Happy As A Clam Layout and the winner of my blog candy!

Good morning to all!  I woke today up being a little bit older today, as it is my birthday.  I had a lovely  birthday celebration yesterday, as my mom took us all out to dinner.  We ate the Outback Steakhouse and my sister brought a delightfully cute  Mickey Mouse cake.  I was having a great old time until they brought out the cake and I  looked at the candles and saw two big old 5's.  Then it hit me, by gosh I'm turning 55.  For the brief minute I felt old, really old. The discussion among us turned into what stores I'd  get a senior's discount at.  It only lasted a minute though, because in my heart I still feel young.

I just finished this layout last night.  There is a sketch challenge over at Imaginisce and the winner gets a really nice prize package.  My son, daughter, niece and nephews just being silly at the beach!

 

And here is their August sketch which was created by Sarah de Guzman:

All of the paper on this layout with the exception of the cardstock is Imaginisce Splash Dance. I used some paper ribbon that I twisted to frame my large circle, and used some twine to outline my patchwork circle.  I hand cut the clouds and the kite. I added a few zig zag stitches with my sewing machine.

Now on to the winner of my blog candy. . . I used my random drawer, which is my son Jeffrey and asked him to pick a number between 1 and 56.  His response #15. Congrats to Kim!  Please email me with your address so I can get this package to you!  Can't wait to see what spooky layouts you create!

I'm off today.  I feel that you shouldn't have to work on your birthday.  No cleaning is on the schedule.  Today is a day for me and I plan on working on a few layouts.  I have two DT projects due this week and I need to get them started.
Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie