Sweet Sherbert

Today I'm playing along for the first time with the Play Date Cafe challenge - these are the colors to use this week. Makes me think of summertime orange and lime ice cream sherberts!

My stamping friend, Mona Pendleton, is the guest designer and sponsor for the prize this week - so I used one of her MFT stamp sets, Tropical Sensations,  for my card.  I also have the die set that goes along with the stamps - so it makes it super easy to make a beautiful creation!

I embossed a Fleur de Lis Nestability Square on my card base.  Then I stamped the flower, stamen and leaves on the die cuts and layered them over the frame with foam dots.  The flowers have two stamps so you can accent them with different colors of ink in the centers.

Today is the last day of our weeks' vacation and the 90 degree humid heat finally broke -  it's in the 80's today and there is a cool breeze that feels SO good!   We've opened the windows and turned off the air conditioners and it's just lovely!

My son Josh and his partner April are coming over for late lunch and we'll have it on the deck (I thought we might have to eat inside with the heat).  Looking forward to their visit and having a lovely afternoon before heading back to work tomorrow!

Thanks so much for dropping by today!

Stamps:  Tropical Sensations - MFT
Paper:  Vintage Cream - PTI
Ink:  Ranger Distress Spiced Marmelade, Dried Marigold, Mowed Lawn, Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories:  Dienamics Tropical Sensation dies - MFT, Fleur de Lis Square die - Spellbinders, foam dots.