Just another quick post for you....

I told you I was MIA but not absent in my card making. Here is another post for you tonight! I made a little bitty pocket card for my sweet daughter. Not mine, physically, but by marriage. She is a strong young woman who has two strong young ladies in the making of her own. She lives far away from us but I love her as if she were my own. I love her free spirit and Independence and enthusiasm. She doesn't let ANYTHING take that away from her. She has had a LOT of hard knocks of life on her door step, but perseveres, come what may. This woman is a FIGHTER! She is gorgeous, and FLAUNTS it with the knowledge that, if she CHOOSES to flaunt, she is taking a roll-call and sizing you up....deeming if you are WORTHY of her inner circle. She tells it like it is and has no shame for telling it like it is! She has so much courage and doesn't take nonsense from anyone!!

So, on to the wee pocket card (wee ~ thanks to my friend Claire, means cute and little at the same time.)

This pocket card is just about all Stampin' Up! stuff. The only things not SU! are the ribbon, which is PTI, the flower punch which is from Martha found at a local store and the bling also found at a different store.



Below is a pic of the insert outside of the pocket. Again. using SU! products. As a former SU! demo I'm not afraid or intimidate to jump back into the SU! world - they have some great stuff! The 'Happy Birthday' sentiment is from the Birthday Greetings set, unfortunately retired in 2005. But I love the way the sentiment is curved. Retired or not, I used it. After all, I'm just a regular stamper now, and I don't HAVE to use what's in ~ just what I love!




The next pic shows you the hand-crafted envelope using, YES-ONCE AGAIN, Lauren's envelope template. I know I've said it before, but her formula is amazing. She has perfected it down to a T! I will forever keep her formula in my recipe box! And me, being mathematically challenged, can even do it! Try it ~ you will like it! And NO - I'm not being paid to promote it! It just works, that's why I keep prompting you to try it!



And finally, the last pic of the wee pocket card is the completed envelope with, of course, the sticky seal to hold it all closed. The finishing touch on a cute little card!



Thanks for stopping by tonight! I've been a little long-winded so I appreciate you finishing until the end.