Dreaming of Hawaii

Howdy y'all, how's your week going?  Been a little rough over here--on Monday morning Ryan's daycare got shut down for two weeks so that was a fun scramble to find alternate care, and yesterday we had the first largeish balloon order since I started working at the arts & crafts center.  Y'all, my fingers are still sore from tying off balloons, and my boss said that pre-Covid they did much larger orders than what we worked on yesterday!  I'm hoping I don't have to touch a single balloon at work today :p

In the meantime, I have a card to share that I made last Friday, take a look:

Sometimes I get so focused on using newer stamps that I forget about the ones that have been in my collection for a while (hence my recent interest in going through all my retired stamps).  For today's card, I had to pull out Timeless Tropical after seeing the inspiration challenge from Cupcake Inspirations:

And once I saw the sketch from Fab Friday, I knew exactly what I wanted to make!

I love it when a plan comes together.  I pulled out the retired Tropical Oasis DSP that coordinates with the stamp set; I've already scrapped all my Hawaii photos so I don't feel bad using the paper for today's card.  Plus I used a couple of scraps!  I do have to say, though, that "May your birthday be memorable" feels a wee bit menacing.  Like how they say "May you live in interesting times" is a potent curse.  Think about it--are YOU going to forget 2020 anytime soon?  But that's the sentiment that fit on my die cut...

Hope your next birthday is memorable for all the RIGHT reasons, y'all.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Timeless Tropical
Ink:  Old Olive, Soft Suede
Paper:  Soft Sea Foam, Thick Basic White, Tropical Oasis DSP
Accessories:  In the Tropics dies, Tasteful Labels dies, Dimensionals, Noble Peacock rhinestones