More birthday scrapbook pages...

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Makaya's Special Day

My great-niece is celebrating her birthday this week. We are hosting her party today. Why is this a special day? She was born with poly hydrops and they didn't think she was going to make it. She had surgery at 2 weeks, was in the hospital for three months and was off and on the vent for almost two months of that three months. Today she is a bright, smiling little girl who you would never had guessed had been so ill. She truly is our $2 million baby!
I made this name frame for her using Friends & Flowers Simply Scrapping Kit, Headline Alphabets, Certainly Celery-Pumpkin Pie-Tempting Turquoise Inks, Pomegranate-Celery-Mustard Ribbons. (Picture is not very good...too yellow but was the best I could get it...not sure why!)

Hubby's Birthday Card

This is my hubby's birthday card. I was in Chicago on his birthday so yesterday while he was at work I made this card for him. When he got home I took him to Applebee's for lunch, Wal-Mart where we purchased two pair of jeans for work. I was going to take him to the show but we were 20 minutes too late!

Green cardstock is 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5 1/2.
Vanilla cardstock is 4 x 5 1/4.
Apple Cider designer paper is cut 4 x 1 1/2.
Rust cardstock is 4 x 1/2 (2).
Green block is 3 x 3.
Vanilla block is 2 3/4 x 2 3/4.

I stamped the tree with Versamark from Lovely as a Tree then used green and russet Pearl Ex over the leaves, Gold over the truck and ground. I then stamped the little leaves and used green, Birthday Wishes from Sincere Salutations with gold and pine branches with russet.

I layered a piece of Vanilla inside and hand wrote a special message for him. :o) I thank God everyday for bringing a good Christian man into my life of turmoil! He may be a pest but he loves God with all his heart and he accepts me for who I am.

Fall-Winter Collection Open House Today!

Today I am having an open house for the new catalog. I am excited yet apprehensive as I do not know how many will show! I am planning on about 10 but yet that sounds high.

What am I doing?

• Handing out the new catties.
• Selling the retired sets that I have at a discounted price.
• Make 'n' Take with the new colors and one of the new sets.
• Door Prize drawings with one BIG door prize at the end of the day.
• Laid out are....On Board Blossoms and Basics...IN COLOR cardstock...Petals DS Paper (1 of each style)...Rhinestone Brads...Crafter's Tool Kit...samples of the last few classes or stamp camps.

This is the Make 'N' Take we are making.

• Groovy Guava, Very Vanilla, Purely Pomegranate Cardstock
• Certainly Celery Petal DS Paper
• Groovy Guava, Purely Pomegranate Inks
• Ice Square Rhinestone Brads
• Polka Dots & Petals, Hugs & Wishes Stamp Set