Good morning!

Good morning all my bloggy friends! I was away from the computer all weekend, and I missed all you guys! I attended my 25 year high school reunion Saturday. We had a family picnic and everyone brought food. You wouldn't believe all the food that was there! You would have thought we had to feed 400 people. :) It was incredible seeing everyone again and catching up. Some people look exactly the same and some could be in line in front of me at the store and I would not have recognized them. Our graduating class was about 370 students. Over the past 25 years, we've lost 16 classmates. We had a tremendous turnout for the picnic, but even more who didn't attend the picnic I heard met up with everyone that night for the adult's night out. What was really, really great is that everyone mingled and talked to everyone else. Isn't it funny how in high school there are cliques, but as we grow older we just appreciate the differences? I met a wonderful woman... the wife of a schoolmate. I had so much fun talking with her and one of her daughters. They have 7 children! 7! Their youngest is just 6 weeks old. All of their children were just gorgeous and so well mannered. We talked about homeschooling and photography. It was so nice. I also caught up with a classmate who brought her son, Brent, who has Autism. Again, it was nice to talk to someone who had a special needs child like we do - even though the diagnosis are different. She was telling me a lot of info I didn't know about what happens when your special needs child turns 18 and things you need to look into, etc. Very informative. Such a sweet lady. And her son was so friendly and a joy to speak with. I know all this is boring to you, so I'll stop now. Just know that friendships are a blessing. A lot of our classmates are on Facebook and that's how we keep in touch. We also made an Alumni Group there to upload all of our pictures. Many, many of the classmates still get together over the weekends. I haven't met up with them for that, but they always post pics and it's so fun to see everyone having a good time. Hugs, Janis

Beary Hello

Happy Friday to you all!

Here is a very simple, simple card I made this morning.

365 Days asked today for us to make cards with paper piecing. They said it didn't have to be elaborate, so I made this very simple.

I used DCWV textured cards; image from DJ Inkers colored with Crayola markers and crayons; patterned paper from DCWV The Stack 6; flower from stash. The faux stitching was done with an ultra fine tip sharpie.

Have a fun day. Hope your weekend is great. I'll be attending my 25 Year High School Reunion tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to post again before Monday, but if not, you guys stay safe and enjoy your families!

Quote Card

Today at 365 Cards we were asked to include a quote on our card.

I've always liked the quote my brother, Eddie, said to me one day. We were raised around family farm land. Most of our family still lives there. So we've shucked a lot of corn, shelled a lot of beans and peas, etc.

I asked Eddie one day how life was going for him. His answer was, "You just keep plowing your rows as straight as you can, and hope that the corn grows."

How awesome is that?!

So when 365 Cards asked us to include a quote on our card today, immediately Eddie's quote came to mind.



I used PrintMaster to combine the DJ Inkers image with the quote box.

The card is from DCWV textured cards.

The paper is from DCWV The Stack 6.

I colored the image with Crayola markers.

I hope everyone has a GREAT Thursday!

Tree Card

Hello all my bloggy friends!

I've been away for a few days, so now I'm trying to catch up on everyone's blog.

This morning I was able to throw together a quick card. I'm going to put some sort of saying at the top, but thought I'd go ahead and post it now anyway.

The image is colored with Crayola markers and crayons. The little girl is a DJ Inkers image.

Card base is from DCWV textured cards.

The beautiful patterned paper is from DCWV The Stack 6. I love this new paper!

Hope everyone has a fun-tastic day!

Wild About You

This picture does not capture the colors used very well at all. I'm not happy with this card, but but I wanted to give it a try for the 365 Cards Challenge.

I hope everyone is having a good day. We are doing house construction in our kitchen, so I'm not available to blog really.

I'll try to catch up with everyone tomorrow.

Square Around

Hello my bloggy friends!

Here is a Square Around mini album I made. I'll try to find the link where I got the idea and instructions. This is such an adorable mini album design, whoever came up with it.


Each section has a diagonal pocket on one of the walls. It will open and be a "round, square" album. It won't STAY open though without adhering a paperclip or something. But that isn't really necessary. You could just flip through the pages as if flipping through a book.


The papers I used came from a summer mini kit from AC Moore I got last year. I think all the papers are gone now. :( Love the colors and patterns!


I'll try to find time tomorrow to search for the link. Sorry I don't have it handy right now.

I hope everyone has had a good Monday.


