You’re Amazing!

We never understand the impact our words are on another person.  One day I went through my local Starbucks drive through on the way to work.  When I was handed my venti nonfat latte, hand written on the cup was "You're Amazing!".  I had been working a lot, was worn down and felt unappreciated. (You've been there right?)  Those words from a complete stranger written on my cup absolutely touched me, shifted my mood and my day.  This happened over a year ago and I still vividly recall the experience.  I kept the cup for quite some time.

Someone who I think the world of is having a birthday next month.  I created her birthday card to let her know I think she is amazing.  She is a positive influence in others lives.  She is strong, smart, has a great sense of humor and is so giving of herself.  

Using the Pals Paper Arts sketch No 173 as my inspiration I created this card:

Here is the original sketch challenge:

My card base is 5 x 5 in Crumb Cake card stock.  The next layer is Cherry Cobbler which I adhered to the base with stampin dimensionals to create the dimension I wanted. The sentiment is from the Lovely Romance stamp set, which is one of my favorite stamp sets in the 2013-2014 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog. I cut out the sentiment using the Chalk Talk Framelits. Then I cut out two more shapes from the crumb cake card stock and layered them to on the back to frame the sentiment.  The flags are 3/4" pieces of crumb cake and whisper white card stock.  I placed the cherry cobbler polka dot washi tape from the Season of Style Designer Washi Tape collection on the center of the whisper white piece before I flagged the end.  And the final touch was the 7/16" Natural Trim Ribbon.

 Here is one more view of the card:

So today think about who you need to tell – "You're Amazing"

Make it a great day.  Cheers,

Michelle