2S4Y Kazan's #58

happy saturday to you all! it's going to be a relaxing one for me... maybe visit a friend or two... we'll see :D definitely sleeping in!

i thought it was high time i jumped in a played with a 2sketches4you sketch! it's been a while, and Kazan had a great one posted this week:

usually i make cards for 'whatever' and end up not having enough of any kind that i 'need', but for THIS one, i had someone specific in mind...

my grandma, or 'Nana,' as i call her, hasn't had a handwritten note from me in forever, so i thought it was about time to send her something sweet.

i used a lot of goodies on this one, but when i showed it to Paulina (like a pre-screening of a movie... hehe!) she thought it was great and not too busy! (thanks for that bit of encouragement hon!) btw, we got to have a lovely evening together... saw a movie, grabbed dinner, and totally caught up on so many things (who knows, we may have even talked about you ;) hehe!) such a fun way to spend a friday night!

here's a close up of some of the goodies up top... Sassafras brad, yellow mini-clothespin, a white rosette, some flora and fauna stickers layered on graphic 45 paper and a Sassafras chippie frame, on top of a cream doily shabbied up with some yellow ink, and then of course the pink crinkle ribbon, Colorbok epoxy button w/ PTI button and the pink rhinestone. you can also see a bit of the yellow polka dots from PTI's Polka Dot Basics II poking up from the top and bottom of the distressed patterned paper.

for the sentiment i used PTI's Big and Bold Wishes, the flourish, and some little flower buds from Delightful Dahlia (colored in with some pink markers and a white gel pen... and some glitter from DeNami Design).

oh, and i couldn't resist decorating the back too... so more graphic 45 paper, a bit of a border punch, and brad/ button/ clothespin from the same as above.

so what do you think? i know Nana will love it (don't grandma's have a lovely habit of always loving anything handmade? :D) thanks for leaving your comments... they're always appreciated, and usually they totally make my day :D (and by usually i mean ALWAYS.)

go have some weekend fun! xoxo

summertime!

it's summertime indeed... i woke up late this morning to some sunshine through my window :D

and i have been dressing in t-shirts and capris (and occasional tanks) along with the summer ESSENTIAL >> flip flops! :D

so in honor of the weather, the clothes, and the general happy feeling that summer brings, i thought that i'd translate the fun-ness of summer into a card:

lots of goodies on this one... brads, glitter, flowers, scallops, chipboard, buttons, felt, twine, funky paper, flowers, ribbon, flowers :D and all sorts of good stuff.

i thought that i'd share with you some of the things that i've been up to lately...

helping a good friend move into her new house (lots of screwing things in/ unpacking/ eating take out...), going to see a few movies (saw Inception and will be seeing The Other Guys this Friday), playing water polo, and eating as much NOM NOM (aka delicious!!) food as i can, which brings me to this:

isn't it just darling? i have a friend who loves pandas, and we've been nom-noming our way through lots of good food lately, so this made me smile today... hope it does the same for you! :D you can find it at delia's HERE. and if you want to know what 'nom nom' is all about, just watch THIS super cute video!

thanks for stopping by! i'll be sharing some more summer fun cards this week! :D