There was wonderful news at a recent extended family gathering–a baby boy is expected this winter! It’s a long hoped for event, and I wanted to send a card of congratulations.
The sweet images are from Waffle Flower’s “Little One Baby,” which I borrowed from a friend for this card. I colored the images with Copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I paper pieced the grid pattern from a scrap of patterned paper in my bin.
I forgot to photograph the inside before I sent this off, but it says “is on the way,” from another borrowed stamp by Lawn Fawn. I liked these images so much I stamped and die cut a bunch to save for the next time I need a baby card—which admittedly, isn’t very often.
This is off to two challenges: Inkspirational: Precious, and Addicted to CAS: Grid.
As I said in my last post, we had quite the weekend. We had planned to spend this week driving back and forth to a cottage on Canandaigua Lake to spend time with Tracy’s family and a few friends. Just before we arrived at the cottage on Saturday, we received a phone call saying Tracy’s sister had been scammed and the cottage was not rented to us! We were planning to celebrate the 4th with a boat ride to watch the fireworks on the lake, celebrate my mother-in-law’s 93rd birthday on the 5th, and enjoy gorgeous views of the lake. In addition to renting the cottage, my sister-in-law plans all the meals for the week, and buys most of the food in advance with any average of 10 people at every dinner.
After talking with the sheriff it became clear that there is very little recourse to such scams. It’s not an unusual scam and the perpetrators are most likely not even in the country. We decided to make the best of a bad situation and are in the process of rotating dinners among the three houses where my mother-in-law can navigate with a wheelchair. So the 4th was celebrated at our house. We had a wonderful time despite no lake views and no fireworks.
I should have waited until the table was filled with food before taking the photo!
Last night we celebrated Ellie’s birthday at her condominium with grilled oysters, steak, baked potatoes, green beans, salads, and a chocolate cake.
It certainly wasn’t what we expected, but we’re having a lovely week at home.
Sometimes Plan D can be the best of times. Nice that you can all still gather together.
So glad you were able to make the best of such a terrible situation and Happy Birthday to Ellie! So glad you shared this super cute card with us at Addicted to CAS this week
jaydee
I had no idea such scams were common … yikes! and so glad y’all were able to gather anyway (honestly, a relaxing week at home sounds wonderful to me!)
Really sweet card. Shame on those scammers, and good for you all for adjusting as best you could. I often worry that my children when one day run into that using Air BnB. Hopefully, there is another layer of protection with that website.
Congratulations for making lemonade (strawberry or basil flavored) out of lemons! All you MIL needed was family and you succeeded in that area. I’ve had to put a credit freeze on my SS and the credit bureaus as twice since our March Seattle trip someone in TX has tried to use my Nordstrom card for thousands of $ plus apply for a Master Card using all my private info. It’s nerve racking and at least my banks have been on top of it and not allowed any of it to occur without my permission.
Sorry to hear about the scam – looks like you made the best of things though …and how exciting to have a new baby! Your card is a great design and very cute. Thanks for joining in at Inkspirational.
Just as sweet and clean and delicate as I like a baby card to be. Love the images you’ve used and your chosen layout. Thanks for sharing with us at INKspirational.
Sounds like you all made the best of a bad situation & still enjoyed yourselves! Great family photos! How exciting to have a new baby joining the family & such an adorable card with sweet images!
What an adorable card you created. I like how you introduced a “grid” on your card. Sorry to hear about your family’s misfortune. Sounds like you were able to make it work though. Apologies for the late comment. Thanks for joining us at Addicted to CAS.
sue n.
Congrats on the shout out at Inkspirational!
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