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I know it's Wednesday. But I had a really, really long weekend full of work and travel, and more work. It took me until today for my body to catch up on its rest. Saturday was at our church's monthly Scrap and Stamp event, which is open to the public and runs from noon till 7pm. My sister Sue, niece Jackie, and friend Terry all came, along with several other ladies. Super nice to visit with everyone. Usually I pick out a project or two, play and chat all day. This time, I brought only the food for snacks and dinner, and cleaning supplies. My Sunday school room is at the back of our Fellowship Hall, it's closed off, and runs the width of the hall. After a full semester of classes back there, and several parties, the time had come for some serious cleaning. Just couldn't stand the thought of those little girls wearing their pretty dresses and sitting in those chairs anymore. Sure was happy at the end of the day. Nice and clean with time to visit with everyone. When I got home, it was time to pack up the last of my gear. Early Sunday morning, I left for my sister's house and then the two of us continued on to my dad's place "up north". After unloading and chatting with dad for about a half an hour, Sue and I got to work. Dad's living room and kitchen needed a good painting, as did the ceiling! Since he lives in a senior complex, it's not that big. Between my dad "supervising", sister Lisa cleaning the bathroom spotlessly and fixing lunch for us all, my ex bil helping out, somehow we managed to get it all done. Next month, it's painting his bathroom. It was nice to be with my family like that. Like whirlwinds we flew and so did the stories and laughter! We left on Monday and I got home just as the snow was starting to make driving interesting. Beside a few things around the house and a trip to the grocery store yesterday, all I did was veg out. I did look at all of your blogs, and saw the wonderful creations you made, but the old brain was too tired to make coherent comments.

Today, I am back on track for the most part. Saw the new CASology cue card, 'contrast', and got 9/10ths of a ping. Most of this card was QAEZPZ, except for the finishing touch. Nothing was working. Took several searches and then it finally came together. This one fits the CAS-ual Fridays 'color blocks' theme too.

Sure wish it was a bright sunny day here so you could see that this is a pure bright white. Sorry about the photo quality. A Neenah white base, more scraps of black, white and pink. I used my W Plus 9 circle dies (love them), then split the circles. Flipped the circles and added the little pink strips underneath and found an old sticker in my stash. The main panel is 3 3/4" wide, by 5 1/2" long, and is popped up on the base. Black and white together like this is definitely contrasting and also qualifies as color blocks. More contrast for the B&W is the glittery part of the sticker. I like this one. Happy dances everyone.