The House That Stamps Built--Anything Goes

Hello, All, and welcome to another What If Wednesday at The House That Stamps Built blog.  This week our challenge is Anything Goes!  Yeay!!  I know everyone likes those.  Today I have a serene card that I made as a sympathy card for some friends who just lost their mother/mother-in-law.  As we live in Rhode Island, I thought this ocean view had a nice calming feel to it.

 Here is the inside with this beautiful sentiment from Repeat Impressions:

I also stamped the main image again in a pale gray and I love how the sentiment overlays it and ties everything together.  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to get the full details and see the rest of the projects from the DT.  Then get inky and play along; there is a $25 gift certificate up for grabs!  And don't forget, if you like any of the stamps I used today, I have a 10% off code on the left hand side of my blog.

Challenges:
As You Like It Challenge--favorite single color and why (my all time favorite color is blue, right now I'm into the turquoise shades.  I'm not sure why I love it so much, but I think part of it is the calm feeling of it.  I'm a quiet introvert and like things nice and calm)
Viva La Verve July week 3-- sketch

Fab n' Funky Challenge #269--no patterned paper
DRS Designs #184--a stitch in time (I used a stitched die)
Brown Sugar #156--anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge #116--anything goes
Dis Digis--handcolored image
Creative Fingers--anything goes
Raisin Boat #36--summertime
Eureka Stamps #151--anything goes
Pattie's Creations #112--make a splash (must have water in your image)
Die Cuttin' Divas #226--the great outdoors
Top Tip Tuesday--tic tac toe (I used the ribbon/twine, punches/dies, and stitching row across the bottom--my stitching is the stitched die)

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "2902-P. Bass Harbor Light (lg)" and "4014-H. Warm Memories"
Dies: Verve "Flag it" and "Strong Anchor"; MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched panel and 'washi' tape strip