Flower Shop Birthday

Today’s card has all the elements for a beautifully feminine birthday card. The card base is Smoky Slate cardstock.  The Whisper White mat is cut with a die from the Lots of Labels framelits.  I stamped it off center so there was room for the flourish image from the Timeless Textures stamp set and the 3-D flowers. The Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper frame was created by cutting the next smaller framelit and then the next smaller one…

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Petite Petals for CYCI #129

One of the things (among so many) that I like about cardmaking challenges is not really knowing exactly what the end result will be until I actually finish the card.  My card for the Can You Case It color challenge was one of those cards.  I was thinking about so many possibilities for this color combo… Once again, I reached for a flower stamp set…. The card base is Sahara Sand.  I then cut another piece…

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Comfort & Healing

I’m back today with a card using one of the new stamp sets, Flourishing Phrases.  One of my goals for the new catalog period is to acquire more sentiment sets.  I feel like I’ve exhausted the ones I have and need some fresh ones.  This set fits the bill. It doesn’t just apply to a certain occasion like birthday or thank you.  It has sentiments for just about any occasion, except birthdays. With this card,…

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The Smallest Things

Happy “unofficial” start of summer!  I say it’s official as I’m tired of the damp, dreary spring we had.  I hope you have some fun plans for Memorial Day.  I will be spending some time in the garden.  I’m a little behind on the vegetable planting so I must get them in the ground this weekend then I will work on the flower pots. Speaking of flowers, that is the theme of one of the…

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