It’s All About You Today

Today is my oldest grandson's birthday — 8 years old!!
Where does the time go!!
All About YouMy sister, Tina Rappe, made this adorable birthday card for him.
She can't be at his birthday party this weekend so she gave it to him early.
The words are from Hooray It's Your Day (page 16 of the Occasions Catalog).
The Lego blocks are from the stamp set Boys Will Be Boys (page 87 of the Annual Catalog).  The Daffodil Delight designer paper is retiring.  There are a couple of other retiring items on this card — the Party Pennants die (and it's on sale too — 40% off only $19.77), Finishing Touches for the zig zag border trip (also on sale 50% off only $4.98).  Those are some GREAT prices — don't forget to order them
before they are gone.

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First Communion

Yesterday we celebrated my oldest grandson's First Communion.
This was a very special day for me because I didn't think I would ever get
to see these two grandchildren receive their sacraments.
Both of the boys were born in Las Vegas and then moved to
Anchorage, Alaska six years ago.  We saw them once in February or March
and then my daughter and the boys would come "home" for four-six weeks
every summer.  Last June they moved "back home" — they live 40 minutes from me.
I couldn't be happier and yesterday proved that once again as we got to
watch Scott receive his First Communion — what a special day.
This is the card that we gave him after the big event.
Bubba CommunionThis was a card that I received in a swap and I thought it was perfect for the day.
Many elements of the card have been retired but I still wanted to share it with you today, you could easily swap out designer papers, ribbon, embossing folders and the Blessed by God stamp set would be a perfect replacement.
Thank you for letting me share my special day.

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Polka Dot Pieces

Polka Dot Pieces is a retiring stamp set that is just adorable.
I haven't used it much but as I was looking through my box of stamp sets that
are going away and saw this I knew it was perfect for a
Fast & Fabulous card.
Polka Dot PiecesI used Lost Lagoon for the base of the card and Moonlight DSP for the next layer.
The stem and leaves are stamped with Mossy Meadow and the flower pieces are stamped with Lost Lagoon.
This was the favorite card of the night.

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