Happy Birthday to Me!

OK, first of all, some housekeeping - Blogger deleted some blogs from my reader, I *think* only the newest ones that I'd added in the last few weeks. I hope I haven't missed re-adding someone, so if I usually stop by your blog, I'll be back once I figure out what's gone wrong! Darn free service not working perfectly all the time, how dare it? lol!

Since I've had looooooads of coffee this morning already this could be a long and chatty post, but if you hang on it'll be worth it, I promise! I couldn't decide which card I wanted to post, and then I spied this one:

Supplies: All stamps from The Cat's Pajamas;
Memento Tuxedo Black ink;
velvet paper from Kaisercraft "Chapter One;"
brads from Basic Grey; Liquid Applique;
Stampendous Fun Flock (Cotton Ball & dark Green);
Martha Stewart Flocking Kit - grass, light green flocking;
Sakura Stardust pen, clear glaze pen; standard circle Nesties

The sentiment is just right.

35? C'est impossible. I certainly don't feel like I could be 35 years old, but that's what I am. Thank goodness I don't have to act like one ALL THE TIME or that would be horrible.

A close-up of all the fuzzy goodness & puffy Applique

Besides the sentiment, this card features so many soft, fluffy, glittery, touchable elements that it made me happy to make it, and happy to look at it :) Even though that little patch of dark green flock was an unsuccessful attempt to create a ground for the penguins to stand on....lesson learned, flocking without colouring first just doesn't look the way I think it should.

In other news, I got a tattoo yesterday, in honour of a friend.

on my left arm, above the inside of my elbow

Once it's finished healing, it will be a more yellowish hue, in honour of those fighting all kinds of cancer. A local Relay for Life team is hosting a Tattoo-a-thon on Friday November 18th, at Flesh Impressions on Church Street. All the tattoos they're doing that day will be ribbons for cancer awareness (colour of your own choice, and style of ribbon), and proceeds are going to Relay for Life. There is also a silent auction taking place at Flesh Impressions, and I've donated several card packs to the table. Since I'm participating in a craft sale on the day of the Tattoo-a-thon, I popped in to ask if I could participate in the fundraiser on a different day, and they were able to fit me in. So, I'm the first tattoo-ee for the fundraiser. My other tattoos were really for fun, I guess, and I found this a very emotional experience. Seeing it every day will hopefully remind me of how precious life is, and how we never know what lies ahead, for any of us, no matter how young.

Ahem. No more sad. Now something funny: Abby!

So the other day I walk into the kitchen, and see Abby sleeping curled up in her blankets....except she's not curled up in it, she's managed to get stuck in it! She shreds fabric, and her blankets are pretty tattered. This one apparently had an almost Abby-sized hole, and she got herself mostly wriggled through it.

My laughing & taking pictures woke her up. When I tried to pull the blanket off, guess what? See how her fur is kind of puckered near the edge of the blanket? She was stuck! I had to use a pair of scissors to get her out! I don't know how that was comfortable, but she had no marks on her skin (we can see through the fur on her legs, it's so pale) and no apparent discomfort, so she's no worse for wear. She does normally sleep covered in blanket - if she's in our bed, she sleeps with everything under the covers, even her nose. Funny little dog :)

So, finally, the last thing - blog candy :) I'm not taking a picture, though, since I don't feel like it, and it's my birthday so I don't have to! I have two pads of Christmas paper to give away to someone who comments on this post - one from Bo Bunny, one from Jillibean Soup. I'll pick a random winner on Wednesday, November 16, and it's open to anyone world-wide. If you don't happen to be a paper crafter, you can leave a comment to win a package of 6 Christmas cards - just let me know in your comment if you'd prefer to win paper or cards!

That's it...for now...thanks for hanging around with me :)

xoxo,
Jessi

ETA: The blog candy is now closed - but you can still leave a comment :) The winner was Allison, announced here.