Floral and Bow Sympathy Card

After a wonderful long weekend (which I will share more about at the end of this post), I spent crafty time in my craft room (which is another way to say I was staying cool in the air conditioning).  My daughter had asked me to create a sympathy card for one of her co-workers.  The floral image is one I colored this weekend when my friend Stephanie and I were coloring with alcohol markers.  I created it with some of my favorite challenge blogs in mind too.  

Cupcake Inspirations (Add A Ribbon/Bow)

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge (Use Your Favorite Technique -- Mine is Coloring)

Now to tell you about my fun long weekend....can you guess who flew to Alabama from Iowa to visit?

If you guessed Stephanie which has the fantastic blog Ingenious Inkling plus Jingle Belles, then you guessed correct!  Above you see what we were up to Friday in my kitchen creating with watercolor powders.  

Above you can see some of the backgrounds we did for future cards using Ken Oliver Color Burst plus other watercolor powders Stephanie brought.  We had quite the spread and I'm proud to say we didn't even make a mess (on us or the counter).  We wore tight fitting gloves (which we were laughing about being serial killer gloves...and scared my cats) to keep our hands clean.  I live in a very small town but I hope I still showed my crafty friend a good time.  We spent lots of time in the pool, visited a local Sonic (which Stephanie does not have in her area) for ice cream and cool delicious drinks.  I took Stephanie to an antique mall where both of us discovered "treasures."  (Wink.)  Lots of game playing at night, watching funny tv shows and laughter, laughter, laughter.  Oh and did I mention eating my "Southern cooking" which included a homemade Lemon Icebox Pie.  But alas all good things come to an end and Sunday we had to drive to the airport for Stephanie to return home (sniff, sniff).  Below we are fixing to leave for the airport and I am trying not to be sad that our lovely time is nearing an end.

It really is true crafty friends are the best friends.  I'll always look back on this weekend with the fondest and happiest of memories.  Until next time...stay crafty.