Relax with a Good Book

Happy Friday the 13th!   Sorry for the late post.  I am still functioning on vacation time and almost didn't realize it was Friday!  I mean, how could I forget?  It's not just any Friday - it's the 3rd Friday the 13th this year: January 13th, April 13th, and July 13th!  And the really freaky thing is the dates are all 13 weeks apart!  Any one seen my lucky charms?  

Welcome to another Sassy Studio Designs Fabulous Freebie Friday!  Today we have another wonderful image to share with you over on our Paper Craft Planet group!  She is called Reading Rachel, and I have created a simple bookmark with her.  This one has a lot of style for just a little work.  I used my Fleur de Lis Square Nestabilities to cut out two different sizes from Real Red card stock from Stampin' Up.  The designer paper is actually from a Halloween pad - Echo Park's The Apothecary Emporium.  The embroidered ribbon is from my stash.  Rachel is colored with Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers, fussy cut, and adhered to the larger square.

Please head over to PCP to see what the other Fabettes have created for the "Summer Reading" challenge with this week's freebie.  And remember to grab the image while you're there!  She is available for download for 24 hours.

Relaxing with a book is the only thing I haven't done this week!  lol  We've been quite busy!  I promised some vacation photos so here are a few to give you an idea of the fun we had this week:

At the lake

Our 1st sand castle

At the movie theater to see Brave

At the playground

Are we there yet?

At the aquarium

Sponge Bob 4D

Sand castle sundae

I'd also like to enter this project in the following challenge:
- My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges: #65-No Cards Allowed 

Thanks for visiting and I hope you are enjoying your week as much as we are!  Have a wonderful, fun-filled weekend!

{hugs}
Regan  

Well Read

I have exactly 11 hours of work left before I am officially on vacation!  (But who's counting?!?! lol)  One of the things I'd like to do during my time off is read a little.  I am still trying to get through the last book of The Hunger Games trilogy and then you know I HAVE to read the Fifty Shades of Grey one just to see what all the fuss is about!  I am so busy working, crafting, and being a mom that my reading has sort of taken a back seat and I love to read!  When I was a kid Summer was all about reading!   Both for pleasure and that dreaded Summer reading list!

But whether you're reading War and Peace or a Harlequin Romance you need a good book mark to hold your place!  And that's where Sassy Studio Designs comes in with this week's Fabulous Freebie Friday image and new challenge!  Today's free image over on our Paper Craft Planet group is called Magazine Margie.  She is a cutie, sprawled on the floor with her Seventeen or Tiger Beat!  And conveniently enough, the challenge over at PCP for this fortnight is to create a bookmark!  

I took a tag shaped card from my stash to use as my base.  I selected a designer paper from Basic Grey's Out of Print collection and paired it with three different colors from Stampin' Up - Pool Party, Rose Red, and So Saffron.  Also from my stash is that awesome library book card!  I distressed and inked the edges a bit and then stamped a sentiment from a My Favorite Things set called, you guessed it, Well Read.  Using the Cheery Lynn French Pastry die and the Spellbinders Labels Twenty Two die I created some visual interest and texture.  Since theoretically it should fit inside a closed book I resisted the urge to add flowers and instead opted for a bling flourish, a metal spiral clip, seam binding, baker's twine, and a circle sticker as my embellishments.  Margie is colored with Copics.  I did a little doodling around the image too.  I chose to crop her for my project, but you can see all of her if you head over to the Sassy Studio Designs' Paper Craft Planet group.  She will be there available as a freebie for 24 hours, and you can take a peek at the work of the amazing Fabettes while you're at it!

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend planned!  I will be reveling in the fact that come Monday my time off is only just beginning!  Check back with me throughout to see what shenanigans the small man and I have gotten up to and to see what I've been creating with all that free time!  Enjoy your day!

{hugs}
Regan