Angry Birds Birthday Card

Are you an Angry Birds addict?  If so, you'll appreciate the card I created for my nephew Marcus.  It's his birthday today!  Happy birthday, Marcus!    Now, since I don't play Angry Birds, I had to rely on the creative imagination of Dianne Shiozaki, who made the Angry Birds card that I CASEd.  I've also …

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Ellie’s Patterned Party Birthday Card

Our family has lots of August (and April) birthdays.  Today is my niece Ellie's special day—8 years old!  Plus, it's the first day back to school, so it's a doubly special day for her!  (Wow—summer sure goes by fast!) Here's the glittery card that I created for her using the new In Colors and a …

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Party This Way Pennants Pop-Up Card

Today, my dear ole Dad, Tom Putman, turns 75 years old!  Happy birthday, Dad! Wow!  Three quarters of a century!  That's one hell of a milestone!  It's especially sweet this year because, after three years of unrelenting health issues, and hospital stay after hospital stay, he is FINALLY feeling really, really good!  I'm so grateful …

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Retiring Sense of Time – Emboss Resist Card

So, here I am again, looking at my pile of soon-to-retire stamp sets and wondering, "Why, oh why, didn't I use these babies more?!"  Seriously!  Some of these sets I simply "had" to have, and here they sit, barely mounted and never used!  That has to be some sort of stamping sin I've commited!  Are …

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Game Spinner Ideas From Leadership – Part 1

After posting Michelle's fun spinner card yesterday, it reminded me of some of the fun Game Spinner ideas I saw while I attended Leadership in January.  Being that my old stamp room is half-packed, and my new stamping studio is not yet painted, no stamping is happening this week.  So, I thought I share a …

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Michelle’s Celebrations Game Spinner Card

My friend and downline, Michelle Hoover, created this fun birthday card using the new Take A Spin stamp set and Game Spinner Hands!  Check it out!     She used the Celebrations Designer Series Paper to create a color combination of Pacific Point, Bashful Blue, Real Red, and Pear Pizzazz.  I love it!  So bright …

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