A special birthday!!

Today is a very special birthday of a VERY special woman...my grandmother...NANNY... turns 85 today!! AND, she is just as spunky and free-spirited as ever. She is a HOOT to be with and always has a bright smile on her face. Her laugh is contagious. She teaches us our Irish heritage. She loves to play a good game of cards. She is hillarious. Anyone who knows her, knows her as Nanny, she is everyone's Nan! A wonderful, beautiful, giving, caring, intelligent woman. She teaches us what life is all about. Love. Family. Friendships. Faith. I love this woman. Today, we all surprised her by going to the same mass and then having breakfast with her afterwards. She was quite surprised when we all started sitting next to her in church! It was such a joy to see the delight in her eyes. This is the card that I made for her special day. I used Unity's Ginormous Sweet Cupcakes set and Verve sentiment from Birthday Surprise. Papers are: SU Pink Pirouette, Tangerine Tango, PTI White, and My Minds Eye DSP. The image is colored with watercolor crayons and then painted over with Shimmerz pink paint. The candle and the flame are popped up on dimensionals. I sewed (with new Pixie sewing machine that hubby got for me) around the border of the card, with Amanda's help (she presses the foot pedal, while I feed it through) using yellow thread. The sentiment is punched from the 1 1/4" circle punch, layered on pink 1 3/8" circle punch and layered on a tangerine scalloped circle punch. The card size is 5X5. Thanks for stopping by, and HAPPY STAMPING!!