Life Is Far too Short Not to Have a Little Umbrella in Your Drink

 I made these summery feeling cards based on one of my favorite sayings, which I use a lot:  "Life Is Far Too Short Not to Have a Little Umbrella in Your Drink."  It's true. All drinks should include a little umbrella (and maybe a cherry soaked in rum too).

The drink images are from SU's "Happy Hour" set.  I like the set fine except for the fact that they aren't clear plastic like CTMH's stamps, so lining up the umbrella (a separate stamp) so it sits in the drink is a little challenging.  It's a cute set though, but CTMH is still the best IMHO.  Here are the cards close up:

 

 

Again I embossed the background cs through my Cuttlebug for some dimension.  I added Stickles to all of the drinks for some sparkle.  The insides either say "Happy Birthday" or, like the one below, "Cheers!"

Cheers to you! --mr

Sparkling Margarita Card

This card is FULL of sparkle.  The large circular image is from Impression Obsession.  The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co, and the little lime slice is from CTMH.  The lime is glittered with Stickles, as are the moon and stars, palm leaves and lights, the waves, and the margarita and its glass, lime, and umbrella.  The margarita didn't photograph well.  It's actually sparkly green with clear sparkly salt around the rim.  The background paper, from The Paper Studio, even has glitter in the swirls.  I colored all the images with copics before glitzing them up with Stickles.

National Margarita Day February 22 & H2H Challenge

This card is perfect for today for two purposes:  (1) National Margarita Day, which is tomorrow, February 22; and (2) this week's Heart2Heart Challenge.  This week's challenge was "Cold." --what better than an on-the-rocks margarita to represent that?!  The photo is one I took on our recent vacation.  I was enjoying this margarita in Frank & Lola's restaurant at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Beach Hotel in Pensacola, Florida.  I think the colors work great with CTMH's Miracle papers.  I stamped right on the photo with an image from the Live Inspired stamp set.  The sentiment is from the Daydream stamp set.  I edge distressed the sentiment with water, then added some prisma glitter to the edges.  I also added just a bit of prisma glitter to the salt around the glass, although it's hard to see in the photo.  The bling in the lower right is leftover from a CTMH connections club set.

Put the Lime in the Coconut

Trying to use up some of my retired CTMH CS.  The blue is Ocean, the green is Citrus Leaf, and the pink is Bubblegum.  The tan is Desert Sand (still available).  The pink stamping on the right card is from the CTMH stamp set called Paradise, and the other blender image and words are from Unity Stamp Co.

Margarita Night Birthday Card

This card reminds me of going out after work to celebrate a coworker's birthday with margaritas.  I've obviously never heard of "too many embellishments."  The paper that looks like a legal pad is made with the stamp set Comments, and the sentiment is from Fringed Phrases.  The margaritas are from SU.  Cheers! 

Diving into a Margarita

The sequel to the rum runner card... Again, I used Moon Doggie paper and the Makin' Waves stamp set. I also used the Dainty set for the inside of the lime and Good Times for the "Party On" phrase. Cheers!