A Birthday Wish....WITH FLAIR!...and a blog tour, too!

Hi everyone!

{{{PLEASE scroll down for a VERY important Guest Designer Call announcement from The Greeting Farm!  It's one you're gonna GO WILD over!!!}}}

Today is Friends with Flair Friday, brought to you by the amazing UNITY STAMPS!   Are you guys all UPPITY about IPPITY?   What an AWESOME opportunity!  I am totally excited about it and can't wait to see who's gonna do it so I can buy some cool new sets!    Check out ALL the craze HERE.   CONGRATS to Angela and the ENTIRE UNITY STAMP CO. on this awesome new venture...  YOU GUYS ROCK!
 
Well, today also happens to be a VERY special friend of mine's birthday.   This person is the VERY FIRST "blogging/stamping friend" I ever made on line.   About a year and a half ago, Papertrey Ink had a Mother's Day essay contest.  You can read all about that HERE.

Well, I happened to win the contest, and a day or so later, I got the SWEETEST email from someone named Charlene Austin.  She said a bunch of really wonderful things to me that day, but mostly just said that even though we didn't know each other, she just had to reach out and write because she was so touched by my story and wanted to thank me for sharing it.   Right then and there, a friendship was born.   We kept in contact via email, and soon we were both getting asked to be on DT's and sharing in the excitement together.   Life is life, and I don't get to spend as much time as I'd like to communicating with her, but she will ALWAYS hold a special place in my heart as my very first online stamping friend.     I LOVE YA, CHAR...Happy BIRTHDAY!!!!

Well, the wonderful Wendy Bond, Char's real life BFF, did me the honor by asking me and a few of Char's "Stampin' BFF's" to participate in a little Bday LOVE for her!   Char thinks this is just a regular "Loonie Stamper's Challenge", a group that she is a part of.  Little does she know there are a few of us crawling out of the woodwork to wish her a HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY today!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!   I hope you love it, Char and have as big of a smile on your face as I have right now typing this.  You deserve a day as special as YOU ARE!!!!!

For my card, I used the "Go Ahead, Wish" Kit of the Month from UNITY STAMPS.  I LOVE this kit.  It's so whimsical and awesome just like UNITY!  For some reason my card looks white, but it's actually Prism Iced Kiwi.  LOVE Prism papers, don't you?  I finished off this sweet and simply card with some Prima crystals.

Thank you SO much for coming by today!  Please visit the UNITY BLOG for a complete list of FWF participants and here is the order for Charlene's Birthday "BLOG TOUR" :

Dee - http://www.deespapertree.blogspot.com/

Regan - http://stampymcstamperson.blogspot.com/

Jewels - http://cardfelt.blogspot.com/

Maria - http://mycraftroom.typepad.com/marias_craft_room/

Wendy - http://bondgirlbliss.typepad.com/bond_girl_bliss/

CHAR THE BDAY GIRL!  http://willowandpaisley.typepad.com/willow_paisley/

Sue Pardue – http://suespapercreations.blogspot.com/

Pam Imhotz –http://paperandribbonsandstampsohmy.blogspot.com/

Char Cundy – http://ccundy.blogspot.com/

Steph Day – http://mycraftydays.blogspot.com/

Ashley Newell http://ashleynewell.blogspot.com/
Carly Robertson:  http://carlyrobertson.typepad.com/paper-in-bloom/
Dana White:  http://danashouseofcards.blogspot.com/
Michelle Woerner http://www.stopandstamptheroses.blogspot.com/ 

Jessica Diedrich:  http://thewhimsicalbutterfly.blogspot.com/   <----you are HERE

Nancy McKinney: http://cardworthy.blogspot.com/
Christie Ortman:  http://littlepinkflowers.typepad.com/little_pink_flowers/
Krissy:  http://krissylynscreations.blogspot.com/

Thanks SO much for coming by today!   Don't forget to scroll down now, especially if you want your chance to GO WILD Designing for The Greeting Farm!!!!!  


Smiles,
Jess :)