Hello, Monday

I really love Mondays. It is the perfect day to get organized and all set for a full and productive week. I'm working through my email and several book keeping tasks this morning, but thought I'd take a break and share a couple of cards I made last week.

It's been quite a while since I've made a card, but I needed a couple to give to friends.

This "Hello Friend" card has an envelope pocket on the front and a little pull out note inside. It is just a card front and it doesn't open.

My other card was made for my daughter's friend's Bat Mitzvah. This was the first time we'd attended a Bat Mitzvah and it was really interesting and they really know how to throw a party.

We had a fantastic Mother's Day yesterday! We celebrated with my mom and Ward's mom along with our siblings and my dad. Everyone contributed to a really delicious Mediterranean meal topped off with homemade baklava made by my dad.  It was our first party at our new house and I'd say it was a success!

Right after church, Ward snapped a photo of the kids and I on our front porch and I think it's one of my new favorites.

Wishing you a happy week!

Glitz Designs: Celebrating Women

With the new Glitz Design Team, our assignments have been changed up a bit and we now get to create something each week based on the blog theme for the week.  This week our theme is all about celebrating women, girls and mothers. You can stop by the Glitz blog to see inspiration all week!

I decided to create a layout with a photo taken with my kids last year on Mother's Day.

The main ingredient for this page was the 6 X 6 Glitz Love You Madly paper pad. I started with a plain white piece of cardstock, added some splatters of mist and then all of the other paper you see is from the mini pad.

Even the "to know you is to love you" text is from one of the 6 X 6 papers. One of the great things about that paper pad is that it has different paper designs than what is offered in their 12 X 12 papers plus they are all double sided!

I handcut all of the hearts, attached them with a little adhesive and then sewed them to the page. I'm loving the 3D effect!

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have a fantastic week!