BEATE'S SKETCH CHALLENGE AND SOME TURKEYS!

Happy Presidents Day!!! Sorry I have been so quiet the last few days, but I had so much to catch up on around the house that I had no time *gasp* to stamp!! But, I decided today I wanted to do Beate's sketch challenge because I love her sketches and try and do them every week. So, here it is! (Everything is SU!) I used my new stamp set A Good Egg - isn't it cute??!! I also used some of my new DP Flowers for You which is really yummy! The base of this card is Tempting Turquoise which I mounted with my DP and then layered Pixie Pink and Whisper White for my cute little chick! I stamped my little guy in Black Stazon used my Stampin' Write Markers to color him in. I also used them on my flowers. I paper pieced the shell with the flip side of the DP and then added another one up in the corner - there is ALWAYS two pieces, right???!!!! My sentiment is punched out using the small and large oval punches, mounted on dimensionals. I added a piece of Tempting Turquoise Narrow Grosgrain ribbon which I love and is perfect for Easter. I used silver brads from the Vintage set and mounted them on two pieces of DP that I punched using my Word Window Punch. I faux stitched all around the image and then the layers as well. Very easy but cute, yes?? I really like how it turned out, so bright and cheerful - I hope you like it too!! Now, I wanted to share these pics I took this afternoon - my daughter came running in the house yelling for me to "come see" so I grabbed the camera (always!) and ran outside to my front yard (which is six acres so it is quite large). And, this is what I saw: wild turkeys! Now, this is not something you see everyday! There were a LOT of them too and they are walking toward the woods and probably heading down to the creek area. I just had to share - living out here in the country now

I have seen so many new things that you just don't get to see when you live in a community setting. (We also have a momma bear and two cubs that visit every now and then, but I have not been able to get a picture yet!)

FACT#20

I am a night owl. I love to stay up really really late after everyone else is in bed because it is so quiet and peaceful and I tend to get a lot done. Usually I am either reading or in my craft room stampin and scrapping. It is not unusual for me to stay up until around 2a.m. My husband takes the kids to school in the morning but I am usually up having coffee before they leave. So, I usually get about 4-6 hours a sleep depending. Then, one night a week I go to bed early and sleep for 9-10 hours and recharge my batteries. Then, I do it all over again - LOL!