Good morning everyone I hope your all well...ok now all together now Happy Birthday to me.............yes its here Im another year older and have the wrinkles and saggy bits to prove it...thank you so so much to Sue, Tilly and the lovely Naomi (Mad Moose) for the beautiful cards you sent me, they made me smile and feel very special, thank you so much ladies you made my day...I learnt a lesson this week never ask your Daughter is she needs anything when your going to Town for a mooch, I got a whole huge list and spent all day getting them so didnt get anything for me lol, but never mind I enjoyed the mooch around Town, just getting out and about was lovely, I got a nice suprise last night my lovely Phil came home to spend today with me so I wouldnt be on my own...all together now aaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww, hes a sweetie isnt he, I dont know what we are doing probably not much except out to lunch but that is more than enough...right now onto my card for today which is for the Bunny Zoe's Crafts DT using a fabulous new The Greeting Farm set called Hoo Love you...isnt this owl a real cutie, I coloured it with distress inks and used a bit of glitter...well its my Birthday and Im allowed to put glitter on my owl if I want arent I, the sentiment and the leaf stamp are part of the set and theres more sentiments and two more owls to use too...can you have a green owl lol...well I have anyway...the lush papers (the back one is velvet embossed are from the fantastic Kaisercraft Blea & Ivy 6.5x6.5 paper pad, I love this pad, the colours are lush..., I used one of the brand new Nellie Snellen 9cm paper frames (doilies) would you believe these are £1.25 for 12...I finished with a ribbon and one of the Prima Audrey Rose-Snow flowers...its an unusual card for me isnt it, but I really enjoyed putting these bright yummy colours together even if there was only a teeny bit of colouring lol...the fabulous sketch I used is from Mojo Monday (love their sketches dont you), Im also entering it for the DYSU challenge and Moving along with the times challenge too...well Im off to get my warpaint on, Im at that age when I wont put the bin out without it let alone go out ...whatever your up to today have a fabulous oneMina xxx
Happy Birthday lovely, enjoy your day xxx
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mina!!! Wish I'd have known before... I'd have sent you a card too! I hope you have a really special day with your lovely man... am sure you will!
ReplyDeleteYour card is fab.... and yes you ARE allowed glitter on your owl... we're allowed glitter anywhere... And I love that Kojak sentiment.. (lots reading this won't know what I'm talking about!! hehe)
Hugs
Christine x
Palju õnne sünnipäevaks! Happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteYour card is so so pretty and delicate. Love it :)
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Mina...your day will be special with your sweet man there,have a lovely day....
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, love the little owl and lovely papers...great doilys.
Luv CHRISSYxx
Happy Birthday Mina, enjoy a fab day! Ruby x
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mina,glad you liked your card.
ReplyDeleteYou card is lovely,I love your owl.Have a lovely day with your Phil.
Hugs Sue xx
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOOOOOOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MINA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! Have a fabulous day sweetie, whatever you get up to. Hugs, Sxx PS. The owl is FAB!
ReplyDeleteLovely litte card Mina. So cute and love the flower. Happy Birthday and enjoy your day.
ReplyDeleteMags
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Gorgeous and adorable card.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mina have a wonderful day.
luv
Debby
Hi my dearest Mina, I wish you a very happy birthday and all the best for the future in good health! and hope you still give us all so much inspiration and let us enjoy of your beautiful cards for a long long time, a lot of love from your great fan Ageeth xx
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mina hope you have a lovely day with Phil.xx
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute yes I love the doileys too and that backing paper is gorgeous.
Myrax
Congratulations, have a wonderful B-day!!
ReplyDeleteIrene
A lovely card. Such a cute image and lovely backing paper. Have a very Happy Birthday. Enjoy your special day.
ReplyDeleteHi Mina,
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday hun. Have a great day with Phil. I am a January girl as well.
Love your card and that owl is just so cute.
hugs
Marion
Such a fab card. Glad to hear your card got to you in time. Have a very Happy Birthday, enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Mina, hope you have a fab day!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to you Mina!!!! Many happy returns, have a fabulous day , hugs Gay xxx
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mina - have a wonderful day.
ReplyDeleteI adore your card - that little owl is so cute.
Thanks for joining us at DYSU this week
Hugs
Denise xx
(((((Happy Birthday Mina)))))
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous card lovely detail as always, have a super weekend, it's pouring with rain here a horrible day, I'm on grandmother duties all day and tomorrow so won't get much crafting done boohoo''
Hugs
Sarah x
Happy Birthday to you
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Mina
Happy Birthday to you.
Hope you have a lovely day.
You are a nuaghty girl showing me this fab paper, I MUST buy some!!
Am home alone too, (OH back in UK for couple of weeks) so will have to do some online shopping and hopr he will bring it back with him.
