HAPPY 55TH ANNIVERSAY

I could have made a special "55th" anniversary card, but I really liked this one so I decided to use this one for my Sister and her husband.  They were married one year before me.  So glad that both of us have been able to celebrate so many years with our respective spouses.

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4 CARDS USING GRAPHIC 45 DSP

Before I started buying all of the beautiful designer papers from Stampin' Up!, I bought a lot of 6 x 6 pads from various companies.  The beautiful paper on these 4 cards is from a Graphic 45 pack.  I only used two sheets from the pad and was fortunate that someone on eBay was willing to purchase the remainder of the sheets in the pad.  All of the cardstock used for matting and card bases is from SU.

Take peek at the other three cards below.................

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STAMPIN' UP - BOHO MEDLEY

Blue has always been my favorite color.  Night of Navy and Misty Moonlight are my two favorite blues from Stampin' Up!.  I absolutely love this bundle.........which is retired.  I have a lot of this paper left because when they discontinued it I was able to get the refills for a really good deal.  Now I just have to use it!

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ANOTHER CASE - Nature's Harvest

I made this card a couple of weeks ago and now I'm not sure if I used an old Hero Arts shadow stamp or inked up an acrylic block to "stamp" the Crumb Cake background.  The dies are from the  Nature's Harvest stamp and die set.  I changed the colors slightly for the two strips behind the flowers.  I used tiny dimensionals to add the flowers.

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CHRISTMAS IN JULY - Whimsy & Wonder dsp

I bought this paper last Fall but hadn't used any of it yet.  When I saw someone talk about Christmas being only 5 months away it reminded me that sometimes I hear about "Christmas in July".....so this card was inspired.  Well, it was inspired by one that I saw on Pinterest when I went hunting there for ideas.  I love the pastel colors of the paper and the poinsettia.  I also love how the die leaves an impression on the petals and leaves.

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BEST WISHES

Today's card is using another piece from the dsp that I used yesterday.  I was so pleased with this card until I stamped the sentiment and realized it wasn't straight!  Sometimes I am able to add a punched piece over it but I didn't think that was going to look good either.  SO.............it is what it is.  

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THINKING OF YOU

This strip of designer paper isn't from Stampin' Up! but it does go very nicely with the SU Blushing Bride card stock.  I added the white strips and then the Mossy Meadow strips to each side of the dsp.  

I prefer not to actually emboss the front of a card base (although I have done it sometimes), so I embossed a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of the Blushing Bride card stock and added it to the card base before adding the dsp strip.  I used Spellbinders dies to cut the two ovals.  I did stamp the sentiment before cutting it out because it is much easier to get it centered.

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