More is More

This afternoon we had a little Mother’s Day BBQ out in our backyard.  It was a simple dinner – one of my very favorites –  steak, baked potato, corn on the cob and fresh cheddar sourdough bread.  For dessert I made lemon cupcakes.  This time I just used a box cake mix (even though I do enjoy baking from scratch) with old fashioned glaze made from sifted confectioners sugar and fresh squeezed lemon juice – yummy!

 It was just 7 of us – me and Curt, my Mom and Dad, my uncle and his *lady friend*, and my stampin’ pal Jen.  This coming Friday the 18th will be one year since my aunt (who raised me) passed away at the age of 87 after battling illness (including Alzheimers) for 3 years.  Today was the first time for my uncle bringing his *friend* to a family gathering.  I was a little worried that it would feel weird.  I mean I’m thrilled for him – honestly…but I just wasn’t sure how it would feel to see him with someone other than my aunt.  It was fine – really fine.  He deserves every happiness and it wasn’t weird at all, just a very pleasant afternoon!

Here’s the Mother’s Day card I made for my Mom.  It’s a stand up tri-fold – one of my favorite layouts to work with.  It’s such a simple fold too.  Just fold like a normal card and then take the front panel and fold it back in half.  Then take a piece of 4″x 5.25″ designer paper and cut it half at 2″.  Adhere it to the card so the pattern matches – this way the fold isn’t obvious when the card is closed. Then just an add a panel centered on the closed card, but only adhered to the left half.

We did this card in my April technique class to illustrate thumping.  The boots from Flower Filled were inked in So Saffron and then the Olive marker was tapped/thumped onto the image to create a multi-colored effect.  I just got this set recently and I’m a little sad it’s retiring.  I really need to spend a lot more time playing with it!  Colors for this card (Regal Rose, So Saffron) were taken from Petals & Paisleys designer paper.  This week I hope to share a few more of my class cards with you, since it looks like I won’t have much chance to stamp.

Hope you had a fantastic weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.