Get well soon...

 This is not a good photo, but I thought I'd share it anyway. I started this card by creating a "book binding" card base. The left 1 1/4" of the A2 card base is adhered together (after tying my ribbon around the front portion). That leaves a 4 1/4" X 4 1/4" portion of the card that opens normally on the right. My layering die fit nicely into this area.

What I did on this card that was a little unusual is that I cut one of my layers from vellum. If you look closely at the photo on the left, you'll see there is the deep purple on top, then a pale lilac layer and finally a vellum layer that allows a bit of my DSP to show through.

On the inside was a simple, stamped sentiment.

This card was donated and sold quickly, so I think I need to make some more of them.

I am finally ready to share just a few photos of our trip to the Northwest to visit two of our kids and their families there. 

We had such a nice time and the weather was perfect. In fact, I was sunburned a couple times and am now sporting a nice tan.

This is my daughter-in-law's "wall of flowers" on their deck, which is where we spent part of every day. Their home looks out over a preserve, so there are no homes or commercial buildings to obstruct the view.

This is the view from the deck. You can see Mt. St. Helens peeking out from behind the trees in the center of the photograph. Most days we could see this mountain and on a few days with saw two other mountains, as well. It all just depends on how hazy the day is.

The granddogs were happy to see us, although they look pretty disninterested in this photo! They loved being out on the deck with us or playing in the back yard. Charlie is the dark brown and white dog and CJ is the light brown dog. They are super friendly and affectionate. CJ will kiss you on the lips on command! You just have to know how to give the command.

Each morning my daughter-in-law Jenn offered to make me a special latte with their incredible Italian espresso machine . I usually took her up on it. They were so good!

One day we visited a local winery where we were able to sit outside and taste several of their wines. My son was not with us on this day--he was in New Orleans receiving an award.

Another day we went crabbing in the waters of the Pacific at Tillamook, Oregon. Gary and I did our crabbing from the dock, whereas the rest of our crew went out on a boat to crab in deeper waters.

We didn't catch much. I'm sure that's not because we're such inexperienced crabbers! ha ha

Later in the day we toured Tillamook Creamery. It's a fascinating place that produces wonderful cheeses, ice cream and other milk-based products. Of course, we had to end our tour with an ice cream treat!

This is daughter Heather with another granddog named Joey. He's a timid dog but very sweet and well-behaved. We loved having him around, even when we went crabbing.

Gary celebrated his birthday on my son and daughter-in-law's deck. He received mostly gifts related to dogs--a leash, a dog toy and some dog waste disposal bags with their own dispenser. We will be adopting a fur-baby this fall, so the gifts were in preparation for that!

Part of the time we were in Oregon and Washington, my son was in New Orleans to receive an award from the National Federation of the Blind. Scott was named the "2022 Distinguished Educator of Blind Students." You can read about it here.

We're so proud of him and his strong commitment to education of blind students.

Well, that's it for me today. Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl