Monochrome Monday...Guest Stamper Carole Anderson...

 

Good Monday morning all my creative friends!  

Today is Monochrome Monday and confession time.  

First up, the confession:  I totally FORGOT about Monochrome Monday!  Yikes!  I can't believe it myself!  I honestly do not know what happened.  I guess my brain decided to take a vacation this weekend!  

Saturday was a slow start as I had a bitchin' headache and was a busier day than usual for me as I had a lot of errands and also had to find a birthday gift and get a cake for my daughter-in-law. 

My toaster also decided to crap out on me on Saturday and I was so sad.  My Bravetti toaster was THE BEST.  

I went online in search of another one and was shocked at the prices.  $249 for a replacement two-slicer! I loved that toaster... it was my saving grace years ago after purchasing three garbage cheap toasters.  

But could not justify the cost so we did some research and read reviews and settled on a Cuisinart.  I wanted only a two-slicker as my house is tiny and I have zero storage space...a two-slicker fits nicely on the shelves by my sink. 

So Sunday morning after coffee we were off to find the great review Cuisinart model.  

Found it at Costco but only in the four-slicer model... I really only wanted a two-slicer due to storage issues, but could not beat the price so I gave in and took the four-slicer. 

The crowds at Costco were INSANE!  But $69.99 and standing in line for half an hour we finally had a replacement toaster.  

Read the manual and did a test toast and it seems to be as good as the reviews.  Fingers crossed it lasts. 

 It was Lianne's birthday sowe went over on Sunday afternoon with a birthday cake and a gift for her, and had a visit. 

Sunday night I was working on cards for this week's blog post and I really do not know why I forgot about Monochrome Monday....brain on vacation is my only excuse.  

When I realized it this morning, after beating myself up about my stupidity, I could only think....thank God for Carole...she sent me her Monochrome Monday card... so my hero today is Carole!  She saves Monochrome Monday!  Here is her card: 

 

What I love: 

• the gorgeous embossed panel featuring the FERN 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER found on page 168 of the annual catalog.
• the Deckled Circle die-cut shape for her greeting that was popped up with Dimensionals
• the gorgeous fern that coordinates so beautifully with the embossed layer- this is from NATURE'S PRINTS BUNDLE found on page 24 of the annual catalog. 

Hope you can join us next Monday, when we will feature the color Pumpkin Pie!