Amazing Confetti Birthday

A bright cheery and sweet birthday card.  The DSP is from the Confetti Celebration DSP collection and it provided the Stampin Mojo I needed for this card.   While some people sketch out their designs before they start my designs often evolve.  For example, after I stamped the banner flag for the upper left corner I thought I would emboss on the banner.  It did not turn out they way I wanted so I stamped…

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Four Feathers Birthday

I am definitely in a time of transition.  So much excitement for our two sons, as one returns to his familiar university campus and the other begins his journey on a campus in a whole new climate.  And while I have always worked and thought this would make our sons leaving for school easier for me, I find myself very reflective as I consider this new chapter in our lives.  So it was wonderful to…

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Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge #220

When I saw this week's Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge the first thing that came to my mind was a large Harvest Moon.   So I followed my vision to create a very different card from my normal style.  Sometimes it is fun to simply experiment and try something new.   I took a piece of standard white photo paper and using a piece of Stamping Sponge (I cut them into quarters for easy handling)…

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Make a Wish

My nephew who is a freshman at the University of Wisconsin – Madison is celebrating his 19th birthday.  The first weekend he was there he text-ed home "I love this place".  So as a new UW Badger I thought it was fitting to create his birthday card in UW colors. The base of the card is Real Red.  The top layer is embossed with the new Lucky Stars Textured Embossing Folder.  The banner is stamped…

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