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Baby card for Miss Piper!

My dear friend and Stampin’ Up! downline, Jenny, welcomed home her new baby,Piper, about two months ago. Talk about pressure for the perfect baby card. Tonight I decided that Jenny would love any card I send her and I need to think like Nike and Just Do It! So I found the colors with this week’s Global Design Project

I went to Pals Paper Arts for the layout.

I got the fun fold and measurements for the card from Lisa Ann Bernard. Thanks Lisa! She’s one the designers for Pals Paper Arts.

Congratulations Jenny and Bill!

I love sending cards with coordinating envelopes.

Abby and I have a therapy dog visit scheduled for tomorrow. Have I told you about my therapy dogs? I’ll do that soon.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

Card Details:

Paper- It’s My Party DSP, Smokey Slate, Basic Gray, Whisper White

Stamp Set- Zoo Babies

Ink- Smokey Slate, Basic Gray

Accessories- Flower Medallion punch, Washi Label punch, 2″ Circle punch, Tree Builder punch (little flower), Pearl Basic Jewels,

Sweet Thank You

My very sweet college friend, Sharon, came over today to give me a tutorial on selling on ebay. I have about 15 years of retired Stampin’ Up! stamp sets and it’s time to sell some. (If there’s a specific one you are looking for, let me know and I might have it.) Anyway, Sharon got more than she bargained for, not realizing it would take 2 1/2 hours to get me up to speed. OK, so we did have problems with my very old iPad. Superman if you’re reading this, I could use a new iPad for my birthday! Spending $500 will somehow save you money on ebay sales in the long run. 🙂

Well, I knew I needed to make Sharon a card and I love this week’s Global Design Project sketch shown above.

Here’s the inside of Sharon’s card. I’m going to write on a post it note instead of inside the card, so Sharon has a cute thank you to pass on to someone else. I should probably add a couple more cards to thank her also.

I love adding something to the envelope to make it special.

We had such a busy weekend. Superman and I took Abby to her first college visit on Friday. I didn’t bother to tell the college that I will miss Abby terribly and I’m not actually letting her leave home next year. 🙂 On Saturday we went to the district Individual Speech contest. Abby has never participated in this before and was quite nervous before it started. She did a memorized public address and also a lit program. She was thrilled to get a “1” on both and will be moving on to the state contest. Keegan was busy with a jazz competition for part of the day on Friday and was happy to have the house to himself.

I’d love to hear your questions or comments.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

Card details:

Paper- Cherry on Top DSP, Watermelon Wonder and Whisper White cardstock

Stamp Sets- Apple of My Eye, Honeycomb Happiness

Ink- Cucumber Crush, Watermelon Wonder

Dad’s 77th Birthday!

It’s hard to believe my Dad is turning 77! He seems so young. Last year when we were in Hawaii, we had a Kayak race and he and Sean won! He was by far the oldest person on our tour that involved kayaking, hiking about two miles in knee deep mud to a waterfall and then swimming at the waterfall. Dad took it all in stride and made it look easy. When he would have my kids visit in North Carolina, he would take them horseback riding, bike riding, climbing waterfalls and white water rafting. Yep, he’s up for the Grandpa of the Year Award!

I used this sketch from SundayStamps for the inspiration for the card. When I showed the card to Superman, he said it looks like Dad must be an Ohio State fan. Well, he’s not. He is a graduate of Iowa State and loves watching Cyclone Football and Basketball. Unfortunately their colors are Cardinal and Gold. Guess I wasn’t thinking.

Can you see the piercing all the way around the oval. I thought it was a nice touch.

Abby thinks one of the best things about Grandpa is all the stories he tells. She’s been taping his stories and hopes to help him write his life story.

Keegan had his audition for James and the Giant Peach today. He thought it went pretty well. I’ll let you know what part he gets. He goes to a big school, so sometimes the part might be Peach Tree #37 or something like that. 🙂

Hope you’re having an awesome week and I hope you have a great birthday Dad!

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

You can see the Happy Heart embossing folder I used on Dad’s card is on sale this week. Here’s the link to my store to purchase the weekly deals or anything else at Stampin’ Up! Also take a look at the Ultimate Starter Bundle below.

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