My sweaty boy (his face was actually a lot redder than it looks like in the photo)We actually did the birthday dinner part last night because I wanted non-fasting food for my celebration, and also because at a mere 106 heat index, it was relatively cooler yesterday. That said, I still made everything on Wednesday and just had to heat it up in the toaster oven, so it wasn't too bad. I made a chocolate zucchini cake for our dessert and it was yum-O. That cake is one of my favorites! Both my kids gobbled it up, and Stephanos (the resident foodie in our household) really liked it too!
Me and my lovely birthday cake! (just ignore the stellar prego arms and less than flattering tank top! Oh yeah, and I didn't put make up on yesterday because if you're just going to sweat it all off, what is the point, really?)On to today's card. Remember I told you my mom wanted to learn a bit more about brayering while we were visiting a few weeks ago? I taught her the easel card with the ship, and then she said she wanted to have another go the following day, so as to cement it all in her brain, so we made a version of this card, using Michelle Zindorf's tutorial, and then spent some time playing around with the stamps and inks that were already out. My mom's card came out quite differently from mine, even though we started with the same basic idea, but it was fun to watch our designs diverge. I came up with the card below, which I admit owes a bit of debt to another design of Michelle's, but honestly, when I was putting it together, her card wasn't in my head at all. I just kept fiddling and adding things, and that's what came out. Goes to show how few original ideas there are out there! I once read that Billy Joel doesn't listen to any music but his own so as to avoid outside musical influence. With the stamping world being what it is, I don't know how to avoid that particular pitfall, so I'll just say a big thanks to Michelle's creative inspiration and get on with it!
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