Congrats on Your Retirement

Today is Judy’s last day at work before she retires and moves to New York.  Good for Judy, sad for us.  The executive assistants who work directly with Judy asked me to make a card they could give to her, and I was happy to oblige.  I was excited to finally have a reason to the use the “from all of us” sentiment from Crazy About You – I don’t have many occasions to use that sentiment – but I was mostly excited to use this beautiful piece of paper from the Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack.  Here’s the card I made for Judy:

I used a sentiment from Wild About Flowers for the inside of this card – although the card doesn’t mention “retirement” anywhere, I think she’ll understand why we are congratulating her at her retirement party, right?  Here’s the inside of the card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Serene Scenery.  Have you flipped past Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack in the catalog, thinking you don’t really need it?  These 6″ x 6″ pages are incredible, and I dare you to NOT have fun with them.  One side of the pages features a photograph of either nature or texture, and the opposite side of each page contains graphic designs in coordinating colors.  I adore these papers and am wow’d by them every time I reach for them.  The good news – the photography either matches our colors perfectly or is altered to match.  Such a fun stack of papers!
  

  Serene Scenery Stack, Stampin’ Up!

• CASE’d Layout.  I had a lot of fun making this fun card – it’s rewarding when your are designing a special card for a special friend.  The “from all of us” was going to be a banner (extending from the right side of the card), but I decided a full band would work wonderfully.  That’s when it struck me that I was unintentionally CASEing this layout from another card I’ve made.  I had a lot of fun making that card, too!  Incidentally, I used Serene Scenery for both cards.  (You can click on the picture below to see the original post about this dude card)
• Warming Up to the Yellows.  This always happens to me – it takes me about a year to warm up to the yellow in the In Color families.  I couldn’t handle Summer Starfruit until it only had a couple of months of life when I started to really love it.  Hello Honey took me a while to warm up to (although not nearly as long).  A year in, I’m finally loving Delightful Dijon.  It doesn’t have to be heavy and dark.  With a correct pairing it can be rich and bold.  If you like this combination of Delightful Dijon, Basic Black and Very Vanilla, please save this:

Stamp Sets:  Crazy About You, Wild About Flowers (inside sentiment)  Papers:  Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack, Delightful Dijon, Basic Black, Very Vanilla  Inks:  Archival Basic Black  Accessories:  Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies – 141489

Price: $27.00

Crazy About You Photopolymer Stamp Set – 137137

Price: $25.00

Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack – 141642

Price: $10.00

Wild About Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set – 138728

Price: $21.00

Sunshine Sayings Clear-Mount Bundle – 142339

Price: $45.00

Delightful Dijon 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 138338

Price: $8.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 121045

Price: $8.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 101650

Price: $9.00

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Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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