BBTB2 Challenge: Happy Dog Days of Summer

I'm looking for some lessons in creativity so I thought I'd do the BBTB2 challenge. You could use the dog or cat cut from Going Places. I actually love this cartridge and don't use it nearly enough. I designed this on my Gypsy using the postcard cut from Sentimentals. I wanted to see if I could make an actual postcard instead of the usual card. The welded sentiment is from Don Juan and Lyrical Letters, and the sun is from Paper Pups. I couldn't find a beach ball on any of my carts, so I just cut a circle and pieced it to look like one. The ocean and sand are from Paper Dolls(?) not quite sure about that. All paper DCWV. On the backside I used Cricut markers for the writing which is from Sentimentals and Going Places. Well, it certainly feels like the dog days of summer here, it's been over 100 degrees for days now!! Keep cool and thanks for checking this out!

Happy Turkey Day! Oh, you know what I mean, Happy Thanksgiving!! I must say that even though my family is going thru some tough moments, I am still thankful for everything in my life. I made these simple place cards for my Thanksgiving table. I thought I would be seeing my mom and dad, whom I haven't seen in 2 years, for Thanksgiving. Today, my mother told me my father had fallen and broken his hip (again) and they won't be coming (of course!). It was disappointing, and to top it off they just moved from the midwest to Delaware, where my brother lives. They are staying in an apartment until their house is built. Thankfully, my dad is okay (okay for him, anyway-he's got several medical issues), and although I thought to say we could go there, I decided not to burden them with the stress of visitors. My family and I will instead go to my mother in law's house where there are two cousins who my kids love to be with. So, these place cards will have to be put away for next year, I guess. I made them by welding the turkey from the PDDU cart to a square from PS in my Gypsy. I used the WildCard cart for "Happy Thanksgiving" and to put on the names I dusted off my Xyron design runner (I'm usually afraid to use it since I'm not too good at it!). I also used the Cricut markers which I think were quite useful for the turkey features. Very simple, but I like how they turned out!