Happy Birthday, Mom

 It's another birthday for my mom.  I am taking Mom and Sis to lunch at a waterfront restaurant with beautiful views and OK food (can't have it all, huh?).  Then she wants to shop a bit at the most Whole Foods-like market close to us.  She still remembers their key lime pie from last year.  I decided to use Aubudon's Flamingo for her birthday card.  I've recently found in my stash a booklet of postcards with his birds, so that was the starting point.  I also am really liking a paper pad of K & Company's Engraved Garden; that became the background paper. 

 I rarely buy a pad of paper as I'm more of a mix/match crafter.  However a number of paper artists have shown me the beauty of using paper collections to add depth with layers of coordinating designs.  I'm really glad I bought this pad while in Salem. 

Other paper collections I recommend investing in are Graphic 45's.  On this card I've mixed in some of their designs from 2 of their pads, Olde Curosity Shoppe and Tropical Travelogue.  Add in a some old paper scrap and velvet ribbon, glitter, and it's done.  Happy Birthday Mom.