wavy pieces you can see in picture. I glued it all down onto a base card of Coastal Cabana.  The terrific sunglasses die comes with the PI set and I cut those in black cardstock.  I covered the lenses with Glossy Accents for shininess.

So, there you have it. She is enjoyed some beach time in the good 'ole summertime!!\
Hope you are too!!
thanks for visiting!! Cheryl

Beach Bear

Hi stampin' friends! We finally had some great weather yesterday and I had to attack all the weeds in my flower beds! They were taking over! There was time at the end of the day for reading and a glass of wine on the deck! So today is for creating! I always check the featured stamper on Splitcoast on Sundays. I had partially colored this bear from I Brake for Stamps and had chosen my paper. The rest went very quickly because I decided to keep it simple! I LOVE this bear!! There are others by the artist too!! Here's the LINK: Rick St. Dennis Bears. You can get 10% off your order is you use my code SAVE10CHERYL!
And remember, Della carries Wild Orchid Flowers in the store!

Here is the close up of my bear and here are the colors I used:

E42, 34, 35 for the bear with R21 for cheeks, ears and tongue

Y04, 08, 17 and 38

RV 21, 23, 25, 29

BG11, 13 and 49

I know I should have added a sentiment, but I can't decide on one! Ideas?

I still need to choose my winner of 3 Magnolia images from the comments on the post below. Thanks for your patience!

Hope you're having a great day!

Cheryl

Finally Framed!

Hello and happy, happy Saturday! I have my Monthly Magnolia-licious card done! The excellent Janiel has given us the challenge for March! It is to include a frame somehow in your project and use the rest of the recipe she gives us as well. (bling or pearls, ribbon or trim, flowers, and, of course a Maggie image! You can read complete details on the blog HERE! For my card I used #275 TILDA WITH LACE JEANS from the new Butterfly Dreams collection. I think she looks like she's leaning over to look at the flowers coming out of the ground or at some small creature on the ground. My flowers are #427 LAZY SUMMER FLOWERS and a small ladybug which is probably from one of the kits from Sweden. I looked and looked for my snail and had all kinds of images out to try in my scene before settling on these two. The possibilities are nearly endless!

My paper is from My Mind's Eye (I've mentioned how much I love the new Stella and Rose patterns!). I made a frame with directions from Linda Duke when she previewed some of the new Spellbinder's dies we are all waiting for! The link is on my laptop which my 'computer guy' (my nephew A.J.) has right now. I'll link the directions when I can get to them again. I believe I linked them before on my blog when I used this idea on a card. One of my favorite parts is the little scrap strips I found on my table and added! They are the reverse side of the flowered paper! My card is 5.5" square.

Tilda is again raised with gel glue so there is quite a bit of dimension to the card.

Okay, please consider playing along with us! You have all month to do so!

Thanks so much for looking!

Cheryl

Diana's Calendar Blog Hop!

Hello and Happy Monday!! I have the day off but am typing this on Sunday afternoon. You see, I'm already excited about tomorrow! If you have arrived from Mindy's blog where you were treated to photos of her calendar page for June and July you are in the right spot now! If not, the hop started with Sharon Caudle's beautiful pages for January and September!

I chose August as my calendar page for Diana! It is the month of my birthday and HERS!! Diana is blond so that's the color hair I gave my Tilda! I used three Magnolia images and the vintage tag die, which has become a favorite of mine! (Tilda is #245, the sentiment is #703, I'm unable to find the bench and background for the number, sorry)

Now, off you go to sweet Barb's Blog to see what she created for her October calendar page for Diana!
We haven't seen each others' pages, except for Angie who made the calendar so I am really excited to travel the blog hop as well!
Thanks for visiting! Hope you can return soon and have a great day!
Cheryl

The more candles...

the bigger the wish!
Hello! I had to do one last campfire card for the season because last weekend was the family camping trip that I had been talking about since July! We did a lot of sitting around the fire! This card 'fits the bill' for my oldest brother's birthday which was yesterday! (late again!) For the card I used Camping Carl from the Humorous Seniors line of stamps at I Brake for Stamps! My brother does have more hair than this but he did reach a milestone birthday yesterday! I won't say which! Remember you can get 10% off any order from IBFS by using my code SAVE10CHERYL

I colored Carl with my copics in the following colors:

Eooo, Eoo, E11 and R30 for skin

YG01, YG93 and YG 97 for his shirt

B41, B95 and B97 for jeans and B99 for his chair seat and back

Y21, E31,33,35,25, 57, and 29 for the stump and other browns

Y38 and YR16 for the embers

C3, C5 C7 and T5 for the stones.

Here is a picture of just one of our fires! I was playing around with night photos! There were 18 of us in 2 lodges and 3 more in a camper at the Hickory Hill Family Camping Resort in Bath, NY.

It was almost equidistant for us to meet there. What a great place in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region. I even organized a scavenger hunt and divided us into 8 teams. It was a close finish, but Buz and his wife Shelly won with 30 points. (Buz is the birthday boy who I made the card for). He was very sneaky in his collection of the items on the list and we had no idea how many he had found! I think we'll go again next year for our family gathering. I {{heart}} my family!

Guess I better get going for work now!

I'll try to be back with more regular postings! (I think that's the awesome Linda Heavens who just joined my site! Can you say STARSTRUCK! )

Have a wonderful day!!

Cheryl

(CCC challenge tomorrow!)

Happiness

Good morning (well, it's morning here in Western NY)! I hope you are well today!
Happiness is coloring images with my copics! Here is Roasting Rita and I think you can see what brings her happiness!

Rita is one of the Humorous Seniors stamps at I Brake for Stamps. They are so fun to color and make into cards for friends!

This card is called a Hinge Card, I think. You cut your cardstock 4.25 x 11 and score at 5.5" . then on just the front, inside you score at 1.25 inches from the center score. I always use my Scor-Pal or my new Scor- buddy for scoring. Then you use strong adhesive, like Scor tape to hold the 'hinge' part together. Tie the ribbon through the inside BEFORE adhering together! then just the fore part opens and the left side becomes the 'hinge'!
Though it is still summer we had a drastic change in the weather for yesterday and today. It really feels like fall so I was drawn to the Basic Grey plaid paper which looks like a flannel shirt! The papers are from the Max and Whiskers 6 x6 pad.
We still have our family camping trip coming up soon. I sure hope the weather improves a bit!

Don't forget you can use my code, SAVE10CHERYL to get 10% off your order from I Brake for Stamps!
Well, better get going for now! Thanks so much for coming by!
Cheryl

Cheers for Amber!

Amber is my niece and this is what I made for her for her 23rd birthday early in August. I think she liked it much! Henry the mouse is my favorite line from Whiff of Joy so I generally buy them all! So glad I got this one! I used my favorite summer papers for this year from Bo Bunny once again. I don't remember where I got the sketch, but it was perfect to show off a couple of the papers with Henry's matching Hawaiian shirt, I think! The card case is a template from Papertrey Ink and it held a gift card for Amber.

You still have until tomorrow to enter a card in our Magnolia-lcious Birthday card challenge

HERE! The prize is TWO Magnolia stamps of your choice from Diana!

And, to enter a Reflection card in our Copic Creations Challenge where the prize is one of Suzanne's online copic classes! Details HERE!

There will be NEW challenges on both of these blogs when we enter the new month on Wednesday! Time flies, huh?

And, with that, I thank you so much for coming by today! I truly hope you've seen something you like!

