Happy Cinco de Mayo!
And Happy Birthday to my blog friend, Joyce, of Cards-by-the-Sea!! Our mutual friend, Kim Heggins (link below) has initiated this blog hop for you, Joyce! Enjoy your special day and your special birthday card hop!!
And Happy Birthday to my blog friend, Joyce, of Cards-by-the-Sea!! Our mutual friend, Kim Heggins (link below) has initiated this blog hop for you, Joyce! Enjoy your special day and your special birthday card hop!!
Here is my card:
Joyce lives in Southern California and I live in Northern California so I thought it would be fun to use my Golden Gate Bridge stamp. I made up a clear label sentiment on the computer for my "from my house ... to yours" (on the inside) sentiment.
Here are the links to the other cards in the hop:
Cathy
Darnell (that's me)
Please stop in to wish Joyce a Happy Birthday! (Beware you may end up staying a while enjoying her inspiring card artistry!)
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Because I used scraps of black and white and red for my card mats, I am linking up with Pixie's Crafty Snippets Playground where I believe the sun will be shining (yippee!) for our games in the Playground. It is so much easier to hang onto the swings without an umbrella in my hand. Especially when I have a flask in the other! Wait. What?
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We are excited to be heading over to spend some time with the twins this afternoon while their mom and dad attend a Cinco de Mayo party. We like seeing the whole family, of course, but we especially love our alone time with the twins. Which reminds me, did I ever tell you about the time . . .
Three years ago, before weekend sports, we were fortunate to have the twins about once a month for weekend sleepovers. We usually met the parents halfway to drop-off and deliver the boys. One particular Friday, Dan and Rachel brought them all the way to our house and we all spent some time chatting out on the deck. I went inside and was doing something in the kitchen when Henry walked in and stood beside me, not saying anything.
After a beat, I looked down and said, "What's up, Henry?"
He cocked his head towards the back yard and said quietly, "When are they leaving?"
OMG, I couldn't laugh, of course, even though his inflection was so adult and conspiratorial for a five-year-old! It sounded like something a husband would whisper to his wife when company stays too long! (Papa and I took it as a compliment!)
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Enjoy your day! No, seriously, enjoy your day. LITS*!
Three years ago, before weekend sports, we were fortunate to have the twins about once a month for weekend sleepovers. We usually met the parents halfway to drop-off and deliver the boys. One particular Friday, Dan and Rachel brought them all the way to our house and we all spent some time chatting out on the deck. I went inside and was doing something in the kitchen when Henry walked in and stood beside me, not saying anything.
After a beat, I looked down and said, "What's up, Henry?"
He cocked his head towards the back yard and said quietly, "When are they leaving?"
OMG, I couldn't laugh, of course, even though his inflection was so adult and conspiratorial for a five-year-old! It sounded like something a husband would whisper to his wife when company stays too long! (Papa and I took it as a compliment!)
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Enjoy your day! No, seriously, enjoy your day. LITS*!
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*Life Is Too Short!
Paper: Stampland glossy white, SU! real
red and PTI true black
Stamp: Inkadinkado 8029P
Ink: Memento tuxedo black; SU! and
Marvy markers
Marvy markers
Ribbon: SU! basic black and real red
stitched grosgrain
Buckle slider from stash
