Wordbird's Nest

Happy Saturday

Hope your Saturday has been good so far.  ;D  My daughter and I started the day off at Palafox Market. It's a farmers market with arts and crafts. Fun, yummy and HOT. We are definitely having summer weather here in Pensacola. And oh, the beautiful flowers... The sweet young lady selling them had bundles and bundles of gorgeous, bright bouquets put together in large buckets of water... dern, I wish I had taken my camera! 

I do have some pretty flowers to share on my card today. I fell in love with this stamp set the first time I saw it. It's from Red Rubber Designs and it's called Be Fabulous. 

 

Here's some good news From Red Rubber Designs...

Memorial Day Weekend Sale!

Join us Saturday, Sunday and Monday

~ May 26, 27 & 28 ~

~ Free Cling sheet(s) will fit size of selected stamp(s) ~
~ Free Cling is manually added to your order - just order stamps and you'll get it! ~

FREE Shipping on ALL Orders!

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While we celebrate the weekend with a sale, we do not forget
the sacrifices that have been made for us. Please remember
the service men and women who have made these sacrifices
so that we may know Freedom.

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1987... 25 years

Twenty-five years ago today I married my sweetheart. He is just as handsome, fun and charming as he was then. We've been through many struggles and triumphs together as most married couples do. I know we are very blessed to have weathered it all. He definitely makes me a better person!

Manly cards are not the easiest for me, but I did want to make a card for my sweetheart:

This wonderful stamp set is from Layers of Color and illustrated by NinaB.

I wish you love and happiness!

Happy Birthday

My sweet sister had a birthday recently. She's the BEST... I'm so blessed to have her as my sister,best friend and confidante!

Here is the birthday card I made for her...

 

I thought I'd try my hand at making my own stick pins awhile back. The problem was every glue I tried was too thin and ran or left a icky residue that took the pretty shine off my beads. Sweet Sister to the rescue! She is a jewelry crafter and hooked me up with some E600 multi-purpose adhesive. It did the trick and dries clear! (You need the tube with the skinny tip.)

My pretty Spellbinders die template shapes were cut out with my trusty Grand Caliber. It's a wonderful thing to have... I enjoy sitting down with a bunch of paper scraps and layering all sorts of my die templates on the cutting plate. In no time I have hands full of Spellbinders shapes cut for future use!

This precious Fairy Wishes stamp I used was illustrated by NinaB for Layers of Color. The Sentimental Banners set is a great sentiment set, very versatile! Also from Layers of Color.

Now... go hug, call or smile about a sweet memory of your sister.  ;D

Double Digits!

The twinseys turned ten this week!

I remember when they were little babies and people would constantly tell me "savor this time...it passes quickly and then they are grown!" I would smile and think to my sleep dazed self...yeah ok, well these sleep interrupted nights seem forever!

Well of course at ten they generally sleep through the night ... and yes, this precious time with my sweet babies is flying by! Now I find myself giving the same advice to other new moms. (grin)    

 
I thought I'd share the birthday cards I made for them.

Here is girly girls card:

(stamps by Your Next Stamp)

This card is entered in th Southern Girls challenge.

And here is my sweet boy's card:

 (this is a digi stamp by Karens Doodles)

This card is entered in the Cute Card Thursday challenge for this week.

 

Thanks for stopping in...

 

Golly!

Yes, golly! I just realized it's been a few days since my last post! I've been getting everything ready for a trip to Atlanta... my nephew is graduating from Emory University. So proud of him!

The crazy thing about not posting is that I have a truck full of cards I could share. I really could post a card everyday... if real life didn't keep getting in the way! How about you?  ;D 

Ok, so real life can be fun too! Last week we spent some family time at the beach. Look at this little sweetie... she spent 2 full hours in the water body surfing, laughing and having the time of her life! She's my water baby.  ;D