Hello, is anyone out there?

Boy, yesterday had to be one of the lowest comment days EVER for me since the inception of my blog! Yikes, I hope all my peeps didn't abandon me during my vacation! I'm just kidding, I know it was Father's Day and that everyone was outside celebrating with their Dad's!!! I was so busy the whole day too, so I know how it is when life gets in the way of blogging. I hate when that happens!

This morning is my MIL's bypass surgery, so I'm actually typing this up Sunday night. Surgery starts at 730am, and we are hoping they will have it finished in 3-4 hours. It really depends how much damage they find once they are inside. Please say a prayer for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery.

Speaking of my MIL.....I received such a sweet email from Paula (PRBloom) asking if she could send a card to my MIL letting her know she was in her thoughts and prayers. Is that not the sweetest gesture? Thank you Paula, for being so kind and thinking of Muriel during this difficult time. It got me thinking that maybe I could put out an RAK call to ALL my wonderful, kind blog readers to send out cards to her too! She would LOVE that! She adores my cards, and I know she would be so tickled to receive yours as well. If you are willing, you can send one to her at this address:

Muriel Westerman
4928 Morgan Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55419

Thank you!

Onto today's card. It's another My Favorite Things card! I'm getting the hang of this set, FINALLY! It takes me a while sometimes. This one is a little bit wild, and I'm sure some of you are thinking "whoa" as you look at it! That's ok. I know not everyone likes such wild paper and patterns. But who can resist this We Are Memory Keepers Precious Metal paper? I mean, please....it's gorgeous!

This time, I stamped the woman/cake image twice, once on Whisper White cardstock and again on the We R Memory Keepers paper. First I aquapainted the image with Pumpkin Pie and Rose Red inks. Then I cut the whole image out (minus the background and candles, and mounted it on top of the designer paper with dimensional tape. It really sort of looks like this polka dot lady is walking through the room carrying cake, doesn't it?

Since there are silver accents throughout the paper, I punched a small scalloped border and attached it to the side of the image. I punched a hole in each scallop and then wove silver cording through the holes for fun.

I sold this one right away while we were at camp. I should have made more, but alas, I did not! I think it was relatively easy to make (not like Saturday's card), so I could make a few more. The rest of the card is pretty self explanatory, so no long oratory on how I did everything, ok? I'm sure you appreciate that!

Well, I've got to run. Have a great Monday. I'll be back on Tuesday with an update on my MIL's surgery!

Hugs,
Amy