My Little Drummer Boy.

 Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing well, taking care of each other and still wearing your masks.

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DEAR FRIENDS: YOU PROBABLY KNOW BY NOW THAT FEEDBURNER WON'T BE MANAGING EMAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS STARTING IN JULY SO, MY DEAR FRIEND VIVIEN HODGE, A TEAMMATE FROM "THE FLOWER CHALLENGE" WAS KIND AND SWEET TO HELP ME ADD THE "FOLLOW" TAB THAT IS LOCATED RIGHT UNDER MY TRIATHLON PICTURE. YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND SIGN UP AS A FOLLOWER.

I MUST CONFESS THAT I REALLY DON'T LIKE THESE CHANGES, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY THINGS WERE BUT, LIKE WITH EVERYTHING IN LIFE, CHANGES HAPPEN.  

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My almost 14 year old grandson, Steven Michael was recently awarded "Most Accomplished and Dedicated Band Member" at his Middle School, he plays the drums.    

So this is a card I made to congratulate my sweet grandson, we feel so blessed and grateful to have our grandchildren in our lives from the moment they were born.

This is the INSIDE.

This is a quote I found on the internet, I attached it to the inside flap of the card.

And this is what I used.

The image is from the Internet, it's just the black silhouette of the drummer, I added gold paint to the edges of the drum set, I punched out the front of the big drum and replaced it with gold glimmer paper.

The "rays" around this drummer are also cut from glimmer paper, the initials of Steven Michael's name are die cut from blue foil paper.  The school colors at Steven's school are blue and white.

The quote on the inside is also from the Internet, I really love what it says.

As many of you know already, it's really, really hard to create cards for teenage boys, so I'm happy to have an abundance of images and quotes from famous drummers to help me make cards that are suitable for this amazing young man.

I want to play with these challenges.

Allsorts Challenge

Di's Digi Challenge

"Show Sparkle"

Thank you for stopping by today. 

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

 

A Little Sparkly Reminder.....

Hello everyone: Once again, I'm praying that you and your families are doing well in these very trying times. 

Stay healthy, safe and please, please WEAR YOUR MASKS.

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We've arrived at the halfway point at THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, here's the card I created to inspire you and to invite you to join my fabulous teammates and me in our gallery.

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This is the INSIDE of my card.

This is what I use to create this card.

"Blossoming Basket" Stampin' Up! (Retired)

"Gorgeous Grunge" Stampin' Up! (Retired)

"Merry" from Penny Black "Love and Joy" die set.

"Precious Hearts" Memory Box die set.

"Stitched Rectangle Wonky Dies" My Favorite Things.

Gina Marie Designs Enamel Dots.

For the inside.

"Merry Littles" from Power Poppy. (Poinsettia)

"Scallop Trim Border" Punch. (Retired)

The sentiment is from my stash of unknowns.

I hope you stop by THE FLOWER CHALLENGE blog to check my teammates' fabulous cards and come to play along, we can't wait to see what you create.

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy, safe and wear your masks.

Hugs.

Maria.