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Hi there! I hope you are having a great week! Today I'm joining along with PTI Make It Monday challenge where the challenge is to create a project featuring Window Chipboard Sentiments. I created a card for my sweet sister Tina thanking her for taking care of my dogs while I was away this weekend on a hiking trip.

I combined pretty flowers from the PTI Vintage Linens set with the thanks sentiment from the PTI Wet Paint Cuts die collection:

For sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the current Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge:

This past weekend, I went on a three night, two day backpacking trip with two of my girlfriends:

We hiked 8 miles down the Havasu Canyon which is located on the Havasuapi Indian Reservation. Havasupai is roughly translated as “The people of the blue-green waters,” which refers to the beautiful turquoise color of Havasu Creek. ... These minerals saturate the water and reflect sunlight, making the water a turquoise color. I won't bore you with all the photos we took but I did want to share a few! There's only three ways down: hiking, horseback riding or a helicopter ride:

Once down the canyon upon approaching the remote Indian Village, the turquoise colored Havasu Creek runs:

 After we checked in to the lodge and dropped off our belongings, we continued our adventure down the canyon to explore some of the beautiful waters and waterfalls:

Shown below is the spectacular Havasupai Falls from above:

and here's what it looks like from the base of the falls. We swam in the water which was incredibly cold!!!

We also hiked to Mooney Falls. 

I saw it from above peeking out from the cave but I was not brave enough to climb down the canyon wall to the base. Here's why:

My girlfriend Jackie was the brave one and shared this photo with us :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)