Sleep tight, my friends!
Janis

Saturday Snips

I hope everyone is having a GREAT weekend! We are busy with relaxing. :) We helped one of our daughters move some things into her new apartment, did some grocery shopping, grilled some burgers and brawts (is that how you spell that?), and watched a movie. It's about that time of day when I just want to curl up and read, read, read. Hopefully I'll get some crafting done at some point this weekend. Have a great night everyone! (This is a pic of me and my mom on my birthday, July 1st. I look a little rough, but that's okay.)

Recycled Toilet Paper Rolls = Mini Album

Inspired by Cardz For U's video tutorial, I made a mini album from recycled toilet paper rolls. You can find her video tutorial by clicking here.

I haven't added any photos yet, but my album is ready for them!

This was really easy to do. I didn't do a lot of decorating on the pages since most of the paper I used was pretty "busy." I love DCWV Green Stack paper! It was hard to decide which pages from the pack to use. All of the paper used in this project are from the Green Stack. As our family gets more empty toilet paper rolls, I'll be adding more "pages".

I cut tags at 4" from Cricut Cartridge Plantin Schoolbook. They fit perfectly in the sleeves.

The ribbon is from my stash. I used brads from K&Comapny on the tags just to give the ribbon a tighter hold on the tags.

I'll probably generate a sentiment on the computer and print it out for the cover... not sure what I want it to say yet.

Oh, I almost forgot, the cute teddy bear on one of the pages is actually ceramic. He came off of something one of our children had a long time ago (a lamp or something), and he was just too cute to throw away. (Pack Rat or Recycle-r? Hmmmm...) He's not very light, so adding him to a card or scrapbook page would just add too much weight. BUT... adding him to this heavy-duty mini album works perfectly! He's not too heavy for the toilet paper roll at all. I used ZOTS small glue dots to adhere him with no problem at all. :)

If you decide to participate and make your own mini album this way, please leave a comment with a link to your creation! Also, leave a comment at the above link so she can see it too!

As always, I love all the comments you guys leave me. It's so fun to meet all of you in cyberspace.

Have a GREAT Friday! I'm doing my Happy Dance! Are you?

Janis

Irrational Fears

What are you paranoid about? This was one of Mama Kat's writing prompts Wednesday. Kisatrtle posted yesterday that one of her irrational fears is drowning. That's twice this week I've remembered the time when I was a little girl and almost drowned. Earlier this week my sister brought up my near drowning story while talking to a friend. I haven't thought about the incident in years. Now twice in one week. Hmmmm, I wonder if that's significant? Nah... When we were little, Mama worked as an RN and Daddy worked in a business who made service calls to other businesses, banks, etc. to repair their typewriters. Yes, I said typewriters. We had a woman who would watch us until Mama or Daddy got home. She was black as night, always wore a black dress with a white apron, and we called her Mae-me. I used to love to sit on her lap and be rocked and sung too. I loved my Mae-me. She took us to the neighborhood pool one afternoon. I was afraid of the water, but at the same time loved the feel of it on my skin. I would hold on to the railing and walk up and down the steps. I couldn't go all the way down the steps because that part was over my head even at the shallow end. I remember walking back up the steps and an older girl was coming down holding the railing. I had to let go for just a moment to go around her. The next thing I remember I was face down in the pool floating. This is very strange, but I had no fear at all. No sense of survival. No panic to try to turn over so I could breath. I just remember looking around and being so amazed because I could see people standing in the pool and their feet actually touched the bottom. For some reason, this little fact surprised me and amazed me that people could stand in the pool and it was not over their head. The next thing I remember, I was laying on my back beside the pool with a circle of faces looking at me. I have no idea what happened. Was I dead for a few seconds? Did someone give me CPR? Did I just pass out? Did I cough up water? I can't remember. Maybe my little brain blocked off any unpleasant memories of this experience. Or maybe I just don't remember. Mama won't talk about it. I know it scared her to death. We weren't allowed to go to the pool anymore with a sitter, although it was not Mae-me's fault at all. I guess Mama just got really, really scared. You would think that I would be terrified of water because of this, but I'm not. I love swimming. Although I will admit that I don't like swimming in the ocean. I have great respect for the tides and pull of the waves. I know I could get swept away very easily. And the fear from childhood that it was trying to suck me in has never quite vanished. Not to mention all those little critters that are always swimming around in there sort of gives me the creeps. No, I would say my most irrational fears as an adult are spiders, snakes, and very small spaces. Spiders because they just look evil and they have so many legs you never know what direction they will take off in. I hate them. Snakes because they are just evil and slippery and they just scare the poop out of me. I hate them too. As far as small spaces, it's not that the space actually has to be small, it's just the idea of a closed off space with no air movement. Even in the car or truck I have the air blowing in my face or the window cracked. Without doing one of those 2 things, I just don't feel I can breathe very easily. When I worked at a doctor's office, I always kept the exam room doors slightly cracked. If someone needed to find me, they always knew which room I was in because of that. :) What are you afraid of? Why? I'd love to hear your comments. This is my husband, Tom, holding the pet snake of the kids' across the street. They were all trying to convince me to hold it or at least touch it. In this picture, Tom was saying, "See, he's a nice snake. He won't hurt you." Yeah, right..... No thanks! I had to go inside the house. I couldn't even stand being that close to a snake and watching Tom and the boys holding it. Ewwwww. Creepy. Gross.

