GRADUATION CARD

My husband is gone for 10 days. He has wanted to go White Water Rafting for a long time. I wouldn't be good sleeping nights along the river and all the rest that goes with Rafting for a week so I encouraged him to go and I would stay here -- vacationing in my home. I gave our mothers and our daughters a "no contact" rule for while he is gone and told them to pretend I was away on vacation with him.......telling them I was going to take the phone off the hook and lock the doors. Well, I should have done exactly that because our youngest daughter has broken the "no contact" rule several times already and we're only in my 3rd full day here alone. My husband's sister thought it would be funny to call me and see if I would answer the phone!!!! Some people just don't understand that "no" means "no"!!! With our mothers in their late 80's I don't dare take the phone off the hook, but I may just lock the doors!!!!

OK, so I have 10 days alone. That means I should have a fun-filled 10 days. I would have thought that I would make the most of this time and make cards until the wee hours of the morning every day. No.....not me! I decided to use this time to clean out my junk room where a lot of my things are stored for making cards and turn it into a well organized craft room. Anyone who knows me knows that this must indicate a breakdown of my mental capacities. LOL But my goodness it feels SO GOOD! I've made great progress and am going to have a really big surprise for DH when he gets home. He's not going to believe his eyes. My room is going to be well organized......no middle island down the middle......and the dining room table is going to have a table cloth with some kind of arrangement in the middle. Now can I keep it that way????


The first night my husband was gone, I did take the time to make a few graduation cards. Sorry this one is blurry. The local school colors are blue and gold and the shop that sells a few of my cards asked for some specific for the local school. This one is on one of the blue SU papers and I ran it through the Cuttlebug using the Congratulations CB folder. I used my JustRite Stamper for the sentiment and then mounted it on the blue and gold SU papers which were cut with my Nestabilities. To finish it off I cut narrrow strips of the white and gold papers and adhered them with double sided tape.