My life is so special because you are in it and feel good Friday

Hi Everyone.

Happy Friday.  I do have a feel good story for you today.  Courtesy of Rach.  In fact, Rach posted this wonderful story on her blog today, so I am just going to link you directly to it.  What struck me about it?  Well, hands up those of you who can remember being 8.  yep… see me waving… that's me… I remember being 8.  I remember it being an awkward age.  An age where I was not quite comfortable with myself.  An age where it was easy to feel embarrassed.  What I loved about this story?… that a group of people came together to make an 8 year old little girl overcome her shock and embarrassment at a crucial moment singing the National Anthem of the USA.  Rach, thanks for bringing us this story via your blog.  You can go read the story and watch the video RIGHT HERE.

I have another Valentine/love/anniversary card for you today.  I was really in the mood for Valentine cards this past week, and I was certainly in the mood for clean and simple.

I don't know about you, but I never seem to have enough sentiments. When I buy non-SU stamps, they are generally sentiment stamps and that's what I used on the card tonight.

I also brought out my itty bitty buttons and my gold elastic cord.  I couldn't resist matching the gold elastic cord to some Metallic Gold card stock and some Cherry Cobbler.  I swear, Stampin' Up! created the perfect color when they introduced Cherry Cobbler.

Card recipe – all ingredients Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

• Card stock:  Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Gold Metallic
• Hearts:  Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit die (for the first heart)(117332), Full Heart Extra Large Punch (for the gold heart) (119883), nesties hearts for the Cherry Cobbler heart
• Accessories:  Bitty Buttons (118761), gold elastic cord (retired)
• Stamps:  Heartfelt Basics (non SU)

On a personal note:

I promised you a couple of last shots of the Yorkshire Dales.  You can check last night's post for the details on the Yorkshire Dales and a couple more photographs.

The Dales are famous for their sheep.  I tried to capture a good shot and it was pretty tough.  Here is one lonely sheep in the meadow:

I loved this next shot.  The stone walls are so typical of this part of England.  Not only that, they are built without any mortar at all.  Stonewall building is really a dying art form.

It's a pretty remote place, and farmhouses don't appear very often.  I loved this view.  This photo was taken in color – although you wouldn't believe it. I loved the textures created by the natural landscape, the low lying grasses, the wall and the relief of the backdrop.

At the end of our drive, just before we stopped for tea and English scones, we came across the Ribblehead viaduct. 

Well, I hope you enjoyed our photos from the spectacular Yorkshire Dales.  I still have some more pics to share with you from our cruise in November, and I promise I will share those in the next week.

In the meantime, prayers for Rose, Adelle, Maria, Vickie, Germaine and Pri.  For those in Australia and Brazil affected by the floods and landslides.  For those of you who need a little lift today.

As always, thank you to all of you for your visit and your comments.  they mean a great deal to me.

Hugs

Jaydee