Where You Been Hiding?

You gotta love Mojo Monday! Here's my submission for the week. Glad you stopped in to say hello! Scroll down for additional posting from this morning. Hugs! Paper: DCWV - Animal Crackers Image: Colored with Crayola markers and crayons; background sponged with Stampin Up Brilliant Blue Sentiment: Computer generated using PrintMaster

Altered Card Tin

Before
After
At Christmas time, our extended family usually plays a swap game. We each buy a gift for very little money (usually only spend $1 - $3) and place them all under the tree. Everybody picks a number and then one by one each person grabs a gift to unwrap under the tree going in order of lowest numbers to largest.

It's a fun game. When it's your turn, you can either choose a gift under the tree to unwrap or "steal" someone else's gift. If your gift is stolen, you in turn can choose to unwrap another gift under the tree or steal someone else's. It's a big hoot to see which gifts get passed around the most. And the whole fun in the game is really not the inexpensive gift at all, but the family fun of the game.

Our daughter, Bonnie, received this Card Tin one year. She loves toting it around with her batteries in it or cars etc. (Yes, she has this thing about batteries. Whenever we go somewhere she must have some. And she never throws away the old ones. She has quite a collection. It's just one of her many personality traits.)

Over at Charisma Cardz, they are asking us to alter an item this time - anything but a card. So, I grabbed this plain white tin and decided to add some color to it. I put some flower fairies my Mama made (have I mentioned today that I love fairies?) on the top of it and added some colorful paper from My Mind's Eye - Everyday Tango, and some pink, fluffly crocheting yarn.

What have you altered lately? Leave a comment with your link and don't forget to visit Charisma Cardz and see what the designer's came up with.

Fish Love

I just giggle when I look at this card I made this afternoon. It's for the Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #59 - Hearts.

I put google eyes on the fishies, a blue button where the water bubble was and colored the image with Crayola markers and crayons. The edges of the image are sponged with Stampin' Up Rose Red. Ribbon from stash. Paper from My Mind's Eye - Everyday Tango.

I hope you guys are having a fun day. It's been raining here with some lightning... that's always fun. I've had a good day catching up on everyone's blogs I follow, taking my daughter to stay with my sister through the rest of the week and the weekend, and laughing at, I mean WITH, my friends on Facebook.

I suppose I really should go do some laundry. I had started a load and my sweet daughter decided she needed the washer/dryer more, so she put my wet clothes from the washer on top of the dryer while she did her clothes. There's something not right about this picture. :)

Have a safe evening! Go watch a movie or something!

Hugs,
Janis

Camping List

Before I get into crafting today, I've been checking out the blogs I follow... yes, I actually do check on them everyday although I may not comment on every single one every single day. :) While visiting Mama Kat's (and if you haven't been over there, you simply must find time to blog things other than crafts once in a while - there are so many personalities out there!) I noticed that she has listed as one of her writing prompt inspirations another blog I follow Kisatrtle. Kisatrtle is camping this week and staying blog and email free for 5 days. She's hoping when she gets back she'll have lots of new followers and comments waiting on her. Why not pop over there really quick and leave her some comment love? Kisatrtle has listed 5 things she likes to do while camping... and it isn't the kind of list you may think. LOL So, being inspired, I've decided with Mama Kat's prompt and Kisatrtle's inspiration to create my own "5 Things I like to do when Camping" list. First of all you must know that I LOVE camping!! It is always an adventure with my family!

