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Moonlit

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This week’s new release by Connie is the September 2018 Grab Bag and it’s completely adorable!  You get 6 brand new coordinating packs for only $5 and Connie has the full reveal in the stores so you can see what you are getting before you put it into your cart.  Of course if you are like me and you don’t mind being surprised, then the following preview is all you need to know you NEED this collection in your stash.

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Connie also has these Add-On packs for 40% off this week as well.

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Pick these up at Ginger Scraps and Digital Scrapbooking Studio.

The layout I have to share today is from our 2017 anniversary celebration.

Digikit: Connie Prince – Moonlit (kit, extra paper)
Template: Connie Prince – Moonlit
Font: Anteater

Anniversary Card

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Yesterday, James and I celebrated our eighth anniversary. Celebrated is used loosely here, since all we did was exchange cards. This coming Saturday night we’re going out to dinner.

The card I made him uses Jen del Muro’s February Sketch for You to Try.

February Sketch for You to Try

I had intended to do our wedding colors, silver and purple, but I didn’t find the right pattern paper to make that work.

Anniversary Card for James

Stamps: Pollycrafts – Cuthbert and Kiki Wedding; TLC Creations – Wonderful Husband sentiment; Ginger’s House – Perfect inside sentiment
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Gray, Basic Black
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Welcome Neighbor
Ink: Dell laser printer
Accessories: Dress It Up white heart buttons; The Twinery Caribbean
Tools: Spellbinders Large Circle Nestabilities; Stampin’ Up corner rounder punch; Copic markers; Prismacolor colored pencils

I also decorated the inside.

Inside of Anniversary Card for James

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Happy 6th Anniversary!

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Six years ago today, James and I exchanged our wedding vows. He is the world’s best husband. He makes me smile when I am sad. He makes me laugh pretty much everyday. He holds me close and I feel loved.

It may only be six years of marriage, but we’ve been together for a lot longer. We started dating in June 1997, the summer before his senior year of high school and my junior year of high school. My friend Jillan was hosting an end-of-school pool party and she invited some of her boyfriend-at-the-time’s friends, James being one of them. We started talking and really hit if off.

Robert E. Lee HS Homecoming, Fall 1997

Except for about 9 months starting the second semester of my senior year of high school, we dated from the time we first met until James proposed September 26, 2003. I would have liked a fall wedding (my favorite season), but I didn’t want to wait a whole year to get married, so we were married February 28, 2004.

Cutting the Cake at our Wedding Reception

On Our Honeymoon

We have tried to take a trip every year since we were married. Typically, a picture from that year’s trip accompanied our Christmas card. We splurged in 2008 and went to the French Polynesian islands of Moorea and Bora Bora. It is my favorite trip so far.

Moorea Lagoon, Nov. 2008

I’m really pleased with how the card I made for James turned out. He got a big smile on his face when I gave it to him. It uses the Memories of Time sketch challenge. I printed the sentiment out with my computer. I’ve been doing a lot of coloring lately on my cards and I want to get some high-quality colored pencils.

We Make a DINO-MITE Pair!

Stamps: C.C. Designs Eric and Chrissy Go Prehistoric
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa
Ink: Stampin’ Up Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi, Basic Brown; Stazon Jet Black
Markers: Stampin’ Up Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Really Rust, Blush Blossom, Barely Banana, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Stampin’ Up twill ribbon; dimensionals
Tools/Techniques: cotton ball sponged background

Happy 30th Anniversary Mom & Dad!

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My parents have a great marriage. They show affection for one another. They talk with each other, not to each other (big difference). They even work together in their own accounting practice. I’d like to think that James and I have the kind of marriage they do. Happy 30th Anniversary Mom & Dad! Here’s to another 30 years.

Cutting the Cake at their Wedding Reception

Attending a Wedding in 2006

My sister, brother and I surprised them by going to Midland last weekend. We really got them good. Jason called them up and said he was planning to stop by on his way to Santa Fe for a work function, a total fib. He was the decoy to make sure they would be home. Sarah took care of finding a collage picture frame that she put photos of the grandkids in and I ordered a cake and some food for dinner Saturday night. Friday, Sarah and I coordinated arriving in Midland at about the same time. Jason arrived earlier and then went to visit a friend. We all met at a nearby parking lot so we could then arrive at the house at the same time. Jason knocked on the door. My Mom came to answer it and tell Jason she  had left it unlocked for him. When she opened the door, she kinda got this dumbfounded expression on her face. My Dad then walked up and he had the same expression. The surprise was a total success. Saturday night after the grandkids went to bed, we brought out the cake, which I had picked up earlier (I was impressed with how it turned out considering I ordered it over the phone), and the gift. I think we succeeded in making my parents feel pretty special.

The Happy Couple

Cake from HEB

Opening Card and Gift

Here’s the card I made for them. I used the previous Saturday’s Sketch for You to Try. It also meets the Hero Arts flower challenge.

Anniversary Card

Stamps: Hero Arts Clear Design May (images in 3 circles), Clear Design Number Seven (30 in exterior sentiment); Stampin’ Up Congrats, In My Thoughts (inside message), All-Year Cheer III (inside message)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Garden Green, So Saffron
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Prints Certainly Celery
Ink: Stampin’ Up Garden Green, Certainly Celery
Markers: Stampin’ Up Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Rose Red, Ballet Blue, So Saffron; atYou Spice Clear
Accessories: Stampin’ Up So Saffron grosgrain ribbon; dimensionals (center circle)
Tools: colored pencils; Stampin’ Up scallop border punch; Nestabilites Standard Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Large