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Die: The Stamp Market Happy Bday
Paper: Stampin' Up Birthday Bash (really old!), Night of Navy cardstock, Concord & 9th Neutral Foils Paper Pack
Other: Stampin' Up Iridescent Sequin Assortment
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Die: The Stamp Market Happy Bday
Paper: Stampin' Up Birthday Bash (really old!), Night of Navy cardstock, Concord & 9th Neutral Foils Paper Pack
Other: Stampin' Up Iridescent Sequin Assortment
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Stamps: Poppystamps Birthday Banners (and dies)
Dies: Spellbinders Floating Bunny (Small Die of the Month March 2022)
Cardstock: Stampin' Up Lemon Lime, Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, Taylored Expressions Cupcake, Simon Says Stamp Fox
Other: Stampin' Up Glitter Enamel Dots, Spellbinders Head in the Clouds embossing folder
I didn't quite follow my own sketch. I had a plan that was going to be exact but guess what showed up unexpectedly the night before I was making the card - my order from the new Stampin' Up catalog and I had no choice but to play with it. I pulled out the open rainbow from Sunshine Vibes but I had to use a fairly wide panel to fit it horizontally which obviously made the panel taller vertically too. That meant I had a lot of space below it for a sentiment but not off the edge as it is in the sketch (and in my original Christmas card.) You'd think I could follow my sketch, wouldn't you?!
I get so excited when I do the sketch. I have a firm idea in my head of what the sketch is - then you all blow my mind each time with your creative ideas. I look forwarded to visiting each and every card that shows up in the gallery. Have fun!
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Stamps: Stampin' Up Comforting Thoughts
Dies: Stampin' Up Sunshine Vibes, Rectangle Stitched
Paper: Stampin' Up Boho Vibes dsp, cardstock in Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink and Cloud Cover
Ink: Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow
Other: Stampin' Up Muted Palette Dots
The Teardrop Tag die set by Pinkfresh (retired) has a large tag and then a variety of half-circle dies that can be set into it. The tag was too big for the sketch but I found a circle that just barely fit the flowers and it brought it down to a good size. The card is intended as a Mother's Day card but I got everything picked and realized that I don't have a mother's day sentiment that nicely fit into the open space. So I went with "with love" and I'll add a mother's day on the inside.
Our trip to Idaho went well but totally ccomplicated our retirement plan. My husband and I have had to compromise. He would love to retire to an off-the-grid cabin along a fishing stream. I, on the other hand, want to be able to walk to a grocery store and a good brewery/taphouse/wine bar. Our compromise is a smallish town that is near everything we both wanted, but not so small that it isn't vibrant. So what did I fall in love with? Metro Boise! But I don't think 850,000 people is "smallish". It's so green - there's water everywhere! And it's amazingly clean. Plus the traffic isn't bad (at least in comparison to what we live with currently) All so different from where we live now. And in my opinion, an easy drive to his fishing. That's my story - I'm just not sure I'll be able to convince him. FYI - the mountains of Idaho are gorgeous but we know don't want to live in the mountains for a variety of reasons - we just want to visit regularly.
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Stamps: The Greetery Sentiment Suite: Love
Paper: Stampin' Up Garden Walk dsp, cardstock in Wild Wheat, Groovy Guava, Crisp Cantaloupe, Watermelon Wonder
Dies: Pinkfresh Teardrop Tag, MFT Stitched Ric Rac, Memory Box Butterfly Delights, Trinity Embossed Edge Circle
Other: Stampin' Up 2023-25 In Color Opaque Sparkle Dots, Stampin' Up Polka Dots embossing folder, Taylored Expressions Brick embossing folder
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Stamps: Papertrey Ink Thoughts of Easter Sentiments and dies
Dies: Reverse Confetti Cross, Simon Says Stamp Simple Stems
Paper: Stampin' Up dsp in Daffodil Delight, Pool Party and Wild Wasabi
I definitely needed a bunny card for Easter given my son's answer when I asked about his very-serious girlfriend's favorite things so I could make cards she loved was bunnies and strawberries. It also was a great excuse to buy a couple of the Nordic Bunnies by Poppystamps!
I love the entire Nordic series by Poppystamps and I'm not just talking the bunnies. They have leaves and flowers, butterflies and birds, wreaths and trees and snowmen, and even a moose. I don't have everything but I do have a really good sampling! I wanted the sweet bunnies to be the focus so I simply added a floral embossed background and the sentiment (which is also from Poppystamps.)
I haven't seen my oldest son since he moved to Michigan nor have I met the girlfriend. We tried last fall but it turns out that living in a big college football town significantly impacts the availability of flights and hotels. My son highly recommended we not come in the winter so are finally going in May. We have our flights booked and nothing is going to get in the way!
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Dies: Poppystamps For Some Bunny Special, Nordic Bundled Bunny, Nordic Happy Bunny
Cardstock: MFT Natural, PTI Soft Stone, TE Toffee, Stampin' Up Crisp Cantaloupe, Groovy Guava, Pistachio Pudding, Mint Macaron, Barely Banana, Soft Saffron
Other: Spellbinders Hydrangea Blooms EF