1. The first thing I like about camping, is snuggling in the same sleeping bag with my hubby. We zip 2 bags together to make our little nest. And when we camp in the fall there are so many warm reasons not to unzip that bag!
2. Usually when we camp, my husband's oldest brother (and best friend) and his family come camping along with us. However, there have been several camping trips where my extneded family (brother, cousins, aunts, etc) and their younguns have come with us. We'll take up a whole lane at the campground. There is so much laughter and not just from the kids! Our kids are very social and always tend to bring new friends back to our campsite where we'll talk around the campfire and learn about new people from different areas. It's amazing all the different kinds of people from all the different places in the country and all the different backgrounds you can meet. I love it! (Everyone has a story to tell, and I'm fascinated and want to hear them all!)
3. It's always a lot of fun when someone brings out the guitar and / or banjo around the campfire at night. Or when my uncle starts a silly game that goes around like "Poor Uncle Charlie", or word association.
4. You know what I really, really like about camping?! My husband takes over the cooking the entire time! I love the smell of grilled ____________ (fill in the blank). Everything taste better when cooked outdoors!
5. And lastly, but not limited to when we are just camping, I love it when my husband and I sit in our chairs and watch the other activities going on in the campground. The bikers passing. The teenage girls passing while surely gossiping about the cute boys. The elderly couples going by. The golf carts full of everything but the kitchen sink headed to the beach. The birds, the trees, the sunrise, sunset, moon and stars... When I'm camping I don't think about all those things I should be doing like laundry, vaccumming, etc. I'm so at peace and loving being with my family with our only entertainment being ourselves. And the biggest decision I have to make is what I want Tom to grill for the next meal.

I know this post was sort of long. I do tend to be chatty. I hope everyone has a blessed day! I'll post some crafts in a little while. Hugs! Janis P.S. These camping pictures are all from many, many years ago.

Flower Can Shaped Card

Don't you just love finding inspiration all over the blogging world?

Here is my card for Allsorts Week 8 Shaped cards.

I used the Cricut Cartridge Walk in My Garden to cut the flower can. Then I traced it onto the back of designer paper to get the back of the card. I adhered the 2 shapes together with eyelets and ribbon to make the card open and close.

I grabbed some artificial flowers and tied them with silver curling ribbon.

This was really fun, and I found with the shape of the card itself there really wasn't a need for a lot of embellishing.

The outside of the card is made with DCWV All Dressed Up glitter stack, and the inside of the card is made with paper from My Mind's Eye - Everyday Tango.

Hop over to Allsorts Challenge Blog and check out the designers' shaped cards. I think my favorite is the little black dress card.


Scroll down to see other posts from today.

Blogger Friend Award!

Hello all my Bloggy Friends!
I have an award for my friends and followers, for all your kind comments and words of encouragement. You always lift me up and put a smile on my face! I appreciate you all very much.

If you accept this award, please copy, and paste it on your sidebar. The only rule in accepting this award, is that you pass it on to your friends and followers to show your appreciation of their support and encouragement. Thanks guys! Pass it on!

Hugs,
Janis

Moments We Remember

Good morning! Here is my Whimsy Challenge #9 Birthdays submission.

If you can't make out the sentiment, it says, "We do not remember days, we remember moments" by Cesare Pavese. How true that is.

I so identify with the birthday girl on this card. How i love to sit and watch the trees, clouds, birds, sea...

Your mission for today, should you choose to accept it, is to take at least 5 minutes of your day (hectic or not) to just sit and enjoy your surroundings wherever you are.

Have a blessed day!!

Janis

Paper: My Minds Eye - Everyday Tango & DCWV - All Dressed Up
Image: Googled Free Coloring Pages for Birthdays
Sentiment: Michael's stamp
Coloring: Crayola Markers & Crayons
Ink: Stampin' Up Old Olive

Cuttlebug Give Away!

Creating from the Heart is giving away a Cuttlebug!

Can you believe that?!

I've been wanting one of these, but it's a little out of my price range.

Maybe I can win one?

Or maybe YOU can win one!

Just click here to see how you can enter to win.

Good Luck!!

Whiff of Joy Charm Challenge

Whiff of Joy Challenge #33 ... CHARMS!

This image is from DJ Inkers. I cut the flowers with Cricut Cartridge Walk in my Garden shadow feature cutting 3 different sizes then secured them through an eyelet with a jeweled brad. The Cherries charm is taken from an old bracelet I took apart years ago. I have a bad habit of saving all my old jewelry and cutting it down, or using the pieces on other things.

Hope everyone is having a great day! I didn't get as much crafting done today as I had hoped. Too many "mommie" calls. :)

Hugs,
Janis

Warm Wishes

Here is my Christmas Card for Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #14: "Christmas in July".

