Sunday, April 14, 2013

Smile...It's Your Birthday!

This week has has been a roller coaster ride of emotions from my daughter testing positive for Influenza A and B and my mom suffering a stroke, spending a day in the ICU and then my hubby testing positive for Influenza B with my son and I getting a mild case of the flu since we had already started on meds prior to showing symptoms.  God is good though, and I'm happy to say my daughter and hubby is recovering (coughing fits lingering), my mom is home and we expect full recovery (after a series of Physical Therapy visits) and my son and I continue to get better every day.  HUGE *sigh...

I needed something to get out of my rut and made a birthday card for Annette Allen.  Although we've never met you can tell she has a sweet personality through her blogs and encouraging comments.  She's having a linking party for her birth month celebration!  So go check it out and enter a card for a chance to win!!
Here's the card...


I used this week's CAS(E) this Sketch...


and will also be entering this in CAS-ual Fridays Challenge: All the Glitters.  Since diamonds are April's birthstone I decided to place diamond stickles to frame edge and on the slice of cake.  Happy Birthday Annette!

12 comments:

  1. aww I am so sorry you have had a roller coaster week..I see you have had a few trials.. I hope that your daughter, husband and mom are doing better. I will pray for your family..

    Thank you so much for linking up to my celebration.. I am so glad that you did because this card is just adorable.. Great design.. loving all those ants.. sending you smiles...

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  2. Oh how sweet, love all the itty bitty ants ready to attack that piece of cake....Glad to hear that everyone's recuperating and feeling much better... Poor you, it can be a bit stressful I bet...
    Well I hope that rain clears up, here on the Big Island it was a gorgeous day, haven't had any rain for quite sometime now..... Voggy & hot!...

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  3. Love the little ants marching off with the cake. LOL! Thanks so much for playing with us @ CAS(E) this Sketch!

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  4. This is too stinkin' adorable! Love your card!

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  5. So cute! Thank you for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  6. Oh gosh - that made me giggle (it wouldn't in real life, but it's so cute on the card!) Thanks so much for playing along with us at CAS(E) This Sketch this week!

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  7. Hope you all feel better soon! Your card is adorable! Love the smiling cake!

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  8. Oh my, what a crazy couple days your family has had! So glad it's turning into a happy ending. Hopefully you're all back to normal pretty soon! Such a fun card with the ants stealing the piece of cake. Thanks so much for joining the CASual Fridays Challenge!

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  9. I'm glad to hear that things are looking up on the health front for you and your family. It's hard to take care of sick kids when you're also sick. It was smart for you and your son to have gone on the meds before the symptoms kicked in. I hope everyone's back to 100% soon. Thanks for sharing, Niki!

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  10. Hehe this is such a cute card, love the trail of ants carrying the cake away :) Thanks for playing this week at CAS(E) this Sketch!

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  11. Awesome CAS card! So creative! Hope your family is all recovering now!! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  12. so very adorable!! thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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