Dreamy Reader

Today our beautiful daughter turns fifteen.  Oh my word, where are the years going!  Here are a few goofy pictures from my Hipstamatic app on my phone.

She is at such a great age.  I really am enjoying this time with her.  She's becoming more independent and really growing up, and yet still wants a relationship with us (for which I am so grateful!).  She's easy to talk to and spend time with, she's fun and so very bright, thoughtful and faith-filled.  She'll text me randomly just to chat when she's away from me - which I love.  She's a good big sister, a great friend and turning into this beautiful young lady.   Tonight her small group leader from Youth Group is taking her and her two best friends out for supper.  Very fun :) 

Last week my dear friend Julie Koerber was chosen as the Featured Stamper over at Splitcoaststampers and I couldn't let that go by without casing her - so her card was the inspiration for our daughter's Birthday card.  Ever since our daughter was tiny (and I do mean tiny) she has had a love for books and reading.  As a baby she would intently page through board books, and she was a very early reader at 4 years old, and honestly outside of reading to her - she really figured it all out on her own!  She still LOVES to read, so this image from Flourishes Sweet Days of Summer reminds me so much of our girl.  

Here is the link to the beautiful card of Julie's that I cased.  I've used some beautiful new My Mind's Eye paper called Vanity Fair, and sanded the Labels Eight layer like Julie loves to do.  It really adds a neat effect on Designer paper to have the core white show through.  The butterflies are also a part of one of the DP pages, so I just trimmed them out, and popped them up.  The pinks actually do have a much closer match in real life.  

And here is the inside of the card.  

So Happy Birthday my first-born love!  We are beyond blessed that you are ours!