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Well, school is going to start soon, if it hasn't already in your area.  The leaves will start turning soon, and we'll have a different kind of beauty to behold.  But I'd just like to hang on to summer a little longer this year.  We didn't have much of a summer where I live.  There's an old joke about the Pacific Northwest that we'd be lucky if summer occurred on a weekend!  Pretty much that's what we got this year.  Actually we got about 3-4 weekends that were very summery, but mostly it was very mild, sometimes even cold, and a lot of rain.  However, I'm not really complaining; because everything bloomed and grew like crazy, and  we had no catastrophic evens, no hurricanes, no tornadoes, and no volcanic eruptions. We also didn't have a lot of 95 plus degree weather.    We were blessed!

Another thing about this year is that it was a HUGE sports year.  We had the Summer Olympics that, in my house, was watched by somebody almost 24-7.  Add to that Wimbledon, the Tour de France, and right now US Open Tennis, not to mention all the golf weekends all over the world.  .  Then there's baseball!  So I asked the designers to show us a card that had their favorite team colors; any team would do.  Come to find out, many of our designers aren't into sports all that much (what a surprise - NOT!).  But they all managed to come up with a set of team colors, and gorgeous cards to display them.  Some even came up with a sports theme.  What a great group they absolutely rose to the challenge!    I hope you enjoy what they did for us.

Later this month we'll have another wonderful sketch challenge for your viewing pleasure.  As always, Regena has provided us with a gorgeous sketch and the designers have all done some beautiful cards using it.  There will also be some great blog articles that will feature a number of techniques and information for you to enjoy.

Happy Fall!  And Happy Stamping!