Hey friends!! Well... today we have sunshine! Like I said our Pacific Northwest weather can be crazy! Did you know that today is Autism Awareness Day? Honestly, I did not know it was, either. That is until I saw a blog post by my sweet friend, Lisa, talking about a super cool Autism awareness blog hop that had been put together by Tenia Nelson and Veronica Zalis. (I'm not on facebook so I tend to miss a lot of these types of blog hops so I'm glad that my friend Lisa is participating and I found out through her! Thanks Lisa!) Anywhoo... I'm participating today because just a little over two years ago my oldest, Levi, was diagnosed with Autism. Autism is actually just a small part of the picture that makes up Levi and it doesn't impact him severely, but it is there none the less. And sometimes I wonder how much is autism and how much is just being a teenager!! When he was diagnosed with Autism they had removed Asperger as a separate diagnosis, but that is basically what he has is Asperger. But like I said it makes up just one small part of him, doesn't define him as a person and when I mention it most people who interact with him on a regular basis are quite surprised that he has autism! 
When I saw the badge for the blog hop I decided to create a card using that as my inspiration. Thankfully I actually have a light bulb stamp! The image is from a Stampin Up! set called Crazy Mixed Up Love. The previous day I had die cut a tag using my Reverse Confetti Tag Me die and so used that, as well. I stamped the image and sentiment using black ink and then the light bulb a second time after it had been inked with light blue ink and then rolled in dark blue ink. The bulb was trimmed out and popped up over the main image. I did some partial embossing, added Crystal Stickles to some of the dots and clear Wink of Stella to the heart in the light bulb. The sentiment truly says how we feel about Levi... he lights up our lives!!
Thanks for stopping by... make sure you check out all the details for the hop at either Tenia or Veronica's blogs. There are prizes to be won for commenting!
Supplies: Cardstock: Recollections white; SU! Midnight Muse; Stamps: Stampin Up!; Inks: PTI and Hero Arts; Crystal Stickles; Stampin Up! embossing folder
