Gina K. Designs Design Team Challenge: Summer Memories

Here is my card for the next design team challenge that you can participate in for a chance to be chosen as the next CSS designer for the next GKD release!!  Our challenge from Gina K. is to create a card using one of the current release sets inspired by a summer memory. 

I chose to use Tami’s Stars set with the silhouette couple from Eclectic Summer.  I chose these sets because my memory takes me back to June 27, 1997 – it was 2 days after John and I had met for the first time in real life and one night that will forever be a special memory!!  It was a dark night in Central Texas out in the hill country and while I freshened up in the house, he was planning our special evening with a fire, blanket and picnic on his mom & stepdad’s 12 acres.  We were enjoying the hot but nice evening after being out all day in the sun in San Antonio.  It was strange, though as we were enjoying one another’s company and the great outdoors, I noticed something odd – there were no stars out and the sky was real dark (it was probably between 10-11 p.m.).  As I lay in his loving arms in this romantic setting like something out of a movie, he says, “there’s something I’ve been wanting to ask you all day” and I said “what?” and he looks over my shoulder and says, “what is that on your shoulder?” and I jumped up to see and he said, “oh it’s just the design on your shirt!” now I am not a scaredy-cat when it comes to bugs & critters but I was only there a few days and I just wasn’t sure what to expect in Texas! 

After all the hoopla died down, he reached over and grabbed something while kneeling and reached out to grab my hand.  He then goes on to say something to the effect of make me the happiest guy and be my wife; unfortunately neither of us recalls exactly what he said but we do remember I broke out in happy tears and said yes – I was SO looking forward to seeing my ring which is beautiful and of course spending the rest of my life with him.  Then something amazing happened; as God is our witness, after we hugged and kissed, we looked up at the sky and there were so many beautiful and bright stars out, which had suddenly appeared-as if God was giving us His approval!  As Christians we were seeking it after all and know without a shadow of a doubt that it was a God-thing how we met!  By the way, we ended up getting married 9 days later…2 days before I had to leave to go back to CA *sniff*
For all the specific details on how to enter your card in Gina's Design Team challenge, please visit GinaK's blog.
Then be sure to stop by these participating GinaK Design Team member's blogs to be inspired by their creations for tonight's hop:

• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Emily Giovanni
• Erika Martin
• Jessica Fick
• Kay Simmons
• Kurtis Amundson
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Nina Brackett
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber

thanks for stopping by and good luck with the challenge!