40 and Fabulous Birthday Card

Well my jury duty got rescheduled. again. I want it to be done and over with already. Anyway, the kids got another snow day yesterday and a two hour delay this morning thanks to Winter Storm Nika.   Our dogs refused to do their business outside yesterday morning because there's a layer of ice on top of the snow. So my husband had to dig out an area for them. It worked out having a snow day yesterday since we would have had to take B. out of school early for her doctor's appointment up in Pittsburgh with the hand specialist and she would have had to miss a 1/2 day of school. This way, it didn't count against her. Some of the roads were so-so by the time we left in the early afternoon. I'm glad her appointment wasn't in the morning, because that's when the roads were icy. B.'s finger is healing nicely, but it is still not completely healed though. They said it could take a few months but she doesn't need to see the doctor anymore unless there's a problem. So that's nice. We stopped and had dinner at Red Robin afterwards and finally used the gift card our nephew gave us for Christmas a couple of years ago. It was me and B.'s first time eating at a Red Robin. My husband had eaten at one years ago down in Louisville, KY and he said they were different when it came to ordering your food back then. They have an American flag up on the wall made entirely out of baseballs. I thought that was pretty cool...

I just finished making this card for my sister-in-law earlier this evening. We'll be giving it to her in a little while when we go up for birthday baklava cheesecake after we eat dinner here at home. I hope she likes it....

 The girl (cut at 4") and "fabulous" (cut at 3/4")  are from the Cricut Forever Young cartridge.  And "40" is from Lyrical Letters cut at 1-1/2",  patterned paper is DCWV. I got the tiny alpha stamp set & Jolee's half pearl at WalMart. 

Stay warm and I hope you all have a pleasant evening... 

Flat Stanley Adventures Layout

Oh my is it HOT out there! It has been in the 90's the last couple of days and it sure feels like summer. We went swimming in our pool for the first time this year yesterday on Memorial Day. And the water's 86 degrees today. We just filled it back up to get it ready for summer on Thursday. I wasn't expecting to be able to swim in it that quick.

Anyhoo, I've been working on another layout for B's album(s) that I started yesterday and just finished up today. It's of her Flat Stanley's adventures with her sister down in Charleston, SC. This was a project that B's teacher had the class do at the beginning of  this year. A. did a super fabulous job with it and took pics of her and Flat B. all over Charleston, plus she sent her lots of pics (more than what's on this layout actually), and brochures from different tourist spots in that area. A. had moved and didn't get the Flat Stanley until months after the school sent it to her when her old room mate finally brought it to her at work. We were all happy when it finally arrived a week before school let out for the summer. B. was  super excited and so happy when it arrived. And her Daddy and I are so appreciative that A. did such a great job of putting it together for B.

A day like today sure makes me wish I could actually be at the beach. But scrapbooking it is the next best thing. Right? lol!

The title area flips up to reveal a copy of the letter that A. sent telling of all the wonderful adventures that she and Flat B. had in Charleston. It stays closed with the help of some Basic Grey thin magnetic discs that are hidden between the cardstock layers. When this layout eventually makes it into an album, I will cut a slit in the page protector where the hidden journaling/title is so that it can be easily flipped up and read. I copied the photos and shrunk quite a few of them down to wallet size so I could fit as many pics on this layout as humanly possible. lol!  I also used lots of Stickles (glitter glue) and sparkle on this layout and had a lot of fun with it.

Other Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Bazzill Swiss Dot, DCWV, DCWV glitter
Patterned Paper: Imaginisce Splash Dance Collection
Cricut Cartridges: Life's A Beach, Lyrical Letters
Stickles: Waterfall, Platinum
Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Faded Jeans, Broken China, Vintage Photo
Pebbles Pearlescent Jewel Tones Chalk set
Momento Cottage Ivy dual marker
Jenni Bowlin Soap Powder (blue) dye ink
Date stamp set from Inkadinkado
Border Punches: Fiskars Boundary Waters, Scalloped Sentiment & In Stitches, EK Success Dotted Wave
Round Tab punch from Stampin' Up
Font: Beach Type
Foam Adhesive, Glossy Accents, ATG, Zig glue pens

Time for another dip in the pool. Thanks for stoppin' by! :)