Monster birthday wishes

Isn't this card just the cutest?

I made it for my grandson and I need

to get it out because it's already

going to be late.  Or I can give it

to his mother when I see her at

the nursing home!  I'm not sure

I like all the splatters, but you

can't help that.  I used a aqua painter

which is a paintbrush attached to

a barrel that you put water in.

Then I squeezed some of the water

onto a stamp block and added some

ink to it.  Then I blew on it through

a straw to make the monsters.  The

card I saw used regular cardstock

but I used glossy for mine.  The ink

spreads better on that type of paper.

So, in the process of blowing, the 

paint splatters and there's nothing

you can do about that.  Maybe it

adds character, I don't know.

Things have been crazy around

here.  My mother is getting in full

swing for the "wedding" and wants

a new dress, etc.  Rather than try

to take her to stores, Robin bought

her a skirt and top which, thankfully,

she likes.  They also got flowers, 

a cake, the whole works, apparently.

But she was very demanding and borderline

nasty yesterday.  Better Robin than me.

I would have walked out and kept walking.

She has much more patience than I do.

Last night Robin and I went to the

church pig out and then went to a 

coffee house with Pam afterward.

(church Pam, lol)  It was a lot of

fun and I came across some valuable

information while talking with her.

Information about a situation, that

until this time had mystified me.

Now that I have the additional 

information it all makes a whole

lot more sense and although I 

feel bad about the situation, it's

good to know what happened.   Today

while Robin is visiting my mom and

hopefully having a calmer day with

her, Pam and I are going to breakfast

and have decided that it will be a

silent one, at least for part of the

time.  I  need the practice very

much.  It's harder to have a conversation

especially for me because I have

to think of how to word things to

use the vocabulary that I have

to this point.  But I need to 

practice more and this is a

good way to do it.

Happy Saturday!