Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Birthday Cards and a Thank You Card



Hello and happy Wednesday.  A big thanks to everyone who was so kind to wish me a happy birthday yesterday.  I was wondering how so many people knew about it, until I read Kim's blog post here....and it all became clear.  What a sweet friend my Kim is.

Perhaps it is old age, but I find myself in need of belated birthday cards a bit too often.  Here is one I made so I will be ready the next time I forget someone's birthday.  "Prepare to Forget"--that would be a good motto.


I used the sketch at Sweet Sunday Sketches #267.  I water colored my flower with Distress Abandoned Coral, so I will be entering the Don't Abandon Coral challenge at Simon Says Monday, and I used two positively ancient stamp sets--PTI Friends Till the End and Verve Big Wish, so I will also enter this card at Retro Rubber #13 Anything Goes.  Retro Rubber is a new challenge for me, and was very excited to discover it, as it is all about encouraging you to use your older stamps.



Next up is a thank you card I made using my latest love--the iris in PTI Friendly Flowers.  Warning--you are going to see this flower a lot this week.  Today, my Iris appears on a smaller card (3.5 x 5), one layer with lots of stickles.  


I stamped my Iris in Distress Abandoned Coral and then Pure Poppy.I will be entering this card at One Layer Simplicity #16 and the Don't Abandon Coral challenge at Simon Says Monday,

I can't seem to stop playing with my newest die--Boxed Up Birthday Greetings from Lil Inker.  In my next two cards, I used this die for some inlaid die cutting.




I used Inktense pencils to color a rainbow on a scrap of white card stock and then used a water brush to blend all the colors together.  I cut my card front as well as that rainbow piece with the Boxed Up Birthday Greetings, and put the white piece back into the card front.  I inlaid all the negative pieces back onto the card front to surround the white die cut.  I am entering this card at Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge where the theme is die cuts/punches and Simon Says Wednesday Let's Get Sentimental.




And, finally, one more take with the same die and inlaid die cut technique, this time using the colors at ColourQ #290.


I am also entering this card at Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge where the theme is die cuts/punches, the Don't Abandon Coral challenge at Simon Says Monday, and and Simon Says Wednesday Let's Get Sentimental.





Thanks for Visiting

30 comments :

  1. Great cards, Joyce! I'm terrible about sending cards late! In fact, today, I'm finally mailing my card to my brother for his birthday, which was last Wednesday!

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  2. Oh, where do I begin with all of these GORGEOUS cards, Joyce! I love how you played with your new Abandoned Coral DI and the crisp, clean lines are just perfect with your flower! Your iris is also stunning, and I love the sentiment on this card! Lastly, you've done an amazing job with your inlaid die cutting on the last 2 cards...WOW! Good luck with all the challenges...every one of your cards looks like a winner to me :)

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  3. First of all happy belated birthday!! Guess I'd be making use of your gorgeous belated card. :) Secondly, so much awesomeness! Loving the touches of gold on your fist card and I can see why you love that iris on your second card - it's lovely! I am coveting that Lil Inker die cut and yay for that circles PTI embossing plate!

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  4. Dear Joyce
    Happy Belated Birthday
    I am sorry I am late at sending you card but I will send one to you
    and I love all your bday card you made here
    I love that thanks card look so adorable with that flower and look so CAS
    the first card great idea with that two different stripes on the sentiment
    and the other one I love the simple design..it always make me happy to see ladies using Die Cut machine as I dont have it...
    and Joyce..just want to tell you I GET YOUR CARD yesterday yeaaah and posting it on this post..would be happy if you like to visit me and maybe leaving me some love..
    hugs..
    Monika

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  5. My goodness you did have a wonderfully crafty birthday, Joyce! Just what you wanted, I'll bet... all gorgeous - love all the inlaid squares! Of course my faves are the flowers and you're right to use that Iris again, and again...
    =] Michele

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  6. Another wonderful post full of your wonderful cards!! Love that big bloom on the first one and the sweet little bloom on the last with the number embossing!

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  7. Joyce, all of your cards are fantastic! I am so glad that you decided to play along with Retro Rubber! I really liked the watercoloring on the first card... old stamp images must be loved too! Hope to see you often at Retro Rubber!

