39 Years of Blessings!

Today my darling husband & I celebrate our 39th wedding anniversary. We have been truly blessed with a good marriage, wonderful children, their awesome spouses and beautiful grandchildren as well as good health. May God continue to bestow his blessings upon our family.
I was so happy my PTI goodies arrived early in the week so I could use some stamps from the newly released Monthly Moments.

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Retrosketches #

 It has been crazy in my neck of the woods, and I haven't kept up with my blog or even commenting on ones I usually visit daily. A lot of my crafting time has been making my niece's wedding invitations. I am just about halfway there. I still have the response cards/envelopes to do after that. My goal is to have them done by the middle of June. Seems like the only cards getting made are those I need to give immediately. 

I just put this card in the mail to my sister who is having surgery on her knee this coming Monday. I used the sketch from Retrosketches #63. I am also submitting it at the last moment too!

     I stamped off the text stamp using Smokey Shadow. I wish I were better at that technique as I don't always have an even impression. The rose was stamped with Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold and Melon Berry. I used the Linen IP on the Hawaiian Shore card stock.

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Happy Haunting!

  I think this is one of the first months that I have actually used 80% of the goodies I recently ordered from PTI before the next release. (It does help being retired.) I'm just loving that little guy from Happy Haunting! This is another entry for Nichole's Mr. Bones Halloween Spook Out.

 Finally got the opportunity to use those Halloween star brads I bought ages ago! Thanks for stopping by.

Retrosketches #19...

   Happy Wednesday.  Whoever thought that a 90 degree day would be welcomed as a "cool" front? I am eagerly awaiting those mid 80's so I can open my windows again and give the AC a bit of relief.
  Retrosketches has become one of my favorite sites. It seems like every week they come up with the neatest sketch. Here is the sketch for this week's challenge.

#19...

 

 

Here's my take.  I actually used the colors and stamp set premiered from SAF '11 Challenge #1. I haven't used the Iconic Image set too much.

 

Seems like I have been making a bunch of Thank you cards lately. I guess I have a lot to be thankful for. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

CS: Priemier Select White, Harvest Gold, Spring Rain

Ink: Memento: Summer Sky, Cantaloupe, London Fog; PTI: ripe Avacodo

Stamps: Iconic Images, Flower Fusion

Die: Spiral Notebook

Other: PTI: gingham ribbon, button; twine

Delicious! Yum! Cupcake

   Happy Wednesday! We have been having 80 degree weather all week in Cincinnati.  It has also been playing havoc with my exercise schedule.  Who wants to exercise in a gym when it is so gorgeous outside?
At least I have been walking at the park. The problem is I take my son's dog with me (I'm dog sitting) and he is sooooo out of shape, he can barely make the 1 mile loop.  I usually do 2 miles.
   Over the weekend we went to a birthday party for a 3 year old.  This is the card I made.  It is a case of this card by Lisa Johnson.

  The cupcake & sentiment is from Hero Arts Cupcakes. I fussy cut the cupcake and ran it through my Zyron machine in order to get the Prisma glitter to adhere to it.

  This was the tag I made to accompany the gift bag.

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