Love Sheila x
Happy birthday. Hope you have a great day full of happiness, cuddles, surprises & cake. Love your blog
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to a lovely talented blogging buddy.Have a lovely day and what a sweetie of a man you have.Really cute card.Love the owl.Love Debbie x
ReplyDeleteTwit twee do (sorry!) haha. Beautiful card x
ReplyDeleteStunning and have a wonderful day hugs Sue xx
ReplyDeleteA very Happy Birthday Mina..... enjoy your lunch
ReplyDeleteThe card is beautiful as usual, I love that lush paper and why not a green owl!
Tilly
Happy Birthday Mina, hope you have a great day..Gorgeous card, as always.
ReplyDeleteWendy xx
Gorgeous card sweetie love the colours.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday pet hope you have a super fabulous day with your sweet man there.
Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx
Best birthday wishes, Mina! Hope you have a great day.
ReplyDeleteTine :)
Happy Birthday Mina! Hope you have a lovely day with your OH. xx
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful card as always; fab image and papers.
xx
Have a wonderful Birthday Mina, hope you enjoy...wrinkles, sags and all...lol....
ReplyDeleteYour card is so gorgeous.xx
DARN! If I'd known earlier...I'd have baked a cake. Happy Birthday ol' fruit! x
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday lovely xxxxxx
ReplyDeleteWonderful card! love the sentiment.
Hope you have a brilliant day.
Love, Mel. xxx
awesome card with the sweetest owlie!
ReplyDeletehappy birthday! :)
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Miiiiina, Happy Birthday to you!!!
ReplyDeleteYes, that's me singing out of tune LOL! I was going to sing it in Welsh too, but thought you'd probably had enough of my singing there!
Have a fabulous day, and it's wonderful that your hubby came home to spend the day with you.
Love your card, especially the colours.
Love, Andrea xx
Absolutely adorable! And a very Happy Birthday and many more filled with love, good health and joy!
ReplyDeleteOh what an adorable card Mina!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday wishing you all the best!
XXX Heidy
Happy Birthday Mina. A wonderful card to give yourself! Hugs Di xx
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy birthday, Mina! I hope you have a fabulous day and wonderful celebration! How sweet that Phil came to be with you! Enjoy! Oh, and your card is absolutely adorable!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Minda. Enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteA very very Happy Birthday MIna... hope you have a fabuliscious day and are spoilt rotten
ReplyDeleteLisa x
Congratulations and Happy Birthday! Hope you will have a wonderful day! Hugs, Hanneke
ReplyDeleteWishing you a very happy birthday Mina! Hugs, Tracey xx
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mina! Hope you have a fantastic day! Your card is super cute! Loving that sentiment:0)
ReplyDeleteBIG Hugs;
Janette
Happy Birthday Mina, have a lovely day. great card x
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Mina....hope you have had a lovely day....your card is fab as ever!
ReplyDeletexxx Msrgreet
You are a blessing to me Mina, Happy Birthday! I can't let this day go by without telling you how special you are to me...half way across the world and you don't even know me but you are a bright spot in my day. I have followed your blog daily for at least a couple of years now and I feel so very bad that I have not left comments. I've had a really tough time and I'll spare you the details but you have unknowingly been a part of what has kept me going. Scrapbooking and cardmaking have been my escape from sadness and worry. I admit I've been much more of a collector than crafter because of time and energy shortage, but the dream is always there of being able to sit down and lose myself in stamping and colouring. To see what you can do with paper, ink and brush gives me great hope and inspiration. You are an amazingly talented artist...your way with distress inks is incredibly beautiful!!! I adore the images from the companies you are designing for as well so your blog takes me to other places that fill my head with more happy thoughts. And just so you know that you are more than meeting your role as a designer, I have done some on-line shopping from your companies. The packages that appear in my mailbox also brighten my day. So, Mina, please know that I value your work immensely. I come home from work, pretty worn out most days, and plunk down in front of my computer to check out a few blogs. Yours is always first!! And it's not only your artistry that I enjoy, but your stories as well. Way over here in Alberta, Canada, I'm far removed from the British and Irish expressions you blog with and it makes me smile because they are so descriptive and they remind me of conversations with my relatives who came to Canada many years ago. You have a lovely sense of humour and it's apparent from the things you write that you are a lovely person as well. It made me sad to think that your birthday is not a special day for you...that your Grandma's death has made it cloudy. I wish that you could see the event as a passing on of her legacy to you...that in some way God has entrusted you to carry on some of her dreams. So please hold your head up and take in a big breath of life on your birthday. Please know that you are very special to someone who knows only such a teeny bit of you. To those whose lives you touch every day as Daughter, Wife, Mom and friend, you must be an absolute treasure!! I wish you every Blessing on your Birthday, MIna. May God surround you in his grace and love and inspire you to create even more beautiful things. Happy Birthday and Thank You. You are precious. Hugs, Shirley Kabeary.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mina, you wonderful lady - have a fabulous day! xxx
ReplyDeleteSuper cute owl card, Mina, love the doily too. Sending you lots of Birthday wishes and big crafting hugs!
