Sea Turtle HB

 Hello & Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a lovely Easter holiday!

We had a nice day especially with some gorgeous sunshine and slightly mild temps. I sat out on the back porch while Shawn was mowing and watched Bailee & Shady play in the yard. The sunshine certainly helps put a spring in the dogs step as well. I think Shady gets a bit depressed over the winter months with lack of sun, warmth and daylight and this kind of weather he loves! We had supper around 5 and just as we were finished Kelsey's day at the restaurant was done so she was able to get home and eat before we cleaned up. Then I watched a wonderful, heartfelt movie on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel called The Blessings Bracelet. It was so good & definitely made you think about all the blessings we have in our lives! If you have a chance to watch it, please do so! 

Today it's back to work for Shawn and I am off to a slow start this morning. My hands for some reason are really bothersome. My plan is to put away all my Easter decorations and tidy up the storage room. I hope in a few months that Kelsey gets her own place so my storage room won't be so cluttered. Right before she moved home we did a good cleanout down there and took a truckload to the dump to get rid of stuff that we no longer used. It looked so good for about half a second until all her stuff got loaded in. 

The card I want to share today is made from a pretty cool stamp set. Sadly, there are no dies so I had to revert to fussy cutting and you know how much I don't like to fussy cut! I used a set from the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog called Sea Turtle. It's absolutely adorable!

This set is called a Reversable because it's a photopolymer set which means you can see thru the clear rubber but you can stamp with both sides of the stamp. One side has a fuller image and the other side has all the details. It's a little confusing but did not take long to figure it out. I love all things beachy since we went to the beach all the time. I have a large collection of all things beachy that I will always hang on too!

Card Details:

Stamps: Sea Turtle, Sending Smiles (sentiment)

Ink: Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Mint Macaron

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Mint Macaron, Basic White, By The Bay Specialty DSP

Accessories: Seashells 3D EF, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Night of Navy Ribbon, Linen Thread, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I am so pleased with this card and cannot wait to play some more with this stamp set!

Over the summer I usually do a set of beachy cards for a Stamp Day and I will be using this set for one of those cards! I think the girls will love it, too!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!
~Wendy