My fabulous friend

I am really trying to get better at actually sending cards. I know I am not the only one out there that makes cards and then hoards them. You KNOW who YOU are! ;o) If you don't already know about it, there is this really cool site called birthday alarm that will email you when you have a birthday coming up. That is the only way I can remember birthdays! Lucky for me, they give me a couple of reminders so I have time to procrastinate and still get the cards out on time. This card is for a dear friend's birthday. She really IS fabulous!
I started with a ridinghood red card base 5-1/2" square. I added a bit of white that I had stamped with the canvas background in Cameo Coral and added flowers in summer sun, cameo and riding hood red. I roughed up the edges with my cutting kit and sponged them with more riding hood red. The yellow strip is apricot with a Kiwi Kiss ribbon tied around it. For the flower, I stamped it three

times in riding hood red, cameo coral, and summer sun. I cut them out at different parts and then sponged all the edges with riding hood. I layered the different colored flower parts using dimensionals and added rhinestones from the Ice collection.
In other news, I just had to share this picture of my hubby. He was a clown at a dance on Saturday night and looked just too cute. I was supposed to make him a clown outfit, but I happened to find these wild shorts at a local store. I bought two pair and used one to make the tie. The shirt was also from the store. He did his own makeup and hair....doesn't he look cool? He spent the night making balloon animals for all the kids at the dance. He is such a good sport!

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Bradley

Sunday, my best friend died. My sweetheart of 20 years died suddenly from diabetes. We didn't know he had diabetes. It came quick and took him from me. Brad was more than just my husband, he was my best friend. I relied so very much on his strength to guide me and my children through this life. I admit I feel a bit lost without him, already. I had planned on much, much more time with him. Brad and I met on January 28th, 1989. We were both at a nightclub for under age night with our friends that had dragged us there. We were both ready to leave when we were talked into one more dance. That dance changed our lives. We hit it off right away and danced the rest of the night. In face, we were together from then on. I remember that after that night, I waited all day for his call. It was love right away for me. I felt something I had never felt before and knew that he was the one for me. We dated for six months before Brad went to Texas to go to school. We talked a lot on the phone, and I

Bloggers challenge and candy

I know I said I would post some blog candy yesterday but I didn't even get near my computer! What a crazy day! I had planned on doing it the night before but...I was in the kitchen doing the dishes and I was so dog tired that I laid my head down on the counter for a minute. My son came into the room and said, "go to bed mom, dad and I will do the dishes." Now, who in thier right mind would turn down that offer? My boys HATE to do anything in the kitchen that doesn't involve eating. I immediately turned off my water(boiling for herb tea) and skedaddled upstairs and went to bed. I'm no dummy! The kitchen was not cleaned to my standards, but I'm not about to look a gift horse in the mouth! Speaking of gifts, I have a little blog candy offer today. In honor of my 8000 hits, I am offering the following: A simply scrappin kit "Just Delightful", a stamp set "Delight in Life", three mini spools of ribbon, some acrylic tiles AND a copy of the latest

Doubles with candy!!

Today is another fun summer day at my house. The kids are running here and there and I'm just trying to keep up. I realized I hadn't sent out Father's day cards yet, so that is what I worked on today. I tried to keep these nice and clean and manly. I remember going to a demonstration at a Stampin' Up! convention years ago where Kevin Theeson and another guy(I forget his name....) talked about 'manly' cards. One of the things they stressed was that guys don't like cards made with pastel cards. They prefer bold bright and earth element colors. I'm not sure if they suggested we stay away from florals too, but I kind of figured that was a safe idea. ;o) For this card I started with some textured Wild Wasabi cardstock cut to 10-1/2 x 5-1/4. That gave me a 5-1/4" card when folded. The striped paper across the center is from a retired SU simply scrappin kit...primary colors I think it was called. I added a strip of Real Red to each side of the stripes for

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