Saturday, April 21, 2012

Toasting Special Days...

Hubs and I celebrated San Jacinto Day with old friends at a local eatery. it was tinis all around (mine was a delicious lemon-drop martini).

And for dessert, chocolate brownie and ice cream for 4:

Saturday was a gorgeous day here, but Friday was a bit scary for awhile, as we had strong wind gusts and sideways rain, thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening!

The birthdays keep on coming in April. This one for a sister-in-law:

It's hard to see in a scan, but I added plenty of gel and glitter penning.  

I also used a Stamper Corners sketch for the design. The papers are all from my Blackhole of Stash.

I also scallop-punched one edge of each of the overlapped paper strips, then edged them with the gelpen. It adds a nice texture and interest in person, but it also is hard to see in photos. The diamond 50 is also a punch. I handcut the paisley on top and outlined it as well.

5 comments:

teri said...

I love that you toast special days. San Jacinto day. Hmmm..... I guess anything is good for an excuse!

Unknown said...

I like that scallop punch; also the tinis.

trisha too said...

Sounds like a lovely time, thank you for sharing the pics!

:)

Cathy L. Calamas said...

Beautiful card. Love lemon drop martinis. Yum

Linda said...

I like the pop of turquoise on your card. Mmmm....lemon drop martinis. And it is past 5 o'clock here. ;)