Saturday and some more vacation pix ...

Morning readers, 

I've a make to share with you today ....... a commission from a close friend, for a special birthday

My C6 card

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6 card and matching envelope
• Card in white and DCWV designer paper (from the rockstar stack)
• Snippets of card in white, red and from the sheet of DCWV card above
• Nellie's Choice "men's things" (ref: CSMT004) stamped using 1st and 2nd gen impressions of Versafine onyx black ink
• Fiskars sentiment (from 01-005534) and Stampendous sentiment (from SCS1115) stamped using Versafine onyx black ink. With a black signo uniball gel pen I hand wrote the "70th"
• Recollections stencil (658159) used in conjunction with a makeup brush and Brilliance Mediterranean blue ink, to create some clouds for the background
• Stardust stickles to add a little sparkle for this special birthday card

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Seize the Birthday - challenge No. 273 - ANYTHING GOES + (optional topping) NEUTRALS ONLY
2. LIM - challenge No. 496 - ANYTHING CAS GOES
3. Pattie's Creations - challenge No. 212 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Allie's Angels - challenge No. 76 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Creative Fingers - challenge No. 265 - ANYTHING GOES

Some more vacation pix of our recent trip to Florida .. we took a vacation within a vacation and based ourselves in Naples (about 175 miles south and west of us) for three nights, taking in a trip to the local zoo ..

Gotta love a Capybara

This orangutan was enjoying attention from her keeper

A curious Bongo!

And a curious giraffe! Actually, it was waiting to be fed!

An evening in Clermont, with friends, and a walk around the quaint town and scenic lake

Looks like they're ready for for the holiday season!

Pumpkin carving with friends ..

Mine was, sadly, the rather unambitious one
on the bottom! In my defence, it was my first time

This one was definitely THE most ambitious of the night!