Flourishes galore

Happy Sunday!  I always look

forward to church to watch Sam

sign and also to try to sign 

some of the songs.  I  may have

gotten myself into something....

I told her that the next time

we sing "Happy day" that

I will stand next to her and

sign, since I know most of it.

They just sang it about 2 weeks

ago, so I figure I'm relatively

safe.  But since I opened my

big mouth, you  never know.

God has such a strange

sense of humour sometimes!!

I love this flourish stamp!  This 

technique is called triple

time stamping.  It ends up

to be really beautiful in

my opinion, but you have to be

careful to use a stamp that can

be easily lined up.  This is not

necessarily one of those, but

it came together pretty well.  I

think it looks so complicated, but

is so easy to do.  It's a kind of

card, in my opinion, that is said

to have a "wow!" factor.  So

easy, yet looks so hard to do.

I also love to blend

 distress inks.  It is so pretty.

I think if I make a card like

 this again, I might make 

the front smaller and add a

second mat behind it.  I think 

it would stand out more that way.

But it's OK the way it is, too.

Today would have been
John's 69th birthday.  I wish
he were here to celebrate with
us, but I know he's celebrating
with Jesus and all the Angels
in Heaven.  What a
birthday party that must be!