Cupcakes Always Help

It seems like every time I turn around, I have a friend who needs some cheering up. There's one in particular that seems to have a rough time of it. In her honor, I made this card:

 

 

The cupcake reference is an inside joke for us. We live far away now, but when we were in the same city, I was always baking and bringing her sweets. She used to say that I had a sense about when she needed a cupcake. And the pink really reminds me of her, too.

 

 

My second card for the day is this little cutie.

 

I used a circle punch to create the sunset in graduating colors and my Cricut to cut out the silhouette of the owl and the branch. Attach some googly eyes and you have an easy card, but I think it has a great effect.