Your Captain

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. Rain was the order of the day but I  have a big umbrella so I am not going to complain (lol).

In fact, I used the umbrella today to walk from my car into my class at the Crate Cooking School here in Pittsburgh.

I attended a lunch & learn demonstration class with my friend, Sandy. We loved what they prepared for us for lunch.
We had lemon-ginger poached cod with leeks and spinach, soba salad and blueberry galette with vanilla ice cream.

I never had soba noodles before. They are a Japanese pasta. It was served cold with zucchini, carrots, scallions and a vinaigrette made with fresh ginger, soy sauce, lime juice and oil. It was really yummy.

The galette is a rustic pie that is so popular right now with all the cooks. The crust was incredible and who doesn't love ice cream.
Everything was really good and I have all the recipes to make the dishes at home. I really enjoy taking these classes. I try to go every other month or so.

My card for today is one that I made for the Sweet 'n Sassy blog. It was my turn to post on the blog as part of my design team duties. I am excited to be a part of such a talented team.

The card I want to share with you today uses a sentiment from the new clear stamp set "Let Go, Let God. The set contains 5 sentiments. The one I chose made me think of a ship or boat. So I went with a nautical theme.

Since I didn't have a boat image I decided to make one with various punches. I used a 1 3/4" round punch for the boat body. For the sails I used a 1 1/4" square punch and then cut the square in half. I made a similar boat on this card

For my waves I used a slit punch and then I sponged the tops with white ink to make it look like white caps. I used foam squares to give the waves some dimension and allow my boat to sail in between the waves. The wave idea came from this card by Vicki Burdick.

I found this rainbow patterned paper in my stash and I thought it was perfect for my little scene. God's promise is in the rainbow. He will guide us through any storm.

On that note I will close this post. So until next time........... God Bless

Some other challenges:
1.  Crafts and Me challenge is anything goes.
2.  Truly Scrumptious is also anything goes
3.  A Spoonful of Sugar is anything goes as well.
4.  Craft you passion has a cutie patootie challenge. I think my little boat falls into that category.