A special birthday card

I have a special birthday card today for my oldest daughter, Dina.  I can't believe it was 39 years ago she began our family!  She was the easy daughter to raise, a good student, a kind and compassionate person, she was also the one who got stage 4 lymphoma  in 2011.  She is totally in remission now after going through chemo.  We are blessed that our prayers were answered.  She has three children...I talk about the two girls, 14 and 12 because they both play volleyball and my husband assists with coaching.

Her son is 8 and LOVES basketball!

Dina and I were able to spend this last Presidents Day weekend together in Salt Lake City because her older daughter, Ellie had a volleyball tournament there.  

We shopped, we drove to Park City, we worshiped in the Cathedral and we shared every meal...so many wonderful memories and talks we had together!  We cherish this time just the two of us!

I used four different stamps for this card.

Layered Banter Banners

Bitty Bouquets

Movers & Shakers

Wonderful Words:  Birthday

a few PPP sequins and some from PTI too!

Thanks for taking a look! 

Today my younger daughter, Dina, her MIL and I are going out to lunch to celebrate!

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!!

Heart Hugs!

The Challenge # 34 Colors!

Welcome everyone.   

Today I am the Guest Designer on "THE CHALLENGE" after my polka dot win card a couple of weeks ago. 

It is a color challenge this time around: 

I hope you will go take a look at the challenge and be inspired by the other designers!  Sometimes it is a sketch challenge and like this time, it is a color challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

And thank you all from "the challenge" for selecting my card as the winner!

I am honored and proud to participate with this challenge!

I smooshed orange zest and harvest gold onto the paper first.  I actually dried it with the heating tool because I was impatient to let it sit and dry on its own!

The big banner that I am loving is from PTI is Layered Banner Banter..there are two dies and then stamps that will fit into the banner.  I chose a polka dot orange zest color for the folded layer of the banner.  My big sentiment "celebrate"  was stamped with both harvest gold (at the top) and orange zest at the bottom half of the word.  The "on your birthday is from Lovely Laurels. The balloon is a die and stamp from Simon Says: Birthday Balloons and the string was hand drawn!  I added a few green sequins to the card for some more green!

Thank you so much for taking a look!  Have a great week!