Wherein I Do Not Become a Murderer

Happy Saturday! I spent the morning stamping with some friends on Zoom. I made three cards, designed by my friend. (Only one was a fun fold but I didn't use it for my Craft Month challenge.) She sends our directions on Wednesday and lets us know what we are making and how to cut all our papers. Here's what I made:

I think my favorite is "You're the Greatest." I think I like color too much for the monochromatic dog card. Poor pooch. It's fun to see how the same layout gets interpreted by different people. 

After lunch, I went back into the craft room to make this circle pop out card from Connie Stewart at Simply Simple Stamping. I started by stamping my own "designer series paper" with pear pizzazz, calypso coral, soft suede, and soft blue. I think I see here the drawback to my approach. But it was fun to make the paper. Maybe I should just have put the bottom piece of paper on the other side up (that is, the big blue swirl up instead of down)? At any rate, I stamped off the large coral flowers so that they were a bit lighter than the small coral flowers. The base cardstock is calypso coral and the circle and nest die cut are both soft suede. I folded the wreath die cut (the same one from the gatefold card, March 7) in half to make the nest. Looks extra nest-y, doesn't it? 

The card partially open so you can see how it works.

Today is Maggie's 99th birthday. I called to wish her a happy birthday, but we mostly discussed how she could die. Mostly, she wanted me to do it*. She told me I was smart. I told her I was smart enough to know most people don't get away with murder. (Hey, I have watched a lot of criminal investigation television!) "I'll tell them I asked you to kill me." Not if you're dead, lady, not if you're dead. 

* I told my aunt this. Apparently this is something Maggie talks about a lot because my aunt has suggested drowning her in the shower, throwing her out of a window, and suffocation but Maggie has nixed them all. I think she lacks conviction. Which will save me from same.

Anyway, my brother-in-law and two of my friends from grad school are actually celebrating their birthdays, so let's wish them well!