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August 19, 2012

CAS-ual Fridays 66 ~ Splish Splash

A Sunny Sunday Morning Hello!

I made a card Friday night for the new CAS-ual Fridays challenge CFC 66, which is to create a project featuring something you might see in or at the ocean.

The amazing sponsor is:

With the words "Splish Splash" in their banner, I'm seeing a lot of adorable whimsical fishie cards, which is where I tend to go.  But I recently purchased SU's "The Open Sea" stamp set because the twins just love the go-along paper I purchased several months ago.  This was the result of using both the paper and the stamp set, plus a fun sun from another piece of paper, and some jute thread:


You should check out the linkie as there are so many fantastic card insprirations of all types ocean-related ~ and then play along, why don't you?!

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I had a good time at the banquet last night!   There were 99 people there.  This was my view from the head table:


My emceeing was well-received and yes, I had 'em rolling in the aisles!  Still, I'm glad that's behind me.  Now I have a work assignment to do the next couple of days and then a dear friend is coming from Denver to spend Tuesday and Wednesday.  Shaping up to be another busy and fun week!

Here are a couple of kid-approved fish jokes:

What do you call a fish with no eyes? 
     F sh.

Why is it so easy to weigh fish? 
     They have their own scales.

What fish goes best with peanut butter? 
     Jelly fish.

What is stranger that seeing a cat fish? 
     Seeing a fish bowl.

What is a knight's favorite fish? 
     A swordfish.

What is the best way to communicate with a fish? 
     Drop it a line!


Enjoy your Sunday!   As always, thank you for stopping by to visit.   Special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower or leave a comment!


Paper:  Bazzill off-white; SU not quite navy
  and both SU and unknown designer paper
Stamps:  SU "The Open Sea"
Ink:  SU not quite navy; Prisma pencils
Jute thread unknown