Happy Birthday, Lydia!! - a blog hop!

Today I want to wish A GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LYDIA, aka @understandblue!! To celebrate in style, some of her Twitter friends (Tweeple??) had the grand idea to throw a little blog hopping celebration for her! If you just happened upon my blog, make sure to go back and start at the beginning - Angelique's blog! Me, I like to think I'm more of a Blogging, Facebook, and now IRL friend of Lydia's - I came onto the Twitter scene late. :-) But because Lydia is so sweet and friendly and all-around wonderful, right away she introduced me to her aforementioned Tweeple! So here I am, hanging out with them on this blog hop, celebrating our @understandblue's birthday! I decided to make a card for Lydia, because as most of you know, that's what I do. I made my card mostly blue, because rumor has it Lydia is quite fond of blue...! :-) I chose this cutie patootie pig image from The Greeting Farm because I had to do something with a critter on it - Lydia is one of the biggest animal lovers I know! And although I'm not quite sure how much she adores pigs, I do happen to know she is quite fond of bacon. Doh! :-) I played with Jen's latest Sketch For You To Try for the layout. The sentiment - "The Sky's the Limit" - just seems so appropriate for Lydia. With her talent, and the enthusiasm she puts into everything she does - truly, the sky is the limit for her. Actually, maybe she's not even limited by the sky!

I do truly hope you'll take a moment and hop with us - if you're typically only a card-blog-hopper, you're in for a treat. This hop includes other types of people - can you imagine?? :-) Authors, artists, geeks... which brings me to the next stop on our tour, my very own geeky little brother, Jon. If you live under a rock and you've never visited Lydia's blog, you'll certainly want to do that - she's super talented at both cardmaking AND writing, and has a wonderful sense of humor to go along with it! And again, a very happy birthday to you, Lydia!! xoxox

• Stamps: Fly Away from The Greeting Farm
• Paper: Kraft, Brocade Blue, DP from Chatterbox, PTI
• Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up Brocade Blue
• Accessories: Janome Sew Mini & white thread, Diamond Glaze, Star Dust Stickles, silver brads, grosgrain ribbon