Yesterday I thought my heart stopped beating for a brief spell. Here is the reason why… Since it was a beautiful day on the Big Island we decided to kayak in hopes of maybe catching a fish and to enjoy spotting humpback whales that winter here in Hawaii. There we were just drifting about a mile off shore having some sandwiches when…I looked down in the water and there was a submerged W-H-A-L-E floating there. I have no idea how deep in the water he was—just was so glad it was a whale and not a shark! It is amazing how small you feel in such a situation. This whale hung around us for a spell and swam underneath the kayak a couple times. WOW. The state law is you are to stay 100 yards away from the whales. I guess this whale wanted to get us in trouble. 
People say the whales are curious creatures and that's why you can experience such a close encounter. They also say whales are smart and will not rise up underneath your kayak or boat. That's a comfort!
OK—time to talk about today's card! I took on StampTV's sketch callenge (stvscjh08). My color scheme: Rose Red, Taken with Teal, Old Olive. It was an easy color scheme to decide upon since I used SU!'s Sweet Pea DSP (117161 – Occasions Mini-Catalog – pg. 33). I seldom use Rose Red paper (card base) and the Sweet Pea DSP gave me a good reason to pull it out for today's card. 
Did you notice there's minimal stamping on the card? I selected a sentiment from Whimsical Words (Sale-A-Bration stamp set) and stamped it with Rose Red ink on a die cut made (Whisper White paperusing a Spellbinder die. It was layered on a slightly larger same shape die cut from Old Olive paper. I added 1" Rose Red ribbon around the card front and attached two butterflies made using the Beautiful Wings (118138 – Occasions Mini-catalog – pg. 24) embosslits die. The embossed butterflies were made from scrap pieces of Sweet Pea DSP.
Stamp on and with Aloha!
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Tuesday Midnight Madness
