Week 19: Project 365 and a card share

Wow, 7 more weeks and I'm halfway through my year project! This week was a very tough week. On Tuesday I found out through the press that the hospital that employees me was going to be laying off almost 450 people. There are about 5000 employees at my workplace. Well it started Wednesday morning and couple of my friends were let go. So sad...and depressing. I really feel for everyone who is effected by this economy.
And Kendall was sick too. She's fine now but she had those symptoms of that terrible flu that's going around(which is terrifying!). Her Dr said that there is a bug going around...she had a low grade fever for a bit so all is well.
Anyway, here are my weeks pics and this time i did a collage in Picasa again. I love, love this program...super easy! You can click on the picture to see it larger. Kinda small here...

Sunday: Mother's Day. Tried taking some pics with the kids. Tried being the key word here. Amazing how a little cropping and some b/w can change it up!

Monday: Aydan is crazy about bubbles!

Tuesday: Ozan and I have been redoing the mulch areas and working on the lawn. The kids had just had their bath before bed but wanted to watch Daddy work outside.

Wednesday: I found Kendall pushing Aydan on the swing. So cute!

Thursday: Don't have a picture yet.

Friday: The kids got into our garden (no plants yet) and were digging for worms. They love doing that!

Saturday: Went out this evening to this really cute river walk by our house...it has covered bridges, gazebos, etc.

Here are some extra pics from tonight:

And I made this card for a very special lady who is retiring next month. She is the program director at the college where my students go to. I've known her for 12 years and she has guided me so much in my career. I can't thank her enough!

I have 2 pics to show...I made this early this week and my card sat here on my table because I was stuck on what to add to it. The second one shows the finished product. I used the same sketch as my published card.

I used a dotted background stamp on the light blue scalloped circle. The background butterflies were stenciled using Heidi Swapp Masks and Glimmer Mist.

Here I added the punched out butterflies, some gems, and a pin.
Products Used:

Cardstock, Background Stamp, Slot Punch, and Ribbon: Stampin Up

Die Cut (scalloped circle): Spellbinders

Stick Pin: Making Memories

Butterfly Punches: Martha Stewart

Gems: Michaels

Rub Ons: American Crafts