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Happy Monday, everyone!! How was your weekend? Mine was crazy-busy!! On Friday, Josh and I took off for Lethbridge so I could run with my sister and brother's girlfriend in the Ladiesfest 8K run.  This was the very first run I did last year and finished it in 1:03:39 so my goal this year was to finish in under an hour.  Did I do it?  You bet your bananas, I did!!!  I was thrilled to finish in 58:51 - almost 5 minutes faster than last year's result!   We ran on Saturday morning and by late afternoon, Josh and I were on the road home.  Sunday was another busy day with a community fundraising event at the arena.  The dad of one of the trainers at the gym was recently diagnosed with cancer so a ball hockey tournament and head-shaving event was organized to raise money to support him during this difficult time.  The arena was full and around 35 people shaved/cut their hair.  The support in our little community truly inspired me - I had a permagrin on all day. 

You can imagine how VERY thankful I was to have today off and figured what better way to spend it than in my craft room creating for no real reason. :)  So after baking some cookies, I sat down to blog-surf and find some challenges.  I have been VERY slack with my TCP Tuesday challenges lately ~ I don't think I played along even once last month.  :(  Imagine my excitement when I found this week's was a COLOR CHALLENGE!!

Fun, summery colors screaming out for a fun sketch and that's what I found over at iSpy Sketches...love those color blocks at the bottom!

I got to use another one of my new TCP sets, "Aye, Aye Captain!"  That bunny is my favorite.  I can't get enough of the bunny.  The waves were made using Wave border die and the clouds use the Cloud Border die, both from TCP!  Thanks for stopping by today - I know I've been awfully quiet over the last couple of months so if you've stuck with me, thank you!!!  I can't promise more frequency but I hope you will continue to stop by...

Have a great week, everyone - see you on Thursday with a new 4 Crafty Chicks' challenge!

4 Crafty Chicks' - Inspired by Music

Welcome back everyone!  We've got a fun challenge for you over at the 4 Crafty Chicks - Lori is our hostess-with-the-mostest and she has given us the theme, "Inspired By Song."  What does that mean?  Well, you could use some music note paper or maybe your sentiment is lyrics to your favorite song... up to you to interpret how you wish.  We would really love to know how music inspired your creation, so please make sure you share that with us.  :)

For my card, I knew exactly what stamp set I wanted to use... "Up, Up and Away" from TCP.  And there's a sentiment in their "Take Off" set that was THE PERFECT partner for this image.   I also used the TCP Tuesday #201 Inspiration Challenge as a jumping-off point (the colors and the chevron pattern) and combined it with the iSpy Sketches sketch from last week:

Can you guess how I was inspired by music?  Ahhh...Michael Bublé's "Come Fly With Me."  Well, I *know* others sang the song before him but he does it the best (and he's so darned cute!) Take a peek here:

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you will take a few minutes to join us for Lori's "Inspired by Music" challenge...I had fun with this one!  Enjoy your week!