Happy Birthday Mary!!!

For my gym instructor and friend, Mary.  She is an amazing instructor, I just love attending the classes she teaches.  From my very first class I went to of hers, she made me feel welcomed and comfortable AND has never called me out in class because I'm unable to do the moves due to Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.  She has such a high energy level and is always upbeat and positive for every class.  I miss not seeing her since COVID.  Speaking of COVID...she's reached out and messaged to check up on those of us who attend her classes to make sure we are doing ok and see if we need anything.  She has such a big heart and I'm happy to also call her my friend.

I used the current weeks SC815.  This layout was a big tricky for me.  I messed up two other images trying to get the cuts right, lol...glad I didn't color them first!  I also wasn't able to use the oval or place the sentiment strip in the right place since my image was so big.  It's close though!  My image is from Krista Smith Stamps.  Hubs printed her for me on Neenah and I colored her with copics.  I used a gel pen on the weights and her lips.  I got some MFT bubbles (finally) and used them.  Sentiment from SU Morning Meadow.

 Me, Mary and Ermalinda at Mary's Les Mills class.

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Wish We Were...

For the last two years we've floated down the river for my birthday with our best friends.  Unfortunately this year that won't be happening, sigh.  I made my bestie a card to let her know I was missing our annual birthday tradition, and her.  It's been 5 months since I've seen her...with this COVID stuff we haven't seen each other since our cruise in March.  Definitely miss our Sunday get togethers!

I used the digital image from Krista Smith Stamps, Lake Tubing.  I colored the image with copics.  Using opaque white on the glasses and a glaze pen on the lens.  My Favorite Things All the Encouragement and Banner Alpabet Sets.  Mounted the sentiment on pop dots.  Melon Mambo and black card stock.

Me and my bestie, Kellye on one of our river trips.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Have a great weekend.

Columbian Goddess...

A RAK for a dear friend of mine, Paula.  Paula is one of the kindest and sweetest people you'll ever meet.  She has a heart of gold, always willing to help you out when you need it, volunteer when there's opportunities to do so, and just an all around amazing person.  I'm so thankful to have met her and happy to have her as my friend.  When I saw this image, I knew I had to get it to make Paula's card.  She loves working out, and...well, it reminded me of her too.  Paula's favorite colors are black and white...not colors I'm use to working with but I gave it my best shot.

I used this weeks SC811 for my layout.  I had my hubs print the image for me.  I just discovered Krista Smith Stamps.  She has lots of fun stuff!  I colored her with copics, trying to make her look like Paula (our Columbian Goddess!) the best I could.  Glaze pen on the dumb bells.  I used Echo Park Happy Days Paper and My Favorite Things Happy Hellos die-namics.  Kept it CAS.

Me and Paula and an Air Force Ball.  She looked like a Greek Goddess!

Saying "see you later" is always hard, Paula and her family moved to another base.

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