Bliss on the Dark Side

Good Afternoon to my crafting friends,

I have been busy this morning getting things back in order after a week of "Spring Break".  My girls are back to school and today is the first day of classes for the spring quarter.  It is really amazing how fast this time goes.  Seems like just yesterday we were planning high school graduation and now they are moving along in college, and all the time I am getting older too, and find it harder to accomplish all I want to in a day, but we keep going and doing what we have to.  Piles of laundry will get done today and housework that I put off so we could enjoy time.

 My older daughter loves to work with our cows and was home to bottle feed a calf we have.  He wasn't doing so well after he was born, not eating and not getting around very well and then we noticed that he was blind.  So now we have this poor little thing walking in circles always looking for his mommy, but he is doing well now, he seems to be able to keep up with his mommy when they are in the pasture by themselves.  So for now until he is weaned we will have to keep checking and making sure he is able to find his mommy to eat.  PIC Below:

This is when we brought him in to give him a bottle in case he hadn't ate.  He loved the bottle so we assume he hadn't ate from his mommy.  He is such a cutie.  We have several people who think it is terrible we bring the calves in the house, but they only come as far as the mudroom.  We have had several that we have helped in the mudroom.  Usually winter is a terrible time for calves, with snow and ice, sometimes they freeze out there, and sometimes they do very well.  We have it now that they all come in the spring, so much better.  It is hard to warm up a calf but we have had to do it and no place like in the house.  But we have a heated barn now and we can take them there now when its cold and they are sick.

On to my card:

Todays card I made on Friday.  I must have had a moment and was thinking on the dark side.  The next two cards I have made for the blog are on the dark side, meaning they are dark colored paper.  I have said before that most of the time I am inspired by paper and I was with these cards too.

Todays card is "Bliss"  There is a lot of times you just want a card to say "hey".  So I thought this card was good for that.  You will see I have added some new techniques to my cards the last few times....trying to get away from the things I love to put on cards.........now found something new.......which means more time or a card.....
                            Outside:

                            Inside:

I am not sure that is necessary for me to keep adding the card recipe for my cards so I might just not do this anymore.  But I will today.

Card Recipe:

Paper: Cardstock/Stampin Up

DSP: Basic Gray

Flower: Heartfelt Creations/Flora Grande 2

Flower cutout: Blossoms Nestibilites

Butterflys: Martha Stewart

Pearls and Stamp: Stampin Up

Oval Scallops: Nestibilites

This cut was cut by using an 8 1/2 x 11 at 4 1/4 long ways, it made a flip up card, vertical

Thanks for stopping by!

~Jodi~