Birthday

It’s hard to believe my Dad is turning 77!  He seems so young.  Last year when we were in Hawaii, we had a Kayak race and he and Sean won!  He was by far the oldest person on our tour that involved kayaking, hiking about two miles in knee deep mud to a waterfall and then swimming at the waterfall.  Dad took it all in stride and made it look easy.  When he would have my kids visit in North Carolina, he would take them horseback riding, bike riding, climbing waterfalls and white water rafting.  Yep, he’s up for the Grandpa of the Year Award!

I used this sketch from SundayStamps for the inspiration for the card.  When I showed the card to Superman, he said it looks like Dad must be an Ohio State fan.  Well, he’s not.  He is a graduate of Iowa State and loves watching Cyclone Football and Basketball.  Unfortunately their colors are Cardinal and Gold.  Guess I wasn’t thinking.

Can you see the piercing all the way around the oval.  I thought it was a nice touch.

Abby thinks one of the best things about Grandpa is all the stories he tells.  She’s been taping his stories and hopes to help him write his life story.

Keegan had his audition for James and the Giant Peach today.  He thought it went pretty well.  I’ll let you know what part he gets.  He goes to a big school, so sometimes the part might be Peach Tree #37 or something like that. 🙂

Hope you’re having an awesome week and I hope you have a great birthday Dad!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

You can see the Happy Heart embossing folder I used on Dad’s card is on sale this week.  Here’s the link to my store to purchase the weekly deals or anything else at Stampin’ Up!  Also take a look at the Ultimate Starter Bundle below.

 

I was excited to see the Global Design Project has the theme of Balloons this week. Balloon Celebration is the first set I bought from Stampin’ Up’s 2016 Occasions Catalog and I haven’t been disappointed.  I was also inspired by Jeanna’s card.  See it here.  The tricky part of this quick and easy card, is to only ink up part of the balloon string when stamping the sides.  Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.  I’d love it if you would subscribe to my blog.

Abby’s 17th Birthday was today and we celebrated with Pulled Pork (Yum! The house smelled so good, the dogs could hardly stand it) and Scratch Cupcakes.  Here’s the recipe for my Yummy Pulled Pork  if you’re interested.

 

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

 

Abby will be 17 on Tuesday, but we had her birthday party Friday night!  She and her friends had a great time.

Are you wondering why there are monsters on her cookie cake?  Me too!  Abby picked out exactly what she wanted.  🙂

 

To design Abby’s card, I used the Global Design Project Challenge GDP022.

I got out my Balloon Framelits and popped up the Balloon with dimensionals.  The silver cord and silver stars jazz up the card and make it special for my awesome Abby!

I’ve used the It’s My Party DSP on every birthday card I’ve made recently.  I just love it! I always like to add a coordinating envelope too.

Abby was so excited to get an Amazon gift card from her oldest brother today.  For years he got her nothing, but being gainfully employed as greatly increased his generosity!

I drove Abby to Afton for an archery tournament this afternoon.  We had a great time until we were driving home in the dark and it was snowing.  She stayed very calm and didn’t admit how scared she was until we were safely off the interstate.  Our biggest issue was my car slides sideways while driving on snow.  Steve has now scheduled an appointment for me to get snow tires later this week.

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Blessings,

Beth 🙂