Hello!

Well I'd LIKE to say that my house was a cozy cottage this weekend, however that unfortunately, wasn't the case.   Our weekend started with Parker, my 7 year old, having a 104 degree temperature on Friday, my husband getting a fever and cough on Saturday, and my daughter getting the flu on Sunday.  Oh the fun!!

I actually made this card several days ago, but forgot about it until I was lying in bed tonight passing my husband a kleenex every few minutes.  I think I want to go stay in this cottage until everyone is feeling better in my house! :)

This stamp set is called COZY COTTAGES from Taylored Expressions.  Cozy Cottages is The Giving Tree set right now, which means that for every purchase made,  $7.00 will be donated to the designated charity.  The charity through April 2011 is the very deserving organization - Habitat for Humanity.

In addition to Cozy Cottages, I also used the Whimsy Tree Die and decided to try something a little different with it.  I punched three 3/4" circles and used a little bit of distress ink to dirty up the edges.  I think it looks cute under the swirly branches and to make everything blend, I went ahead and used the distress ink on the edges of the house after I colored it and cut it out.  I added a couple of the clouds from the cloud duo die and then popped the sentiment up after I airbrushed it with RV42 and a touch of R35 on the edges.

I better go back and attend to the sickies... come back tomorrow for day one of sneak peeks at Taylored Expressions!!