Another Belated Birthday Card

Okay, first off: How is it November already??? And how is it that it's been over 30 days since my last post??? Granted, busy season was in there somewhere. Along with its long hours and weekend work. No wonder now that things are back to normal in the office, I find myself obsessively thinking about cardmaking & scrapping. I did manage to keep my crafty muscles in shape (and BTW, those are seriously the only muscles that have gotten a work out lately - yikes!) by restarting and finishing a cross-stitch project (which I will share as soon as I get it framed), and restarting the next in the series (2 down, 2 to go..and are you picking up on the trend of not finishing things when I start them? Yeah, not good.). I think that between that crafty outlet and church (which is such a good anchor), I got through this busy season much more graciously than years past, since historically the equation has been: Stress + Lack of Sleep = Crankiness
But this time around was different/better, and it just goes to show (again) what the Holy Spirit can accomplish when you get out of the way. :) Really, when you start out trusting & obeying the Lord, then you just know everything is going to be okay, no matter what challenges/temptations/obstacles you face. So then, what's to worry about? Or get bent out of shape over? Not a thing. So awesome!

But back to the card... This is for a gal at church whose b-day was mid-October. *hanging head* I just kept forgetting to make the card! Had it in my head. Kept telling myself (always away from my craft area & supplies) that I needed to do it. But... Does this happen to you??? It happens to me too often.

One of my happy-little-mental-vacation-if-I-can't-craft-I'll-buy-things-to-craft-with-shopping-sprees was at Two Peas when they had all of their 6x6 paper pads on sale. I bought my 1st three Jillibean Soups, along with two 12x12 die-cut sheets. And I got over my "but I only have one of these" hoarding habits and went for it. The cupcake image is from The Greeting Farm's "Susie Surprise" set (retired) and I colored with Copics and added a bit of glitz to the candle with a touch of Stickles on the flame. The pattern paper & die-cuts are from the "Sweet & Sour Soup" collection.
I just loved the sentiment around the circle: Make every moment count. Very wise words.

Since I'm all about getting back in the swing of things/stepping it up a notch (just a tiny notch), I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Ribbon Carousel Challenge RCC27 "Anything Goes"

CAS-ual Fridays CFC 26

Thanks for visiting and have a very blessed day! I'll be back in a couple days to share that 1st finished cross-stitch I completed many, many moons ago...and a seasonal card. (((HUGS)))