Happy Birthday, Toni!

Better late than never...

Here's a birthday card for my dear friend and neighbor Toni, who loves red (and flowers!) I think this Poppy Parade posie is just right.

Her birthday was a couple weeks ago, and she got the card that day, but I've been too busy to post since then.

So Glad we're friends is from (retired) Best Yet; birthday wishes from (retired) Wow Flowers. The flowers are PTI Flower Fusion mini #4; the white one is embossed. The little flower brads are some that Toni put in my Christmas stocking last year (or the year before!) And I don't think I could have gotten any more scallops on there if I tried!

And since I had so many red and white circles and scallops, I made a card for my sister Joyce, too, since red is also her favorite color (and because it made me think of her!)

Once again, I've used Fusion Flowers mini #4 (love that stamp!), as well as Upsy Daisy and (retired) Polka Dots and Paisley for the sentiment stamps.

I think the surprise of opening up a cute little card like this will bring her joy!

Happy Mother's Day to All Mothers!

Did I say I love spring? Yes, I love flowers, and this moment of the year when living things just spring forth with such beauty and fervor. This glorious transformation from the bleak starkness of a long winter into vibrancy and thrilling new life fills me with hope, and happiness, and Inspiration.

And my Inspiration has been passed to me through all the mothers I know, from when I was a child and she raised me, through many stages of learning in my life, and through my transformation into a mother. My mother, my stepmother, my eldest sister, some best friends, a niece... all are mothers and all were spring babies. I think that has a lot to do with my love of spring.

God bless all us mothers, and thank God for spring!