I used my Cricut Cartridge Walk in my Garden for the shapes (they came from the shadow feature of some of the flowers). The stamps were from a small clear stamp collection I bought at Walmart after Christmas last year for about a dollar. I bought about 6 different packs of them and I can't wait to use them all! The paper is also from Walmart, All Occasions. I used Stampin' Up ink Not So Navy for the sentiment and image. Ribbon is from stash.

Hopefully I'll get more crafts done today. Once again, thank you all your lovely comment love! They make my day!!

Lion Miss You

Here's another card for today. Scroll down to see an earlier post for a card with flowers and an alligator (such an adorable image!).

Again with this card, I used a card base from a box of all occasion cards. This particular card was a birthday card. It's a little oversized... so glad I have the perfectly sized envelope to go with it from the box!

I left the sentiment inside unchanged, so even though the outside says, "I Miss You," the inside still says, "especially on this day... Happy Birthday!"

I covered the outside of this original birthday card with patterned paper and followed this sketch from Delightful Sketches, Sketch #1 (the challenge is now over, but the sketch is still a good layout!).

I'm not sure if you would call me a good recycle-r or just a pack rat, but the ribbon I used is from an old flower arrangement my mother made me one fall. The flowers have long since moved on to another dimension, but I have had this ribbon laying around for ages.

The image is from a search on Google for free color book pages. The paper is from my new stack from Walmart, All Occasions. I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch tiny holes for the K&Company brads I attached. Yes, one brad tends to dip down a little... and yes, the Crop-A-Dile does have a setting to make sure all your holes are perfectly lined up, but hey, every craft I ever do has some of my whacky personality rubbed off on it. I quit trying to get everything perfect a long time ago. The secret is to call whatever you've done "ART". That gives you free license to goof up and everyone else thinks it's just how you created it. :) LOL

I wonder how many more creations I'll get to do today before I have to go help hang drywall? Hmmmm.... I must say, making these 2 cards this morning has really given me a boost... sort of like a sugar high. I love playing in my crafts!

Hugs!

Alligator Flowers

Happy, Happy Day to you!

You know, the smallest things get me so excited sometimes. Yesterday I ordered some paper (DCWV The Stack 6) and the Treading Water Punch from Joann's. I can't wait for it to get here already! I see so many projects with the Treading Water punch and like the effect so much. I've been putting off buying it, but since I had a coupon for 50% off, I went ahead and ordered it yesterday. Plus the paper was on sale for 50% off too! Yeee-haaaaa!

I Googled free coloring book images a while back and found this adorable alligator with a flower. I've been waiting to make a card with him. I put this together this morning. So fun.

I bought a pack of cards at the Dollar Store and simply covered the front with patterend paper. Now I have a custom card and the exact size envelope I need! I left the Get Well sentiment inside the card unchanged.

The purple background paper used here is from DCWV Pocket Full of Poises glitter stack. The green paper is from my stash (sorry, can't remember where it came from). The dark lavendar paper is from my new stack I bought at Walmart recently. I colored the image with my Crayola markers and crayons. The flower was cut from Cricut Cartridge Walk In My Garden. I cut 3 different sizes, curled up the edges, staggered them in layers, and used a K&Company jewel brad to secrue them to the card after punching a small hole with my Crop-A-Dile.

I hope everyone has a GREAT Sunday! I sure have enjoyed my husband being around for 4 days without having to go to work. We have gotten lots of housework done (still renovating). And our nights have been quite interesting with the critters that got in through a small hole in the back of the laundry room! We were up at 2:00 this morning chasing a mutant mouse! He would scurry from under something to somewhere else, and I would screech which would in turn make my husband jump. Honestly, it was quite hilarious. PETA would not be happy to know we snagged him in a mouse trap. I however was rather thrilled about it. :)

Thank you so much for all of your lovely comments. You make me smile sharing the love!

Hugs! Hope your day is sunny and full of love!
Janis

Sweet Sketch 4

LOL! I just giggle when I see this card. Why? Glad you asked... funny story...

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #4 had this sketch for us to follow:

I started out trying really hard to follow this sketch, but the papers I put on my card were NOT turning out the way I wanted. So I said, "FINE!"

I opened my drawer of cut images I haven't used and decided whatever went on my card, was coming from this drawer... no exceptions.

And that's how this mix matched creation was born:


The images don't really fit... the colors don't really coordinate... but hey, art sometimes doesn't make sense, right? Consider this "modern card" art... you know... like the paintings that look like a 3 year old did them. :)

I hope this gave you a good laugh. Give it a try. Use whatever you can and post a link to your creation. I can't wait to see your "modern card art"!!!!

