Friendship Is Shelter...

...from life's little storms.
Isn't that sentiment just darling? It's from Blooming With Happiness, an old Stampin' Up! set.

I thought it paired perfectly with sweet little Emma here. She is SO much fun to color - I totally want a dress like that!
I made these two cards for a craft fair and although they are the same card, I decided to make two and change up the hair/dress color and palette a little bit.

It's hard to tell in the photo but I used Crystal Effects on both the raindrops and the puddle at Emma's feet. I love that stuff.

I've been cleaning Natalie's room for the last hour and still probably have another hour to clean! Ugh. I tell you, I always save her room for last because she just does the weirdest stuff up there. She collects soda pop can tabs and broken beads and generally anything shiny and will hide them magpie style....she puts things into purses INSIDE of purses INSIDE of purses (yes, you read that right). It's annoying. I have clutter phobia so I get the heebie-jeebies when I'm in her room. Not to mention that she will sneak markers upstairs and color on her wall or her (white - ECK) furniture...thank GOD for magic erasers! I'm STILL searching for my $4,000 wedding ring, which has been missing for four weeks now. Nice, right? I've already filled a huge laundry basket up there with stuff that does not belong in her room such as: torn apart coloring books, markers markers markers, stolen jewelry, broken toys, random food items (ew), abandoned sippy cups (double ew), dog food (wtf?), cards I have made (grr), ect. She is such a little thief! I've had to *steal back* part of my Hello Kitty collection because she takes it upstairs and hides it.
After reading the ridiculous paragraph, I had to laugh.