Retired but still loved

Hi Stampers!
My daughter adopted a new dog this last weekend and she is over the moon with joy.  I decided to send "Archie" a care package to welcome him to the family and of course a card was necessary.  I had to go into my retired stash to find the dog set, but that's okay- it still works great!  Here is what I came up with:

The colors are Island Indigo and Lucky Limeade, incolors from last year but still current.  I stamped on Whisper white with Basic Black ink.  I used the 1 1/4 and 1 3/8" circle punches and the dot embossing folder for the background.  The only real embellishment is a rhinestone "tag" on the collar.  The stamp set is D is for Dog, a recently retired set.  Archie is a dachshund but I don't think he'll mind that I don't have hot dog on the card...
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You're a Star!

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I made a card for my eldest child today.  She works in sales and last month she did really well, hence a large commission check.  To say she was on top of the world may describe her enthusiasm except she had another life changing, on top of the world moment last weekend, but we'll get to that one at another time!
Of course I made her a card:

Boy was this tricky to capture in a photograph!  The reason is because of the transparency sheet on the cover of the card- you can see the way it reflects the light (it also reflected me taking the photo until I found a better angle!).  I cased this cute card out of my monthly Stampin' Success magazine that all demonstrators get every month.  I used Pink Pirouette, Poppy Parade, and Basic Grey cardstock in addition to the transparency sheet.  I used the White Stazon pad to stamp on the transparency sheet with a stamp from a set that we got at convention last summer.  An embossing folder through the Big shot for some texture, a little white satin ribbon and voila!
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Perfectly Penned Birthday wishes!

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Another birthday card for those many April birthdays!  My friend Jan and I bought several packs of Designer Series Paper and split them up so we would have a larger selection to choose from between us.  I find that I don't usually go through a whole pack during the catalog year, and there are always many I would like to work with so this made double the fun for both of us!
For Jan's birthday I decided to use one of the DSP's that she chose- Beyond the Garden.  I went all out for Jan- she is a fellow Demonstator and the friend that got me hooked on Stampin' Up! in the first place! Here's what I came up with-

Are there things in your life that you purchased because it was a good value, but you weren't really sure that it would be useful?  That is me and Big Shot (my sizzix machine).  Who knew we would become such good buds?  I used the Edgelit dies, the Framelits dies, the Embossing folder- it's so easy to get carried away with Mr. Big (shot)!  My color palette was again dictated by the DSP except I cheated and used Lucky Limeade instead of Kiwi Kiss for the green.  I didn't think anyone would mind, and I really wanted to use the cute ruffle edge ribbon.  Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, and Tangerine Tango make up the rest of the colors.  Do you have some special April Birthdays too?
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Perfectly Penned Stamp set #122890w 122892c
Labels collection framelits dies #125598
 Adorning accents edgelits dies #125595
Adorning Accents Textured Impressions embossing folder #125601
 Beyond the Garden DSP#122342
Basic Black Stampin' pad #101179
Melon Mambo card stock #115320
Daffodil Delight card stock #119683
Tangerine Tango card stock #111349
5 petal punch #119880
Scallop Circle punch #119854
Boho Blossoms punch 119858
Basic Pearls #119247
Flower brads #119734
3/8 " Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon #122977

Hostess thank yous!

Hey Stampers!

I've done it again, go me!  I needed to stamp some thank yous for my latest workshop (thanks Betsy) and I wanted a valentiney theme but- not too valentiney- so this is what I came up with.  Owls seem to be all the rage and I thought this one is especially cute.  I pulled out the old color coach, found Early Espresso and Bashful Blue would make nice coordinating colors with my real read heart, and off I went.  The little hearts dry embossed in the background come from a new embossing folder found in the new mini catalog.  The punches used were the 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, scallop circle, and heart punches.  Maybe next post I'll have some  numbers for you to order!  You can always go directly to my website from the link to the right and shop.
Thanks for stopping by!  Mary