A Happy 18th Birthday!

My baby turned 18. YEARS. And this is the card I made her :) The card was inspired (and almost completely lifted) by one made by the awesome and always fabulous Vicki W. http://www.wizardshangout.blogspot.com/ The colors I used (CTMH Tulip, Sorbet, Juniper, Colonial White) were inspired by the colors in Olivia's room. -- and they just happen to be the colors in Color Challenge#2 last week at http://www.kjsstamppad.blogspot.com/ ( I don't know how to do the insert link here thingy! LOL) Maybe some kind soul will teach me? Leave a comment and I'll email you - thanks!

Man I feel OLD. We watched old movies on DVD last night. Wow we were so young once. Where did the time go? And Gosh - those kids were all so darned CUTE! They're all grown up and graduating, getting married, having babies of their own. Time sure flew by. I feel a sudden need to go watch 'The Lion King' ... the Circle of Life ...

*inky hugs*

Ava

A day .. A Week .... A MONTH!!

Yup .. a MONTH! That's how long it took me to get here. Is that pathetic or what!?! But the good news, dear blogsters, is that I come loaded with photos!! Yes, my battery got charged! (I won't talk about how I could not find the charger for days -- that's a whole 'nuther issue!) and in the meanwhile, there were 3 birthdays to celebrate (my own sweet 'baby' Olivia turned 18!) and Easter too. It's been a busy busy month :)

Card deets: All Close To My Heart­­­ materials: Emporium paper pack, including "creative basics" version, Garden Green, Colonial White cardstock, A Birthday Wish - My Acrylix™ stamp set, Twilight ink for sentiment (sentiment is not CTMH), Cocoa ink for image, copic markers for coloring image, Cuttlebug 'houndstooth' embossing folder, Spellbinder's Scalloped Rectangle Nestablities, random buttons from my stash, embroidery floss and scrap cardstock. Image and scalloped frame are popdotted.

Well, I'm going to add the rest of the photos a little bit at a time, so come visit me again soon. I 'plomise' it won't be another month gone by!

*inky hugs*

Ava