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  9. Great cards Joyce! Love the CAS design of them! Good luck with the DT call! Hazel xx

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  10. Happy Birthday for yesterday, Joyce! I love that birthday die. Has been in my Lil' Inker wishlist since the release. I'm soooo jealous!!! You have worked with it beautifully. All those amazing colours and then the subtle embossed background. Wonderful! Thanks so much for playing along at Happy Little Stampers and good luck with the DT call xx

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  11. Your cards are all beautiful, Joyce!!!!
    Hope you had a lovely birthday!!!! Congrats!!!
    XX

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  12. Speaking of belated birthday cards, Happy Belated Birthday, Joyce! I've been "tidying up" around here after reading Marie Kondo's book so haven't been blog surfing much. Often do check yours though because I love what I see. Looks like you've been busy, busy making lots of neat cards. Have a beautiful day! xoxo

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  13. OMG birthday girl what a lovely array of cards.
    HB2U

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  14. Hi Joyce. Happy Belated Birthday!! I tend to send out a lot of belated birthday greetings as you can tell :) ... for the idea of having a new category of "prepared to forget" sounds like a good idea to me. :)

    Gorgeous mix of cards using all kinds of fantastic techniques. Thanks for playing along at Happy Little Stampers.

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  15. Wow...you have been a very busy bee my sweet friend. I love all your amazing cards and that iris...wow...what a card, adding that one to my wish list. I know just what you mean about needing a stash of belated birthday cards, must be an age thing right, LOL Love your sweet birthday card and that die is fabulous....another thing to add to my list. Thank you so much for playing along with us at ColourQ, hope to see you again next week!

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  16. Pretty cards! Loooove that flower! Thanks for doing the RR challenge!

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  17. all the cards are lovely with CAS designs. Glad you found us at RRBC and are playing along.

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  18. Beautiful CAS card! All of your cards are wonderful, too! Older stamps deserve to be loved! Thanks for playing along with Retro Rubber this week!

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  19. These are so pretty Joyce - the iris is just beautiful. And I love the inlaid die cut - that die looks so versatile...another for my wishlist I think!

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  20. Very beautiful cards! I love the first card - the coloring is so lovely! Thanks for joining us at Retro Rubber!

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  21. So glad you had some wonderful crafty time on your birthday! Love your fabulous inlaid birthday designs! And the florals are gorgeous. The iris is especially striking!

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  22. Oh my goodness you have been so busy this week--personally and creatively Joyce! More fabulous cards!!

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  23. Given that I didn't know about your birthday this week, Joyce, you'll know I'm smiling at your comments about belated birthdays! Gorgeous floral cards ... I can understand you playing so much with the birthday block ... it's so deliciously graphic and bold ... great cards! Anita :)

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  24. What a pretty birthday card, Joyce! Thanks for playing with us at the colourQ. Have a wonderful Mother's Day!

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  25. All these cards are lovely and each one is really eye catching with your bright focal points against the clean white backgrounds.

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  26. Gorgeous cards Joyce! The are all so elegant and striking.
    Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
    hugs
    Mandy xx

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  27. Even though I am amazed how you make so many cards but now I just love seeing such a variety of designs in one post and would probably miss if you don't create multiple cards :)

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  28. Joyce, I'm sorry that I can't keep up with commenting on all your cards - they're always so gorgeous - you have a real talent that is very versatile - you try all styles and all techniques successfully! I went back and bought the PTI iris set because of this card - can't wait til it gets here! So glad you joined us at OLS!

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  29. Great cards! I really like the ones with the square HB die. You can have lots of fun with that. I said this year I am only sending out belated birthday cards. hee hee

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  30. t's been some time since I've been here, Joyce, but it's so freezing cold here in the study where I have my computer and make my cards, I hardly spend any time here!!! But I've been missing my friends and making cards, so I've put on lots of warm clothing and can sort of handle the cold now!!! Looking forward to see what you have created the last three weeks!!!
    The cards you have here are all so lovely!!! Love the gold and black strips on the first card, the lovely flower and all the white space!!! Your iris is stunning and I love that box die you've used on the other two cards!!! All of them are simply beautiful!!!!

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