Girl on bike

Inkspirational - Use Stencils

Die cut and stencil by Hero Arts
Brick embossing folder by Darice

Ice Creams Galore

Alphabet Challenges - I is for Ice Cream
As You See It Challenge - Summertime & Livin' is Easy (The Thing I love about summer is homemade peach ice cream. I make it every summer and I will include the recipe)
TGIF - Sunny Days
Seize the Birthday - Be Inspired by a Book (The Ice Cream Book - see below)

Homemade Peach Ice Cream (No need for ice cream maker)

5 peaches
1 1/2 cups sugar    
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla

In boiling water, blanch peaches for 1 minute and transfer to bowl of ice water to stop the cooking. Peel and pit peaches, purée. In large bowl, stir together sugar, milk, and cream. Stir until dissolved. Stir in peach purée and vanilla. Freeze!

Embossing folder by Taylored Expressions
Ice cream cones by Memory Box

Happy Birthday - Hip to Be Square

 Little Red Wagon - Boys will be boys

Your friendship means the world to me

I love ALL summer fruit but my favorite is strawberries. I love these berries by The Greetery. I even found some pink strawberries the other day and I didn't like them as well. They were supposed to be a cross between a pineapple and a strawberry but to me they tasted like unripened regular strawberries so I will not be buying them again. 

Inspired by - Berries
Seize the Birthday - Inspired by a Book (The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear)

Dies by The Greetery

You are Bloomin' Wonderful

Color Throwdown - Challenge #752

All stamps and die cut by Concord & 9th

Poppin' Up to Say ...

Isn't this toaster the cutest? :)  It's by the Greetery and you can find it here

The Paper Players - Anything You Eat

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas

This is just watercolored stripes in different shades of green with my paint brush and watercolors. I used a sentiment from Concord & 9th. My first Christmas card of the season. It's hard to be in the mood to make Christmas cards when it is near 100 degrees F out today. 

Double Trouble - Christmas in July
Global Design - Stripes
Peace on Earth - Anything Goes Christmas
Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas