Good Monday morning to everyone…I felt like a bear in hibernation as I slept…slept…slept! It is wonderful to be with my beautiful daughter and as she just said to me as I am typing – "Mom, it feels us being together at a horse show…it's a slumber party"!

I scanned some of the comments and I want to tell you that I fell asleep before the plane took off and I woke up when it landed. Brian and I chatted and laughed up a storm before we boarded the plane (actually we were like little kids looking at You Tube Videos and laughing) but we were not sitting together so the fun ended and time for sleep!

At the end of the post, I will unveil who won the 25 swap cards and also who won the paper pumpkin kit and refill…I do adore the upcoming months and you simply cannot go wrong with it being 1/2 right now! Lets get to the card!

I must say, it feels great to be blogging a card that I created! This I did just before I left and I think it is a "keeper" – You know when I say that…I mean I really like it!

What is not to love with this stamp set Watercolor Words, it is so fresh and fun…and it allows you to use so many different color combinations to play with but today we are playing with the classics….Black & White with a POP of color = Cucumber Crush.

Here are a couple of quick thoughts of why I think that this card is a keeper!

• Love the odd size, it is 3 1/2" X 7"

• Love the clean and classic color combos….(so easy not to have to think….black – white – POP!)

• Love the fact that I can let the heart dsp be the impact of the card

• Love the sentiment, what is not to love with this fun and fresh font

• Love the POP of cucumber crush!

• Love the heart I punched out with the itty bitty accents punch and then used the Epoxy sticker right over top to make it have a touch of "fun bling"

• Love the fact that you can take a simple piece of paper….flag it with the Triple Banner Punch…add some white dots and quick, easy – DONE!

I only had a 6" wide piece of DSP left so I needed "plan B" to pop in to add pizzazz to the back flap of the envelope that I made with the envelope punch board! I just added a "snip" of black to help me cover up !

Just think of all of the different DSP's we have to make a fun card like this – truly the sky is the limit! I encourage you to have fun, give it a try…I know that you cannot go wrong!

Now to the fun part….WOOT-WOOT – who won the 25 cards! I learned a lot from scanning through your comments! I adored you responses and to me it is clear that we need to work on sympathy cards and watercoloring….these seemed to be a challenge for many!

And the winner is……Christine T.

(please email me your address and I will send you 25 swap cards!)

Guess what???? To me, that is GREAT NEWS as now I know that I need to work on that for you and I will…please never hesitate to email me and ask me to do a specific card/project for a blog post.

Now to the next winner of the May Paper Pumpkin and refill…..I am very happy that many of you took advantage of the 1/2 off offer! Remember, it is available for a while so please give it a try!

WOOT-WOOT to Stephanie W from Wisconsin! She WON!

Thanks Stephanie and welcome to the fun orange box club – I know that you will love the upcoming offerings and if it is not for you…..simple – you can stop at anytime!

Tomorrow is COMPUTER DAY for Susan (Hannah works all day so I will be at the hotel)….I have sooooooo much to catch up with so hang tight if you have emailed me – I will be going through all of the things I have been missing etc…

Until tomorrow!