Today it is the 1st of May - I have had such an achieving day - I have prepared 160 projects ready to teach at my classes through the month of May and I have made over 120 cards for Operation Smile the charity which Close To My Heart supports.
I call them my 'Cards For Kisses' and every card I make, I sell for $1 each - this money goes straight to Operation Smile to help pay for reconstructive surgery for people born with cleft palates.
It only costs approx $240 to do this surgery and I am very proud to say that I have raised enough money to pay for 2 surgeries already.

ABC's of Me :O)

A - Age: It's not polite to ask
B - Bed size: Queen
C - Chore you hate: Cleaning bathrooms
D - Dogs or cats: Cats, but I have 2 dogs - go figure!
E - Essential start your day item: COFFEE !
F - Favorite color: Pink
G - Gold or Silver: Both
H - Height: 5' 5"
I - Instruments you play: Recorder - badly LOL
J - Job title: Close To My Heart Consultant, Book- keeper/personal assist, Mom (that the hardest job I know of)
K - Kids: Three
L - Loud or quiet: Loud
M - Mom's name: Jill
N - Nicknames: Sarsy, Bod
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Once
P - Pet Peeve: Hypocrites
Q - Quote from a movie: "But where's the bloody rum?"
R - Right or left handed: right handed
S - Siblings: Two
T - Time you wake up: 6:45 a.m.
U- Underwear: Today - brown - whatever color it has to match - top and bottom.
V - Vegetable you dislike: Artichokes
W - Ways you run late: Usually trying to fit too many things in and run out of time.
X - X-rays you've had: Teeth - that's it !
Y - Yummy food you make: Anything sweet - desserts are my soft spot.
Z - Zoo favorites- Giraffes & frogs

Counting down......

I am counting down the days until my younger sister arrives from the UK to stay with me for 12 days. It will be about 3 years since she last came so I am really looking forward to her arrival. She wants to visit the Motown Museum of Music in Detroit which will be fun. I am also going to take her 'up north' to Traverse City - the cherry growing area of Michigan - the trees should all be in blossom - like driving through fields of clouds. It is so pretty up there.

Fun basket using Fancy Cuts Botanicals

I had so much fun making this cute springtime basket using a sheet of the Close To My Heart Fancy Cuts Botanicals Die cuts. I used a 12x12 piece of Vanilla Cream cardstock as the base and used the die cuts to embellish. I also added dimension and fun with 3D foam squared and Pewter Decorative brads and Edge anchors.

Valentine Card for my beloved husband

I know - it has taken me long enough to get this card photographed but here it is - a fun stair-step card in red, black and grey. I hid it in Richard's case as he wasn't here for Valentine's Day - boohoo - I spent it all on my own doing my taxes :O(

He found it when he opened his case when he got to England :O)