Make My Monday has a brand new challenge starting today. There’s still 6 more weeks of summer, so I’m sure you can enjoy making a “beach” card with us. I’m pretty sure this card qualifies and I can actually say that it qualifies as an accidental CAS card, too! Have I mentioned to you yet that my husband plans to retire soon? Well, he is phasing into retirement and I will be phasing into having him home a lot more! I’m sure that he will love this card to celebrate! It was super easy to make, using July’s Paper Pumpkin kit with Senior Years and Many Mates stamp sets. This card would also make a great birthday card!
My secrets to making this Quiet Meadow project
- This A6 card starts with Calypso Coral cardstock, cut at 9″ x 6 1/4″ and scored at 4 1/2.”
- The pretty panel is from the July 2020 Paper Pumpkin kit. I also purchased the add-on card bases so expect to see more of these! I used the die from Friendly Silhouettes to cut the bottom of the panel, then adhered it to the Basic Black cut at 4″ x 5 3/4″. It was layered onto Whisper White cardstock.
- The “happy retirement” sentiment was stamped and cropped with the Classic Label Punch.
- The “celebrate” sentiment from Many Mates was stamped and fussy cut.
- Once I had it all adhered, I felt like it still needed a little something, so I found the very small bird stamp in Mountain Air, and stamped it twice for just a bit of “life” on my card front.
Senior Years
Make greeting cards to celebrate birthdays, retirement, and more with humorous sentiments and playful images from the Senior Years Stamp Set.
I’m sharing my card with these challenges:
- CAS on Friday Challenge: Nature
- Pattie’s Creations Challenge: Beach/Under the Sea
- Watercooler Wednesday Challenge: All about Occasions
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love the peaceful romantic card, I can imagine being there in the evening
You are right! CAS and just gorgeous! Love love love the colors and the simplicity of this card.
Lovely retirement card! And congratulations to you and your husband on his exciting new future. We are so pleased that you joined our Occasions Challenge this week at Watercooler Wednesday. Karen
Debbie this is a fabulous card. I’m sure it will be lovely to have more time to spend with your husband when he retires. Love Dawn x
Beautiful design here and love your style, thanks for entering your project into this month’s challenge, “anything goes” and look forward to you joining us again.. Good luck in the final draw..
[aNNie Design team member for Pattie’s Creations challenge
Lovely card. Such a pretty background with the contrast of the silhouetted images. Great idea adding the bird image, I think the card wouldn’t have been as effective without it.
Thanks so much for entering your project into our latest challenge over at Pattie’s Creations. Good luck in the draw.
☺Lisa D.
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