Happy Birthday to my mom!!!

today is my mom's birthday - and since she's already received it, I'll share the card I made for her!

this one was fun - I layered, and punched, and glued, and stamped, and just kept adding until I felt it was done. I wanted a pin somewhere but just couldn't make it look good - so a pinless card again :( but I still like it and love the little pocket on the front.

this is how it looks all together.... (and oops...she's 58 - I caught that before I mailed it!)

this is the tag pulled out...

{Papers by October Afternoon (modern homemaker), stamps and red cardstock from Papertrey Ink, bingo numbers by Maya Road, mini envelope and tag from Melissa Francis, lace & buttons from my stash}


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM! WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

I got a little crafty...

I saw a challenge on the Whimsie Doodle Blog and was inspired! So I bought a digital stamp set, printed out a couple images, colored one in, and made a card for the challenge!!!!!

{Echo Park Papers, Whimsie Doodle Stamp & Sentiment, Core'dinations textured cardstock, Twill, Button, and lots of COPIC markers!!!}

a birthday.

Hailee is NINE. n-i-n-e. 9.

good grief where does time go? I can remember her delivery like it was yesterday. And hers is a better memory than Braden's. I remember her chubby, okay fat, arms and legs and that everyone called her the Michelin baby. some days her little rolls looked painful! I can remember her signing "eat" and "milk" before she even mumbled the words. Her cute, gorgeous curls that turned into beautiful ringlets as she got a little older. her adorable little voice when she "talked on the phone" around the age of 2. her first day of pre-k.

so many memories that are still fresh in my mind. then I'm saddened when she says "do you remember...." and I don't. I don't want to forget a thing and am amazed that I have!

I plan to document as much as I can. mentally. physically on note paper. and creatively through my scrapbooks. because if today she is NINE tomorrow she'll be married. and if I blink again SHE'LL be a grandma! just don't blink. that's all I can advise to myself and to any parent.

Happy Birthday, Munch - I (daddy, too) love you so very much!!!!