A Childs Year Cartridge

Two page layout using imkimi.com digi photo

Childs Year and Plantin Schoolbook

Hoping to get some more layouts up soon. There are just not enough hours in a day to do everything . It is raining today but looks like the sun just might come out, but then that is typical Florida weather. Rain and sunshine.

Serenade Cricut Cartridge

this is a card using Serenade cartridge I welded the shadow feature birdcage on design studio to make this card then made the cage out of gold metallic paper a few gems to add some sparkle. the paper I used for the card base had birds and branches on it, you can't see very well but there is a bird in the cage.

this is a two page layout I made using Serenade Cartridge and Ashlyn alpahbet, I welded the border on DS. I used Ashlyn for the title and the large butterfly, the title was also welded on DS. I love my Design Studio and find I hardly use my cricut with out it. It is so much easier to scraps of paper and place them on the mat.

My birthday

Nine years ago tomorrow the 23rd of February was the last time I heard my mothers voice or felt her touch. The day was to be one of special outings, we went out quite often to shop or have lunch or both, but mom was so insistant that we had to go out on my birthday on the day I was born, most times we did birthdays on the Saturday closest to our dates. My day was on Friday and she had made plans with some friends that were making a trip to the area on Saturday.
We went for lunch and some shopping and we talked about things we had never discussed before and laughed and even shed a few tears, mostly from laughing so hard. Our shopping trips were never about buying anything, we would try on clothes that were totally unappropriate for us and model for each other. But all the while she was paying attention to what I really liked and I did the same, it made gift giving so much easier. When I dropped her off at her home we sat in the car and talked again, mostly about life and our expectations. Usually our goodbyes were followed by "love you". This day was so different in that she leaned across the seat and kissed me and with her face so close she said "I love you", I told her thank you for making this day so special and that I loved her too, as she stood on the sidewalk she bent down to look in the car and said " bye .. I Love you" . For some reason my bye was weak as I choked, holding back tears, I told her not to eat to much at dinner with her friends. I cried all the way home but didn't know why, my heart was light and heavy at the same time.
On Saturday things went on as usual with my family, three of the older grandchildren were spending the weekend with us so I kept busy. We went to bed exhausted and with in a few hours the phone was ringing. My heart became very heavy as I answered with dread, my step dad was telling me to get to the hospital something was wrong with my mom. My mother had a massive heart attack and died instantly. She always said she wanted to die in her sleep, but I am sure she would have liked to have had more time to spend with her daughters.