Four Birthdays In Five Days…

Posted by Jen | Family, PaperTrey, Purple Turtle/inque boutique, cards | Thursday, July 10, 2008

July 7…My Dad turned 70!!
July 8…Ellie turned 2 and our friends welcomed a baby girl
Today, July 10…Tony’s Auntie’s Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY {GREAT} AUNTIE PATTI a.k.a. Auntie Weirdest! This is a card that I made for her special day…

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I brought out a slew {ok, 4} of Inque Boutique stamps from The Purple Turtle Stamp Shoppe to make this card. This is the second card that I have used Jazzy Punctuation on. Susan was over when I was making this and we were laughing about how we love brackets. We have no idea what the appeal is, but we love ‘em. You know me…if you add some polka dots to it, it’s even sweeter! For the mini calendar with the cake marking today, I used the Build A Calendar set. Cute, huh? The 100% Original {I did say “Auntie Weirdest”} stamp comes from the Build A Tag mini set. This set reminds me of the SU! Set, Stamp Of Authenticity…except this one is only $3.99!! The fourth and final set that I used was Retro Shapes. I got this set because I love how girly it is and how I can use it to make backgrounds, like I did here. As for the final touches on this card, I crazy stitched the left side of the Spring Moss and Berry Sorbet (Papertrey colors} panel. That yummy ribbon is from May Arts and I have finally started to use it a little. The right side of the card is embossed with the Bloom Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder. Don’tcha love that polka dotted brad in the center of that Prima?!? I had to go get “extras” of these so I would quit hoarding the ones that I already had…now that is BAAAD!

See you tomorrow with a little “trick” that I use! ;)

Stamps: Inque Boutique
Paper: Kraft, Spring Moss, Berry Sorbet {Papertrey Ink}; Basic Black, Whisper White {SU!}
Ink: Berry Sorbet {Papertrey Ink}, Basic Black {SU!}
Other: Ribbon {May Arts}, Brads {Making Memories}, Flowers {Prima}, Eyelets, Sewing Machine, Dimensional Glue Dots, Punches

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  1. Comment by Jessica — July 10, 2008 @ 6:17 am

    What a perfectly adorable card! I love all your textures! July is a busy birthday month for my family too!

  2. Comment by ~amy~ — July 10, 2008 @ 6:20 am

    **love** this!!! FABulous colors and Magnificent Design!

  3. Comment by Laurel Seabrook — July 10, 2008 @ 7:01 am

    Wow, absolutely fabulous! I am loving the brackets lately!

  4. Comment by Shawn K. — July 10, 2008 @ 7:07 am

    Such a cute card…darn you! I was trying to resist looking at these new sets as I really don’t need a new place to spend my stamping money, but you drove me there. I’m loving all these images. I was wondering if these stamps are acrylic or rubber? I tried looking around the website, but couldn’t figure it out.

    Shawn K.

  5. Comment by Dawn Easton — July 10, 2008 @ 8:09 am

    Wow! This layout is so fun!! Great design!

  6. Comment by Happy Now — July 10, 2008 @ 8:26 am

    LOVE that card! And to think I resisted that Build A Calendar set during Everything Inque Day, darn it all……

  7. Comment by Cindy Major — July 10, 2008 @ 11:19 am

    I am loving those colours! The various elements you combined work great together!

    Cindy

  8. Comment by Christi — July 10, 2008 @ 1:18 pm

    This is so fun!! I was going to order this set during the Inque Day too and didn’t. Boy am I regretting it. :(

  9. Comment by barb schram — July 10, 2008 @ 3:34 pm

    I have those MM brads too! I have only used one for fear of never having any again! LOL…the brad is perfect and looks terrific on this layout!

  10. Comment by Jaunice Minor — July 11, 2008 @ 12:28 am

    I want to be you when I grow up. I love your cards… I feel like such a novice and a beginner… I love your cards.

    Hugs
    Jaunice

  11. Comment by Michele — July 11, 2008 @ 4:41 pm

    Hmm…you left MY b-day off the list; it’s July 12th. :D

    ROFLOL!!

  12. Comment by Cindy — July 13, 2008 @ 5:46 am

    Oh WOW! LOVE this card!!!!

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