A trio of cards...

I had this black plaid piece of DSP matted with black CS in my stash. I decided it was time to use it, so I created this birthday card.

I decided to use one of my layered daisy-like die sets for the flower, cutting it out in red for a strong contrast to the black and white.

I glued  some black micro beads to center of my flower.

I love using this sentiment on cards. It always makes me laugh. This time I added a little winking face stamp, too, from Peachy Keen Stamps.

For this card, I started with an A2 card base that was dark purple on the outside and light purple on the inside. I cut the front edge of my card base with a curvy, stitched and scalloped border die. Then I took a card-sized panel of patterned cardstock and cut its edge with the same border die. Using my scissors, I fussy-cut the scallops off the patterned CS, just inside the stitched line. This was then adhered to the front of my card, covering it all except the scalloped edge.

There is some gold glitter in the patterned CS, so I added a dimensional gold flower sticker to my sentiment, which was popped up on foam squares.

I used a stitched oval on the inside of my card base for the sentiment. It was just the right size to be covered by the card front when it was closed.

Another gold flower sticker embellished the sentiment.

The thrift store gave me a partial pack of white cardstock frames. I embossed one of them with a geometric embossing folder and added it to my DSP panel on a white card base.

I die-cut my heart flowers out of white cardstock and colored them with alcohol markers. To finish off the front of my card, I added a little pink bow and a tiny tag, stamped with "thank you."

The inside of this card has only a stamped sentiment. This is another sentiment that I really like to use. I like the mix of fonts in it.

My 15-year-old grandson did an AMAZING job at the Senior State Long Course Championship Swim Meet, which was held at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center this past weekend. 

He was the 200 Backstroke State Champion and won numerous other medals. He will be a Sophomore in High School this coming fall, so he still has three years to go. I'm hoping he's able to join a college team when he finishes High School. It's so exciting to see him compete.

Thanks for letting me have that "Proud Grandma Moment" and also for stopping by my blog. Remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl