Category: Cards – Birthday

How Happy Are you?

I woke up rather abruptly today when my husband turned on the lights AND the TV and announced “they’re on!”. What?! What are you doing? A few moments of squinted eyes, and I was able to focus and see that CityTV was at Scona High School covering their 24 hour bike-a-thon. Cool. We scanned the crowd of students to see if we could see Aaron. A quick text to find his whereabouts led to the discovery that he was in the back throwing up. Ugh! He is on the leadership team that spear-headed this event and was suffering from the flu and sheer exhaustion. So we drove to pick him up.

In the vehicle, the radio announcers were talking about today being International Day of Happiness. There was a blanket of snow covering the ground which made for icy road conditions. Not exactly a great way to start this day of happiness…AND the first day of Spring I might add! Sheesh!

 When we got home and had the patient in bed,  I looked on the internet to see what I could find about this International Day of Happiness. Headings like: Your Happiness is Part of Something Bigger… and… I Want to Create More Happiness in the World Around Me… caught my eye.

 “After years of happiness research, one thing has proved fundamental – the importance of our connections with other people.”

 Hmm… Reading on, I found out that the United Nations launched an International Day of Happiness on June 28, 2012. The priority was placed on giving “happiness, a ‘fundamental human goal’, a greater priority.”

 “We all want to be happy and we want the people we love to be happy”, says Professor Layard.

 So what do I take away from this? We all need each other for sure.  We are surrounded by millions of people, but how is it that there are so many lonely people out there?

 I’m in the creative business where there is so much potential to connect with people and the things that make them happy. I love seeing ladies come to my classes and just sit…relax…and find their “me time”. Crafting is good for the soul. And connecting with other people that have similar interests, gives us energy.

 In card club last night, we made HAPPY cards…and listened to HAPPY music… and had a great time! :) What is your happy meter gauge showing? You can join us at card club anytime. There’s always room for one more!

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This new SAB offering…Sheer Perfection Vellum Stack makes me happy!

 Have a great weekend everyone.
Do something that makes YOU happy.

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Just For You

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Our daughter celebrated her 23rd birthday this weekend…and this is the card I sent her. She was just married this past year and they have been living in Australia. So sad that we couldn’t celebrate in person, but we had a fun family skype visit :) Technology is a wonderful thing when your children live on the other side of the world.

I love this card for so many reasons. The chalkboard look is clean and bold and the pink accents make the greeting pop even more. Don’t miss the hashtag at the bottom! … I made this just for you because it’s your birthday #yourwelcome  So great.

If you have a lot of birthday cards to make…and who doesn’t ALWAYS…this Balloon Bash set is a great one to have in your stash.

I hope this has inspired you to go make something special for someone today. Hope your Monday is awesome! 

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Etch-a-sketch

So today I have a fun card to share with you. When I saw this card on Pinterest, I just had to make it. It actually made me buy this stamp set in the Occasions Catalogue (From the Herd)!  Do you remember playing with an etch-a-sketch? Isn’t this awesome? I think I know some little people in my life that are going to love this card.

Here’s a quick how-to instruction:

The card base is Whisper White. The herd image is stamped onto Smoky Slate cardstock using Black StazOn ink. Then you just scribble in a couple of areas with a Basic Gray and Basic Black marker. Don’t make it look perfect. The finishing touch that makes it look like an etch-a-sketch is the piece of Window Sheet over top. (The Smoky Slate and Window Sheet pieces should be cut to 4″ x 5-1/4″.) Take a quarter sheet of Real Red cardstock and cut a rectangle out of the middle using the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits. Then of course you need to round the corners of the card and pop up two white circles in the bottom corners using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I love all the greetings that come with this set as well: from the herd…it’s pasture birthday…just looking in on you…party animals…  I sign all of our family birthday cards with all our kids names now…and their significant others. Sometimes I run out of room. This could be my new family birthday card…and signed “from the herd”. Just sayin’…

Shop HERE to find this super-fun stamp set so you can make these cards for YOUR friends and family!

Have a fun-filled day!

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