ReplyDeleteJo x
Happy Birthday. Cute card, adorable image and beautiful DP. Hope you have a nice day.
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous card. I love the cute owl and the fab sentiment. Hope you have a great birthday. Sarahxx
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Girlfriend!!! Awww - so sweet of Phil to take the day off. I hope you have a fab lunch and glorius day. Love your sweet owl card!
ReplyDeleteHi MIna happy birthay to you, I wish I had known hunny and you could have had a card from geordieland!!! thanks too for all the inspiration and lovely tales you share, your blog has beautiful creations to please the eye and great little family stories , I feel like Iknow your dad and love to hear about his days out with you etc. Enjoy the rest of your day lovely lady xxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, hope you have had a super day.
ReplyDeleteLove the card its really cute. Thanks for playing on our Things with wings challenge on MAWTT this week Hazelxox
A bright sun is smiling
ReplyDeletewith warm greetings today
Knows you're a year older
cause it's your birthday
The words I want to say
is that you mean so much
Touching hearts of others
with such a magic touch
The unique person you are
with your admiring way
I wish you the best
on this special day
Happy Birthday!
The card is very fresh and ... smiling!
Hugs!
Gorgeous Mina...and happy birthday too hun...!
ReplyDeleteand have a super weekend sweetie :o)
big hugs Vicky xx
Hi Mina, a very happy birthday hun, hope you had a lovely special day. I agree with Shirley's sentiments entirely, your blog is an inspiration to me and others. Beautiful card today. love that cute owl!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Barbara xx
a very late happy birthday mina :D
ReplyDeletei hope you have been spoilt today by your lovely hubby.
your card is gorgeous, i love the papers and fab owl and the sentiment is brilliant ;D
xx coops xx
Happy Birthday! Hope you have had a very nice day. Nice glitter on the owl.Today I put my first Magnolia card on my blog. It is the one I won with your candy. I'm very happy with that stamp. So thake a look at http://kaartenmettheezakjes.blogspot.com/2012/01/eerste-magnolia.html
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Happy Birthday Mina, hope you had a great day! Gorgeous card, love the flower and lovely papers! Thanks so much for joining in with my challenge at MAWTT this week, good luck! Pami x
ReplyDeleteThis is cute! The little owl is adorable and I love the flower. Thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up.
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Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you....... Hope you've had a lovely day. What a sweet, thoughtful hubby you have coming home for your birthday.
ReplyDeleteLovely card Mina, love that sweet owl.
Kat xx
Gorgeous card Mina.Belated Birthday Wishes,sorry i didn't send a card,didn't realize it was so near to mine lol (next Wednesday).What a thoughtful husband you have.Do hope you enjoyed your special day.Huggles xxx
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to you.... in my best soprano voice. Hope it's a wonderful day, sweet hubby spending time with you too!!
ReplyDeleteLove the colour scheme in this one - makes the white really pop and love that cute little owl, great details on him.
Sandy
Hiya sweetie, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!! It´s a good thing I am typing and you can´t hear me singing, you would not apppreciate that, trust me!! Hope you have a wonderful day hun. Love you owl card, very sweet! Hugs and XXX Frea
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Mina! Seeing all these lovely wishes for you should make you realize how much you are loved by so many people you have never met! Have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteWoo loves you??? WE DO! Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday, Mina. Hope that you had a great day with your Phil. He is a sweetheart, think you ought to keep him, lol. Since I am across the pond you're spared having to hear me sing (not pretty I assure you!)
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AAAAAWWWWWW, Phil is a sweetie. Hope you had an outstanding birthday. Your card is fab as always. Be well!
ReplyDeleteBlessings Bernie
Gorgeous card Mina
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY
have a fabulous day
Love and Hugs
Dianne xx :)
Mina Im so sorry Im only saying Happy Birthday now. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Im nursing a sick Scrubby.....he has a tummy bug and you know how men are when they are sick.....they think they are dying! So I missed blog hopping yesterday. Hope you had a lovely day. Beautiful card. Lee x
ReplyDeleteHi Mina, I am so so sorry I missed your Birthday Yesterday....I was knee deep in Wallpaper etc.No blogging for me Boo-Hoo!!!
ReplyDeleteI Wish you Many Happy Returns and I am so pleased your Lovely Phil was home to share it and spoil you xxxx
Huge Birthday Hugs xxxxxx Mau
your card is so cute xx
Much belated birthday wishes for you Mina. I popped in several times, but always got the white screen when it came time to comment. Aaarrrggghh Blogger.
ReplyDeleteLovely card darling. God Bless you that you can still feel your Grandma's love after all this time.
Hi Mina. Happy belated birthday wishes to you and what a lovely surprise from your hubby. Gorgeous card. Love the cute image and colours. Donna
ReplyDeleteThat's so sweet
ReplyDeletekitten - DYSU team
wonderful owl.. gorgeous papers
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at MAWTT this week for a our Things with Wings challenge
Lisa x