Flashback Friday!

I'm feeling better this morning! I'm so thankful. I ended up going to the doctor yesterday just to see what she thought. She is thinking it could possibly be my thyroid, so we'll see. I gave some some blood to check thyroid levels, check my hemoglobin and check for Lyme's Disease. That's the longshot, but since I live in a risky state for Lyme's, she decided to have that checked too. She says it has an insideous way of showing itself sometimes. So, I'll hear on the thyroid and hemoglobin today, Lyme's test should be back sometime early next week. I was shocked when I got on the scale and saw the number it read (I don't weigh myself). I was even more shocked when I saw that I had gained 15 pounds since November! I guess I wasn't THAT shocked, cuz I definitly feel it and have had to buy bigger clothes. But that's a big amount to gain. Another reason why the thyroid is suspicious. I mean, I don't eat THAT much to gain THAT much weight in such a short amount of time. I do not sit on the couch all day and eat bags of chips, cookies and candy.

Yikes. I hope the tests show something, cuz if they don't, that means I am going to have to eat NOTHING in order to not gain weight. Even the exercise isn't helping.

Oh well, enough on my life history. On to the task at hand. What is the task at hand? Looking at this ugly card I made last summer! What in the world inspired me to use Bashful Blue, Apricot Appeal and Pumpkin Pie, all on one card?? And there's that distressed edge rearing it's ugly head again! I can honestly tell you I have no idea why I used these colors. I'm NOT a big blue person, you won't find me using the color too much (in the summer I use it more). Pumpkin Pie is a favorite of mine though.

It's amazing how much you can learn and improve in a short amount of time. I am so thankful for SCS and for my blog (and all the blogs I frequent daily). You guys push me and inspire me to improve my skills each and every day!

With that said, here's how I would make the card if I was making it for the very first time today! Of course, I would use designer paper. Duh. Designer Papers R' Amy is what I should call myself (that's a play off of the toy store Toys R' Us!)! I dug around in my scrap drawer for paper for this card. It's so full I'm feeling guilty cutting into new paper unless it's absolutely necessary. So I found a piece of this beautiful black and cream Crate Paper sitting in there, and knew it was what I would use to start this remake.

Instead of using multiple colors for the card, I wanted only black, cream and lime green. The green dots under the Little Pieces stamps is Certainly Celery. Little Pieces is stamped in black. With a simple mat, it was ready to adhere to the front of the card. I added a cream ribbon, along with a black and white polka dot ribbon in the same location to match the one on the original card. It was really simple! I like how it turned out this time much better than before!

Ok, Flashback Friday cards are out of the way. I have to share with you something wonderful that happened yesterday. I was laying on the couch resting late afternoon yesterday when my son brought in the mail. I had recived two packages. One from my girlfriend who lives in Rigby, Idaho. We've been best of friends since we were about 1 years old! She is my oldest, dearest friend. Anyways, her and her young son Noah (Hi Noah!) made me hand made birthday cards, which were adorable and oh so special! They totally cheered me up! Thanks Chrissy and Noah!!!

The second package was from my friend Julee at Poetic Artistry (who lives in Meridian, Idaho!). Can I just say Wow. Wow. Wow. This crazy girl Julee sent me an UNBELIEVABLE card made especially for me, PLUS, some totally cool K & C designer paper called Happy Trails for my birthday! You guys, I wish you could see this card IRL with me. It is amazing. Every single detail....the doodling (perfect!), the marker border around the doodling (great idea!), and the shadowing around the image (is that why her online name is "shadowcatcher"?) is first class perfection. I am not blowing smoke here, peeps. Julee did an amazing job on this one! There are sparkles everywhere! This girl rocks!!! I just can't thank her enough for the paper and for thinking of me on my birthday! Hugs Julee!!!!

One last card to show you today. Obviously, even though I wasn't feeling well yesterday, I HAD to play with the new paper Julee sent me! I chose the beach themed paper, which was the perfect accent for my new sentiment stamp "Happy Summer" I bought a few days ago. I made some water using my CM cutting system. The beach ball is cut out of the paper and matted with Pumpkin Pie cardstock. I made the "path" of the ball with my Little Lady Paper Trey stamp set! Isn't that cute? Everything got a little sparkle using a Sakura Glitter pen. A few little "splashes" here and there pulled it all together. I knew I just had to share this one with you today! Hope you like!

Well, I need to get moving. Lots of stuff to do today. Errands, errands, errands. I hope I can make it through the day feeling ok. I already feel exhausted, so I'm crossing my fingers the dr. has an explanation for me. I'll let you know when I find out.

Have a great day!
Amy