Whitney and Kylie's birthday

Whitney and Kylie usually have to share their birthday party, and this year was no exception.  Of course, I think when Kylie gets a little older, it might not fly.  But right now, she doesn't care what day her birthday is...or if she shares it.  Isn't Whitney beautiful?  She's such a sweet girl too.

Kylie seemed to like her tutu...at least for a half a second.  She was so busy opening gifts and wanting to play with them...then someone would take them away and give her another gift to open.  She just wanted to play with SOMETHING!

We had cake and ice cream.  It was a fun party!

Oregon Coast layout

Jeff and I went to the Oregon coast last May, and I took so many photos.  I loved them all!  I had my new camera and was having a ball.  I love traveling with Jeff, because he will always stop at the historical sites so we can read them and look at everything, and anytime I say...oh...wouldn't that make a good photo?  He'll stop and let me shoot to my heart's content.  That's one of the many things I love about him.

It was really, really hard for me to ony choose enough photos to do one layout, but my books are already getting so full, that I decided I couldn't only do one layout.  I have put a few of the photos in frames also, and I guess I'll put the rest in a photo book.  I loved this trip though, and will always remember the beautiful things we saw.

July exchange card #4

Again, the theme is "make it sparkle".  I embossed the front, then stamped it and used rhinestones to make it sparkle.  I liked how this card turned out also.  I like how I make the front sentiment ripple- I've seen it on cards but had never before done it.

The butterfly is stamped on pink vellum and then I covered it with glitter.  I made two for each card and stacked them.  I thought it added some dimension.

Below is the sentiment for the inside of the card.  I was sorry when I finished all four of my sets.  I still had alot of ideas to try.  Maybe that will be a theme again next year.  That's it for the July exchange cards until I get some back!

Day 3 exchange cards for July

I cut the giraffe out with the cricut.  It's done in two layers.  The back one is solid brown.  The top one is yellow and it cuts the holes in it.  Then I filled the holes with brown stickles.  The beige piece of paper is embossed with a Tim Holtz embossing folder.  Tied the "happy birthday" tag with green baker's twine.  I thought it was a cute card for kids.

I loved the "sparkle" theme.  I love using glitter anyway, so it was a good excuse to really bling things up.

Sounds of Summer photos

Shoshone Falls sounds awesome this year.  With all the water going over it, I just can't get enough of visiting the area.  Love it!  The mist hitting your face, the sound of the rushing water so loud you can barely talk to another person, the rainbows created by it, and the beauty of it all.

The creeks are all so full and rushing downhill everywhere we've gone 4- wheeling, that it is really cool.  I love the waterfalls and the sound of them gurgling by. 

The sound of fireworks.  This year we were in Arco, and they set the fireworks off in front of the "numbers" mountain.  They sounded like big thunder booms because they echoed off the mountain side.  Some of the charges lit up the whole mountain.  Before the City of Arco started their fireworks, you could see them up and down the whole valley.  From different cities to private individuals.  It was actually pretty cool for such a small town.
I think a tripod would have helped alot with the fireworks photos.  There were some gorgeous ones, that went up and then fell in almost rain formations.  Without a timed exposure it would have been impossible to get.  But they were my favorites.

Day 2 exchange cards for July

I've already sent a couple of these (extra's) to friends this month, and they all loved the inside verse.  I thought these turned out pretty cute...even though I hate birds.  I guess the pretty colors made them okay.

Day 1 exchange cards for July

The theme for July was to "make it sparkle".  That's easy for me, because I love bling.  This card turned out pretty, I thought.  I used an embossing folder and embossed the vellum, and then used stickles to add sparkle.  I don't use very many wedding cards, but once in awhile I like making them.

This is the verse inside the card.

We went to Jason and Sally's home last night to celebrate Whitney and Kylie's birthday.  They also said Morgan was going to be there, but they didn't make it back from camping before we left.  It was really nice.  Mom went with us, and they had invited Jeff's parents also.  The Jones' came straight from boating on the river, and I was so glad to see them.
I had scratched my leg washing windows, and hadn't really thought about it, but Treven wanted to know why I had a "7" on my leg?  It was the scratch.  He is so observant.  They had to borrow his knife several times to cut the ribbons or strings on gifts.  Of course, he's the only one with a knife!