Mummu made her first appearance in print in "Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick" written by Roz Rozenbluthand and illustrated by Maurie J. Manning. She is based on Ms. Manning's Finnish grandmother.
I think this is a great image for a birthday card. What is better than celebrating your day by kicking up your heels? You never get too old to have some fun.
This is how I made this card:
I started with a blank kraft greeting card that measures 4" by 5.5". I rounded the corners with a corner punch.
I chose the digital stamp "Mummu" from Mo's Digital Pencil. I paper-pieced the skirt by printing out the image on a piece of flowered paper from my stash. I cut out the skirt and glued it to an identical image that I printed on white card stock. I colored the remainder of the image with Copic Sketch markers.
I cut and embossed the image with an oval Spellbinders die.
I distressed three pieces of background paper (including a piece of the flowered paper that I used for the skirt) and tied them with blue ribbon. I then attached the colored Mummu image to the background. I attached the image/background to the craft cardstock with a Tombow tape runner.
I am entering this card in Mo's Anything Goes in 2015 paper crafting challenge.
Thank you for taking a look at my card. Please share your thoughts in the Comments Section below.
The term chair dancing sounds strange, doesn't it? The two words just don't go together. I want to tell you about a video that uses low-impact exercise to provide a vigorous aerobic workout while sitting in a chair. This is a great option for people (like me) who can't do much running, jumping, hopping, stomping, etc. because of leg injuries.
You are probably wondering how it is possible to get a good workout while sitting in a chair. I am telling you that this workout kicks my butt...the more you put into it the more you get out of it.
You actually do the Mexican hat dance, the polka, the waltz, the samba and some belly dancing moves while sitting in a chair (No, I will NOT demonstrate the belly dancing moves.) Jodi Stolove demonstrates the "advanced" moves but there are other "chair dancers" in the group that are doing beginning and intermediate moves.
The video begins with several warm-up activities, then the aerobic dances and ends with some cool-down stretches. The workout lasts for about 45 minutes.
Did you know that you can do jumping jacks while seated in a chair? I didn't either until I got this video. Perhaps a future TV series will feature chair dancing for aging stars.
I found this VHS video at a library sale, but it is also available in DVD format. Here are some other chair dancing products.
Jodi Stolove's Chair Dancing Around The World (DVD)
Jodi Stolove's Chair Dancing
Jodi Stolove's Chair Dancing Through the Decades
Jodi Stolove's Chair Dancing Sit Down & Tone Up
Jodi Stolove's Chair Dancing: Pull Up a Chair and Get Fit! [VHS]