Smoochie,
Janis

Christmas in July Wednesdays!

Cardz For U is hosting "Christmas in July Wednesdays"!!

Every Wednesday she'll upload a Christmas card she has created. Want to participate? All you have to do is leave a comment with a link to your Christmas card creation and she'll post it on her blog the next Wednesday!! Sounds like great fun! HO HO HO!

I used an image from my computer and colored it with Crayola markers.

The background paper is DCWV All Dressed Up. The image background is sponged with Stampin' Up's Glorious Green, Blissful Blue, and More Mustard. I used my Zig 2-Way glue pen in swirls on the image background and dumped some Martha Steward glitter on it! (Now I'm all sparkly.)

I free hand cut the paper around the image. I was a tad off with the first blue layer - it sort of went up at an angle. So I just went with it and made the green and black layers exaggerate that upward slant.

The sentiment was printed on the computer, and I used the same slant cutting, but this time on the bottom to compliment the image's angle.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Jingle Bells,
Janis

Tags, Tags, and more Tags

I made some tags this morning while hubby scooted to Lowes. I used flashcards from a pack bought at the Dollar Store and covered them with DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Girl paper. I cut all the ribbon too short, so tied a know at the top instead of doing the traditional tag loop. The flowers were cut with Cricut Cartridge - Walk in My Garden. The grass at the botton is a Mrs. Grossman's sticker. Oh, and the yellow sunflower is a Mrs. Grossman's sticker too.

Easy, fun, cheap, fast.

Hugs!

Not Me!

This post will be a little different today. My hubby is home and we are working on our house renovation, so I may not get to crafting and posting a card. :(

MamaKat had some wonderful writing prompts for this week. Skip over there and check out her blog... she's awesome!

Tracy used one of these prompts on her blog (so funny - you must go read it for a good laugh).

I enjoyed it so much I decided to do my own "NOT ME" post this morning.. really quick before Tom sends out a search team looking for me MIA not helping with house renovation.

1. I would NEVER start blogging and having a fun, relaxing time catching up with all my bloggy friends and stumbling upon new ones when our house has been in reconstruction mode for months. We are only free to work on it on the weekends and then not even all of them. The couch in the den needs to be moved away from that half wall that separates it from the kitchen so that Tom can replace that part of the floor. A good wife would help her husband and not hold up progress. Would I sit on the computer then creating a new post? Not me.

2. Ooopsie... the jig is up... I hear my name being called. I would never squeeze in a few more words before I log out. Not me. :)

Gotta run... more later.... hopefully. :)

Review for Today

Thank you to everyone who stopped by today! I had a great birthday!! Sorry I only got 2 cards uploaded today. I need to get busy... I'm mailing them out as fast as I make them.

Scroll down to see the 2 posts with these card details.

I hope everyone had a very special day. I love all your comments. Really, they make me fee so good!

Hugs,
Janis

Fabulous!

The above card is my take on Truly Scrumptious Challenge #10. Click the sketch to go directly to their site.


This little girl with the party balloon could be me today, because it's my 43rd birthday!

The "Fabulous" sentiment is actually a ribbon.

The flowers are from a lei one of our girls used at a Hawaiian party a few years ago. Just using what I have available. See, you can make cards and have fun without having tons of $$ for stuff. :)

An earing is pinning the flowers together. LOL

Card and paper DCWV.

Image colored with Crayola markers and crayons.

Thanks for stopping by! I'm off to lunch with the girls! Have a great day!!

Happy July 1st!

Isn't today a great day?! Here's my card for the day. I just laugh when thinking about that skinny little birdie telling the big alligator not to worry. LOL

I love your comments. Thank you so much. I blog hop and check out all the creative, artistic cards you ladies are creating out there in bloggy land, and I'm just amazed at the wonderful talent out there.

I don't have a lot of embellishments, copics, and all the goodies so many of you use. But I love creating, so I just use what I have which is Crayloa markers, pencils, and crayons.. and sometimes my watercolor pencils. So it means so much to me when you guys give me such sweet comments on my humble creations.

Paper: DCWV Textured cards, DCWV Pocket Full of Posies mat stack
Sentiment: Computer generated using PrintMaster and Architect font
Image: Free coloring book page (Googled), Crayola markers and crayons
Edges: Sponge inked using Stampin' Up's Brilliant Blue