Tropical Wishes with Concord & 9th

I always love a tropical theme!  When I made a bunch of cards for a friend she asked for a few masculine designs with the Best Wishes theme.  Where flowers can be more feminine, I think leaves can go both feminine or masculine.  So I pulled out this Turnabout stamp from Concord & 9th called  A Bit of Paradise.  And with the right colour palette it definitely leans more masculine.  The colours I used are Lemongrass, Spiced Cider, Cayenne and Avocado.  

I also used the coordinating A Bit of Paradise dies to add some accent to the sentiment.  The grame is from the coordinating die, and the die cut sentiment uses the Everyday Expressions Die.  

Now I think that covers all the retirement/best wishes cards I created for her.  It was a fun theme to work with which I don’t often create.  Thanks for joining me today!  

 

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Tropical Wishes with Concord & 9th

Award Winning Retirement with The Greetery

Hi There!  Today I’m bringing you another instalment in a seriew of cards I made for a friend to give to co-workers.  This one was designed for a man who was retiring, so I wanted it to have a bit more of a masculine feel.  I picked up my new goodies from The Greetery from their Confetti Encore Collection.  If it’s a celebration, this bundle of products is the perfect way to create great designs. 

I began with a fun colour palette (Concord & 9th Mushroom, Seaglass and Tidepool), and then went about foiling the Ticker Tape Hot Foil plate in silver on deep charcoal cardstock.  Next I added in layers of Curly Q Streamers Dies (they really make it feel like a party!), and then formed my fun Award Winning Die into a “blue ribbon” using the sentiment from the Inflated Sentiments embossed in silver for the sentiment.  Little touches like silver metallic cardstock add to the award winning feel of the design.  

I think it combines to make a really fun card that is full of celebration.  Also - perfect for masculine or feminine designs depending on the types of paper you use.  Thanks for joining the party with me!  

 

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Award Winning Retirement with The Greetery

Apples for the Teacher with Power Poppy

Hello!  Today I’m bringing you a sweet apple for the teacher.  Another one of the Retirement cards I created for a friend who has colleagues retiring at her school.  And you can never go wrong bringing your teacher an apple right?  This design from Power Poppy is a digital image called Apples in Season.  And while you won’t likely find blossoms and full fruit in any season, it sure makes a gorgeous design for a card!  

My colouring is done with Copics, with a little touch of white gel pen on the stamens of the blossoms.  

 

The beautiful focal die is called Rounded and Braided Essentials from Pink Fresh Studios, and the wonderfully textured background is created with Concord & 9th’s Basket Weave Card Front Die.  It’s been so long since I’ve used this set, it was a delight to colour it up and bring it to life!   

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Apples for the Teacher with Power Poppy

Retirement Florals with Pink Fresh Studios

Hello!  Today I’m bringing a second Retirement card for a friend’s workplace.  This one is all about fresh colour and beautiful colour!  I'm using Pink Fresh Studio’s Artsy Florals Stamp set and the coordainting dies.  They have a fun loosly drawn style which was fun to colour with Copics because you have the freedom to decide the depth of colour in the petals.  I’m also playing along with the May 2024 Monthly Challenge at Pink Fresh,  which is about Flower Power!  

Once I had coloured the flowers and die cut them, I created a pretty rainbow style ink blended background to coordinate with the colours of the flowers, and then ran this panel through the Ornate Medallions Coverplate die, perfect for a touch of delicate texture.  I also added a framing layer using Pink Fresh Studio’s Essentials:  Mini Slimline Dies.  

To help accent the design I embossed a few of the flowers from the set onto vellum and tucked them into the design, perfect for allowing the background colour to still shine through.  I few sequins add that touch of sparkle.  The sentiment is embossed and from a retired Stampin’ Up! set.  It feels so cheerful!  Which is what I hope retirement is like :)  

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Retirement Florals with Pink Fresh Studios

Peaceful Lilacs with The Greetery

Happy Sunday evening!  For us in Canada its a long weekend, and I’m so grateful for the extra time of rest.  A friend asked if I had any cards for retirement, and I had to admit I didn’t!  But, hey I’m a card maker and I love to create, so I put some creative time into a few retirement cards this weeked.  This first design is a breath of fresh air from The Greetery, using the very lovely Lilac Botanicuts Die.  

 

I cut the lilacs on watercolour paper and pulled out my Daniel Smith watercolours and added pretty purples and pinks (Carbazole Violet and Quin Violet) to the blossoms.  This die set is great because you can get so much dimension with the extra single blossoms added to the main branch.  After adhering everything together I came back with my Zig Clear Real Brush markers to add some deeper colour and the centers to each blossom, as well as some definition on the leaves.  After everything was adhered together I added splatters of watered down white acrylic paint.  

The card background is ink blended and then texture is added with Waffle Flower’s Sweet Plaid Texture Plate.  A retired Ric Rack die added a little accent along the top and the purple foiled sentiment is from Spellbinders called Yana’s Sentiments Glimmer.  

A dreamy peaceful design!  Thanks for joining me today! 

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Peaceful Lilacs with The Greetery

Happy Days are Here!

Someone special is happy today has arrived :)  Today Barbara Anders is celebrating her LAST day of work and retirement!  Woo Hoo!  I know she's been counting down the days on her blog for a long time to finally be here.  So today Tammy Hershberger and a bunch of Stampy Girls have gotten together to wish Bar a very happy Retirement Day!

I really, really love this set from Flourishes, it's called Spring is Sprung.  It's one of my fav's from the past year of releases.  And I love the theme of new beginnings in it, perfect for the new beginning of retirement life!

I've used some pretty Copics to give it a fresh dose of springy color and this week's Mojo Sketch for some round fun.   The papers are from MME Sunshine pack.

Now isn't this sentiment perfect for the inside of the card?

Happy Retirement wonderful lady!  And many happy stamping days ahead!  

Here's the rest of the girls playing in the celebration so go and check them out:

Broni Holcombe 

Lynn Put 

Wanda Cullen  

Lori Tecler 

Joan Ervin 

Jody Morrow 

Cindy Haffner 

Tammy Hershberger 

Stamps:  Flourishes - Spring is Sprung;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Pool Party;  Paper: Flourishes Classic Ivory, My Minds Eye - Sunshine DP, Cool Caribbean, Crumb Cake;  Accessories:  Grand Calibur, Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Circles, Spellbinders Grand Circles, Standard Circles Die, Spellbinders Creative Book Pages, Copic Markers (BG0000, BG11, BG70, BV000, YG17, YG61, E43,E44, E47, E81, E87, W2), Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Twine, Assorted Buttons, Glue Dots, Dimensionals. 

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Happy Days are Here!