Have a wonderful day! Cheryl

Sunning Sadie

Hello and good morning! Well, here it is morning! I'm still taken with the Humorous Seniors line at I Brake for Stamps and here is Sunning Sadie! Sadie is still at the beach and not thinking about returning to school like many of us! Maybe she's retired! Ahhhh...... someday!
I started with Sadie's bathing suit, knowing she would wear a dark colored one! Am I right? But then, it seemed she might have bright accessories so I went for bright pink and orange. My papers are from Stampin' Up and Basic Grey. If you order from I Brake for STamps you can use the code SAVE10CHERYL to get 10% off your order!

There is Sakura glaze pen on her glass and glasses and stickles on her umbrella. I used copics to color her, as I'm sure you guessed!

skin: E000, E11, E00 and R30

Suit C1, C5 and C7, with a touch of C9

Chair RV10, RV14 and RV17

Umbrella YR12, YR15 and YR18

Sand E42, E35

around Sadie BG0000 and BG10

Before I go, I do have a favor to ask a favor. My friends (Tracy, Lisa and Debbie) and I got together for the Paperworks Company team challenge last week. We each had to make a project to fit a given challenge. THIS WEEK you can vote and we would LOVE YOUR VOTES! Please check the blog for voting-look for team Buffalo Stampers, that's us! Once you get to the voting you get 3 votes in each category, it's easy to do.

To search for the gallery on SCS you can use PWCO, but you have to vote on the blog. We'd sure appreciate your help. I'll post my card on my blog in a day or two. Voting goes on until August 28.

Cheers to Sadie and to ALL of you! Have a great day!

Cheryl

We're getting Reflective

Hello friends!
It is the 15th so time for another Copic Creations Challenge (number 33)! Please visit the blog for all the details and to see the great samples made by Mary's team. Our challenge (and yours) is to color an image with copics and color a reflected image. The teams interpretations are very different so the challenge is more open than you might first think. My stamp is from Rubbernecker. Who doesn't love the scenes that Kittie747 makes?! When she made one with this sailboat I HAD to have it! It hasn't seen ink very often, but was perfect for making a reflected image.

Knowing I wanted to show a reflection, I stamped the image high up on white Neenah classic paper. I colored the image in my normal way. I'm so sorry but I don't have the colors written down for this one. Then I used my cloud template for the sky. Finally, I had to get started on the reflection.

I used the links to Maryanne's tutorial on reflections that Mary had sent us. I'm sure they're linked in the Copic Creatins Blog post. Maryanne tells how to make a blurry image below for the reflection. I did that and then went over the 'water' with by blues, going right over my images as well. Finally, I did some blurry outlines in black marker.

I wasn't crazy about it so I added the ribbon to mask it a bit! After I went away from the card awhile and came back to it, I didn't think it was too bad! :)

Hope you like it and will join in the challenge! There is a great prize being given by Suzanne Dean! You'll want to check it out!

Have a great day!

Hugs, Cheryl

I Cook Two at a Time!

Good morning! I want to show you another I Brake for Stamps card today! As I mentioned before I love these Seniors camping (see below on how to save $ on your order)! This is how my family will look come September when we go on our Family Camping Weekend!

Of course, I cook my marshmallows two at a time! I had much of the image colored and the paper decided upon, but woke up Wednesday morning with this embellishment idea. I have seen Markie's Mom use real sticks and have seen marshmallows made with square punch outs, sooo.... I put them together!
My coloring is completely with copics and there is just a little spica pen on the (pop) cans and the fire. I don't have any square punches so I used a spellbinders die to cut my squares. Then I taped them to a piece of paper to use as a handle so I could put them into my small corner rounder for uniform corners. If you like this one you may love the whole Humorous Seniors line!

I think it's great that you can buy them individually or as a set! AND don't forget with my code SAVE10CHERYL you can get 10% off your order!

I used many markers for the image and didn't save the colors. sorry! I can tell you that the tent is YG91, 93 and 95.

The browns are E42, E35, E25 and E29

Blues are B41 for the base and then I don't remember the rest

Thanks so much for looking at my card today!

Have a great summer day!

Cheryl

Tilda at the Beach!

