A quick and clean masculine birthday card using the Kaleidoscope DSP and Crushed Curry card stock. The Arrows Textured Embossing Folder creates texture and interest to the eyes on the Crushed Curry card stock. The sentiment from the Just Sayin' stamp set pops when using the Stazon Black Ink. A Basic Metal button provides an finishing touch!
And a little pizazz on the inside of the card as well…
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Last week my colleagues and I held a One Team Meeting at the Hilton for all associates. We close the office and the management team presents to the entire office our strategic initiatives for the upcoming year. At the end of the meeting we celebrated the retirement of a 40 year associate – that day was her last day. The presentation was a HUGE surprise and there was not a dry eye in the place (men and women both). I was so pleased as I worked very hard on all the details for the presentation.
We had purchased her a Gift Certifcate for a cruise and I created an envelope with my envelope punch board. Then I created a matching card (5 x 7) …which was signed by the management team.
Island Indigo is one of my favorite SU colors and this DSP is from 2013 Sale-a-bration. I have a stash of it because I like so many of the patterns – especially this one. Crushed Curry added the "sunshine" to the Island Indigo. The sentiment was cropped out with a Windows Frames Collection framelit. Then I framed the square portion using a Squares Collection framelit. The envelope was stamped with images from the Embellished Events stamp set.
The card and the Cruise Envelope were in a beautiful beach bag along with a monogramed beach towel, some great paperbacks, and of course sunscreen. She was given two dozen roses and a limo brought her husband and best friend to share the experience. We had a cocktail reception after the meeting and then the limo took the three of them off for a fun evening and eventually home.
My heart was overflowing with joy and love from creating a wonderful surprise for someone who was so very deserving. I loved having all my Stampin' Up! products to enhance the special recognition.
Stampin' Up! products bring my creativity to life and allows me to share my joy with so many others.
For almost a year I have sat on the sidelines not purchasing or using the Core'dinations Card stock. I finally took the plunge and ordered a pack of the Brights Core'dination Card stock when it was featured in the Stampin' UP! Weekly Deals last month. Well last week with the retired list we learned all the Core'dinations Card stock is being retired. So I thought I better get using this great card stock.
I used the Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (from the Holiday Catalog and carried over to the NEW Annual Catalog!!) with the Bermuda Bay Core'dinations card stock. Then I lightly sanded it for the distressed look.
I cut a piece of Whisper White and Silver Vellum DSP 2" x 3 1/2 " and then used the Tag Toppper punch to create my tag.
The decorative starbursts come from the Starburst Sayings stamp set and using the coordinating framelits cut them out for these cute ornaments hanging off the tag. The Silver 1/8" ribbon finish the tag topper perfectly.
A quick sentiment from the Four You stamp set, a little Dazzling Diamonds to dot the "i"'s and we are ready to celebrate this Bermuda Bay birthday in style!
This was a crazy week at work and it kept me away from my craft table as well as my computer. I have been busy today making cards for this week's blog posts. So many exciting things happening with Stampin' Up! and I need to get them to you! Let's not delay…
Here is a sneak peak of the new In-Colors 2014-2016:
Hello Honey, Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, and Tangelo Twist
they are yummy colors and I cannot wait to get my hands on them. My pre-order is on its way!!! Check out this great color chart created by another PAL, Nicole Watt, who is amazing with MDS and see the new colors and how they augment our current color palette. I cannot wait for Lost Lagoon and Blackberry Bliss!
I hope this gets you as excited as it does me. Have a wonderful Saturday and come back tomorrow for more from StampinMojo!
My design for today's Pals Paper Arts Challenge is Clean and Simple. Here is the color combination for this weeks Challenge:
And here is my card for this week…
Using a standard A2 card size I cut the square using the third square framelit. Using my Distressing Tool I "frayed" the edges of the square and then dipped it into my Crumb Cake ink pad. Then using the Petite Petals Stamp Set and matching punch created the flowers. The Bermuda Bay leaves came from using the Little Leaves Sizzlits die (retiring). And Bermuda Bay candy dots were the finishing touch. The sentiment came from the Lots of Thanks stamp set.
The inside of the card included three layers to bring the colors to the inside of the card. Let's take a peek.
I just love how this turned out. And here is a close up of the front.
I struggled getting good picutres this week to capture the colors in the card. You can see with each photo the color is slightly different and I was using the same lighting!
I hope you are having a great week. I am so excited because my oldest will be coming home from College for the summer tomorrow night. Last summer he stayed at school for summer classes so this will be the first time in two years he will be home for more that a couple of weeks. We will have all of us under one roof again – so fun I can't wait.
And of course as demos we all get to see the new Catty and can pre-order beginning today. WooHoo! New items have been added to the Clearance Rack as well so Shop Now! to get the deals before they are gone.
Remember we love to see your ideas and takes on these color challenges. So go to Pals Paper Arts and play along!
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Thanks for stopping by! Tomorrow I REALLY will give you the final post on my stamping space…so I do hope you will stop back.
