We are celebrating the 100th birthday of my great-aunt Louisa today! She has lived in a convent most of her life and worked as a hospice nurse until she retired. She doesn’t like to be in the limelight, but I hope she won’t be too uncomfortable today. At least she’ll be surrounded by lots of relatives, and I know she’ll enjoy having us all there!
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Stamps: Cross (The Angel Company); TXT 6002 (Hobby Post)
Paper: Pure Luxury White, Good as Gold (Gina K. Designs); Tim Holtz Distress Collection (Core’dinations)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Lulu Lavender (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Big Shot, Sponge Daubers, Sanding Blocks, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Ribbon Banners Shapeabilities (Spellbinders); Tim Holtz Clock Texture Fades Embossing Folder (Sizzix); Copic Markers (E31, E33, E35, V20, V25,YG93, YG95)
Tags: simply delicious
StampTV’s Swipe On Swipe Off challenge sounded like it would make a pretty sunset background for a sail ship. Our nephew’s birthday is coming up and I think he’d enjoy this card, after sailing around the Outer Banks this summer.
I used six different Memento Dew Drop inkpads and just swiped them across the white card stock. Then I stamped the image and ran the card stock through my Big Shot with the largest Classic Diamonds die. The sails were colored with a clear glitter pen. If you click to enlarge, you may be able to see that the Smoky Slate background was lightly “impressed” with the Sea Scape template.
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Stamps: Enjoy the Sunshine, Tech Talk (Gina K. Designs)
Paper: Pure Luxury Kraft, Smoky Slate, White (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Memento Angel Pink, Bahama Blue, Cantaloupe, Danube Blue, Summer Sky, Tangelo, Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Big Shot, Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Classic Diamonds Nestabilities, Ribbon Banners Shapeabilities, and Sea Scape Impressabilities (Spellbinders); Gold Brads (Gina K. Designs); Gelly Roll® Stardust® Glitter Pen (Sakura); Copic Markers (E33, E35)
Tags: fun & frolicky
It’s a shame I can’t just drive to my sister’s house and drop this birthday card in her mailbox, because then it wouldn’t be arriving too late. Sorry, sis! Hope you have a wonderful, warm, and sunny day in Belgium today!
The Dutch sentiment could be translated as: A birthday is a day that floats between yesterday and tomorrow (but my translation skills are quite rusty). I used a Viva la Verve sketch (6/10/11) to get my mojo started. Love the pretty papers in BasicGrey’s Sweet Threads collection!
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Stamps: Blue Skies (Verve Stamps); Dutch sentiment stamp (Verschooten Stamps Antwerpen)
Paper: Pure Luxury Innocent Pink, Chocolate Brown, White (Gina K. Designs); Sweet Threads (BasicGrey)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Lacey Ovals and Classic Ovals Small Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Vintage Lace Punch Around the Page Set (Martha Stewart); Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers); Gelly Roll® Stardust® Glitter Pens (Sakura); Copic Marker (RV10); 5mm Pearls (Mark Richards)
Tags: simply delicious
Thanks for your concern, Pat and Marilyn! I’m still here, just not stamping as much as I used to. It took a Mojo Monday sketch to get me in the mood again. 🙂
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Stamps: Hope Blooms, Happy Hello (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Pure Luxury White, Smoky Slate (Gina K. Designs); Marjolaine (BasicGrey)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Big Shot, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware, Vintage Brad, 1″ Circle Punch, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Elegant Leaves Die (Verve Stamps); Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal)
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William and Kate picked a wonderful date to get married: my sister’s 22nd wedding anniversary! Thirty years ago, Charles and Diana chose to get married on my parents’ 20th wedding anniversary. The apple does not fall far from the tree!
Of course I wanted to make a “royal” anniversary card for my sister and her dear husband this year. Luckily I had recently purchased this Lovely Labels 3 stamp set from Gina K. Designs, which includes a couple of crown images. I found a fitting background paper in BasicGrey’s Ambrosia collection.
Best wishes to William and Kate, and to Linda and Roel!
Stamps: Lovely Labels 3 (Gina K. Designs)
Paper: Pure Luxury Smoky Slate, Ivory (Gina K. Designs); Textured Going Gray (SU!); Ambrosia (BasicGrey)
Ink: Memento Potters Clay, Tangelo, Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Big Shot, Raven Lace Trim Ribbon, Ticket Corner Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Labels Twenty-One Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Copic Marker (YR09) and atyou Spica Glitter Pen (Lemon); Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal)
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