MUSE #19 - Happy Birthday Flowers

Oh em gee. I am so tired! And I haven't done anything yet today...well, nothing that required me to get off my rear end, anyhow. Yesterday, though, I mowed the back lawn. It was well over a foot tall, but the lawnmower wasn't cooperating & needed to get some TLC (from someone who knows what they're doing, *koff koff* not my husband) . It's going to take another go to make it look 'right' - at this point it might have been a better idea to get out there with a machete. Sheesh. Lawn care is really not my thing.

My mom & her friend arrived safely & we're doing our level best as a family to exhaust them. I think it's working ;) The kids had a great time looking at some old photos of their great-great-great grandfather, various great-greats, and their grandmother as a little girl. (We won't mention the photos of their MOTHER as a little girl, lol.) I'm getting copies, naturally, so I'm hoping to share them with you guys in a few weeks.

OK, onto the MUSE challenge - right away when I saw Michelle's card I wanted to try the floral oval motif. Let me just say - for a clean and simple look, this was not a clean and simple process for me. (3 tries, people.)

Supplies: leaf & floral stamps from PTI; caps sentiment from Annabelle Stamps; script sentiment from Paper Smooches; Memento Tuxedo Black & London Fog inks; Distress inks: spiced marmalade, picked raspberry, shaded lilac, broken china, shabby shutters; Picket Fence stickles; Liquid Pearls in avocado, white, & blue; Sharpie; classic small oval Nesties

I think the process is probably pretty straightforward, but I will say this - DUDE, I gotta remember next time to erase my pencil lines before adding the Stickles/Pearls. D'oh. I was primarily inspired by the floral oval, the bright colours, and the really fun sentiments inside the oval. Here's Michelle's card - 

 And since I'm a last-minute Lucy you have just a few more hours to get your card added into the linky over at MUSE. 

xoxo,
Jessi