Have a Snappy Day!

My great nephew, Shawn is turning 7 and having a birthday party on Saturday, so I whipped up this fun card for him. 
 
 
I am totally in love with the Watermelon Wonder, Basic Black and Whisper White combination – it just pops!  The sentiment comes from the Tin of Cards stamp set.  If you don’t own it yet, just order it now.  Honestly it’s such a great set, with a variety of sentiments and the font is so pretty.  The focal point of the card is the happy little dancing crab from the You’re Sublime stamp set.  He cracks me up!  I stamped him in Jet Black Stazon and then water colored him with the aqua painter and Watermelon Wonder ink.  The card makes me want to do the happy dance!
 
 

One of those days…

  
Yesterday, for the first time since I started my blog over 2 years ago, I did not do a blog post.  Oh don’t get me wrong, I had every intention of posting, but here’s how my day started….
It stormed throughout the night and I got up at my regular 5:15 am, washed my face and….the power went out.  I live in the country by a lake in a very small subdivision which means when we have no power, our water doesn’t work.  Lucky I had already put water on my wash cloth so I could get the cleanser off my face, in the dark).  I stumbled around until I found a flashlight in the linen closet and proceeded to get dressed in the dark.   
When our power is out it can be out for long periods of time, so I didn’t want to open the refrigerator to get breakfast or fix lunch and start the warm up process in the fridge, besides that I couldn’t see much with the flashlight.  Of coarse with no power, I have no internet, so I can’t do a blog post.  I decide to pack up my make up and hair card products and head into work (I’m a patient care coordinator and hygienist at a dental office about 45 minutes away from home).  On the drive to work I realized I didn’t have my phone.  Oh my Gosh, I didn’t know how much I rely on that thing!  I also realize, I didn’t grab my laptop as I was planning on, so that I could post on my blog as soon as I got to work- (okay, I’ll post in the evening instead…)  As I’m driving to work I decide I better double check and make sure I have my glasses (don’t need them for distance, but I can’t read anything without them).  Good, my glasses were in my glass case.  I get to work by 6:30, wash up, brush my teeth, do my make up and hair and I’m ready to go, quite a bit earlier than normal, but I’ve got lots of stuff on my desk to get done, so no worries…. until, I open my glass case and find it’s my prescription sunglasses not my regular glasses.
Picture my walking around the office and working on the computer, reading reports… in sun glasses on a stormy cloudy morning. 
Once other staff arrive, I am told one of our key staff members is leaving the practice and has given her resignation… very sad day:(
You don’t need all the details of the rest of the day, but just know it didn’t get any better as the day went on.  I didn’t have breakfast because the power was out, didn’t bring lunch because the power was out, worked through lunch because I was scrambling, left work at 7:00pm, got home at 7:45 hungry and tired and simply forgot about posting on my blog!
 
I’m so happy todays’ another day, and the power is on and I can get dressed with the lights on, and things will be better.  I will have a fun cadr to share with you tomorrow.
 
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Pretty Platter

Today’s card comes courtesy of guest stamper Kim Vale.  I’ve used the Build a Birthday stamp set quite a bit and shared some fun samples, but I really like what Kim did here.
 
 
She focused on everything new from the Annual catalog.  Watermelon Wonder was her card stock of choice as well as the ink she used for the cake platter and banners on top of the cake.  Instead of stamping the layers of cake, she grabbed the Cherry on Top DSP stack and cut strips of it and stacked them on top o the cake platter.  She then stamped the sentiment directly on top of the DSP.  I love how she fancied things up with a bit of the Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Trim gathered around the cake platter.