Another challenge

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This week's challenge at Pink Elephant (http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/)is a card sketch.
Of course, I couldn't resist trying this one; in fact, I may have to make more than one card using this great sketch! Here's the sketch:












And here's the first card I made (I turned the sketch sideways; never liked to follow the rules LOL).


That one was such fun that I decided to make another. Since so many of my grandkids are boys, I thought I'd make it with a more masculine theme. Here's my second attempt
with the sketch.

Pink Elephant Challenge

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My friend, Robin has collaborated with another artist to create the Pink Elephant blog for fun challenges and inspiration. Their challenge this week is to use bling. I'm not normally a bling kind of gal; I tend to go more for the vintage style. But this is the card I came up with (I had an image in mind when I woke at 6 this morning LOL). I purchased these glittery and irridescent flowers from LTD. The butterfly is from the $1 section at Michael's. The background (green) paper is World Win doubles, put in a Cuttlebug folder and the embossed areas slightly sanded to bring out the color of the opposite side.

A Day for Love

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Didn't we just get through Christmas?? How can it be Valentine's Day already?
Well, I thought I'd share a couple of the versions of Valentine cards that I made for my grandkids. I used print papers from DCWV Spring Pack from last year and two
Cuttlebug folders. The hearts were cut using my Slice.



And of course, I had to make one for my hubby!I used the same print papers for his.
Finally, I made a special treat for each of the grandkids. I took Hershey's Dark Chocolate candy bars and made wrappers for them using the same print papers, wrapped a piece of ribbon around the center, attached an oval which was cut with my Slice and added a Valentine sticker to the center.

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I started a new tradition for Christmas three years ago. Instead of buying a lot of
gifts for the kids and grandkids (things that they play with for a couple of days and then toss aside) we take everyone (14 of us) to one of the motels with an indoor waterpark in the WI. Dells for a weekend. We rent a three bedroom condo. For the first night there I take a couple of dishes that are favorites of everyone (my barbecued wieners and ham pasta salad). Saturday night we usually go out to eat. This year we tried a new motel; the Chula Vista. Our condo was very spacious and gorgeous! Here are a couple of photos of the great room (notice the jacuzzi and fireplace).



Here is a picture of Larry and me on the Lazy River at the waterpark.


And here are some of the grandkids having a blast in the waterpark.

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My birthday was last week. At my age (59!??) I can't say that I "celebrated" it; but
I'm glad they keep coming! LOL The funny thing is that my brain doesn't accept that
I'm this old! Most days I don't feel nearly 60! And I guess that's good. Especially
working with children as I do. I thought I'd share a couple pictures from my birthday. The first one is with the few kids that were here that day. We had chocolate cupcakes!

My hubby took me to a wonderful restaurant for dinner on my birthday. They are a bit
out of the way, so we don't go there often; only for special occasions. We both ordered their most popular dish which is a Chinese dish (they also serve American
food). I asked our waitress to take this picture.