Doctors Day Card & My Furry Doofus

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Hi! Hope everyone had a delightful Easter! I had a lovely lunch with my parents and my youngest brother. I love those warm family moments where nothing is particular notable about the conversation or the meal and it's not necessarily a big event like a birthday or Christmas, but you still get a comfortable warm, fuzzy feeling that stays with you long afterwards. =)

Just popping in to share a card that I mass produced last month. March 30th was Doctors Day and I had 30 of these to create that were signed and given to them by our admin/transcription/secretarial group!

Since I was mass producing, I kept it pretty simple. I noticed when I was done that my proportions ended up a little different on some of the cards. On this one the black ribbon is about in the middle, but the original intent was that the ribbon and border strip were lower so there was a two-thirds to one-third ratio going. Ah, well. Cramming thirty of these things into about a week's "free" time didn't leave a lot of room for ultra-perfection. Not that you ever get that from me anyway. LOL

I used Hero Art's Flower Dot Pattern that is one of their BasicGrey coordinating stamps. I saw Jennifer McGuire using it all the time and finally had to get it for myself. I love using all the images, but I do like cards like she does where the focal point is not a cute little girl or bunny or bear. Maybe it's my Gemini nature - I have a hard time settling for one style of anything. LOL The star border is a Martha Stewart punch, the big star is a Nestie, the black ribbon is from Berwick-Offray and the gem is Recollections. Pearlescent silver cardstock is Colorbok and the black is Recollections. WHite cardstock is Georgia Pacific and it's The star is popped up on foam dots. Even going simple I couldn't stray from that bit of dimension. =)

I know for sure that I will not be mass-producing any cards for a while if I can help it. With do-overs for the stamp images and the occasional crooked border punch and accidental ink-swipes, I am really sick of that stamp image at the moment. LOL

I haven't really posted pics of my fur-kids before, but I had to share this one....  the backstory? My Lab, Zoe, is a sneaky trash collector. She usually eats--or at least rips, chews and spits out bits--of paper plates, napkins, TV dinner boxes. Drives me insane some days! The dogs and I had been slowly eating our way through this container of white cheddar cheese puffs that were on special for Easter ("Cottontails" har dee har har). We finished it up and I tossed the container last Sunday.  Monday night there was a ruckus under the craft table and I looked and saw this:

She would freak out for a moment sort of hopping about frantically, then suddenly stop and lick the cheesy bits, then remember she was stuck and freak out a bit more, then stop and lick.  It was hysterical. "Aaaaack, I'm stuck, I'm stu-ooooh, tasty! lick lick.... Oh, aaaaack, I'm stuck, I'm... oooooh, tasty! lick lick...."  LOL   My friend Lisa says maybe I should have named her Homer Simpson. =D  I did stop giggling long enough - and after a few photos - to pry it off her ears. She's definitely my big furry doofus. My other dog 'Liss was rolling her eyes, well, at least the doggie version. They play together well most of the time, but everyone once in a while I can tell 'Liss is saying, "You are such an idiot, Zoe" in doggie body language. LOL Poor Zoe.

Speaking of mutts, they're doing the 'Hey, Mom, let's go out" dance so I'm off...

Have a crafty week, everyone!
Christy