Hi! I've had this masked card in my mind for awhile! Well, probably since I got the beach background, like I said, AWHILE! (Please read below for the winner of the La La Land stamp) I masked the three stamps. First, Tilda, then the bridge deck and, finally, the beach scene. I think it looks like a photo you might find in Tilda's summer 2010 scrapbook! Thinking on it after, I wish I would have stamped another Tilda to cut out and place on top, but since I haven't masked in some time I went with that. My stamps are all from Magnolia-licious. they are #614 (ocean background, #526 (bridge deck) and I don't know the number for Tilda. She seems to be out of stock right now. Please check with Diana on this. #245 Tilda in Swimsuit would work very nicely, too!

You may think a beach would never work this way, with sand and then water (AND a pier, no less!), but there is a beautiful beach in Ogunquit, Maine that is just like this. It's sort of a huge sandbar beach. All I did was add a little black pen and some dots on the bottom sandy edge. I'm okay with it! Hope you like, too!

Well, I'm itching to get going on some fall cards, so those will be on their way soon. First, we (the Magnolia-licious DT) have a VERY special Blog Hop for you on Monday, Aug. 16!

Now, I would like to share my winner of the stamp from LaLa land chosen from the comments on THIS POST. There were 37 comments, thank you!!

The winner is: comment number 18-Jenny V! congratulations, Jenny! Please contact me at drowley6@stny.rr.com as soon as you get a chance! Thanks again, everyone!

Enjoy the day! Cheryl

La La Land Crafts is Turning ONE!!

Happy birthday to La La Land Crafts! I'm so pleased to have been asked to participate in the festivities of the week! In this blog hop you should have arrived here from the great one-Irina herself!
Our theme today is "What toys did La La take to the beach? Mmmm! This image isn't LaLa, is it? This is Summer Lucky, he is one of the new summer and beach images you can find at the La La Land Crafts store!
I've linked the NEW page above! I hope you'll travel there and take a look, 'cuz there's even more excitement! Irina is realising her dream of drawing images and has created Marci! You can see her at the link above. (I'm supposed to put her picture here, but I have no idea how to do that! Sorry!)
Now be sure to leave a comment on the blogs participating today and you will come to the answer of the question-what toys La La took to the beach and when you return to the store at the end you can leave the answer to be entered for the BIG prize!
AND I will choose one person to receive a FREE mystery image from Irina. Leave a comment by Saturday, Aug 7 at 12:00 noon EST, if you would, please!
Now on you go to JAN's Blog to see what beauty she's come up with! Enjoy@!

Thanks for coming by today!
Hugs, Cheryl

Let's go Camping!

Hi everyone! Thanks for coming by today! I'm so happy to be designing now for I Brake for Stamps! They have over 3,000 images and great prices! I was like a kid in a candy store!
Della (the kind and generous owner) said that the Humorous Seniors line is very popular. I can see why! I started with the The Great Outdoors (I'll tell you why below~ keep reading,please!) The difficult part was trying not to cover up this perfectly matched paper from Imaginisce. Can you see the campers? The dog cracks me up!

Here's my brief story. My parents raised six children. We all get along well, which, I think, is not all that common. There were no fights over "things" or money when we lost our parents. But, we all have our own lives and my biggest fear was that we wouldn't all get together now that there was no "homestead". Sooo, when some of us were together for a family birthday we devised a camping plan! I carried through and found a central family camping resort and put down the deposit. So we are all going camping for a weekend in the fall! I think there will be 16 of us in two lodges! There are still four little children (fun!). Our 'in between' children are in their 20s so some of them can't make it. I'm really excited! I'm going to use these stamps in a family letter to let everyone in on all the details.

I think it would be a great retirement card as well.

I used BG000, BG10, BG72, R05, R08, R14 ,R17, YG91, YG93, YG95 and E33, E35 and E29

Now, Della like to share the love, so if you order from I Brake for Stamps you can use the code

SAVE10CHERYL to get 10% of your order!

