I'm Back!

After taking an 18 month break to serve a mission in PERU, I have officially returned to life as I used to know it (gotta admit though-I miss the simplicity of being a missionary.  It was amazing!)  But, that doesn't mean I still don't think about all of my friends in Peru everyday.  One of my old companion's birthdays is coming up here in a few weeks, so I decided to put my crafty skills to work and make her a cute "feliz cumpleaños" card.  Hopefully she gets it in time for her birthday....

It's a pretty basic card-the paper is DCWV Mariposa stack, with the butterfly from the Home Decor cartridge

The frame is also Home Decor, while the flowers come from Forever Young

Feliz Cumpleaños Hermana Captain!  Que te lo pasa bien es mi deseo!

A sketch or so...

I decided I needed to make a couple of cards with the little bit of time I have left.  So I went to my favorite card challenge site (365cards) and decided to do the sketch for day #217.

I was over at Capadia Designs and I was looking at some of her ideas for creating your own "patterned paper" in a way, and I decided to give it a shot.  I think it turned out nicely!  It was rather small, which meant a good 10 minutes or so getting all of the little pieces out, but looking at the card as a whole, I think it looks great!

Back to Work!

For someone who doesn't have anything going on in her life, I've managed to keep surprisingly busy :)  It was my cousin's birthday yesterday, so I made her this card to send to her.  She loved it!