I'm getting very sleepy.........

Good morning, Well, today is a very mellow day for many reasons......It is supposed to be upwards of 90 degrees in town today. I do not enjoy the cold, but to be honest....I'm not much of a hot weather person either. I am the person that sits in the chair in the living room and lets the industrial size swamp cooler "Swamp" me with arctic air while I curl up in a cozy soft throw and watch some TV. I am not motivated to move, because it is cold outside that blanket! And if I turn it off it just gets HOT! Okay back to the reasons. I am exhausted!!! I did nothing super strenuous yesterday and I got a full nights sleep, but I just can't shake the tired feeling. I could literally fall asleep at my desk today. As a matter of fact I am typing this sentence with my eyes closed right now! Finally, I had a lump removed from my left breast yesterday and so I am a tad sore and my exercise for the day consists of going to and from the freezer to change out ice packs! So needless to say, I am going to share a small card with you that was done previously. This card is tittled "Happy Garden" and has very little stamping on it. Just a bit from a Stampin Up set the sentiments were actually cut from a pattern paper that is velum and they were placed over white card stock to make them stand out. The flowers came in a little set purchased at Achievers and the matching corduroy brads make the best centers. Just a little bit of Happiness for a mellow day. Enjoy!

Back in action

Good day to all. Sorry I had a rough(busy)week last week. No time for stamping. Not to mention that I thought I would have lots of time to get some stuff done at a crop on Saturday night, but the weather put us all off until next Saturday! Oh well. I was able to use a couple of cards I had previously done for all of yesterday's birthdays. Happy birthday to the following: Grandpa Pagliasotti - 86 yrs, Grandma Cavnar - 85 yrs, and my good friend Cesar - 34 yrs. What a busy day. We also attended a benefit concert for a local charity called Lifeboat 14. It was lovely. I hope all of you had a good weekend despite the weather too. Well here is a card I made recently as I learn the technique of brayering. It is so beautiful and for someone who HATES sponging (I get crabby when my fingers get crampy), it is such a beautiful way to create lovely backgrounds. I need to work a bit on blending the colors together, but I actually like the hard lines in this scene. I used Stamping Up inks Night of Navy and So Saffron to create the moon and the night sky. I used the same inks to dye some ribbon and the same colors of card stock. The tree was a random stamp from Archivers and I used a white gel pen to highlight the tree. I stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy and we are off. I made four of these and my daughter used this one to give as a birthday card to her step father in early December. I "borrowed" it off his board so I could get a proper picture of it. This is one of my favorite cards I have ever made. I hope you all enjoy it as I do. I will be back before weeks end with some other projects to share. Thanks to you all.