Fabulous at Any Age

One simple sentiment stamp and you can build a beautiful card around it. Here I began by wanting to make a frame on a card. My next inspiration came from making an element to decorate my frame. I put a Soft Sea Foam leaf from the In the Tropics dies into a Vase Builder vase. Last, I chose a background using texture on Purple Posy card stock and then a strip of Designer Series Paper from a retire 6" x 6" pack. By using the card stock this size you can get two cards from every sheet in the pack.

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60th Birthday - Celebrate!

Turning 60 is something to toast! Here I used the Half Full stamp set. I stamped the glasses stamp twice, added a mat, colored in a couple of the glasses and then die cut the numbers from Black Glimmer Paper.

Inside, I added the sentiment "fabulous at any age" (from Itty Bitty Greetings) sort of badge and then will write my own message to the birthday recipient. My card was inspired by this one, made by Crafty-Rootes.

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Graduation Assortment

Sentiment from Make A Difference stamp set

Sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set 

Sentiment from Make a Difference stamp set

Sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set

It's the time of year when I need to make several graduation cards. I like to use my Large Numbers Dies, which will be retiring at the end of May. I will keep my dies! I love using them for graduation, as well as special "year" birthdays or for children's birthdays. Kids love to see their special number on the front of a card!

My first card is simple, for a graduation senior guy. I thought I would keep it black and white, as I didn't know the high school colors when I made this one up. The young man is our nephew and he is going to attend NYU in the fall.

For the next three cards above, I used the high school or middle school colors on the outside. Inside, I used their upcoming school or college colors. The upcoming universities for two of these cards are Portland University and Marquette University. 

Let me know what you think of these colorful graduation cards. Maybe I inspired you? I hope so!

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Flirty Flamingo Ruffles

I love the Ruffled Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for it's soft, romantic look. What I also like about all of the Dynamic folders is that they go through the Big Shot so easily, yet leave a deep impression that adds so much to your cards. And their large size covers more area for those square cards or scrapbook pages or 3-D items.

Several people on my card list have birthdays near Valentine's Day, so I like to show lots of hearts for their special day. The solid hearts on this card front are cut directly from one of the prints in the All My Love Designer Series Paper. I have used up most of my pack of paper already! That rarely happens, but I love it so much and it's very versatile for cards, favors or whatever you have in mind.

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Wood Patterns and Itty Bitty Greetings

I was browsing Pinterest and came across this lovely layout on a "wood" inspired card by my friend and mentor, Mary Fish of Stampin' Pretty. I knew it WOOD be perfect for my workshop this month and I was right. The ladies loved all the wood tones, the texture from the new Subtle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and all the combined browns in this card.

Each lady chose which sentiment she wanted on her card from the Itty Bitty Greetings, a new stamp set that has gotten so much use from me already! I know it will remain in my collection for a long time.

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Sweet Soiree Anniversary

Happy Monday! I love celebrating the wedding anniversaries of family and friends with a hand made card. This year I am using the Sweet Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Sweet Soiree Embellishment kit. These two items will be retiring at the end of the month. If you wish to purchase them, you need to order soon! You can use my Online Store.

You can see my sentiment is from the *new* Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set. It's wonderful and reminiscent of the retiring Teeny Tiny Wishes. I used Stampin' Blends to color on the back of the Vellum accent flowers from the Sweet Soiree Embellishment Kit. That gorgeous Marina Mist velvet ribbon is behind the cake accent. See the tiny pearl? That is from the *new* Share What You Love Artisan Pearls.

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