Okay, one more thing, don't forget you can win blog candy if you comment on Monday's post by Sunday, Aug 1.

Thanks for coming by! Look for more soon from I Brake for Stamps!

Have a terrific Thursday!

Cheryl

By the Sea Blog Hop!

Hello and good morning to everyone! I am so pleased to be at the start of this fun, fun summer blog hop! I am soooo excited and hope you are too! You may have seen the word out there that our theme is Anything Nautical. Now there may be more details than that so I refer you to the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog to catch anything I've missed!
(Please look through all photos (and read my nonsense if you want)-I'm starting my giveaway!


Having just returned from the Sea to find my Summer kit waiting for me I was really inspired! I love these ocean colors of peach, sand (draft), aqua and cream and my favorite stamp is the Mermaid Tilda. Be sure to check out the whole collection (called Bon Voyage) on MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS! I was so inspired that I went for the whole gift ensemble! A rarity for me, fer sure! I loved every second of creating these things to show you. I ALWAYS use SCOR-TAPE to put projects like this together. It just holds SOOOO well!

The Trendy Tool Tote is from My Time Made Easy (and it was really EASY to make). The gift card box (yep, it's a little box) is also designed by Lauren, and is available at Papertrey Ink. It is one of three (for 5.OO!) called Cash or Charge. So worth the $! My friend LISA KIND constantly inspires me with her wonderful creations with simple templates!

Another friend, TRACY HARP made a 3D item the other day and printed another template to line her box! So clever that I copied her! I stamped the Apricot paper with a plaid bg stamp

The mermaid on the card.

Please send a note if you have any questions-this post is SOOOO long!

The mermaid on the box (her tail is lighter).

Pics of the gift card box, which is a genius design! The card stands up in a little slot inside! Mine closes with a Basic Grey magnet.

Well, I got a little carried away with photos so I won't jabber anymore! (Well, a little more!)

I have my blog candy gathered (forgot to photo!)

It includes FIVE MAGNOLIA STAMPS, A MARTHA STEWART EDGE PUNCH, BASIC GREY OLIVE AND OLIVIA 6X6 INCH PADS AND A MERMAID CARD.

(I'LL PHOTO IT TOMORROW AND POST SOON!) JUST LEAVE ME A COMMENT TO ENTER, SAY WHATEVER YOU LIKE, BUT BE KIND, PLEASE!

Now, on the the HOP or SWIM! Please go on over to APRIL'S ROSES to see what gorgeousness April has to show you today!!

As always, my deepest appreciation that you take the time to come here!

Cheryl

Surf Tilda!

Hi friends! I've made my card for the Magnolia-lcious July sketch and I hope you will too! This Free Standing Pop Up Card is fun and easy to make! Suzanne has given us this challenge and is offering up a 25.00 prize to one lucky winner! It could be you!You can see details and inspiration by visiting our Mag Highlites Blog! The directions are linked up there, too!

For my summery birthday card I used Surf Tilda. She is available from Diana right HERE!
I love the Maggies that can be used for different occasions!

I took this pic at 4:00 AM as I finished it late last night and I am up early to head to Sister's Hospital in Buffalo for a little (I hope) sinus surgery this morning! I hope you can picture another white flowers on the aqua one.It fell off and I just noticed it when I was uploading photos! No time now to take another!

Just enough time to give you the colors!

E000, E11, E30 skin

Y21, E33, E99, E25 and E29 for hair

YG01, YG23 green

V12, V15, V09 purple

BG11, BG45 and BG07 for the teal

No coffee for me this morning so it's in the shower I go to wake up!

Have a great day and weekend!

Cheryl

P is for Poppies, Purple and Polka Dots!

