Day 28 and Other News

Our kids were out of school yesterday for the teachers to work on grades (I think).  Anyway, Jordan's birthday was yesterday so my SIL took him, Cameron and Ava all up to Boyne Mountain for two days of snowboarding.  They were having a great time and Jordan probably couldn't have had a better 13th birthday then.....................Cameron got knocked down on one of the slopes (by a skier) and ended up in the hospital! He has a broken shoulder, poor kid!!  He toughed it out all day so that Jordan could get his second day of snowboarding in - wasn't that nice?  I talked to him earlier and told him how nice I thought that was and he admitted that he had slept a good part of the day.  They gave him some good pain meds - that'll do it.  They got back tonight and I can't wait to give him a "gentle hug" tomorrow when we celebrate Jordan's birthday.

The two little ones were over here last night so my daughter could get out with some of her friends.  As usual, they wanted "to do art".  That's their favorite thing to do when they come over here.  I took this adorable picture of Alyssa just working away.  She was creating a masterpiece - my grandchildren are SO talented!!  (I'm NOT prejudiced!!)  Lyss is just a LITTLE camera-shy, so I always get better pictures of her if I kind of sneak up on her.

Braden worked on a project, too.  He made a "Love Bug".  He loves to pose for me, so here's a picture I took of him holding his Love Bug.  He's so funny - he wanted to make sure that it's arms were sticking straight out.  LOL  See, I TOLD you they were talented!!

I'm getting caught up on my projects ever so slowly.  My mojo has been pretty slippery all week and I just started to find it a little today.  I finished two cards - woohoo!  I made my Design Team card for Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 104, which will go live on Monday.  I REALLY like the way it came out - I used a digital image by next week's sponsor, Little MissMuffet Stamps.  Check back on Monday to see my card.

I also finished my card for the Crafters' Companion  "Anything Goes" Challenge, which ends January 31st.  You have to use a Crafters' Companion stamp, but my friend, Stacy, sent me one of their "Humphrey" stamps in my Secret Santa package and I had so much fun using it today!  What a cute stamp!!  I haven't gotten my card photographed yet, but will get that done tomorrow.

You still have three more days to enter the Sketches4All Sketch Layout Contest!  Just go here and click on "Special Events".  You'll be eligible to win a 6 x 6 paper pack of Echo Park, Happy Days and some Thickers.

Finally, here's my Day 28 photograph for the 365 Project.  This is what my work table looks like after making two cards + I had to color both of them in.  The coloring-in part takes me the longest!  Talk about "creative clutter" - that's exactly what I named his picture.  It's also the sign of a "creative mind", isn't it?  I couldn't leave it alone, so I "inverted" the image.  I love it!

I couldn't resist making this my picture of the day!!  LOVE the little skeleton!  That's my gum eraser and it's so cute I have to hide it from the kids!!