Riley in the garden

Good evening, & happy Friday!!! It was a beautiful day out today....my kids played outside alllllll day.....which was wonderful....& we have a busy weekend ahead of us. I did *finally* get a card done....I kept it pretty simple though.




I used an older Riley stamp.....but it's one of my favorites. I used my Copics, since there wasn't much to color, lol. But the green on his boots was way too green, so I covered them in Stickles. Every moose has glittery garden boots, right? I got to use my new Basic Grey Urban Prairie pad (I *still* have credit at my LSS....& there's another rummage in a few weeks...which means more credit.....yay!!).....the matting is Bazzill Bling. I also used my Martha butterfly punch, which is *kinda* new. I bought it about 6 months ago, & it sat here in its box until I finally used it today!! Butterflies just never seem to "go" with my cards, & I was ready to just pass it on to someone. But I used it on this card & I think I need to use it more. I added a few small pearls & I think it looks cute!! A big ole Prima bunch in the corner & it was done.....I love this paper so much, I didn't want to cover it with "stuff" (did I really just say that?)




Here's a close up of Riley....watering his flowers....er....FLOWER. I did a lot of watering myself today.....but I forgot to wear my sparkly green garden boots :(




Here's the inside....I kept it VERY plain, but I did punch 2 butterflies out of the paper I used on the front....& added Cotton Candy Stickles down the middle. Sorry about the streaky picture....I didn't realize the sun was streaming in our window when I took it....duh....


And I just had to share this picture of our goofy cat.....



We have 2 cats....Jake & Elwood. They are brothers, & they will be 14 in August. Jake is diabetic, so he gets cranky & doesn't really let the kids hold him. He will come to them for petting, but usually 10 seconds is all he needs & he's done. Then there's Elwood.....he used to weigh 26 pounds. Yes, you read that right....26 pounds. When I realized Jake would do better on an all canned food diet, Elwood had to switch too. Couldn't feed one dry & one canned. Well, Elwood proceeded to lose 7 pounds over the next 10 months, & now he's 19 pounds. Still big, but much healthier. And as you can see......a BIG BABY!!! He lets the boys do whatever with him....Michael lays his head on him.....he sleeps with them.....& he hangs out on their laps. What a big furry goofball!!

Well that's it for now. I don't know if I'll get a card done for the High Hopes challenge this week....I haven't even started & I will be gone all day tomorrow. Gosh, I sound like a broken record....I'm pretty sure I typed those same words *last* week, lol.

Oh, & my blogoversary is in just a few days!!! I can't believe I've been blogging a whole year already!! And did ya notice my followers......I just reached 100!!! What great timing!! I wanted to start my blog candy ON my blogoversary......but I'm waiting for some High Hopes stamps to add to it, so it will start when that goodie package arrives!! Stay tuned!!

Have a great weekend!!!