Birthday Wishes

Happy Wednesday friends!  How is your week going?  Wednesday always makes a person feel good, huh? Today I'm sharing a card and a fun little decoration that I put together for a Jazzercise friend's birthday.

Our friend, Leslie, turned 50 on Monday and we decided we'd make a big deal of her birthday last Friday because she wasn't going to be at Jazzercise on Monday.  I made the above card for her with a big 'ole butterfly because one of her care givers told me that she really likes butterflies.  The butterfly on the card is a cut from Miss Kate Cuttables, the sentiment and clouds are from Jaded Blossom, and the sun burst card base is from Reverse Confetti.  I added some white gel pen highlighting to the clouds, sunburst, and even some of the colors on the butterfly wings.  

I also cute some 4" and 5" butterflies so all the other Jazzy friends could write her a birthday wish then I attached some twine and hung them on the counter with scotch tape.  I think they look so bright, festive, and pretty!

Well, there you have it!  Sometimes it is the little things, like butterflies, that really make a celebration fun!  Have a wonderful day everyone!

Attack of the hearts!

Happy Monday and welcome to a new, fresh week! I was in my craft room making this card and I just had to share it because I was laughing about it so much.  Imagine this card without all the little hearts on the background pieces...yep, that is the way I liked it...then I wanted to add that cute little row of hearts on the edge of the horizontal strip of white paper...still cute...then I thought maybe just a few more hearts on the background...and that is where it went to attack of the hearts! 

At first there were just a few extra hearts and I didn't like them so I thought maybe if I add some more it will make it better...ummm, not...LOL!  So...try to imagine this card without the extra hearts, k?  Well, the super cute stamp set that the sentiment and those persistent little hearts came from is a Reverse Confetti set called Go Together and it is retired but still available so you know, if you want an attack of hearts on your card you should go get it!  Hahaha!  I think my hubby will still like it and I'll have to tell him the attack of the hearts story too!  Also, the sketch is the current Reverse Confetti sketch and i really do like the sketch...I think I'll use it often!

Well, there you have it!  I hope you have a wonderful Monday and I'll see ya soon!