Happy Birthday, Jessalyn!

Today my granddaughter, Jessalyn Simonis, celebrates her 18th birthday!  So exciting as I’m hoping it brings her closer to us since she is a legal adult.  Can’t wait to see what this next year holds. Stamp Set – Grassy Grove, Color & Contour, Hot Air Balloon Ink – Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Pecan Pie Cardstock – Mossy Meadow, Pecan Pie, Basic White Accessories – Brayer, Playful Alphabet Dies, Aspen Tree Dies, Hot Air…

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Put Some Glimmer in YOUR Next Project!

I needed a birthday card for my daughter’s fun-loving boyfriend.  I didn’t want anything fussy but still special.  Here’s what I came up with.  The Ombre Specialty Paper gave it a bit of sparkle and presents a great background for the Playful Alphabet letters. The Ombre Specialty Paper comes in 12×12 sheets and each package contains 1 sheet of each of these 4 colors – Gorgeous Grape, Mango Melody, Night of Navy, & Poppy Parade. …

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Happy Birthday to the Man in My Life!

My husband in no way looks like the image in this stamp set (well, at least not the clothes…he dresses way cooler…maybe the silver hair) but….I had to use it anyway.  🙂  He is celebrating a milestone birthday today! Let me also say that he frequently tells people that he “robbed the cradle”, lest you think I’m the same age as him.  LOL! When this card is closed, it looks pretty plain and ordinary.  But…

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