But, in my case, it is not for Photography! I made this card this morning (Summer, Yeah!!) and cannot get a good photo! Purple is so difficult for me! I hope I don't say this too often, but this is much better IRL!! The purple is actually Rich Razzleberry (SU!) and it is such a wonderful color with orange!
The poppies are some I made my ownself using the tutorial earlier this month from Lisa Johnson at Poppie Paperie. They are fun, fun, fun! (You'll be seeing more of them!) Tilda with Ice Cream is from Magnolia-lcious, of course!

I only used one dp because I was going to use lots of flowers (very unlike me!) and this paper is sooooo pretty with the colors. It is made by We R Memory Keepers and is from the Vintage Blue line. I have more coming in the mail with a smaller pattern :)

I paper pieced her top with Bo Bunny double dot in Citrus Dot-it's hard to see-maybe I should add some white dots? This card is 6X6 (also unusual for me!)

There are shiny flowers already on the paper and I added stickles in the appropriate places.

Inky fingers!

Tilda is 3D!

Well, there she is!

I'm so pleased that yesterday I finished at school. My 'stuff'' is in boxed piles-one for each of the schools I'll be working in another of 'stuff' I can't use anymore and I really threw away a lot of 'stuff'!! (That was the best part!) Good for me!

Now summer can begin for real! I should be cleaning, but YOU are more important to me as I try to get my creative mojo going! So thank you SO MUCH for coming by. I have collected a few things for when I reach 200,000 visitors (giveaway). I've redone my blog and need to update the DTs I'm blessed to be on. I will get my categories MUCH more limited in the near future (that was CRAZY when so many show up! LOL!)

Have a wonderful Wednesday! See you tomorrow! Cheryl

copics used

skin E000, E11, R30

Hair E31, E33, E25, E29

Cone Y21 and Y24

Purples V000. V01, V05, V06, V09

oranges on dp for shading Y35, YR15. YR18

Pool party!

Everybody into the pool! Our weather has been just great during May and so far June is no different! While I had some bright colors out for yesterday's card I also colored this image up in some of my favorite colors for summer-hot pink, orange and aqua. Love them! I just love this craft of ours where if I want Bella to have a sparkly pool noodle she can have one! I also used Crystal effects on Bronte's tube and the swimmies Bella is wearing. Mo's image Pool Party was just perfect for the colors. Of course, I got it colored and had no idea what papers I was going to use! So even though I colored her on Monday, it took me a couple of hours to finish the rest of the card on Tuesday evening!

The image reminds me of High school when we had to wear those hated bathing caps in the school pool! But I think Bella is in for more fun than we had. I have no idea how she got all her hair into that thing, though!

I was able to use some much neglected supplies on the card.

I used some Core-dinations paper with the swirl CB embossing folder and then sanded like crazy to reveal the core of the paper. Then I uncovered my sand castle EK Success punch for the border at the bottom.

My image was colored with my NEVER neglected copic markers in the following colors:

E000, E11 and R30-skin

BG10, BG11, BG72 suit

R20, R21, RV14 and RV25 pinks

YR21, YR12, Y38, YR04 oranges

E31, E33, and E35 beach and W00, W2 and W3 around the image.

Wishing YOU a great Wednesday (wow the days fly by!)

Cheryl

Edwin with Paddle

Pretty lame title! Sorry-it's Sunday night and I have no imagination! Edwin is in his patriotic clothes for the JUGs Challenge. It's Lisa's week to post the challenge and she decided on Red, White and Blue with the option of Kraft! Great idea!
I used my Papertrey Ink woodgrain impression template with Kraft paper. Then I sponged it with Distress inks in Vintage Photo and Walnut. Well, of course, then I didn't want to cover it up, sooo... another of my simple cards! I have a small stamp that says, "AHOY" so I will probably put that inside. (How I wish I had a little sailboat charm!)
I didn't keep track of the blues that I used or the hair.
The oar (or paddle) is Y21, E35, and E99.
His skin is E000, R20 and E11
The reds are R22, R24, R29 and R59
Guess that's it for today! Thanks so much for coming by! I wish you a great day!
Cheryl