Enjoy This Day

I decided to make this card with a sentiment that could be considered patriotic, for a birthday, or really for any special occasion by simply using the sentiment "ENJOY".  That covers a lot of bases, and allows me to be able to use it for various occasions.  I don't know yet who it's going to be given to, but at least I know I can alter it for any situation.  By the way, I hope that all of you are ENJOYING this beautiful day.  Psalm 118:24 says, "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."  I believe that He wants us to enjoy our days, and be happy.

I know one lucky girl who will ENJOY this day, and "be glad in it".  That's my blog-follower, Shelly from Inky Hugz.  She is the random winner of my give-away of the CD from Crafty Secrets.  Please contact me no later than next Monday, July 9, so that I can get your prize in the mail before I leave on vacation.  Congratulations, Shelly.  Special thanks to all of you who entered my give-away.  I am grateful for each and every one of you who visits my blog.  For those of you looking for another wonderful chance to win, this Wednesday starts a DOUBLE PRIZE week at my challenge blog, Word Art Wednesday.  We would LOVE to have you join us.  Our sponsors for this Wednesday's challenge are Isabella's Sketchbook and Our Daily Bread Stamps.

I am entering this card in the following challenges so that I, too, can have the chance to win some lovely prizes.

http://www.papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2012/06/sketch-69.html - Papertake Weekly Challenge Blog - Sketch #69

http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/06/simon-sayssporty-and-or-patriotic.html - Simon Says Stamp/Sporty and/or Patriotic - This card reminds me SO MUCH of the 4th of July when I was a little girl.  My Mom would always buy us helium balloons, so this brings back such sweet memories for me.

http://www.stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.com/2012/07/challenge-146-john-1334-35.html - Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Challenge #146/Use Something New on Your Project.  I used some of my new scrunched seam binding.  I LOVE that stuff so much.  Also, some new thread I used to sew the edges.

http://www.craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/2012/07/monday-challenge-62-4th-of-july-canada.html - My Craft Spot - Challenge #62 - 4th of July/Canada Day.

As I was explaining in the entry above, when I was a little girl, my Mom always got helium balloons for us on the 4th of July.  Then at night, we went to the fireworks display downtown, and let our balloons go up into the night sky.

http://vostamps.blogspot.com/2012/06/victorine-challenge-37birthdayhappy.html - Victorine Originals Stamps Challenge - Happy Birthday/Happy Everything

http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.com/2012/07/rrr-challenge-51-childrens-birthday.html  - Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #51 - Children's Birthday

Thanks again for sharing this day with me, and for stopping by my little piece of blog land.  I hope that you will join us this week at Word Art Wednesday for a great double-prize challenge.

Blessings,
Karen