Birthday Celebrations

Well, my little girl is not feeling very well today, and now I'm afraid that neither am I. So I'm not going to be making any new card today. Luckily I have a card I hadn't posted yet, since I was making sure the card got to the recipient in the mail first. I made this card for my sister-in-law. She is wonderful. The kind of sister-in-law everyone wants to have. She's caring and thoughtful and sweet, and a great friend. So I wanted to make her a card that I really thought was pretty. I love this new set from Stampin' Up called Upsy Daisy. When I first saw it in their new catalog, I really didn't like it all. But everytime I'd flip by it, the idea of it just grew on me a little more. Until I finally bought it. And I love it! I've wanted to do a red, black and white card for a while, and this was my perfect chance. After I made it, though, I had to laugh. Our town's high school colors were red and black. And the school colors of the town she grew up in were green and yellow. And my brother does tease her some about her "ugly school colors". So when I got done with this card, I hoped she wouldn't think I was trying to send some kind of hidden message about our school colors. It's funny the things I think about sometimes! Well, I'm off to rest. Maybe I can make something new tomorrow!

World Card Making Day

What could be better than a day called World Card Making Day? Getting a present for it!!! Okay, so my husband doesn't know today is World Card Making Day (well, maybe he does now) and he doesn't know that when he brought me home something yesterday I was viewing it as my gift for World Card Making Day. But that's exactly what happened. When my mom was here visiting last week, I had a lot of fun using her embossing tools. I'd never experimented with embossing before, and it was a lot of fun! I'd been joking about wanting an embossing gun ever since she left. Well, for a little background information, we've been telling the kids that for the next few months when we go to the store, don't ask us for toys, but write a letter to Santa. Yes, I know it's a little early. But it happens. So I told my husband the other day that I guessed I'd have to wait until Christmas to be able to emboss. Poor me. I don't know if he couldn't handle the chatter for 3 more months, or just decided to be really kind and sweet. But either way, yesterday he came home with an embossing gun, and I was really excited to use it today for World Card Making Day.