Saturday, August 28, 2010

Birthday Card - using retiring Stampin' Up! colours (Happy Birthday Susie Q)

I made a birthday card for a fellow team member today. I've been ummming and ahhing about it for a few days, because it is a special birthday at half a century. I came across the Stamping 411 sketch challenge and fell in love with the sketch, which is unusual for me, because as a general rule, I don't do circles or ovals.
So, I dug out some of the retiring Stampin' Up! colours that I will miss. I have used Lavendar Lace, Pale Plum (both retiring) Elegant Eggplant (staying) I also used the So Swirly wheel stamp, which you've seen me use before (I love it!!) I also used one of my favourite sets that will be retiring in 3 days, Best is Yet to come, which is a level one hostess set. The card stock I used was Very Vanilla, which is a nice change from white. The butterfly stamp isn't a Stampin' Up stamp, but one from Hero Arts. The grosgrain ribbon has been in my stash for a while, but, because I don't use purple much, it hasn't been used. 

Happy birthday Sue! Hope you have a great day, visit Sue on her blog, to wish her a very happy birthday!

13 comments:

  1. lovely card, great butterfly and layout!

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  2. its just gorgeous jess, sue will love it.

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  3. Love that butterfly!! And those colors are awesome together!! Thanks for playing with us this week over at the Stamping 411 Blog!!

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  4. Wow Jess this is gorgeous! Thank you. I Love the butterfly, very nice touch my friend!

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  5. What a great card Jess. Love that butterfly. Thanks for sharing it with us at Stamping 411

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  6. Love the colors, and the butterfly is sooo pretty! Thanks for playing along this week :)

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  7. Really nice card - love the big butterfly!

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  8. very pretty butterfly, Love the purple colors you used.

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  9. This is beautiful! I love the gorgeous butterfly.

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  10. Beautiful colors! Your friend is going to adore her special card!

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  11. Jess -- your butterfly is amazing. I especially love the colors you choose! Great job on this sketch! thanks so much for playing with the Stamping 411 Operators! Blessings, Gretchen

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