Two Cards From a Friend and Time in SD

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I hope that this post is finding everyone having a good summer so far.  Mine has been a very memorable, fun, and busy one so far.  My family and I just got back from a mini vacation in beautiful San Diego.  We all had a fun and relaxing time there.  We were especially happy to escape from the hot weather for a bit.  Since I did not do any crafting  in the past 4 days, today I would like to post two cards that I received from my friend Cary.  The first one is a fun masculine card.  I am always in need of ideas for masculine cards.  Do you find it a challenge like I do to make masculine cards?

The second card she made for me is one using a beautiful embossing folder and cute little cherry blossom punch.

I love the card!  I purchased the exact same embossing folder at the stamp convention a few weeks ago and can't wait to use it.  Receiving the card from her got my mojo flowing about what cards I can make using the folder.  :)  Hopefully I will have a chance to do some crafting soon.  Before ending this post I wanted to share a couple of fun pictures of my time in SD.  This is a picture of our time visiting the USS Midway.  My hubby and I had fun sitting in model helicopter.

Here is one of the beautiful flowers that we saw at the SD Botanical Garden.

This is a picture of one of the amazing shows that we got to see at the SD zoo.  A six foot man was able to fit himself into a box.

Thanks for coming by to see what I have to share today.