Live With Zest!

Hello Stamplings!

Until it actually happens to you, you don't realize just how much younger you get with each passing year once you have reached your SSI retirement age. No, seriously. I've mentioned before that my friends and I now get up from the floor like we did when we were toddlers. We have to roll over and get to our hands and knees, push our butts up in the air, and then push off the floor with a mandatory "old person's noise" as we teeter to our feet.

For you youngsters, that noise actually serves a purpose. It exhales all the air from our lungs which is necessary to propel our saggy bits off the floor. And BTW, it takes a long time to perfect just the right amount of oompf noise. Too much and our saggy bits take flight and make us lose our balance and fall over backwards!

So it's only natural that we mature girls celebrate birthdays like a gang of six-year-olds!! The next time your grandmother tells you she is going to "Book Club," she means this:

Haha, now you know the wild truth! This card features an Art Impressions stamp, colored with Ziggies and backed with heart-a-dot paper. Hammy felt the wonky MFT stitching was apropopo!

This card was made to remind you that the WILD challenge is still happening over at TIME OUT! I hope you'll be able to play along! Click on the link for details and to see what the talented Design Team has created to further inspire you!! It's been a pleasure being the Guest Designer for this challenge ~ thank you, ladies!

I'm linking to:

• Inkspirational: Play.
• Little Red Wagon: Play along

Twofer

Two of my friends have challenges that are ending soon, so I made this to play along!

My friend Gail (Crafty Nomad) is having a Bunny Hop in honor of her 150th birthday! Oh, sorry, just seeing if you were paying attention! And my friend Anne (Butterfly Challenge) is holding her 99th challenge celebrating butterflies. So I combined bunnies and butterflies to make this birthday card. The sediment is from Cheeky Monkey.

If you have a minute, I have to tell you the back story on this card. Some of you may remember a bunny card I made one Easter that ended up looking like the bunnies were getting busy with each other like bunnies do. (Here.) I mean, it was totally inadvertent, which made it even funnier. 

That was exactly two years ago and my friend and yours, Princess Judy, never forgot it. So a while back when she was at a garage sale and she happened upon the encircled bunny stamp from Northwoods that you see above, she nearly collapsed with hysterical laughter. (For the sake of those of you with young children in the room, I have attached a flower to give the couple some privacy.) Well, of course, Judy had to buy the stamp and send it to me and, of course, I couldn't wait to share it with all of you! You're welcome. 😇

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